The best Domingos de Oliveira’s movies
We present our ranking of the best Domingos de Oliveira’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Domingos de Oliveira.
Domingos
7.3/10
A look into the life and mind of Brazilian playwright and filmmaker Domingos Oliveira through his daily activities and artistic deeds.
Sambizanga
7/10
Domingos is a member of an African liberation movement, arrested by the Portuguese secret police, after bloody events in Angola. He does not betray his companions, but is beaten to death in prison, and not knowing he is dead, his wife goes from a prison station to another, trying in vain to know where he is.
Vida, Vida
6.8/10
In Rio de Janeiro, a successful yet underpaid young accountant lives with his pregnant wife in small apartment in middle class neighborhood of Copacabana. Unsatisfied with their way of life, the couple decides to accept the offer of becoming housekeepers of a rich man's vacation residence in a beach town.
Separações
7.2/10
Cabral is a 60 year old playwright who's married to Glorinha, an actress who's 20 years younger than him. They've been together for half of her live, and now they're getting bored...
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
7.8/10
In 1965, a year after the military coup in Brazil, an oasis of freedom opened in the country's capital. The Brasília Film Festival: a landmark of cultural and political resistance. Its story is that of Brazilian cinema itself.
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
7.6/10
German documentary for TV about the "Cinema Novo" movement (Brazilian New Wave). Director Joaquim Pedro de Andrade focuses on six Cinema Novo filmmakers working in Rio in 1967.
Cine Paissandu: Histórias de uma Geração
7.5/10
Documentary about the cinema that formed the Paissandu Generation, in the 60s, and the cultural and social impact of that period for the country's history.
Todo Mundo Tem Problemas Sexuais
6.2/10
Divided in five segments, "Todo Mundo Tem Problemas Sexuais" follows the story of different couples, each having various problems in bed.
Primeiro Dia de um Ano Qualquer
5.8/10
On the first day of the year, multiple characters meet in a sumptuous country house nearside Rio de Janeiro. From dawn till dusk, they all face their crisis and limitations, and search for a meaning for their lives.
