Hélio Silva Movies

On a scorching summer day in Rio de Janeiro, five impoverished black boys venture out of their favela to peddle peanuts throughout the bustling city....

Despite being promised to another man, a young orphaned woman falls in love with man working at the farm she lives in , and together they escape....

In the darkness of a rural night, a gypsy clan gathers to mourn their beloved patriarch's in a ritual celebrated through music and dance.

A young couple uses creativity to escape the rules of the girl's father, a conservative Italian, and her grandmother. Even under the patriarch's...

When major drug-dealer Boca de Ouro dies, a reporter interviews his ex-lover, now married with children and living in a poorhouse, to try to...

Documentary about the Football World Cup held in Argentina in 1978, focusing on the competition and behind the scenes of the most important soccer...

A man gets locked naked outside of his apartment.

A man and a woman meet in the middle of a newly inaugurated Brasília. In search of a love affair, they settle in his residence, where they...

Glorinha, a middle-class 15 year old girl, always thought her mother Judite had killed herself, and that her father Gilberto has gone crazy as...

A shockingly irreverent follow-up to the rural austerity of Barren Lives, dos Santos’ Godardian social satire owes more than a nod to the...

The naive sailor Ron arrives in Bahia to visit the famous Água dos Meninos street market. There, however, he is passed behind by the...

Hit man does his part in a deal, but doesn't get the money he was promised. For the treason, he decides to eliminate them all.

A reconstitution of the life and work of Alberto Santos Dumont, the father of aviation. The film makes use of rare recordings of his voice and quotes...

When a prominent U.S. Nobel Laureate arrives in Salvador, Bahia, the city with the largest black population in Brazil, he stirs emotions by...

On the day of his wedding, young man from a family of immigrants faces some problems to get the money needed for the last arrangements. The family do...