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Francisco Buarque de Hollanda, popularly known simply as Chico Buarque, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer, playwright, writer, and poet. He is best known for his music, which often includes social, economic, and cultural reflections on Brazil.
Total trailers found: 130
19 August 2006
Documentary about the 68-generation, told through the story of the newspaper “O Sol”, one of the first vehicles of the alternative Brazilian press, produced daily for six months, in the 1960s.
27 May 2021
The film narrates, from an intimate point of view, the daily life of President Dilma Rousseff in her official residence, the Palácio do Alvorada, while awaiting the verdict of the impeachment process.
27 April 2023
Jair Rodrigues, the portrait of an artist from a Brazil so close and yet so distant.
23 September 2016
This documentary investigates the aesthetic, political and existential trajectory of emblematic Black Brazilian actor Antônio Pitanga.
01 August 2001
Ana lives in a little village by the sea, with her husband and daughter. He decides to leave for a few days.
14 January 2007
A documentary made to coincide with Niemeyer's 100th birthday. The renowned architect talks about his long life, his inspirations, and his aspirations towards a just Brazil, and the ways he tried to help that along in his spectacular and beautiful buildings.
21 September 2020
The impact of Ney Matogrosso's performances on his audience and the reverberation of that impact on Brazilian culture, from the second half of the 20th century to the present.
19 March 2004
Documentary in two parts about Brazilian writer, journalist and sociologist Sérgio Buarque de Holanda.
11 November 1979
In 1970, the Esquadrão da Morte (Death Squad)' crimes for the refinement of violence provoked a wave of reactions throughout the country.
01 September 2022
The film is an unprecedented and exclusive testimonial of Maria Bethânia from director and screenwriter Carlos Jardim, interspersed with rare footage of rehearsals and concerts by the singer throughout her 57-year career.
24 March 2006
In Nordestina, a small town lost in the Brazilian badlands, young Karina dreams of becoming an actress and leaving to explore the world.
15 September 2020
"What would the world be like without Beethoven?" That’s the provocative question posed by this music documentary from Deutsche Welle.
30 November 2013
This documentary highlights the evolution of Brazil's Circo Voador venue from homespun artists' performance space to national cultural institution.
28 July 2008
A host of personalities reminisce about the life and work of songwriter, lawyer, and congressman Humberto Teixeira — aka "Baião Doctor" — the author of such classic Brazilian popular songs as "Asa Branca".
03 May 1982
Documentary about the strikes that took place in São Bernardo do Campo, in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, circa 1979/1980.
13 March 2009
A journey in the history of the Brazilian songbook with a look at the relationship between poetry and music, sewing testimonials of great names of our culture, musical performances and amazing research of images.
02 January 2005
The biggest Brazilian historical festival of all time. The great cast of the 1973 Phonogram (now Universal Music) meets in three nights to protest against the curtailment of freedom of expression in those dark years of the dictatorship.
07 July 2019
We question the most unquestionable period in our history. The result was an international investigation with part of secret attempts, discovery of Soviet documents and a lot of investigation by the Brazilian media.
07 September 2006
Antônio is an astrophysicist who has just found out he has an inoperable brain tumor. After decades living in the United States, he returns to Brazil and tries to learn more about his biological mother.
10 September 2022
Despite her position at the epicentre of the Brazilian bossa nova scene, singer Heloísa Maria Buarque de Hollanda, known as Miúcha, has been largely underappreciated.
26 August 1978
Paulo Otávio is the host of a pirate radio station on the slums of Rio de Janeiro. He struggles to mantain the station working, since the only help he's got comes from news reporter Calói.
03 March 2011
Carlos Drummond de Andrade's poetry is read by exponents of Brazilian culture, such as Chico Buarque, Caetano Veloso, Adriana Calcanhoto, Fernanda Torres, Marilia Pera, Antonio Cicero and others.
31 December 2007
A series of musical performances showcasing the diverse facets of fado, a musical genre from Lisbon.
06 October 2023
New York, 2010. Jeff Harris, a music journalist, sets out to uncover the truth about Francisco Tenório Júnior, a young Brazilian samba-jazz pianist who disappeared in Buenos Aires on March 18, 1976.
22 August 2018
The story of five generations of the Austrian-Brazilian Knieps family, from the inauguration of their family-owned Great Mystical Circus in the 1910s up to the early 21st century, following both the family and the circus from their prime through to their decadence.
11 October 1989
A look into the 25 years of career of famous musician Chico Buarque and his influence in Brazilian culture.
02 January 2005
Latest images of the artist still alive, an unprecedented composition, testimonies of friends, family and icons of Brazilian culture.
13 August 2024
The documentary narrates the life of Toquinho, one of the greatest Brazilian artists, a musician who transcends the barriers of time and language with his sensitivity.
31 January 2019
A record on Brazilian samba school Estação Primeira de Mangueira's victory on the 2016 carnaval parade.
01 January 2005
The DVD MY DEAR FRIEND opens the retrospective series of work of Chico Buarque, highlighting some of his passions: the city of Rio de Janeiro and its partners and friends.
26 May 1967
Chronicles the life of a 17 year-old girl living in the upper-class Rio de Janeiro neighbourhood of Ipanema.
24 August 2005
Brazilian singer Maria Bethania has a 40-year singing career. A documentary shows her concerts and famous family.
02 July 1986
In Rio de Janeiro's bohemian district called Lapa, during the '40s, a stylish and popular scoundrel exploits a cabaret singer, and earns his living by means of petty swindles.
22 November 1976
After the death of her handsome but good-for-nothing husband Vadinho, Flor, a widow, marries Dr. Teodoro, a respectable gentleman.
09 January 1973
Having come out recently from jail, a tramp, willing to make quick money, decides to organize a pool match between two famous retired players.
01 October 1997
Fernando, a journalist, and his friend César join terrorist group MR8 in order to fight Brazilian dictatorial regime during the late sixties.
02 January 1991
Exiled in Acapulco, the bon vivant Dino cheats a rich widow into financing his coming back to Brazil.
30 January 2023
For this behemoth, Bressane took his opera omnia and edited it in an order that first adheres to historical chronology but soon starts to move backwards and forward.
15 July 2018
It tells the story of the musicians who revitalized Lapa, from the end of the 90s, in meetings on the small stage of "Bar Semente".
31 October 1983
Glorinha, a middle-class 15 year old girl, always thought her mother Judite had killed herself, and that her father Gilberto has gone crazy as result.
01 January 2005
Este é o nono DVD da série retrospectiva da obra de Chico Buarque e trata da rica relação entre múcica e literatura nas canções e livros do autor.
01 April 1984
Based on text from Chico Buarque de Holanda's Fazenda Modelo, the film is a parable about a construction worker and the foreman of the plant.
