
Writing
Inácio Araújo
Acting credits
8.5A documentary on the life and work of Amácio Mazzaropi, a phenomenon of popularity and profitability of Brazilian cinema.
Mazzaropi
2013
NRThrough a historical-affective reconstruction of the Boca do Lixo region, in São Paulo, the documentary aims to investigate what was the cultural, social and geographic impact that the cinema made there had for the city and for the country during the from the 1960s to the 1980s.
Antropofagia Marginal
2020
6.450 years of Brazilian history seen from the point of view of a friendship among two intellectuals.
Buccaneer Soul
1993
NRA travelogue film using Pound's concept of invention as a starting point.
O Insigne-Ficante
1980
8.0A travelogue through the remains of São Paulo failing 80s economy, including its in ruins film industry.
The Beauties of Billings
1987
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Candeias: Da Boca pra Fora
2003
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Rogo a Deus e Mando Bala
1972
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Arrepio
1987
NRExperimental documentary short that debates over Rogério Sganzerla's Brazilian cult classic "The Red Light Bandit".
A Vermelha Luz do Bandido
2009
Documentary about the trajectory of Antônio Polo Galante, known as "The King of Boca". The film maps work and forms of production in Boca do Lixo, popular area in Luz neighborhood located downtown São Paulo, where usually night clubs and sexual services establishments were located.
O Galante Rei da Boca
2003
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Soberano
2005
Behind the camera
4.3After his wife leaves him, Júlio starts an affair with his secretary.
O Gosto do Pecado
1980
8.0An unemployed radio worker obsessed with suicide meets a rich brat.
Tchau, Amor
1983
6.3Transposition of the myth of Faust to modern Brazil. The heir to a bankrupt cigarette factory, amidst a personal crisis, leaves everything behind and heads for a supposed paradise he has seen in a tourist agency, where he believes he could find self-knowledge. In his search, he is inspired by a Mephisto-like character.
Movie Dementia
1986
6.1Three stories. 'Rainha do Fliper' (Pinball's Queen) Reginéia is the pinball's queen, exploited by her pimp Giba. Out of the blue, her former boyfriend Tenório comes to the arcade place seeking out Reginéia. 'Uma Aula de Sanfona' (One Class of Accordion) Bank clerk Nanci and her friend Cristina have come from Ribeirão Preto and share an apartment in São Paulo. Nanci has an argument with her lover Valdemar, and goes to her room blaming her upset on the accordian lessons that her neighbor, Durval Pereira, is giving on the floor above, but what is his secret? 'Belinha, a Virgem' (Belinha, the Virgin) The wedding day of the virgin, Belinha is rapidly approaching,. But the wedding is against the will of her fiancé's mother. When her future mother-in-law asks the parochial priest to check whether Belinha is virgin or not, the girl uses her sculptural body to resolve the situation.
As Safadas
1982
6.9Follows the relationship between two couples: An unemployed professor, Fernando, sustained by his factory worker girlfriend Rita, and sexist and reactionary Luís Carlos and inexperient Lilita.
Amor, Palavra Prostituta
1982
5.3A professional photographer specialized in nude pictures dreams of respectability and the beautiful college student next window.
O Fotógrafo
1980