Zezé Macedo Movies

Born a fully grown black man in a village in the Brazilian jungle, Macunaíma later magically transforms into a white man before making an...

The seamstress Manuela, Tati's single mother, moves from the suburbs to Copacabana but faces severe financial difficulties. A friend of Manuela's...

"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."

An UFO that could be the Russian satellite Sputnik falls on a hillbilly's hencoop.

A scientist and his nephew are hosts of Lana, queen of the Amazons, while other crew men try to find and take hold of the legendary Amazons' treasure.

Taxi driver gets in a jam when he receives a lot of money as inheritance from a distant family member when in fact, the money came from a bank...

A lady, owner of a large area of land where it is believed there are several oil wells, is almost fooled by the president of a pseudo petroleum...

Industrialist's son returns from the USA, where he'd been supposedly studying Nuclear Physics, when in fact he'd devoted himself to pop music,...

Quartet from Northeast Brazil arrive in Rio de Janeiro, to try their luck in the big city.

Two stories chronicle the days of the bohemian, libertine youth of 1960s Rio de Janeiro.

Two friends get rich running an illegal gambling business. But soon they start to compete, and become rivals.

A clumsy detective and his secretary are hired to solve the mysterious, vampiresque deaths happening at a nightclub show.

Alligator raiser from the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil, travels to his nephew's, and takes the maid Etelvina for his nephew's wife.

Madame Janete is an aging music hall star who insists on doing roles far beneath her real age, and whose secretary keeps her fans in a payroll. One...