Nelson Pereira dos Santos

Half a century ago, Brazilian composer and musician Antonio Carlos “Tom” Jobim (1927-1994) introduced bossa nova to a worldwide ...

16 members from the Brazilian Academy of Letters share their views on the current situation of the portuguese language.

A star medical examiner is called to Brasília, the administrative capital of Brazil, to confirm the identity of a beautiful, young congressional ...

Documentary in two parts about Brazilian writer, journalist and sociologist Sérgio Buarque de Holanda. The first part describes how the author ...

Short musical film paying a tribute to samba composer Zé Ketti, one of the greatest popular artists of Brazilian music. In a jam session, in the ...

An aging Brazilian actor teams up with a film student on a trip to Mexico, in order to find out an unknown movie his mother allegedly watched ...

After an extended period directing original screenplays, dos Santos returned to the creative engagement with literature that was the wellspring ...

Jubiabá is a French-Brazilian film based on the homonymous novel by Jorge Amado. The film tells the story of the interracial love between the ...

In the 1930s, novelist and politician Graciliano Ramos is accused of being a communist sympathizer. He is then arrested and sent to the Ilha ...

It’s Christmas Eve and an aunt and her nephew have to deal with their platonic relationship.

A three-episode anthology film based on short stories by Brazilian writer Graciliano Ramos.

The rise of real life country singers Milionário e José Rico from their humble beginnings until musical success.