Daniel Filho Movies

Jéssica (Thati Lopes) is a simple young woman, dedicated to her job at an antique shop in Rio de Janeiro, but she feels her life lacks...

In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents...

The lively João Grilo and the sly Chicó are poor guys living in the hinterland who cheat a bunch of people in a small town in...

When a doctor decides to carry out an AIDS prevention program inside Latin America’s largest prison: the Casa de Detenção de...

Inspired by the moving book “Só as Mães São Felizes”, by Lucinha Araújo, Cazuza's mother, the film covers a...

The story of Francisco, a very simple and poor man whose dream was to see his children become country music stars, and who made all the efforts to...

After taking a very nasty fall on Christmas Eve, grinchy Jorge blacks out and wakes up one year later, with no memory of the year that has passed. He...

Sandro was a boy who loved to sing rap, to kiss, to stare the statue of Christ the Redeemer and dreamed to go visit Copacabana. Growing up on...

Quilombo dos Palmares was a real-life democratic society, created in Brazil in the 17th century. This incredibly elaborate (and surprisingly...

Claudio and Helena are on the verge of breaking up, until the couple experiences another strange phenomenon that looks to help them understand one...

A 50 year-old woman who analyses her past. She pictures herself when she was 20 years old and she re-creates the story of her life through a game of...

"The Baron" wanted to commit the perfect heist involving 3 tons of money and no violence. For this he would need the right people willing to get 1...

When João goes to Brazil in search of a better life, he meets punk music enthusiast Maria and falls in love with her. But his involvement in...

A woman is taken along with her mother in 1910 to a far-away desert by her husband, and after his passing, is forced to spend the next 59 years of...

In this highly stylized Brazilian drama a sax player fondly remembers one wonderful night spent with his life's love and decides to find her again....

Severino do Quixadá (Renato Aragão), a humble northeastern shepherd of goats, rescues Captain Virgulano or simply Captain (Nelson...

Diogo Álvares, a Portuguese map illustrator, reaches the Brazilian coast, after his caravel sinks. He is saved by the Indian chief Itaparica...

The publicist Claudio and the housewife and choral teacher Helena have been married for many years, but they do not understand and respect the...

A biography of spiritual medium and author Francisco Candido Xavier.

The story of two couples who are neighbors and the marital problems caused by the unexpected arrival of two important personages of their past. The...