Helena Ignez Movies

Rogério Sganzerla’s lost film. The only existing copy was lost in 1992 and the negatives are lost. It tells about the history of Betty...

After being born Georgina in the outback of Bahia, she became known as Diva Rios in São Paulo’s Boca do Lixo and Rio de Janeiro’s...

A documentary on prolific underground Brazilian filmmaker Rogério Sganzerla.

The human body in 5 parts.

Two maids decide to rebel against the society that oppresses them and start murdering their own mistresses.

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

A short film made with unused footage from The Red Light Bandit and Carnaval na Lama.

Loosely based on an Oswald de Andrade screenplay, "Perigo Negro" is a segment of anthology film "Oswaldianas" which deals with a uprising soccer...

A short documentary on Belair, an independent Brazilian film company that lasted for only five months in 1970.

At 84 years of age, Lúcia Rocha admitted herself to a hospital in São Paulo to undergo heart tests. Upon receiving the news about the...

The narrative takes place in 1888 and tells the story of Lenita, a young woman, raised by her father, with an educated background, who disregards the...

Elias sees his world threatened when his ex-wife, one recovering junkie, asks for the guard of their son. Fito is in desperation for losing his...

Follows the story of Opinião, a theatre group created in 1964 during the early Brazilian dictatorship period to oppose the government through...

A study that unwraps a paradisiac scenery, reaching the subjects of Brazility and its force in the change of habits, breaking taboos and bringing out...

In 1979, while Brazil was going through the troubled moment of the Amnesty Law, Glauber Rocha directed the program Abertura for TV Tupi, in which he...

Marcos returns home after a few years away.

A person locked in the room.

A documentary short on Glauber Rocha's mother Lúcia.

Helena Ignez is one of the main female figures of Brazilian cinema. She developed a new style of acting. Nowadays, she directs independent films. The...