Machado de Assis Trailers
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Total trailers found: 32
20 May 2005
Free adaptation of Machado de Assis's short story "Pai Contra Mãe", having some of Nireu Cavalcanti's 18th Century chronicles as inspiration, the film traces parallels between life in during the slavery period and in modern Brazil.
09 June 1988
Based on a book by Machado de Assis (1839-1908) and adapted to the present time. After the death of the philosopher Quincas Borba, his friend and disciple Rubiao inherits all he possessed: his fortune, his dog, his philosophy and the germ of his madness.
30 January 2004
Rita is about to marry a wealthy physician, Dr. Augusto Vilela. One night, Vilela's best friend, Camilo, is brought to the hospital, dying from an overdose.
01 January 1982
It's Christmas Eve and an aunt and her nephew have to deal with their platonic relationship.
22 November 1968
Adaptation of Machado de Assis’s classic novel “Dom Casmurro”. Bentinho and Capitu are friends since childhood and end up marrying.
17 August 2001
Free adaptation of Machado de Assis' classic. The narrator is a rich dead man, who tells us about his life and times, making fun of both.
21 September 1970
Father Simão Bacamarte arrives in the small town of Serafim to investigate a certain phenomenon of madness.
15 October 1985
Irreverent adaptation of great writer Machado de Assis's masterpiece "Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas" ("Brás Cubas's Posthumous Memories").
20 December 1976
In this comedy adaptation of Machado De Assis (1839-1908) novel, a young widow writes letters to a friend telling about her days as a married woman and the special relationship she had with Emílio, a friend of the couple who becomes her adoring lover.
30 July 1999
A male nurse goes to a small village in Bahia's countryside. Based on the Machado de Assis short story.
29 April 2021
Monte Serrat is a short film filmed from the tale Three Lost Treasures, scored by Machado de Assis.
28 December 2009
A subtle adaptation of a classical story of the most greatest Brazilian writer: Machado de Assis. The history is passed in the Rio de Janeiro in full century XIX.
10 June 2009
The names of the characters are pronouns. She is a teacher, with his father dead just three days ago.
23 July 1993
The story, set in the 19th century, portrays the hypocritical bourgeoisie of the time. The eccentric Dr.
27 July 2023
“If you had to choose between me and your mother, who would it be?” Capitu asks provocatively of her problematic lover.
01 January 1996
Hilário Pestana, the most famous, funniest and, ironically, saddest Brazilian actor, has died. He has passed through many stages of Brazilian cinema: the chanchadas, the Vera Cruz classics, the pornochanchadas, and even experimental movies.
12 October 2017
The Devil himself comes to Earth to open his own church and the world becomes a pandemonium of delights and confusions.
06 October 2023
Judge Eduardo Cruz enjoys the company of some friends and tells an ancient story of Damasceno's passion for Lucinda.
07 December 2024
The plot revolves around two completely different and distant women — a nurse and a fashion model — who are haunted by their own spectre after going through the same experience: they can no longer see their reflections in the mirror.
19 September 2003
Free adaptation of Machado de Assis' "Dom Casmurro". Bento marries an actress, and soon afterwards she gets pregnant.
01 December 1968
During a flight, passengers confront their aspirations, frustrations, fears, wishes and fears, mixing up reality and fiction.
01 January 1939
An adaptation of Machado de Assis' eponymous short story, preceded by a short telling of the author's life and works.
14 September 1994
Theater director asks his actors for a research on human cruelty and misery in Brazil, while trying to raise funds for his next production, a play based on a story by Machado de Assis, "A Causa Secreta" (The Secret Cause).
01 May 1965
A short film commemorating the 400th anniversary of the city of Rio de Janeiro. The short film was sponsored by the Barsa Encyclopedia (launched in 1964) and the Jornal do Brasil newspaper.