José Joffily Movies

Gafanhoto is a smuggler who tries to take a hit by stealing a valuable stone. He awakens the fury of the old boss of the gang, and ends up involving...

The documentary follows the campaign of 6 candidates to the municipal legislative council of the city of Rio de Janeiro (population of approximately...

Three Brazilians live different stages of the same choice: to be a warrior in a great army of a foreign nation. Discover stories of characters who...

Callado said he had to leave Brazil to get to know Brazil. His six-year trip to England and France during World War II sparked a "hunger for Brazil."...

The 1920s. A young woman's fiancé has a strange perversion: pricking his beloved's skin and sucking her blood. Adaptation of the short story...

A retired cop becomes the prime suspect in the murder of a prostitute.

Documentary of the unique Rio favela, whose property was legally acquired by the community, in the sophisticated neighborhood of Cosme Velho....

The true story of the boy who became famous when he was cast for the main part on the Brazilian film Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco (1981). After the...

Sylvia and Lúcio have decided to separate after twelve years of living together. The last night under the same roof is marked by memories,...

Documentary about the oppression of a group of a families of the MST, the Brazilian Landless Workers Movement, who invaded Anoni Farm, a farm in the...

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

A psychiatrist and psychoanalyst from Rio Grande do Sul who lives in Rio, Carmem Dametto is 72 years old. Author of several books and an advocate of...

Before his compulsory retirement, on his last day of work, Marshall, JFK airport's chief Immigration officer, detains a group of Latin Americans and...

A documentary of the familiar patchwork of more populous districts of Rio de Janeiro.

A Journalism intern makes her first report in a public office, getting lost in the bureaucratic intricacies.

A small town girl, who's an aspiring singer, tries to make a living out of music in the big city of Rio de Janeiro.