Movies: Herbert Richers

In vivid images, the documentary-like story of a drover and his family in the northern badlands of Brazil during the drought. A family in the search of new hope and destiny....

After visiting a fortune teller, Zulmira is informed that a blonde woman will threaten her peace. After talking to her husband Toninho, she suspects that her cousin Glorinha may be that blonde....

Upon learning that his rich dad is on the brink of bankruptcy, spoiled Vavá summons his friend Jandir with a plan to get some quick cash: they will blackmail an uncle of Vavá by taking compromising photos of his lover, Leda....

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Two new recruits at a fire station headquarter engage in a competition between two sergeants in personal rivalry...

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An extended research tour of US university film programs introduced dos Santos to the American avant-garde filmmakers, among them Jonas Mekas and Stan Brakhage, who would directly inspire his formally radical adaptation of an allegorical short story ...

Based on true events in Rio de Janeiro, in 1960, when a gang having the infamous outlaw Tião Medonho as a leader performed a sensational railroad hold-up on a train carrying a small fortune....

True story of a famous and violent Brazilian outlaw nicknamed "Paraíba". After being shot, Paraíba tries to hide inside a church, where he starts remembering episodes of his criminal life....

The adventures of a peaceful and infatuated man, who tries to identify the man who killed his sweetheart, an unconventional young woman who used to receive "guests" at home, calling them her cousins....

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Married woman only feels well when she's in love. In search of a ravishing love, she has many love affairs, with her husband's consent....

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In a company trading maté, workers are treated as slaves. Some of them try to escape, but those who are caught suffer severe punishments....

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Poor boy treats a sweet lemon tree as his only friend, talking to it, and learning important values in the process. But one day the tree must be cut....

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Employees on a local supermarket plot an epic heist for robbing the place's vault, but things start to go wrong when they notice a police detective on their heels....

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A street vendor and a servant theater, newly unemployed, accidentally swap their briefcases trinkets for one of three bandits who just rob a bank. The chase, which also involves two "rapas" only ends when, aided by a chorus girl, unwittingly particip...