After 30 years in a cell for the mentally ill, Coffin Joe is finally freed. Back on the streets, the sadistic gravedigger is set on fulfilling that for which he…
This film captures the criminal behavior of two young Copacabana thugs (the “cafajestes”). The two plan a blackmail coup against a rich old man, using nude pictures of a lady…
Banned by Brazil’s Federal Department of Public Safety, Rio, 40 Graus is a landmark film that ushered in the wave of Neorealist cinema in Brazil – Cinema Novo. The film…