Fernando Meirelles Movies

For the first time ever, experience the work of a nation as it host the world and puts on a show like never before.

After his mother's sudden death, Socrates, a 15-year-old living on the margins of São Paulo's coast, must survive on his own while coming to...

Follows the struggles of a small theatre company attempting to adapt a Shakespeare play.

Observational documentary about people as refugees and asylum seekers in many geographical locations such as Germany, Brazil, Western Sahara,...

Two friends hit the road to Buenos Aires aboard an orange Opala 72, with a mission: be with as many women as possible. This is all a plan to wash the...

Determined to escape their poverty-stricken lives, four talented young women living on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil, form an all-female rap...

A deeply moving story about love, loss and literature, this documentary follows the days of José Saramago, the Nobel-laureate Portuguese...

This short film portrays the last hours of a young man before assuming homosexuality. He struggles to tell his father that he is gay, but gets...

Documentary on the preparation of actors for "City of God".

In The Meaning of Life we will take part on a journey throughout the world to question our existence through the inquiries of a young Brazilian, with...

Five maids in São Paulo are observed in this episodic, impressionistic film. The women interact with each other, ride busses, work, and have...

An experimental documentary following the busy life of an office worker in São Paulo, Marly, and how he manages to have a personal life beyond...

A successful 38-year-old attorney leads a normal life until her daughter is shot by criminals. Desperate and powerless that her daughter's attacker...

In 1983, director Fernando Meirelles read an article in the newspaper about the punks circulating in downtown São Paulo. Half suspicious, he...

Rubens is a carefree, charismatic swimming instructor who finds himself accused of displaying inappropriate affection toward one of his students by...

Enio is a middle-aged man who lives in solitude after a failed relationship. Pedro, 30, dates Teresa, who is moving to her home. He inherited a...

Filmed over seven years, the documentary follows Valter Hugo Mãe as he writes his novel “A Desumanização”, across...

Samuca is only 17 years old and discovers that his girlfriend Alicia is pregnant. The news comes to light at a not very favorable moment in Samuca's...