José Joffily Movies

Takes the viewer into a heated contest for a unique prize. In one corner, the undisputed champion: Music; in the other: the musicians. Ricardo,...

Three Brazilians live different stages of the same choice: to be a warrior in a great army of a foreign nation. Discover stories of characters who...

The routine of a group of brazilian teenagers living in Brasília, Brazil's capital. Their aspirations, dreams and illusions presented in a...

High Court judge returns to the small town where he was born, bringing along his beautiful and young wife. The local men get aroused and start...

Documentary about the traffic of human blood in the Third World.

Exiled in Acapulco, the bon vivant Dino cheats a rich widow into financing his coming back to Brazil. To avoid getting caught, he hides in a coffin....

Two friends get rich running an illegal gambling business. But soon they start to compete, and become rivals.

Cacaso, a Brazilian poet, lived in Rio de Janeiro. Born Antonio Carlos de Brito (1944-1987) he was one of the leaders of the marginal poetry...

The documentary follows the campaign of 6 candidates to the municipal legislative council of the city of Rio de Janeiro (population of approximately...

Documentary about the oppression of a group of a families of the MST, the Brazilian Landless Workers Movement, who invaded Anoni Farm, a farm in the...

André Câmara is a 45-year old Brazilian photographer who's been living in London for 20 years. 87-year-old Maria do Socorro left for the...

Documentary of the unique Rio favela, whose property was legally acquired by the community, in the sophisticated neighborhood of Cosme Velho....