Humberto Mauro Movies

Brazil, 1594. The Tupinambás natives are friends of the French and their enemies are the Tupiniquins, friends of the Portuguese. A Frenchman...

An adaptation of Machado de Assis' eponymous short story, preceded by a short telling of the author's life and works.

Biographical data about Castro Alves: the different cities where he lived, the love misadventures, the school institutions where he studied and his...

Biographical account of Leopoldo Miguéz with sung and illustrated fragments of some of his compositions.

Between captured images, animations and scientific descriptions, the puraquê electric fish is presented through the eyes of Humberto Mauro and...

A man kills his wife on their wedding night, after discovering she had been unfaithful. After being acquitted, he moves to the country, where he...

The historical places and geography of the city of Salvador.

A Brazilian style Western inspired by the young director's fondness for American films.

A Velha a Fiar illustrates a Brazilian folk song in which a being or entity is always predating another being, but is in its turn predated by some...

Musical rhytyms inspired by work activities.

A documentary-tribute to the filmmaker Humberto Mauro considered the pioneer of Brazilian and Latin American cinema, directed by his grandnephew,...

O Descobrimento do Brasil (The Discovery of Brazil) is an impressive historical epic recreating Álvares Cabral’s voyage to the New World...

A short documentary on the film works directed by Brazilian pioneer Humberto Mauro. With an extensive career that began in the silent era and then...

Lelita, a rich young lady, is courted by Paulo, her cousin, but she has reason to believe he is also having na affair with Lelita's sister, which...

Coronel Januário's goddaughter, Maria Fausta, is having a secret affair with João do Carmo. While her godfather is engaged in his...

A look at the now abandoned production farms, substituted by power plants.