Miguel Faria Jr.

Directing

Miguel Faria Jr.

Born

1944-09-28 (82)

Place of birth

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Known for

Directing

Credits

29 titles

Miguel Faria Jr. (born 28 September 1944) is a Brazilian film director and screenwriter. He directed 14 films between 1969 and 2015. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Known for

Film credits

Series credits

Behind the camera

Chico: Brazilian Artist poster
7.8

Chico Buarque is a constant presence in Brazil's art scene and makes up its citizen's popular culture. This wealth in music, poems, theater and novels has been created over the last 50 years and in this film Chico Buarque converses about his memories, shows, daily life, work methods, creative process, in summary all his trajectory. The musician’s search for his German brother, whom he never got to meet, serves as one of the axis for the narrative.

Chico: Brazilian Artist

2015

Chico: Brazilian Artist poster
7.8

Chico Buarque is a constant presence in Brazil's art scene and makes up its citizen's popular culture. This wealth in music, poems, theater and novels has been created over the last 50 years and in this film Chico Buarque converses about his memories, shows, daily life, work methods, creative process, in summary all his trajectory. The musician’s search for his German brother, whom he never got to meet, serves as one of the axis for the narrative.

Chico: Brazilian Artist

2015

The Xango from Baker Street poster
6.3

Rio de Janeiro, 1886. A precious Stradivarius violin presented to Emperor Dom Pedro II is stolen. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are called to solve the case.

The Xango from Baker Street

2001

The Xango from Baker Street poster
6.3

Rio de Janeiro, 1886. A precious Stradivarius violin presented to Emperor Dom Pedro II is stolen. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are called to solve the case.

The Xango from Baker Street

2001

Um Homem Célebre poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Um Homem Célebre

1974

Um Homem Célebre poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Um Homem Célebre

1974

Rio's Love Song poster
6.1

Four love stories which portray a wide gamut of emotions and desires against the backdrop of Rio de Janeiro. "Elephant's Stomp" : the story of a highway patrol officer who is infatuated with a mulatto dancer at a local nightclub. "Drao" : a publicity man and a boutique owner who face a crises in their marriage. "You Are Beautiful" : two homeless teenagers seek love amidst their personal misery. "Samba of the Great Passion" : a book maker who is charmed and captivated by the voice of a female singer coming from a building across the street. Characters in search of love in order to escape from the boredom, loneliness and helplessness of their lives.

Rio's Love Song

1994

Para Viver Um Grande Amor poster
6.3

Poor people who live in the slums in Rio de Janeiro decide to occupy an empty apartment building in the rich part of the city. Meanwhile, a rich girl falls in love with a poor composer. Based on the musical play "Pobre Menina Rica", by Vinícius de Moraes and Carlos Lyra.

Para Viver Um Grande Amor

1984

Para Viver Um Grande Amor poster
6.3

Poor people who live in the slums in Rio de Janeiro decide to occupy an empty apartment building in the rich part of the city. Meanwhile, a rich girl falls in love with a poor composer. Based on the musical play "Pobre Menina Rica", by Vinícius de Moraes and Carlos Lyra.

Para Viver Um Grande Amor

1984

Para Viver Um Grande Amor poster
6.3

Poor people who live in the slums in Rio de Janeiro decide to occupy an empty apartment building in the rich part of the city. Meanwhile, a rich girl falls in love with a poor composer. Based on the musical play "Pobre Menina Rica", by Vinícius de Moraes and Carlos Lyra.

Para Viver Um Grande Amor

1984

Mortal Sin poster
7.0

The eccentric members of a wealthy Brazilian family each go through personal torment, debauchery and intense guilt. The father has made a fortune in the slaughterhouse business and ignores the feelings of his wife and his workers. When the mother threatens to leave, the father begs for her to stay and continue the hollow charade of their marriage for the sake of social appearances.

Mortal Sin

1970

Mortal Sin poster
7.0

The eccentric members of a wealthy Brazilian family each go through personal torment, debauchery and intense guilt. The father has made a fortune in the slaughterhouse business and ignores the feelings of his wife and his workers. When the mother threatens to leave, the father begs for her to stay and continue the hollow charade of their marriage for the sake of social appearances.

