A Cabeça do Santo

G.H., a well-to-do Rio sculptress, enters her maid’s room, sees a cockroach crawling out of the wardrobe, and, panicking, slams the door on it. But the sight of the dying insect provokes a mystical crisis.

Runtime

2h 4m

Cast

Maria Fernanda Cândido, Samira Nancassa

Inside the closet at seamstress Jacira's house, in an old orange coat, lives Teca, a curious little bookworm, and her pet mite, Tuti. When the old seamstress mistakenly takes Teca and Tuti in her coat while returning a book to the city library, Tuti, once again, had caused some trouble. Escaping with Teca's ribbon in its mouth, it disa...

Runtime

8m

Cast

Fabíola Caetano, André Luiz, Alzira Espíndola

Film based on five short stories by Clarice Lispector (“A Bela e a Fera”, “Amor”, “Feliz Aniversário”, “Preciosidade” e “Mal-estar de um Anjo”).

Director

Eunice Gutman, Maria Luiza d'Aboim

Cast

Letícia Isnard, Leticia Spiller, Vitor Arcanjo

Cast

Leonardo de Castro, Adriano Chastel, Karen Centurion

The friendship between Jorge Amado, Dorival Caymmi, and Carybé, artists who were largely responsible for creating an image of the culture of Bahia that persists to this day, and who believed that the strength of their work lay in documenting what they saw on the streets.

Runtime

1h 16m

Cast

Jorge Amado, Dorival Caymmi, Carybé