Retratos

Documentary series about ordinary people that does extraordinary things.

Retratos / 2020

A thief arrives at a house after a burglary to wait for his accomplices. He will soon realize that something was waiting for him.

Portraits / 2021

Installation depicting photographic portraits of indigenous Amazonian communities at Sebastião Salgado's Amazônia exhibition. Accompanied with music from Rodolfo Stroeter.

Portraits /

Between documentary and painting in movement, poetry and magic, these film portraits intend to capture the spirit of each of its subjects, as well as that of a generation. The portraits present generally Mexican and New York City artists, friends and contemporaries of the filmmaker.

Portraits / 2009

Four woman of different generations. Their bodies and faces confronted with a tender and ruthless camera. Explicit and implicit movements; intimacy, shyness and extravagance in a mysterious choreography. A magnifying glass that explores and amplifies their moods, and silences: a shared loneliness.

Retratos / 2010

Portraits / 1974

Short film by Narcisa Hirsch

Ayrton: Retratos e Memórias / 2015

Sullivan & Massadas: Retratos e Canções / 2024

Pictures of Ghosts / 2023

Downtown Recife’s classic movie palaces from the 20th century are mostly gone. That city area is now an archaeological site of sorts that reveals aspects of life in society which have been lost. And that’s just part of the story.

The Prisoner of the Iron Bars / 2004

In 2002, the greatest prison in Latin America, Complex Carandiru, was demolished. A couple of months before its implosion, director Paulo Sacramento trained some inmates and together with his crew, they produced many hours of footage, showing daily life in prison.

Portraits of a Search / 2014

In the Mexican narco-war, thousands of mothers search for their missing sons and daughters. In Portraits of a Search, the stories of Natividad, Guadalupe and Margarita intertwine to convey the different forms of confronting the search and uncertainty: one turns to the FBI, another obtains the Nation´s president´s personal promise, and the other tries to return to her routines so as to save her grandson. A portrait of Mexico today.

Adolescentes (21 retratos filmados) / 2010

Ayrton: Retratos e Memórias - O Filme / 2015

Retratos Brasileiros: Alberto Cavalcanti / 2008

retratos pretéritos /

São Paulo - Retratos do Mundo / 2005

Portraits of My Mother / 2019

A mother confesses to her son what she remembers about the experience of being raped as a child. By painfully recalling this traumatic event, she reflects on the sexual abuse of children and the scars it leaves on a person’s life.

Retratos de uma Vida - Muhammad Ali /

Retratos de Piratininga / 2023