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masterpieces of Brazilian cinema

posted 16 years ago by sync-zs
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Can someone please suggest any other great masterpieces of Brazilian cinema.
I've seen
Pixote
Cidade de Deus
Cidade dos Homens
Cafundo
Tropa de Elite
Os Cafajestes

Thanks

[–] cacahuetes 16 years ago

You should check Walter Salles films such as Central Station and Behind the Sun, Beto Brant's The Trespasser and Lais Bodazky's Brainstorm.
Enjoy it!

[–] joonas1038 16 years ago

i havent seen pixote

[–] sborges 16 years ago

hum...considering the state of brazilian cinema today, good luck at finding anything decent - and, for Christ, stay away from Walter Salles & co. - biggest, all-time turd of Brazilian cinema!!!

[–] greyokgreyok 15 years ago

c´mon, central station is very good.

[–] JackBluegrass 11 years ago

sborges,

Why do you criticize Walter Salles?

[–] henriquemoreno1974 10 years ago

I guess he/she does not know... hahaha

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[–] flatlinebeforedeath 15 years ago

Carandiru was pretty good. It's based on the real prison and incident in Brazil.

[–] nickboywonder 15 years ago

Central do Brasil (Central Station)
Abril Despadecado (Behind the sun)
O Homem que copiava (the man who copied)
o auto da compadecida
Os Dois Filhos de Francisco
Orfeu Negro (Black Orpheus) (not technically brazilian cinema...but in many ways it is)

Ha muitos outros ahinda! Felicidade!

[–] JackBluegrass 11 years ago

For lovers of beautiful film photography, you must watch Central do Brasil (Central Station) by cinematographer Walter Carvalho. The guy is a genius with a motion picture camera!

[–] rnpitta 14 years ago

you shoudn't miss To the Left of the Father.

[–] philman200001 13 years ago

Bye Bye Brazil is great!

[–] Boisansoif 13 years ago

Bye Bye Brazil is an amazing movie and O Homem que copiava is one of the most enjoyable & entertaining movies of the last decade, a little gem.

Some favorites, almost all released on DvDs :

Limite (1931)
Ganga Bruta (1933)
Os Cafajestes (1962)
Boca de Ouro (1963)
Vidas Secas (1964)
Os Fuzis (1964)
Eles Não Usam Black-Tie (1982)
Cabra Marcado Para Morrer (1985)
A Hora da Estrela (1986)
Guerra de Canudos (1997)
Gêmeas (1999)
Sonhos Tropicais (2001)
Bicho de Sete Cabeças (2001)
Ônibus 174 (2002)
Proibido Proibir (2007)

[–] konam 13 years ago

Here are some other recomendations to the list of Boisansoif :

(only citing recent movies)

Carandiru (2003)
Cidade Baixa (2005)
Casa de Areia (2005)
Cinema, Aspirinas e Urubus (2005)
O Cheiro do Ralo (2006)
O Maior Amor do Mundo (2006) - Loved it!
Blindness (2008)
Tropa de Elite 1/2 (2007/2010)
Waste Land (great documentary from 2010)

There are other brazilian movies that got quite famous but either I didnt like them, or I havent watched them, or I dont remenber them right now.

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[–] nandomaron 12 years ago

Try 'O baixio das bestas'

[–] Benedict_Cumberbatch 9 years ago

Agreed - "To The Left of the Father" (Lavoura Arcaica, dir. Luiz Fernando Carvalho, 2001) is an absolute masterpiece.

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[–] leetallahassee 12 years ago

The only Brazilian Film I've ever seen was "Black Orpheus." It is excellent.

(A previous poster said this was not technically a Brazilian film. what did
he or she mean by this?)

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[–] maba1789 8 years ago

Terra em Transe
Limite
Vidas Secas
Deus e o Diabo na Terra do sol

for me these are the only true masterpicec of Brazilian cinema. Pixote is a great film, almost a masterpiece but Cidade de Deus is "a false great film", sketchy and excessive, the most overrated movie of this century.