Northeast / 2005

An accidental meeting between a French woman who goes to South America to adopt a baby and an Argentinian woman who with her small son leaves their hopeless village in search for a better life changes both of their lives forever.

Nordeste / 1981

The Editing of the Brazilian Northeast / 2023

In order to invent a region, it is necessary to create its culture, preferably with the help of cinema. Inspired by the book and play “A Invenção do Nordeste”, this is a re-editing of Brazilian films essential to the foundation of the Northeastern imaginary.

2000 Nordestes: O que Era Realidade Não É Mais uma Realidade / 2001

From Ceará to Bahia, passing through Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba and Pernambuco (and with the counterpoint of the Northeastern diaspora in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro), the documentary seeks to survey the contemporary Northeastern imaginary: a mixture of the most rich or archaic regional traditions with influences from the more modern mass culture of the era of globalization.

Ciganos do Nordeste / 1977

Rendeiras do Nordeste / 1974

Zabumba, Orquestra Popular do Nordeste / 1974

Popular manifestation in extinction, presented with its local musicians and their handmade instruments.

Nordeste Sangrento / 1963

Cowboy escaping from the drought in the Northeast Brazil meets some officers led by a cruel lieutenant, whose main objective was to catch organized outlaws and invade the small town of Juazeiro. They arrest and torture him, hoping he would tell them the whereabouts of Padre Cícero, a prominent religious leader of the place. But he manages to escape and arrives in Juazeiro. The police invade the city and arrest the believers who were celebrating a party for Padre Cícero.

Brinquedo Popular do Nordeste / 1977

Feiras do Nordeste / 1973

Visão do Nordeste / 1974

Nordeste: Cordel, Repente e Canção / 1975

Documentary about popular art manifestations in Northeast Brazil: the "cordel" literature (popular literature, small stories sold in markets); "repente", kind of musical challenge between two singers, who have to improvise the verses, in strict rhyme; and the interaction between these and local popular song.

Frei Damião o Santo do Nordeste / 2019