Grande Otelo Movies

Short documentary film offering a rare portrait on legendary Brazilian actor Grande Otelo, recorded at his own family home.

A beautifully told story using archival footage to explore the life of Grande Otelo, a groundbreaking Black Brazilian actor. Overcoming poverty and...

Manicurist finds out she's the daughter of a rich baroness, and inherits her fortune. Now, she'll have to fight her mother's parents, with help from...

"High Noon" spoof. Kid Bolha and Ciscocada, two clumsy swindlers, arrive at a violent Old West town called Citydown where, by mistake, one of them is...

Homage to the great Brazilian samba songwriter Noel Rosa (1910-1937).

Employees on a local supermarket plot an epic heist for robbing the place's vault, but things start to go wrong when they notice a police detective...

Two friends are looking for a quiet place where they can rest awhile. Soon they find the town they'd chosen to go is far from quiet. In fact, it's...

Professor Leônidas Jau is an enemy of football, and in conferences and articles he throws all his hatred against the sport. Friendenreich, his...

Carlos Sebastião Prata Filho watches, for the first time, an interview given in 1963 by his father: Grande Othello. Alongside his four...

Biography of one of the legendary names in the Samba genre of Brazilian music. Although he could hardly dance or play an instrument, he became one of...

Based on true events in Rio de Janeiro, in 1960, when a gang having the infamous outlaw Tião Medonho as a leader performed a sensational...