The best Grande Otelo’s 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.
Macunaíma
6.8/10
Born a fully grown black man in a village in the Brazilian jungle, Macunaíma later magically transforms into a white man before making an adventure-filled trip to the city of São Paulo. Once there, he becomes something of a dandy, falling in love with Ci, a revolutionary who dies in an accidental bombing. After robbing a ruthless industrialist, Macunaima returns to his village where he finds his newly acquired knowledge and possessions of little use.
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"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."
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.
Carioca Tigre
7.5/10
The Brazilwood Man
6.1/10
Fantasy comedy about Brazilian writer Oswald de Andrade, one of the most important icons of Modernism in Brazil. In the film, Oswald is played by two actors: Ítala Nandi, as his feminine anima, and Flávio Galvão, as the masculine half.
The Cosmonauts
7.1/10
After the success of the first Brazilian space mission, a scientist intends to accomplish an even more audacious feat. His goal is to launch into space the Nationalist rocket II, this time taking two humans to the moon.
It's All True
7.2/10
A documentary about Orson Welles's unfinished three-part film about South America.
Brasa Adormecida
6.4/10
Rich girl travels with her fiancé (a cousin) to the family farm, where they're going to marry. But finds another cousin in love with her who does everything to hamper the wedding.
Pistoleiro Bossa Nova
6.7/10
Two friends are looking for a quiet place where they can rest awhile. Soon they find the town they'd chosen to go is far from quiet. In fact, it's ruled by outlaws. And one of them is mistaken for the "Avenging Gunman", defender of the law.
Entrei de Gaiato
7.3/10
Rio, North Zone
7.8/10
A talented songwriter of sambas is forced to face the social injustices of the city around him.
A Rose for Everyone
6.7/10
A vivacious woman tries to please all of her lovers but finds she can't handle the jealousy that erupts among them.
Três Vagabundos
7.4/10
A scientist swaps the mind of banker and an idiot by accident.
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
Jubiabá
6.4/10
Jubiabá is a French-Brazilian film based on the homonymous novel by Jorge Amado.
Cassy Jones, O Magnífico Sedutor
6.6/10
A tireless and incorrigible seducer looks for - and seems to find - the woman of his life.
Ladrões de Cinema
7.6/10
After assaulting a Hollywood film crew, a group of residents of a community in Rio de Janeiro decided to produce a film that would express the reality of Brazil - with the theme of Inconfidência Mineira.
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.
