Affonso Beato Movies

A documentary about the fathers of Bossa Nova: João Gilberto and Antonio Carlos Jobim.

The story of a civil servant who lives with his elderly mother. Falling in love with a corrupt politician's young and rich daughter, he abandons...

During a flight, passengers confront their aspirations, frustrations, fears, wishes and fears, mixing up reality and fiction.

Marquinhos is in his early 20s and lives in Copacabana with his petits bourgeois parents and older brother. He doesn't have a job, he doesn't go to...

Artist Heitor dos Prazeres talks about his life as a painter and samba musician.

Successful manager is haunted by a sinister character who enters his dreams, Dr. Moura Brasil.

This Brazilian film is set during the period of its initial colonial discovery and settlement. The title refers to a word the native peoples used for...

The confrontations and conflicts between the city of Padre Cicero's pilgrims and the attempts to develop the region.

A profile of composer, performer, and author Elizabeth Swados, inter-cutting scenes of the artist at work and in travel with personal reflections and...

As experienced by 9 year old Angelita, the film portrays the hardship of migration endured by her family’s move from a small town in Puerto...

Alice faces a lot of trouble to make a film about artist Marcel Duchamp. She randomly chooses musician Antônio for the main part, and ends up...

Just when he's beginning to take his perfect life and marriage for granted, John discovers that he's the result of a failed government experiment to...

Couple of lovers want to steal the income of a popular soccer game, at Maracanã Stadium, in Rio de Janeiro.

Based on the events leading to the Spanish-America War of 1898. It reflects on the expansionist policies of the United States since its inception. A...

Karlo and Katia appear to have it all - gorgeous looks and growing success in Los Angeles's glamorous entertainment industry. But after a financial...