Eduardo Coutinho Movies

Following a newspaper ad, ordinary women tell part of their life stories to director Eduardo Coutinho, which are then re-enacted by actresses,...

Five segments about the hardships faced by people living in slums on hills in Rio de Janeiro.

This film shows people with constant psychological and social conflicts: the violence among outlaws, conflicts between man and woman, police and...

A young female fugitive escapes from a juvenile institution (the Child Assistance Service) and joins a group of poor beggars with the intention of...

The daily lives and routine of 37 families living in a huge 12-story building in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: their drama, aspirations, intimate...

A German governess is hired to give German and piano lessons to the teenager son of a rich traditional family, in the 20s. But soon they get...

The story of Rio de Janeiro’s movie theaters and the radical transformation they have endured since the invention of Cinema.

Documentary that addresses, through the testimony of directors and actors, the work of Dib Lutfi, considered one of the greatest photographers of...

In São Paulo, during the 1920s, a woman who is loved by a telegraphist and seduced by a slacker ends up in prostitution.

How much theatricality is there in an interview-based documentary? On one side, someone answers. On the other side, someone asks questions –...

An overview of Brazilian spirituality and religions.

In this documentary Coutinho examines the plight of the people who live off the waste of the Brazilian cities. These people make their living by...

A film that began from zero. Without any previous research, characters, locations or established themes, a film crew arrives at the Paraiba backlands...

The visits of Brazilian sanitarist Oswaldo Cruz to Amazon in early 20th century.

Early documentary by Eduardo Coutinho dealing with the water shortage in the city of Ouricuri in the seventies.

The life and work of deputy Ulysses Guimarães based on news reports, interviews and testimonies.

After an initial meeting in 1964 interrupted by military dictatorship and a new meeting in the early 1980s to end the film "Twenty Years Later",...

A documentary by Eduardo Coutinho about a hired-gun from Brazil's Northeast.

Made from interviews with young Brazilian students by filmmaker Eduardo Coutinho before his death (in February 2014), the film seeks to understand...