Maria Alice Vergueiro

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

At a poker table, five players discuss the possibility of having, in the Olympic Games, instead of the bow and arrow, the game of poker as an...

Xavier, a pharmacist, lives peacefully in bigamy with his two women, Carmen and Beatriz, but the harmony breaks down when they find he has another...

A deep dive into the life and work of Brazilian actress Maria Alice Vergueiro. The documentary explores her turbulent beginning in the theatrical...

At the height of the military dictatorship, an abandoned mansion in the center of São Paulo is occupied by militants, hippies, maniacs,...

In six decades, Teatro Oficina has done more than revolutionize theatrical language in the country: the aesthetic influence of José Celso...

A short film about love and sexuality in the old age, and the struggle to overcome social conventions.

Filmed over a five-year period, Chronically Unfeasible dissects Brazilian problems, using six people who meet in a restaurant in São Paulo as...

Daniel is a taxi driver who’s married to Adalgisa. When she starts acting in low-budget movies, he forbids her from seeing their son, Joaquim....

Three metropolitan stories entwine in São Paulo. Would-be actress Marina arrives in the city looking for independence, falls madly in love...

Meet a Brazilian lady who uses marijuana for more than thirty years and shares her experiences with the drug.

A film that mixes labyrinthine recent testimonies and historical images of the career of the tropicalista director, actor and playwright Zé...

Filming of the historical montage of Oswald de Andrade's play, where decadent millionaires, depraved children, corrupt and implacable capitalists are...

A sudden mourning brings a woman to the edge of madness. Funeral procedures, heat and a neighbor that comes to water the plants, come together in an...

At age 15, Debora shares with Hamlet the angst and doubts of her adolescence.

Two contrasting social groups get in touch: three architects and three street urchins, all struggling for survival.

High Court judge returns to the small town where he was born, bringing along his beautiful and young wife. The local men get aroused and start...