Nelson Xavier Movies

The tensions experienced by three different people during the military dictatorship in Brazil: a politician, a revolutionary and a common citizen.

A photo-journalist goes to Brazil to investigate a savage crime boss. She becomes infatuated with the story.

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...

Benjamim Zambraia is a lonely man, a famous model with a tragic past. Some time in the past, he showed some officers the exact location where the...

The life and highlights of Marshal Cândido Rondon.

A small poor community called Javé is under threat of being flooded by a new dam that is being built, and the only way to prevent this is to...

A documentary film about the taboos, stereotypes, and struggles of black actors in Brazilian television "soaps". Based on his own memories and on a...

Having come out recently from jail, a tramp, willing to make quick money, decides to organize a pool match between two famous retired players.

"Seven women on motorcycles, through Via Dutra, go to the Baixada Fluminense, a microcosm of Brazil. Diving into the memory and questioning the...

After visiting a fortune teller, Zulmira is informed that a blonde woman will threaten her peace. After talking to her husband Toninho, she suspects...

Two friends get rich running an illegal gambling business. But soon they start to compete, and become rivals.

Based on William Shakespeare's "Macbeth". Elias is a successful executive who works in the second largest private bank in Brazil. One day, Elias...

The real story of Carlos Lamarca, a captain who, during the military dictatorship in Brazil, deserted Brazilian Army and got involved in left-wing...

Amador is a retired and ostracized gunman. Alone and bitter, he collects newspaper clippings of his old crimes in an album. After several...

A 92-year-old man decides that the time has come to say goodbye to all that is most important in his life, including his lover – who is 55...

Nopumoceno, the most successful businessman in the Cabo Verde archipelogo, is an ambitious, clever opportunist, known during his lifetime as...

Powerful magician goes to jail for creating illusion of affluence in Brazilian town.

Heitor and Matilde are two siblings who decide to murder their rich father in order to quickly inherit his wealth. They get the killing done, aided...