Cinema of Brazil
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The cinema of Brazil started in 1930. It had its highest moment in the 1960s and its decadency in the late 1970s. Today Brazilian cinema is seeing the return of its popularity with movies like Central do Brasil (Central Station), Carandiru and Cidade de Deus (City of God).
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Top 10 Movies
In a poll conducted by the Brazilian magazine Contracampo (no. 27) [1], Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol (Black God, White Devil; dir. Glauber Rocha, 1964) was considered the greatest Brazilian movie of all time. The other films in the top ten are (in ranking order):
- 2: Limite (Mário Peixoto, 1931);
- 3: Terra em transe (Land in Anguish; dir. Glauber Rocha, 1967);
- 3: Vidas Secas (Barren Lives; dir. Nelson Pereira dos Santos, 1963);
- 5: O Bandido da Luz Vermelha (The Red Light Bandit; dir. Rogério Sganzerla, 1968);
- 6: Cabra Marcado Para Morrer (Eduardo Coutinho, 1964–84);
- 7: Macunaíma (Joaquim Pedro de Andrade, 1969);
- 8: Ganga Bruta (Humberto Mauro, 1933);
- 9: São Paulo, S.A. (Luís Sérgio Person, 1964);
- 10: A Hora e a Vez de Augusto Matraga (Roberto Santos, 1965);
- 10: Os Fuzis (Ruy Guerra, 1963).
List of Brazilian movies
- Abril Despedacado
- Canudos
- Carandiru
- Cazuza - O Tempo Não Pára
- Central do Brasil (Central Station)
- Cidade de Deus (City of God)
- Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos (Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands)
- Ilha das Flores (Isle of Flowers)
- Lisbela e o Prisioneiro
- Macunaíma
- Madame Satã
- O Homem Que Copiava
- O pagador de promessas (Keeper of Promises)
- O Quatrilho
- O Que É Isso, Companheiro? (Four Days in September)
- Olga
- Orfeu Negro (Black Orpheus)
- Os Normais
- Pixote
- The End of the River
- Tieta do Agreste
- Vai que é Mole
Film directors
Main article: List of Brazilian film directors
- Alberto Cavalcanti (1897-1982), pioneer film-maker
- Anselmo Duarte (1920-), winner of a Cannes Film Festival Palm d'Or
- Bruno Barreto
- Cacá Diegues
- Fernando Meirelles, director of Cidade de Deus (City of God)
- Glauber Rocha (1939-1981)
- Guel Arraes
- Hector Babenco
- Humberto Mauro (1897-1983), pioneer and inventive film-maker
- Joaquim Pedro de Andrade (1932-1988)
- Mário Peixoto (1910-1922), pioneer film-maker
- Oswaldo Caldeira
- Walter Salles (1956-), award-winning director of Central do Brasil (Central Station)
See also
External links
- site CINEMA BRASIL - Instituto Cultural Cinema Brasil - Brazilian Movies database
- Complete list of Brazilian movies
- Brazilian Bombshell: In colored clothes and platform shoes, Carmen Miranda, who died 50 years ago, conquered Hollywood and became the most famous Brazilian artist of the 20th century.
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