Ruth de Souza Movies

Candinho is a hillbilly who leaves the countryside, taking his donkey along, and goes to São Paulo, trying to find his mother.

Renato and Miro are black brothers raised by a white family in an old mansion in Rio de Janeiro. Renato, a graduated lawyer, has always looked for...

Moments before a father's death, all of his family memories are transferred to his son through a dream, from the first ancestor, an Englishman living...

Based on the novel by Franklin Távora, the film follows the adventures of a father and a son in 18th century Brazil.

Ruth de Souza inaugurates the existence of black actresses on stage, television and cinema in Brazil. She carries within her the genesis of an...

A man, who creates pasts for a living, struggles to find his own past while a mysterious woman takes a dangerous step.

What does Brazilian cinema tell us? What does Brazilian cinema tell us about black actresses and actors? ‘Pressed, Ripped Apart’ makes...

A girl goes from a favela to the luxurious scenarios of the international singing industry

A young woman, victim of violence, takes refuge with an old sailor.

Baby is found by nuns, who raise her inside the convent. When she grows up, she moves to a fishing village and gives up religious life when she falls...

In a small town in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, two sisters meet again after years apart.

A drama about double personality

A small town is taken upside down when an inventor finds a way to turn bones into gold.

Three black teenagers walk around town. The two boys laugh at their own racist jokes while the girl watches them in silence.