Nelson Sargento Movies

Orfeu is a popular composer from a samba school. He lives in the favela and falls madly in love when he meets Euridice, a newcomer to the...

Life and work of brazilian actor, poet and songwriter Mário Lago.

On December 31st 1999, destiny brings a fugitive prisoner and a depressed middle class teacher together, as the new millennium approaches bringing...

A coming of age story about a boy in RIo de Janeiro, Brazil who, after his father's death, finds out about his family and where he came from.

Conducted from interviews with personalities who lived with Leila Diniz (1945-1972), the documentary is a record of an era and, above all, it rescues...

A brief history of origins of brazilian carioca samba and its types.

Documentary on the life and times of one of the most prominent Brazilian samba composers, Cartola (Angenor de Oliveira).

A documentary on the career of Beth Carvalho, the Brazilian singer who became a well known samba legend from the 1970s onwards, edited together from...

Biographical portrait of samba dancer Nelson Sargento in Morro da Mangueira, Rio de Janeiro.

The Mangueira slum is the scenario where Tantinho and the old samba composers remember stories about the slums and samba.

A documentary about the celebration of the National Samba Day with the aim of preserving the memory of part of the history of samba, which was being...

Short musical film paying a tribute to samba composer Zé Ketti, one of the greatest popular artists of Brazilian music. In a jam session, in...