Cinema of Brazil

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The cinema of Brazil started in 1930. It had its highest moment in the 1960s and its decadency in the late 1970s. Today Brazilian cinema is seeing the return of its popularity with movies like Central do Brasil (Central Station), Carandiru and Cidade de Deus (City of God).

1 Top 10 Movies
2 List of Brazilian films
3 Film directors
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Top 10 Movies

In a poll conducted by the Brazilian magazine Contracampo (no. 27) [1], Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol (Black God, White Devil; dir. Glauber Rocha, 1964) was considered the greatest Brazilian 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; dir. Glauber Rocha, 1967);
3: Vidas Secas (Barren Lives; dir. Nelson Pereira dos Santos, 1963);
5: O Bandido da Luz Vermelha (The Red Light Bandit; dir. 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).

[edit] List of Brazilian films

Main article: List of Brazilian films

Abril Despedacado
Canudos
Carandiru
Cazuza - O Tempo Não Pára
Central do Brasil (Central Station)
Cidade de Deus (City of God)
Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos (Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands)
Ilha das Flores (Isle of Flowers)
Lisbela e o Prisioneiro
Macunaíma
Madame Satã
O Homem Que Copiava
O pagador de promessas (Keeper of Promises)
O Quatrilho
O Que É Isso, Companheiro? (Four Days in September)
Olga
Orfeu Negro (Black Orpheus)
Os Normais
Pixote
The End of the River
Tieta do Agreste
Vai que é Mole

[edit] 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 Palme 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 (1910-1992), pioneer film-maker
Oswaldo Caldeira
Walter Salles (1956-), award-winning director of Central do Brasil (Central Station)