Jean Garrett

Directing

Jean Garrett

Born 1947-04-16 · Açores, Portugal

José Antônio Gomes Nunes e Silva (1947–1996), better known as Jean Garrett, was a Portuguese-Brazilian actor, producer, screenwriter, filmmaker, and occasional actor. A native from the archipelago of Açores, Portugal, he moved to Brazil to become one of the most well-known directors of the São Paulo exploitation production pole known as Boca do Lixo. Garrett is celebrated for his highly formalist directorial style, ability of mixing erotic appeal with bold themes, and successful approach to various genres. With a career that spanned for 20 years, with over 18 features, Garrett directed noir-esque police stories, thrillers, horror and disaster pictures. By the mid-to-late 1980s, when the Boca do Lixo started almost exclusively to produce explicit pornographic films, Garrett finished his filmmaking career after directing a series of explicit features under the screen credit of J.A. Nunes, a pseudonym that evoked his actual birth name. He died from a heart attack in 1996 – 10 years after his retirement from filmmaking.

Acting credits

Sinal Vermelho - As Fêmeas poster
6.0

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Sinal Vermelho - As Fêmeas

1972

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5.3

After witnessing his father being killed in front of him by a gang of outlaws, a young boy grows up determined to learn how to shoot and make a plan for his revenge with the help of his uncle and his girlfriend. In the midst of his plan, the bandits imprison men and women in a dungeon, subjecting them to the most cruel tortures, rapes and acts of evil.

Dungeon of the Doomed

1979

Abuse poster
4.9

Brutally abused by his parents, teenage Thomas finds comfort in associating with a film director who is making a documentary about physical child abuse. The two fall in love, and the elder is faced with the decision of either running away with Thomas or focusing on his career and thereby letting the boy possibly be beaten to death.

Abuse

1983

A Fêmea do Mar poster
4.9

The lonely Jeruza lives in a simple isolated house by the seaside with the siblings Cassandra and Ulisses and the family survives by selling handicrafts for a local store. Her husband, Santiago, is a sailor who has been missing for many years. When the stranger Roque arrives at Jeruza's house late afternoon, he tells her that Santiago was murdered in a bar fight. Jeruza lodges Roque to spend the night and they have a one night stand. He then seduces Cassandra, who loses her virginity with him and he convinces Ulisses to have an incestuous relationship with his sister. Jeruza realizes that Roque, who has a dreadful secret, is a destructive being that is threatening her family. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

A Fêmea do Mar

1980

Trilogy of Terror poster
5.1

An anthology divided in three segments, helmed by three of the most important Brazilian directors of the 20th century. A mother becomes involved with black magic and offers a virgin woman to the Devil in exchange for curing the illness of her only son. A poor laborer is the only man in the village with courage to face a group of guerrilheiros ("guerrilla ghosts") that haunt the minds of the locals. A young man is afflicted by fear of reptiles and spiders and the fear of being buried alive. When he undergoes a shocking event, he becomes unresponsive and is mistakenly buried, only to revive in the coffin after burial.

Trilogy of Terror

1968

The Strange World of Coffin Joe poster
5.3

Coffin Joe hosts this anthology of three short horror stories which feature a strange dollmaker, a necrophiliac balloon seller with a foot fetish, and a psychotic professor involved in sadistic rituals.

The Strange World of Coffin Joe

1968

Boca Aberta poster
NR

A discussion on Brazilian cinema, focusing on São Paulo's Boca do Lixo production pole.

Boca Aberta

1985

Behind the camera

Tchau, Amor poster
8.0

An unemployed radio worker obsessed with suicide meets a rich brat.

Tchau, Amor

1983

Tchau, Amor poster
8.0

An unemployed radio worker obsessed with suicide meets a rich brat.

Tchau, Amor

1983

Tchau, Amor poster
8.0

An unemployed radio worker obsessed with suicide meets a rich brat.

