Cinema of Brazil
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Top 10 Movies
In a poll conducted by the Brazilian magazine Contracampo (no. 27) [link], Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol (Black God, White Devil) (Glauber Rocha, 1964) was considered the greatest Brzilian movie of all time. The other films in the top ten are (in ranking order):
- 2: Limite (Mário Peixoto, 1931);
- 3: Terra em transe (Land in Anguish) (Glauber Rocha, 1967);
- 3: Vidas Secas (Barren Lives) (Nelson Pereira dos Santos, 1963);
- 5: O Bandido da Luz Vermelha (The Red Light Bandit) (Rogério Sganzerla, 1968);
- 6: Cabra Marcado Para Morrer (Eduardo Coutinho, 1964–84);
- 7: Macunaíma (Joaquim Pedro de Andrade, 1969);
- 8: Ganga Bruta (Humberto Mauro, 1933);
- 9: São Paulo, S.A. (Luís Sérgio Person, 1964);
- 10: A Hora e a Vez de Augusto Matraga (Roberto Santos, 1965);
- 10: Os Fuzis (Ruy Guerra, 1963).
List of Brazilian movies
- Abril Despedacado
- City of God (film)
- Canudos
- Carandiru (movie)
- Central do Brasil
- Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos
- Os Normais
- Cazuza - O Tempo Não Pára
- Cinema Novo
- The End of the River
- Four Days in September
- Isle of Flowers
- Macunaíma (film)
- O Homem Que Copiava
- Olga
- Pixote
- Tieta do Agreste
- Vai que é Mole
- Orfeu Negro (Black Orpheus)
- Four Days in September
- Madame Satã
- Lisbela e o Prisioneiro
- O Quatrilho
- The Keeper of Promises(O pagador de promessas)
Film directors
Main article: List of Brazilian film directors
- Alberto Cavalcanti (1897-1982), pioneer film-maker
- Anselmo Duarte (1920-), winner of a Cannes Film Festival Palm d'Or
- Bruno Barreto
- Cacá Diegues
- Fernando Meirelles, director of "Cidade de Deus" (City of God)
- Glauber Rocha (1939-1981)
- Guel Arraes
- Hector Babenco
- Humberto Mauro (1897-1983), pioneer and inventive film-maker
- Joaquim Pedro de Andrade (1932-1988)
- Mário Peixoto (1910-1922), pioneer film-maker
- Oswaldo Caldeira
- Walter Salles, award-studded director of "Central do Brasil" (Central Station)
See also
External links
- [Brazilian Bombshell:] In colored clothes and platform shoes, Carmen Miranda, who died 50 years ago, conquered Hollywood and became the most famous Brazilian artist of the 20th century
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