The best Grande Otelo’s drama movies
We present our ranking of the best Grande Otelo’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 Grande Otelo.
Fitzcarraldo
8/10
Fitzcarraldo is a dreamer who plans to build an opera house in Iquitos, in the Peruvian Amazon, so, in order to finance his project, he embarks on an epic adventure to collect rubber, a very profitable product, in a remote and unexplored region of the rainforest.
Quilombo
6.6/10
Quilombo dos Palmares was a real-life democratic society, created in Brazil in the 17th century. This incredibly elaborate (and surprisingly little-known) film traces the origins of Quilombo, which began as a community of freed slaves. The colony becomes a safe harbor for other outcasts of the world, including Indians and Jews. Ganga Zumba (Toni Tornado) becomes president of Quilombo, the first freely elected leader in the Western Hemisphere. Naturally, the ruling Portuguese want to subjugate Zumba and his followers, but the Quilombians are ready for their would-be oppressors. The end of this Brave New World is not pleasant, but the followers of Zumba and his ideals take to the hills, where they honor his memory to this day. Writer/director Carlos Diegues takes every available opportunity to compare the rise and fall of Quilombo with the state of affairs in modern-day Brazil.
Jubiabá
6.4/10
Jubiabá is a French-Brazilian film based on the homonymous novel by Jorge Amado.
Lúcio Flávio, the Passenger of the Agony
7.4/10
History of a famous Brazilian bandit of the early seventies and his fight against a death squad.
Rio, North Zone
7.8/10
A talented songwriter of sambas is forced to face the social injustices of the city around him.
Assault on the Pay Train
7.9/10
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 railroad hold-up on a train carrying a small fortune.
Boca de Ouro
7/10
A Família do Barulho
7.1/10
A dysfunctional family, composed of a prostitute and two gays, one strong and the other fragile and stupid, lives a routine life in Rio de Janeiro. When the slut threatens the other two to stop supporting them, they decide to find an odalisque as an alternative to keep their easy life.
Bahia
7.2/10
Os Marginais
7/10
O Negrinho do Pastoreio
8.8/10
Arrastão
8.1/10
It's Not All True
7.3/10
Orson Welles goes to Brazil to shoot his documentary It's All True.
Romance Proibido
6.8/10
Natal da Portela
7.3/10
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 the main composers of Portela, an important Samba "school" in Rio de Janeiro.
Também Somos Irmãos
8/10
Renato and Miro are black brothers raised by a white family in an old mansion in Rio de Janeiro. Renato, a graduated lawyer, has always looked for dignity, winning in life due to his honesty and search for social recognition. His brother, on the contrary, is a rebel small time crook who believes his behavior is the product of the treatment he received while being rased by the whites.
A Mulher de Fogo
João Ninguém
Asa Branca - A Brazilian Dream
6.2/10
Story of a modest but talented soccer player for an obscure club in a small Brazilian town who comes to São Paulo and reaches stardom.
Luz dos Meus Olhos
7.2/10
