José Mojica Marins Movies

A boy goes to his girlfriend's home and is handcuffed on bed before discovering some strange food habits from her family.

Without any dialogue, the film tells the story of a man who had an Oedipal passion for his mother. After getting married, the disorders return with...

The short film reports the process of rescuing and finishing A Praga, by José Mojica Marins, o Zé do Caixão. Produced in 1980,...

Documentary short film about the filmmaker, actress, writer, TV presenter "Liz Marins". Daughter of the master of national horror - the eternal...

The making of an unfinished film about phobias. Says the director. Behind the screens, he discusses at length (with e.g. Coffin Joe) about the...

An autobiographical docu-drama that chronicles the filmmaker's struggle with narrow minded authorities, critics, and personal tragedy.

A late-1960s interview with Brazilian filmmaker Glauber Rocha, mixed in avant-garde style with scenes from his films and clips from fellow filmmaker...

The dedicated priest Pedro arrives in the city of Serinhaém, ready to reopen the church, closed by the feared local bandit, Rodrigo Napu, and...

As filmmaker Jairo Ferreira shoots his life and friends in Super 8mm he also becomes the vampire of the Cinemateca Brasileira in São Paulo. In...

After taking part in a satanic orgy at a beach in 1850, Macário meets Exú-Lebara, a female pagan entity. She decides to go along in his...

Tired of the constant abuse he suffers in his household, a boy runs away from home and goes on a series of sad and dramatic adventures, in which he...

Scientist Adelaide hates men, specially the cheating ones. Researching for revenge methods against them, she estabilishes contact with creatures from...

15 directors telling 15 tales about São Paulo.

An unusual look at 1978 Brasilia Film Festival and the politics that make certain films fashionable or not.