Mortal Sin

1970

Pedro Diabo Loves Rosa Meia Noite poster
10.0

Unhappy with what he'd got from life, Pedro Diabo becomes a dread outlaw, whom the police is looking for. In his life of crime, he has the love and support of a strange woman, Rosa Meia-Noite, chorus girl who likes to wear rich costumes in Carnival Balls.

Pedro Diabo Loves Rosa Meia Noite

1969

Pedro Diabo Loves Rosa Meia Noite poster
10.0

Unhappy with what he'd got from life, Pedro Diabo becomes a dread outlaw, whom the police is looking for. In his life of crime, he has the love and support of a strange woman, Rosa Meia-Noite, chorus girl who likes to wear rich costumes in Carnival Balls.

Pedro Diabo Loves Rosa Meia Noite

1969

Vinicius de Moraes poster
6.5

To celebrate the life and the work of a multifaceted creator – playwright, poet, partner of the most important names of Brazilian pop music and, above all, an enlightened character of the Brazilian cultural history - director Miguel Faria Jr. gathered an incomparable cast of partners, singers, friends and rare images from the archives recalling Vinícius’ genial simplicity, with the spontaneity, the humor, and the freedom of a person chatting over a bar table, exactly how the eternal Vinícius would enjoy.

Vinicius de Moraes

2005

Vinicius de Moraes poster
6.5

To celebrate the life and the work of a multifaceted creator – playwright, poet, partner of the most important names of Brazilian pop music and, above all, an enlightened character of the Brazilian cultural history - director Miguel Faria Jr. gathered an incomparable cast of partners, singers, friends and rare images from the archives recalling Vinícius’ genial simplicity, with the spontaneity, the humor, and the freedom of a person chatting over a bar table, exactly how the eternal Vinícius would enjoy.

Vinicius de Moraes

2005

Vinicius de Moraes poster
6.5

To celebrate the life and the work of a multifaceted creator – playwright, poet, partner of the most important names of Brazilian pop music and, above all, an enlightened character of the Brazilian cultural history - director Miguel Faria Jr. gathered an incomparable cast of partners, singers, friends and rare images from the archives recalling Vinícius’ genial simplicity, with the spontaneity, the humor, and the freedom of a person chatting over a bar table, exactly how the eternal Vinícius would enjoy.

Vinicius de Moraes

2005

Na Ponta da Faca poster
8.0

Adventures of a migrant who comes from Northeast Brazil to Rio de Janeiro, where he meets a prostitute.

Na Ponta da Faca

1977

Na Ponta da Faca poster
8.0

Adventures of a migrant who comes from Northeast Brazil to Rio de Janeiro, where he meets a prostitute.

Na Ponta da Faca

1977

Na Ponta da Faca poster
8.0

Adventures of a migrant who comes from Northeast Brazil to Rio de Janeiro, where he meets a prostitute.

Na Ponta da Faca

1977

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Waldemar Henrique canta Belém

1978

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Tom Jobim: Este Seu Olhar

2027

República dos Assassinos poster
5.0

In 1970, the Esquadrão da Morte (Death Squad)' crimes for the refinement of violence provoked a wave of reactions throughout the country. The photos of the victims, adorned by the skull, symbol of the group, caused an uncomfortable indignation. This is the story of Mateus Romeiro, the most famous of the policemen, who was part of the Homens de Aço (Steelmen) group, one of the factions in which the squadron was divided.

República dos Assassinos

1979

República dos Assassinos poster
5.0

In 1970, the Esquadrão da Morte (Death Squad)' crimes for the refinement of violence provoked a wave of reactions throughout the country. The photos of the victims, adorned by the skull, symbol of the group, caused an uncomfortable indignation. This is the story of Mateus Romeiro, the most famous of the policemen, who was part of the Homens de Aço (Steelmen) group, one of the factions in which the squadron was divided.

República dos Assassinos

1979

Stelinha poster
6.4

A young rock singer meets his childhood heroine, a famous singer who is now wallowing in alcohol and sex.

Stelinha

1990