Kleber Mendonça Filho Movies

Early experiments with VHS. Metros kinda look the same.

No measure of hellfire preaching can quell the boisterous and bawdy passions of Maracatu, an Afro-Brazilian burlesque carnival tradition with roots in slavery that takes place in the northeast state of Pernambuco. As the Falstaffian character Tiao, Valmir do Coco leads a nonprofessional cast of...

Short documentary about Cine Art Palácio in Recife-PE, Brazil.

The sequence of graduation of law graduates in Seu Cavalcanti helps to understand the Sergio Moro phenomenon in Brazil.

A film photo-montage about an old house that belonged to a traditional local family that was later demolished.

The urban legend of 'cotton girl'. The dead girl appeared in the bathrooms of schools to terrorize children.

A couple on a trip.

A woman leaves her apartment to go pick up a newspaper, opening and closing a multiple of locks on her way out and back.

A mix of documentary and compilation, this work is the result of extensive archival research whose mission was to find the most absurd commercials on TV in Pernambuco, memorable VTs in the 80s and 90s marked by aesthetic rudeness and sometimes naive communication. This film became a champion of...