Arrigo Barnabé Movies

"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."

On set, in the middle of the Atlantic Forest, a stressed film director begins another day of filming, reproducing the celebration of the first mass...

Jorge, bastard child of the infamous Red Light Bandit, decides himself to pursuit a life of crime after meeting with his father, who has been...

Orson Welles goes to Brazil to shoot his documentary It's All True.

Innocent girl starts working as a secretary in an office. Soon she finds out a hole in the wall through which she can see the action in the next...

A marginal version of Brecht’s piece, “Baal”.

A detective is hired by a mysterious woman to find her missing husband, a master of disguises, and important industry executive.

The story of Orisbela, a young and religious woman who comes from Portugal to Brazil to marry Francisco de Albuquerque, a rude sugar-cane plantation...

Many exotic characters meet in São Paulo night, looking for love and adventure: Malu, a model; Mauro, a drag queen; Teddy, a hustler; Guto, a...

An aspiring actress is hired to dub a recently deceased movie star in an upcoming erotic thriller. As the recording sessions go on, the voice actress...

During one night, a woman walks through Rio de Janeiro, and hears the music around: jazz, rock, eletronica...

Xavier, a pharmacist, lives peacefully in bigamy with his two women, Carmen and Beatriz, but the harmony breaks down when they find he has another...

A "queixada" is a small animal that when it feels threatened unites to face the enemy. This nickname was given to the workers of Perus cement...

São Paulo, 1984. Agostinho, an old and tired Physics professor, is married to Januária, a retired school principal. In his classes, he...

A documentary about the creative process of Arrigo Barnabé

A documentary on prolific underground Brazilian filmmaker Rogério Sganzerla.

In a love story set in Curitiba, Southern Brazil, a patriarch witnesses the crumbling of his life-long family business at the hands of his...