José Joffily

Directing

José Joffily

Born

1945-11-27 (80)

Place of birth

João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil

Known for

Directing

Credits

48 titles

José Joffily Bezerra Filho (João Pessoa, November 27, 1945), better known as José Joffily, is a Brazilian director, screenwriter, producer and actor.

Known for

Film credits

2010s · 2 titles

2000s · 1 titles

Behind the camera

Two Lost in a Dirty Night poster
7.0

In New York City, an illegal immigrant gets into trouble because of his relationship with a self-destructive prostitute.

Two Lost in a Dirty Night

2002

Lost and Found poster
4.9

A retired cop becomes the prime suspect in the murder of a prostitute.

Lost and Found

2007

Blue Eyes poster
6.1

Before his compulsory retirement, on his last day of work, Marshall, JFK airport's chief Immigration officer, detains a group of Latin Americans and expose them to a series of humiliating situations. Blinded by prejudice, Marshall ends up by causing the death of a young Brazilian. After a period in prison, Marshall goes to Brazil, deadly ill and in a desperate search in order to purge his guilt. In his quest, he is guided by Bia, a young prostitute.

Blue Eyes

2010

Blue Eyes poster
6.1

Before his compulsory retirement, on his last day of work, Marshall, JFK airport's chief Immigration officer, detains a group of Latin Americans and expose them to a series of humiliating situations. Blinded by prejudice, Marshall ends up by causing the death of a young Brazilian. After a period in prison, Marshall goes to Brazil, deadly ill and in a desperate search in order to purge his guilt. In his quest, he is guided by Bia, a young prostitute.

Blue Eyes

2010

Avaete, Seed of Revenge poster
5.2

Little Indian boy survives his tribe massacre, growing up together with his wish for revenge and his quest for his own identity. Based on a true story.

Avaete, Seed of Revenge

1985

A Symphony for a Common Man poster
NR

As head of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Brazilian diplomat José Bustani became an obstacle in America’s march to war with Iraq. Ousted from his position, he now revisits the chilling events that marked a turning point in global power structures.

A Symphony for a Common Man

2022

A Symphony for a Common Man poster
NR

As head of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Brazilian diplomat José Bustani became an obstacle in America’s march to war with Iraq. Ousted from his position, he now revisits the chilling events that marked a turning point in global power structures.

A Symphony for a Common Man

2022

Stolen Dreams poster
5.7

Jessica, Sabrina and Daiane have dreams, just like all young people of any social class or place in the world. They live in a low-income neighborhood in the periphery of Rio de Janeiro and find in prostitution a way to survive and satisfy their consumer desires. However, even faced with the trials of absolute uncertainty and lack of hope, Jessica, Sabrina and Daiane insist on loving, having fun and planning their future.

Stolen Dreams

2009

O Guarani poster
5.3

The forbidden love affair between Peri, an Indian, and the beautiful Ceci, a Portuguese white girl, in the 17th century Brazil.

O Guarani

1996

The Dream's Not Over poster
4.9

The routine of a group of brazilian teenagers living in Brasília, Brazil's capital. Their aspirations, dreams and illusions presented in a context of a country that was on the final years of a dictatorship back in the 1980s.

The Dream's Not Over

1982

No artwork available
10.0

The documentary follows the campaign of 6 candidates to the municipal legislative council of the city of Rio de Janeiro (population of approximately 6 million) in Brazil, in the 90 days preceding election day. All of them dispute their first election, but only two of them will be successful.

Vocação do Poder

2005

Soldado Estrangeiro poster
NR

Three Brazilians live different stages of the same choice: to be a warrior in a great army of a foreign nation. Discover stories of characters who have enlisted in the Foreign Legion, Israel and the United States.

Soldado Estrangeiro

2019

Parahyba Mulher Macho poster
6.1

Account an important part of the history of Brazil, through its main character, Anayde Beiriz a poet, journalist and revolutionary and libertarian teacher of the early twentieth century, known for its sexual liberalism, which shocked the pre-Revolution in the state of Paraíba during 1930. His love for João Dantas eventually forge João Pessoa's death, at that time, governor of of Paraíba. These events served as a trigger for the a revolution.

Parahyba Mulher Macho

1983

A Filha dos Trapalhões poster
5.2

The Trapalhões live in a floating boat and have a miserable life. When they find an abandoned baby, they decide to raise it as if it were their own daughter. Later, when they begin to work in a circus, they discover that the child is in fact the daughter of the trapeze artist and that she was forced to surrender her daughter to a gang that negotiates children abroad. This gang finds them and tries to recover the girl who now, however, has the help of the Trapalhões to protect her.

A Filha dos Trapalhões

1984

A Paixão Segundo Callado poster
NR

Callado said he had to leave Brazil to get to know Brazil. His six-year trip to England and France during World War II sparked a "hunger for Brazil." As a journalist, he traveled to the "geographic center" of his Brazilian identity. As a writer, he reached the depths of his passion for a more just, less prejudiced, freer, and more democratic country.

A Paixão Segundo Callado

2008

Terra Para Rose poster
7.2

Documentary about the oppression of a group of a families of the MST, the Brazilian Landless Workers Movement, who invaded Anoni Farm, a farm in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, in 1985, and Rose, a woman fighting for the right of owning a land and for elementary human rights, and mother of the first baby born in the camping site.

Terra Para Rose

1987

The King of Rio poster
5.5

Two friends get rich running an illegal gambling business. But soon they start to compete, and become rivals.

The King of Rio

1985

Galeria Alaska poster
1.0

No synopsis available yet.

