Norma Bengell Movies

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

In the figure of Ettore Zambrini, a small industrialist with a dream of opening a factory overlooking the Autostrada del Sole, Montaldo offers us an...

Florence, early 1960s. Bruno aspires to be hired at a prestigious factory, but his Communist ideals — instilled by Millo, a father figure and...

Man tries to decipher a manuscript about an ancient civilization and gets involved in strange situations. In fact, the plot is just an excuse to...

Giulio and Armando, both married, attempt an escape from their respective married lives, invent a secret mission and leaves for the south.

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

A woman runs away in the company of her daughter, the ultimate brat, in a journey full of bizarre events.

Three men who never met each other are hired by a mysterious client to carry out a daring bank robbery.

The young singer Beth is torn between love for the honest pianist Guy; and the powerful smuggler Estênio, who sponsors his promising career.

Six people find a mysterious mark in the center of their left hand and all independently go to Easter Island in hopes to uncover the mystery.

In Vitória, the middle-age piano teacher Gertrudes sublets her apartment to two younger women, the unstable Lúcia and the nurse...

August 29, 1979, Talavera Bruce Penal Institute, Bangu, Rio de Janeiro. After serving eight years in prison, Inês Etienne Romeu, the only...

Documentary on famous Brazilian actresses, female directors and the role of women in Brazilian film history.

In the 1930s, in the South of State of Bahia, Brazil, an adventurer with no name or history, who has already been shot seven times, gets involved in...

A poor woman is visited by the fairy godmother who turns her into a brilliant movie and TV star.

Documentary about the birth of bossa-nova, in Brazil, and the major stars of this musical style.

A scientist discovers a breakthrough formula for harnessing nuclear energy and becomes the target for numerous secret agents around the world.