Miguel Borges

Directing

Miguel Borges

Born 1937-02-21 · Picos, Piauí, Brazil

Miguel Henrique Borges, professional name Miguel Borges (Picos, Piauí, February 21, 1937 - São Lourenço, Minas Gerais, June 17, 2013) was a Brazilian filmmaker and journalist, working in Rio newspapers such as O metropolitano, Tribuna da Imprensa, Última Hora and Jornal do Comércio and Prensa Latina. He is considered one of the precursors of Cinema Novo due to his direction in the episode "Zé da Cachorra" in the collective film Cinco Vezes Favela, being his first work as a director. He ended his work as a filmmaker in 1985 with the short film "The Shoes".

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Perpétuo Contra o Esquadrão da Morte poster
9.0

Inspired by the life of one of the most famous policemen in the history of Brazil: detective Perpétuo de Freitas, immortalized in the annals of Brazilian criminal history for relentlessly pursuing and without the slightest assistance of the Rio police force one of the most wanted criminals in the country.

Perpétuo Contra o Esquadrão da Morte

1967

Perpétuo Contra o Esquadrão da Morte poster
9.0

Inspired by the life of one of the most famous policemen in the history of Brazil: detective Perpétuo de Freitas, immortalized in the annals of Brazilian criminal history for relentlessly pursuing and without the slightest assistance of the Rio police force one of the most wanted criminals in the country.

Perpétuo Contra o Esquadrão da Morte

1967

Perpétuo Contra o Esquadrão da Morte poster
9.0

Inspired by the life of one of the most famous policemen in the history of Brazil: detective Perpétuo de Freitas, immortalized in the annals of Brazilian criminal history for relentlessly pursuing and without the slightest assistance of the Rio police force one of the most wanted criminals in the country.

Perpétuo Contra o Esquadrão da Morte

1967

Tensão no Rio poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Tensão no Rio

1984

Consórcio de Sexo poster
5.5

No synopsis available yet.

Consórcio de Sexo

1981

Consórcio de Sexo poster
5.5

No synopsis available yet.

Consórcio de Sexo

1981

Maria Bonita, Rainha do Cangaço poster
7.5

Romantic biography of Maria Bonita, daughter of a poor farmer who was kidnapped by Lampião and became his lover.

Maria Bonita, Rainha do Cangaço

1968

Maria Bonita, Rainha do Cangaço poster
7.5

Romantic biography of Maria Bonita, daughter of a poor farmer who was kidnapped by Lampião and became his lover.

Maria Bonita, Rainha do Cangaço

1968

Tati, a Garota poster
6.4

The seamstress Manuela, Tati's single mother, moves from the suburbs to Copacabana but faces severe financial difficulties. A friend of Manuela's sometimes fills in for Tati's father, giving the girl temporary happiness.

Tati, a Garota

1973

No artwork available
8.0

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Emboscada

1971

As Tranças de Maria poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

As Tranças de Maria

2003

The Claudia Case poster
4.3

Based on the true events that took place in the 70s, in Rio de Janeiro. The body of beautiful girl Cláudia Lessin Rodrigues, actress Márcia Rodrigues's sister, was found in the seashore. After Police investigation, it was found she had been murdered on a party by a rich industrialist's son and his socialite hairdresser buddy, after much sex, alcohol and drugs, specially Mandrax (methaqualone). She'd probably resisted being raped and the killers threw away the body in the water. One of the guys tried to escape flying to Switzerland.

The Claudia Case

1979

No artwork available
NR

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Canalha em Crise

1965

No artwork available
NR

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Canalha em Crise

1965

No artwork available
NR

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Canalha em Crise

1965

Seven Men Alive or Dead poster
7.0

Five criminals captured by Detective Lincoln Monteiro escape from the penitentiary, seeking revenge on enemies and traitors. Niquelzinho and Paulo Cabeleira kill bookmakers, while Maurilão, Chico Preto, and Mico Sujo commit several robberies. Lincoln, always refusing to adopt his colleague Morelli's doctrine of violence, receives other police missions: to solve the murder of two tourists, the marijuana spill at a school, and the capture of criminal Carlinhos Capeta.

Seven Men Alive or Dead

1969

Batalha dos Guararapes poster
9.0

In the early 17th century, the Dutch have occupied Bom Jesus village, the last native stronghold in the Pernambuco captaincy. An adventurer, João Fernandes Vieira, sees himself in the middle of a conflict, torn between joining his friend Mauricio de Nassau alongside the ruling Dutch and siding with his lover Ana Paes in the fight to free his homeland.

Batalha dos Guararapes

1978

Five Times Favela poster
7.9

Five segments about the hardships faced by people living in slums on hills in Rio de Janeiro.

Five Times Favela

1962

Five Times Favela poster
7.9

Five segments about the hardships faced by people living in slums on hills in Rio de Janeiro.

Five Times Favela

1962

As Escandalosas poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

As Escandalosas

1970

O Barão Otelo no Barato dos Bilhões poster
5.7

João-Sem-Direção knows Carvalhaes that proposes a blow to him. John does not accept the proposal, but ends up earning a hefty cash in the game.

O Barão Otelo no Barato dos Bilhões

1971

O Barão Otelo no Barato dos Bilhões poster
5.7

João-Sem-Direção knows Carvalhaes that proposes a blow to him. John does not accept the proposal, but ends up earning a hefty cash in the game.

O Barão Otelo no Barato dos Bilhões

1971

O Último Malandro poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

O Último Malandro

1974

O Último Malandro poster
8.0

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O Último Malandro

1974