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Road 47 (Portuguese: A Estrada 47) is a 2013 historical war drama film written and directed by Vicente Ferraz, based on real events, about Brazil's involvement in World War II. The film stars Daniel de Oliveira , Richard Sammel , Sergio Rubini and Julio Andrade.
The film is "loosely based" on the 1979 memoir O Que É Isso, Companheiro? (in English: What Was That, Man?), written by politician Fernando Gabeira. [3] In 1969, as a member of Revolutionary Movement 8th October (MR-8), a student guerrilla group, he participated in the abduction of the United States ambassador to Brazil, negotiating to gain release of leftist political prisoners.
A list of films produced in Brazil ordered by year and split onto separate pages by decade. For an alphabetical list of films currently on Wikipedia see Category:Brazilian films 1897–1919
Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (Portuguese: Tropa de Elite 2 – O Inimigo Agora é Outro, lit. 'Elite Troop 2: The Enemy is Now Another'; also known as Elite Squad 2) is a 2010 Brazilian action thriller film [3] directed and co-produced by José Padilha, who co-wrote it with Bráulio Mantovani and Rodrigo Pimentel.
Brazil has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film [nb 1] since 1960. The award is handed out annually by the United States–based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature length motion picture produced outside the U.S. that contains primarily non-English language dialogue. [3]
Marighella is a 2019 Brazilian biographical political thriller film directed by Wagner Moura, based on the life of Carlos Marighella, a Brazilian politician, writer, and Marxist–Leninist guerrilla fighter [1] [2] accused of engaging in "terrorist acts" against the Brazilian military dictatorship.
Twenty Years Later (Portuguese: Cabra Marcado para Morrer, lit. 'A Man Marked for Death') is a 1984 Brazilian documentary film directed by Eduardo Coutinho. It originated in 1964 as a planned feature film about the life and death of João Pedro Teixeira, a leader of the Peasant leagues from Paraíba who was assassinated on the order of local landowners in 1962.
A Grande Arte (in English, The Great Art; US title: Exposure), is a 1991 Brazilian movie directed by Walter Salles Jr. and starring Peter Coyote.Loosely based on the book A Grande Arte by Brazilian Rubem Fonseca, it is one of the first theatrical works of Salles Jr.