List of the best Bruno Barreto movies: Four Days in September(1997), Reaching for the Moon(2013), Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands(1977), Gabriela(1983), A Show of Force(1990), One Tough Cop(1998), Amor Bandido(1979), The Heart of Justice(1993) ... ...
Drama
Brazil|USA
1997
117 Minutes
Director
Alan Arkin Pedro Cardoso Fernanda Torres Luiz Fernando Guimarães Cláudia Abreu Nelson Dantas Matheus Nachtergaele Marco Ricca Maurício Gonçalves Caio Junqueira Selton Mello
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Brazillian urban guerrilla fighters kidnap the American Ambassador. Now, the diplomat's life hangs in the balance - helplessly caught between a government unwilling to cooperate - and his fear of the captors themselves.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Biography, Drama
Brazil
2013
118 Minutes
Director
Gloria Pires Miranda Otto Tracy Lynn Middendorf Marcello Airoldi Tânia Costa Treat Williams Lola Kirke Marianna Mac Niven Marcio Ehrlich Anna Bella
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A chronicle of the tragic love affair between American poet Elizabeth Bishop and Brazilian architect Lota de Macedo Soares.
Comedy
Brazil
1977
118 Minutes
Director
Sonia Braga José Wilker Mauro Mendonça Dinorah Brillanti Nelson Xavier Rui Resende Arthur Costa Mário Gusmão
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In a small city of Brazil, a woman named Flor marries a man named Vadinho, but once married she finds that he is a good-for-nothing. She works teaching cooking and he takes all of her money... See full summary »
Drama
Brazil
1983
102 Minutes
Director
Sonia Braga Marcello Mastroianni Michael Coby Paulo Goulart Nicole Puzzi Flávio Galvão Nildo Parente Nuno Leal Maia Nelson Xavier
In 1925, Nacib (Marcello Mastroianni) is the owner of bar in a small Brazilian coastal town runs by the local colonels. He meets Gabriela (Sonia Braga) and hires her on as a cook. They soon... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1990
93 Minutes
Director
Amy Irving Andy Garcia Lou Diamond Phillips Robert Duvall Kevin Spacey Erik Estrada Juan Fernández Claribel Medina
An American journalist in Puerto Rico in 1978 investigates the death of nationalists who may have been murdered by the police.
Crime, Drama
USA
1998
92 Minutes
Director
Stephen Baldwin Chris Penn Mike McGlone Gina Gershon Paul Guilfoyle Amy Irving Victor Slezak Luis Guzman
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A detective tries to remain loyal to his partner, and his best friend - a mobster.
Drama
1979
95 Minutes
Director
Paulo Gracindo Cristina Aché Paulo Guarnieri Ligia Diniz Flávio São Thiago Hélio Ary José Dumont Vinicius Salvatori
A girl abandoned by her father becomes a prostitute and falls in love with a thief who kills his victims.
Drama
1993
100 Minutes
Director
Eric Stoltz Jennifer Connelly Dermot Mulroney Dennis Hopper Harris Yulin Vincent Price William H. Macy
A New York newsman (Eric Stoltz) falls for the woman (Jennifer Connelly) behind a society murder in this adaptation of the Keith Reddin play.