Tchau, Amor

1983

Estranho Desejo poster
5.5

An affluent but bored housewife and mother pays for her kinky sex fantasies to come true. |

Estranho Desejo

1984

O Fotógrafo poster
5.3

A professional photographer specialized in nude pictures dreams of respectability and the beautiful college student next window.

O Fotógrafo

1980

O Fotógrafo poster
5.3

A professional photographer specialized in nude pictures dreams of respectability and the beautiful college student next window.

O Fotógrafo

1980

O Fotógrafo poster
5.3

A professional photographer specialized in nude pictures dreams of respectability and the beautiful college student next window.

O Fotógrafo

1980

Amor, Palavra Prostituta poster
6.9

Follows 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

Karina, Object of Passion poster
4.3

A stripper is arrested for killing her gigolo who exploited her as a prostitute under the name of Karina. Her despair turns to ardent passion when she meets a lady lawyer who promises her that she will be able to get her out of jail very quickly. But both ladies will have to fight an outlaw who will do whatever he can to possess Karina.

Karina, Object of Passion

1982

Karina, Object of Passion poster
4.3

A stripper is arrested for killing her gigolo who exploited her as a prostitute under the name of Karina. Her despair turns to ardent passion when she meets a lady lawyer who promises her that she will be able to get her out of jail very quickly. But both ladies will have to fight an outlaw who will do whatever he can to possess Karina.

Karina, Object of Passion

1982

Meu Homem, Meu Amante poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

Meu Homem, Meu Amante

1984

Force of the Senses poster
4.3

A writer moves to an isolated beach house to write a new book, and gradually gets involved with his odd new neighbors.

Force of the Senses

1978

Force of the Senses poster
4.3

A writer moves to an isolated beach house to write a new book, and gradually gets involved with his odd new neighbors.

Force of the Senses

1978

Excitation poster
6.3

Helena and Renato are a couple who leave the big city to live in the comfort of a beach house and help Helena recover from her nervous breakdowns. But before long, she begins to suffer from increasingly disturbing hallucinations, and the household appliances seem to come to life.

Excitation

1977

Excitation poster
6.3

Helena and Renato are a couple who leave the big city to live in the comfort of a beach house and help Helena recover from her nervous breakdowns. But before long, she begins to suffer from increasingly disturbing hallucinations, and the household appliances seem to come to life.

Excitation

1977

A Ilha do Desejo poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

A Ilha do Desejo

1975

A Ilha do Desejo poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

A Ilha do Desejo

1975

Woman, Woman poster
5.9

Recently turned into a widow, Alice goes to the country to think about her life. There, she's courted by Luis Carlos but falls in love with Marta. However, Jumbo, a horse, also arouses strange and erotic feelings in her mind.

Woman, Woman

1979

Woman, Woman poster
5.9

Recently turned into a widow, Alice goes to the country to think about her life. There, she's courted by Luis Carlos but falls in love with Marta. However, Jumbo, a horse, also arouses strange and erotic feelings in her mind.

Woman, Woman

1979

The Woman Who Invented Love poster
6.1

Doralice is a simple minded woman romantically fascinated by marriage. However, when she is raped by a butcher, a friend advises her to become a prostitute - and she does it. After that, all her wishes and longings will curl up into a fascinating vortex.

The Woman Who Invented Love

1980

Noite em Chamas poster
4.3

A depressed hotel servant goes through a rough night, while his story's interlaced with a number of situations experienced by the hotel guests.

Noite em Chamas

1978

Noite em Chamas poster
4.3

A depressed hotel servant goes through a rough night, while his story's interlaced with a number of situations experienced by the hotel guests.

Noite em Chamas

1978

Loved and Abused poster
4.3

Famous crime story writer puzzles police investigator when all the women he gets involved with get murdered.

Loved and Abused

1976

Loved and Abused poster
4.3

Famous crime story writer puzzles police investigator when all the women he gets involved with get murdered.

Loved and Abused

1976