Galeria Alaska

1979

A Maldição do Sanpaku poster
5.6

Gafanhoto is a smuggler who tries to take a hit by stealing a valuable stone. He awakens the fury of the old boss of the gang, and ends up involving in the plot a former colleague, Poeta and his girlfriend Cris, a beautiful woman who brings in the eyes the mark of the tragedy.

A Maldição do Sanpaku

1991

A Maldição do Sanpaku poster
5.6

Gafanhoto is a smuggler who tries to take a hit by stealing a valuable stone. He awakens the fury of the old boss of the gang, and ends up involving in the plot a former colleague, Poeta and his girlfriend Cris, a beautiful woman who brings in the eyes the mark of the tragedy.

A Maldição do Sanpaku

1991

Alô Tetéia poster
5.0

In a humorous way, the film narrates the adventures - or misadventures - of a typical girl from the south of Rio de Janeiro who decides to go to the beach, but her car won't start. Having decided, she goes on the bus and gets into a thousand messes.

Alô Tetéia

1978

Alô Tetéia poster
5.0

In a humorous way, the film narrates the adventures - or misadventures - of a typical girl from the south of Rio de Janeiro who decides to go to the beach, but her car won't start. Having decided, she goes on the bus and gets into a thousand messes.

Alô Tetéia

1978

Alô Tetéia poster
5.0

In a humorous way, the film narrates the adventures - or misadventures - of a typical girl from the south of Rio de Janeiro who decides to go to the beach, but her car won't start. Having decided, she goes on the bus and gets into a thousand messes.

Alô Tetéia

1978

The Colour of His Destiny poster
6.1

Teenager and his Chilean parents live in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in exile, after his brother is killed by the military government in Chile. Years later, still haunted by the past, he undergoes a crisis when he learns his cousin had been arrested in Santiago, and quarrels with his family when he decides to know his country and the details of his past.

The Colour of His Destiny

1987

Vai Trabalhar Vagabundo II: A Volta poster
5.4

Exiled in Acapulco, the bon vivant Dino cheats a rich widow into financing his coming back to Brazil. To avoid getting caught, he hides in a coffin. His fake burial is celebrated in high style and it doesn't take long before he starts getting himself into weird situations.

Vai Trabalhar Vagabundo II: A Volta

1991

O Chamado de Deus poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

O Chamado de Deus

2001

O Chamado de Deus poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

O Chamado de Deus

2001

Mão na Luva poster
1.0

Sylvia and Lúcio have decided to separate after twelve years of living together. The last night under the same roof is marked by memories, accusations and revelations that will change their lives.

Mão na Luva

2014

Lamarca poster
6.1

The real story of Carlos Lamarca, a captain who, during the military dictatorship in Brazil, deserted Brazilian Army and got involved in left-wing guerilla groups, becoming one of their most prominent leaders.

Lamarca

1994

Portrait of Carmem D. poster
NR

A psychiatrist and psychoanalyst from Rio Grande do Sul who lives in Rio, Carmem Dametto is 72 years old. Author of several books and an advocate of an unorthodox therapeutic approach, she currently sees her patients in an office located in her spacious home, which she practically never leaves. Her constant companion is her daughter Marcela, who always enjoyed swimming in the garden pool. Not anymore.

Portrait of Carmem D.

2015

Who Killed Pixote? poster
6.0

The true story of the boy who became famous when he was cast for the main part on the Brazilian film Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco (1981). After the film was over, he tried to work as an actor on other projects, with little success. As time went by, he got involved with crime.

Who Killed Pixote?

1996

Who Killed Pixote? poster
6.0

The true story of the boy who became famous when he was cast for the main part on the Brazilian film Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco (1981). After the film was over, he tried to work as an actor on other projects, with little success. As time went by, he got involved with crime.

Who Killed Pixote?

1996

No artwork available
NR

Takes the viewer into a heated contest for a unique prize. In one corner, the undisputed champion: Music; in the other: the musicians. Ricardo, Catherine, Byron, Rodrigo and Rodney - all talented young musicians - vie for a place in a symphony orchestra in Belo Horizonte, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. The film reveals the conflict, passion and discipline that the artistic impulse demands.

Musical Chairs

2011

Urubus e Papagaios poster
4.2

High Court judge returns to the small town where he was born, bringing along his beautiful and young wife. The local men get aroused and start looking for young lovers at the local bordello. Their wives even make promises and novenas asking the disappearance of the new couple. One day, the judge dies, leaving his wife unsatisfied. The corpse, as if wanting revenge, keeps an erection on.

Urubus e Papagaios

1987

Urubus e Papagaios poster
4.2

High Court judge returns to the small town where he was born, bringing along his beautiful and young wife. The local men get aroused and start looking for young lovers at the local bordello. Their wives even make promises and novenas asking the disappearance of the new couple. One day, the judge dies, leaving his wife unsatisfied. The corpse, as if wanting revenge, keeps an erection on.

Urubus e Papagaios

1987

Copa Mixta poster
NR

A documentary of the familiar patchwork of more populous districts of Rio de Janeiro.

Copa Mixta

1979

Praça Tiradentes poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Praça Tiradentes

1977

Caminho de Volta poster
NR

André Câmara is a 45-year old Brazilian photographer who's been living in London for 20 years. 87-year-old Maria do Socorro left for the US 25 years ago to follow her son, Fernando. Both André and Maria wish to return to live in Brazil. In this attempt, difficulties boil up in André's journey as he faces a need to reconnect both emotionally and professionally. Neither has any idea of what kind of country lies ahead after more than two decades away from it. The place they fled from is no longer the same one they left behind. Between emigration and a return to their roots, they will have to forge a new identity.

Caminho de Volta

2015