Álvaro Freire Movies

Based on fact, this is the story of the struggles of Japanese immigrants who traveled to and settled in Brazil looking for a better life.

The real story of the failed attempt of an independence coup by a group of intellectuals and rich men during Brazil's colonial days, from its...

In São Paulo, during the 1920s, a woman who is loved by a telegraphist and seduced by a slacker ends up in prostitution.

Shady and beautiful art dealer involves her former lover and an art expert in a scheme to deceive a rich collector. Exposed, she escapes with her new...

Short documentary film about the afrobrazilian religion Candomblé.

Financial problems in a religious school for girls force the government to interfere. While waiting in the conference hall to communicate the fact to...

Tadeu, a poor lad from the Northeast of Brazil, comes to Rio de Janeiro to try his luck. His good looks and education win him the favor of rich...

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

This adaptation of a classic Brazilian novel focuses on the relations of charismatic characters within a tenement.

In a country town in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, Januária is going to marry the shy and naive Amorim. But in her heart she wants to...

An accident at a construction site, resulting in one death, sets one worker off on a struggle for justice that exposes the mechanisms of exploitation...

The story of a poor woman living in the backwoods of Brazil and working as a maid. One day she is unfairly fired from the house where she was working...