List of the best Carlos Diegues movies: Bye Bye Brazil(1979), Tieta do Agreste(1996), Orfeu(1999), Quilombo(1984), Giovanni Improtta(2013) ... ...
Comedy, Drama
France|Brazil|Argentina
1979
110 Minutes
Director
José Wilker Betty Faria Fábio Júnior Zaira Zambelli Príncipe Nabor Emmanuel Cavalcanti Jofre Soares José Márcio Passos
The Caravana Rolidei rolls into town with the Gypsy Lord at the mike: he does magic tricks, the erotic Salomé dances, and the mute Swallow performs feats of strength. A young accordion ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
Brazil|UK|France
1996
141 Minutes
Director
Sonia Braga Marília Pêra Chico Anysio Cláudia Abreu Zezé Motta Leon Góes Heitor Martinez Jece Valadão
Just when her family starts believing that she is dead, and that they can expect a rich heritage, Tieta returns from São Paulo to her native village in Bahia, which she had been forced to ... See full summary »
Drama
Brazil
1999
112 Minutes
Director
Toni Garrido Patrícia França Murilo Benício Zezé Motta Milton Gonçalves Isabel Fillardis Maria Ceiça Stepan Nercessian Maurício Gonçalves Lucio Andrey Eliezer Motta
In a dangerous but human Rio's slum, rises the love affair betwen Orfeu and Eurídice, provoking jealousy and violence in times of carnival.
Drama, History
1984
120 Minutes
Director
Antônio Pompêo Zezé Motta Toni Tornado Maurício do Valle Jofre Soares Antonio Pitanga Grande Otelo João Nogueira Vera Fischer Daniel Filho Jorge Coutinho
slave warrior old woman captain priest engaging inspiring brazil jungle mountain slavery colonialism heroism battle catholic church running away underdog rise escape 17th century
Runaway African slaves find utopia under a chief (Tony Tornado) and his godson (Antônio Pompêo) in 17th-century Brazil.
Comedy
Brazil
2013
100 Minutes
Producer
José Wilker Otávio Augusto Othon Bastos Andréa Beltrão Hugo Carvana Julia Gorman Milton Gonçalves Thelmo Fernandes Carlos Diegues Gregório Duvivier Cristina Pereira