Luiz Antonio Pilar

Directing

Luiz Antonio Pilar

Acting credits

Chatô, The King of Brazil poster
5.2

The true story of Assis Chateaubriand, the first magnate of communications in Brazil. Due to his influence during the late 1930s up to the early 1960s, he has come to be called 'the Brazilian Citizen Kane'.

Chatô, The King of Brazil

2015

Nobody Belongs to Nobody poster
7.5

Gabriela, Roberto's wife, is called to work in the office of Renato, a successful lawyer married to Gioconda. After that, the quartet begins to suffer from lies, exhausting relationships and tragedies.

Nobody Belongs to Nobody

2023

Malês poster
7.9

Based on historical facts, the film portrays the largest slave rebellion in Brazilian history, the Malê Revolt. The uprising mobilized the black population in the streets of Salvador against slavery in 1835. After the failure of the revolt, the protesters were harshly punished and repression against black people in Brazil increased.

Malês

2025

O Rio de Janeiro de Ho Chi Minh poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

O Rio de Janeiro de Ho Chi Minh

2022

Doces Poderes poster
6.2

A journalist is placed upon the management of a large broadcasting company to the capital of Brazil at the time of local elections. She must now face ideological and ethical questions, brought back by a left-wing former boyfriend and her own colleagues. At the same time, a free-lancer spy is sent by an obscure figure in politics to manipulate the elections and its media coverage.

Doces Poderes

1997

A Menina Índigo poster
7.1

Unlike the other children, Sophie discovers in the midst of her abilities to paint the gift of being able to cure illnesses. The news spreads and reaches the hands of a tabloid journalist. To protect the girl, her separated parents need to unite.

A Menina Índigo

2017

Behind the camera

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

A Mãe e o Filho da Mãe

2003

Milton Gonçalves, Além do Espetáculo poster
NR

This biopic documents the life and work of one of Brazil’s most prolific artists: Milton Gonçalves. This actor and director are credited with more than sixty television titles, seventy movies and twenty plays. Known from classic full-length features like Macunaíma, They Don't Wear Black Tie and Kiss of the Spider Woman, his dramatic versatility also encompasses major Brazilian soap operas, including O Bem Amado and Roque Santeiro. With his talent, he overcame barriers faced by many Black performers in Brazil. An active on-screen and on-stage presence since the 1950s, his name is synonymous with the history of Brazilian television, theatre and cinema, making him a landmark talent in the performing arts world.

Milton Gonçalves, Além do Espetáculo

2025

Milton Gonçalves, Além do Espetáculo poster
NR

This biopic documents the life and work of one of Brazil’s most prolific artists: Milton Gonçalves. This actor and director are credited with more than sixty television titles, seventy movies and twenty plays. Known from classic full-length features like Macunaíma, They Don't Wear Black Tie and Kiss of the Spider Woman, his dramatic versatility also encompasses major Brazilian soap operas, including O Bem Amado and Roque Santeiro. With his talent, he overcame barriers faced by many Black performers in Brazil. An active on-screen and on-stage presence since the 1950s, his name is synonymous with the history of Brazilian television, theatre and cinema, making him a landmark talent in the performing arts world.

Milton Gonçalves, Além do Espetáculo

2025

Paper and Sea poster
7.5

The film narrates the imaginary encounter between João Cândido, leader of Revolta da Chibata and a paper picker and writer Carolina Maria de Jesus, author of the book "Quarto de despejo", in Rio de Janeiro.

Paper and Sea

2012

Remoção poster
NR

Through testimonies, the documentary recalls the enormous process of removal of favelas that took place in the south of Rio de Janeiro in the 1960s and 1970s.

Remoção

2013

Remoção poster
NR

Through testimonies, the documentary recalls the enormous process of removal of favelas that took place in the south of Rio de Janeiro in the 1960s and 1970s.

Remoção

2013

Em Quadro: A História de 4 Negros nas Telas poster
NR

A documentary that tells the history of 4 famous actors in Brazil.

Em Quadro: A História de 4 Negros nas Telas

2009

Em Quadro: A História de 4 Negros nas Telas poster
NR

A documentary that tells the history of 4 famous actors in Brazil.

Em Quadro: A História de 4 Negros nas Telas

2009

Lima Barreto ao Terceiro Dia poster
5.5

On the last days of his life, while succumbing to alcoholism in a hospital, famed writer Lima Barreto chronicles his trajectory story as a black, poor writer living in Brazilian society between monarchy's dying days and early years of republic with its countless social problems, which formed the basis of his many novels.

Lima Barreto ao Terceiro Dia

2019

Lima Barreto ao Terceiro Dia poster
5.5

On the last days of his life, while succumbing to alcoholism in a hospital, famed writer Lima Barreto chronicles his trajectory story as a black, poor writer living in Brazilian society between monarchy's dying days and early years of republic with its countless social problems, which formed the basis of his many novels.

Lima Barreto ao Terceiro Dia

2019

Candeia poster
NR

The life and work of the late samba singer-songwriter Candeia.

Candeia

2018

Candeia poster
NR

The life and work of the late samba singer-songwriter Candeia.

Candeia

2018