Directing
Sérgio Rezende
Born April 9, 1951 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (age 75)
Sérgio Rezende (born April 9, 1951 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian filmmaker. He is most known for directing several biographical films, such as "Lamarca", "Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei", and "Zuzu Angel".
Known For
To the Last Drop · 1980To the Last Drop
★ 8.01980
MovieDocumentary
Documentary about the traffic of human blood in the Third World.
Onde Anda Você · 2004Onde Anda Você
★ 4.02004
MovieDramaComedy
Felício, an old comedian, is in decadence after his partner Mandarim's suicide. When he finds out his former love Paloma has died, he leaves São Paulo and heads for the faraway State of Piauí, North of Brazil, in search of a new partner. He believes that if he manages to find him, the good times will return.
Katharsys · 2022Katharsys
2022
Movie
O Jardim Secreto de Mariana · 2021O Jardim Secreto de Mariana
★ 6.02021
MovieDrama
João (Gustavo Vaz) and Mariana (Andreia Horta), a couple in love who have their relationship interrupted in an untimely manner. Five years after their abrupt separation, he decides to go with his gut and sets off on a long bike journey to try to convince her that the romance should never be over. The love, which still exists between the two, is then called into question.
Alô Tetéia · 1978Alô Tetéia
★ 5.01978
MovieComedy
In a humorous way, the film narrates the adventures - or misadventures - of a typical girl from the south of Rio de Janeiro who decides to go to the beach, but her car won't start. Having decided, she goes on the bus and gets into a thousand messes.
702 · 2016702
★ 10.02016
MovieDramaCrime
A confused young woman is mugged by two first timers. They have bigger plans in which she is involved. The Journey brings her an incredible opportunity for revenge.
Ensaiar é Preciso... · 2025Ensaiar é Preciso...
2025
MovieDocumentary
Sertão Sertões · 2024Sertão Sertões
2024
MovieDocumentary
Movies
To the Last Drop · 1980To the Last Drop
★ 8.01980
MovieDocumentary
Documentary about the traffic of human blood in the Third World.
Onde Anda Você · 2004Onde Anda Você
★ 4.02004
MovieDramaComedy
Felício, an old comedian, is in decadence after his partner Mandarim's suicide. When he finds out his former love Paloma has died, he leaves São Paulo and heads for the faraway State of Piauí, North of Brazil, in search of a new partner. He believes that if he manages to find him, the good times will return.
Katharsys · 2022Katharsys
2022
Movie
O Jardim Secreto de Mariana · 2021O Jardim Secreto de Mariana
★ 6.02021
MovieDrama
João (Gustavo Vaz) and Mariana (Andreia Horta), a couple in love who have their relationship interrupted in an untimely manner. Five years after their abrupt separation, he decides to go with his gut and sets off on a long bike journey to try to convince her that the romance should never be over. The love, which still exists between the two, is then called into question.
Alô Tetéia · 1978Alô Tetéia
★ 5.01978
MovieComedy
In a humorous way, the film narrates the adventures - or misadventures - of a typical girl from the south of Rio de Janeiro who decides to go to the beach, but her car won't start. Having decided, she goes on the bus and gets into a thousand messes.
702 · 2016702
★ 10.02016
MovieDramaCrime
A confused young woman is mugged by two first timers. They have bigger plans in which she is involved. The Journey brings her an incredible opportunity for revenge.
Ensaiar é Preciso... · 2025Ensaiar é Preciso...
2025
MovieDocumentary
Sertão Sertões · 2024Sertão Sertões
2024
MovieDocumentary
Zuzu Angel · 2006Zuzu Angel
★ 6.92006
MovieDramaHistory
Covering the last years of the famous Brazilian fashion designer in her doomed quest for justice, Zuzu Angel follows the case of her activist son Stuart's arrest, torture, murder, and subsequent corpse disposal by the military forces in early 1970s Rio de Janeiro, during the darkest era of Brazilian military regime and media censorship.
The Battle of Canudos · 1997The Battle of Canudos
★ 6.91997
MovieWarHistory
At the end of the 19th century, a poor family comes to the rural Canudos, a community led by Antônio Conselheiro, seen by many as a holy prophet. Their ways bother the powerful people of the region, and the newly founded Republic sends their army to destroy the settlement, which culminates in one of the bloodiest wars in the history of Brazil.
Doida Demais · 1989Doida Demais
★ 3.61989
Movie
Shady and beautiful art dealer involves her former lover and an art expert in a scheme to deceive a rich collector. Exposed, she escapes with her new lover, a pilot.
Em Nome da Lei · 2016Em Nome da Lei
★ 6.12016
MovieThrillerAction
The journey of idealistic Vitor, a young federal judge who decides to dismantle the mafia that dominates the border between Brazil and Paraguay. Inspired by true events.
Time of Fear · 2009Time of Fear
★ 5.42009
MovieCrimeDrama
Year 2006. There are riots in São Paulo. In the middle of the violent situation, widow Lucia is trying to get her young son Rafael from prison.
A Maldição do Sanpaku · 1991A Maldição do Sanpaku
★ 5.61991
MovieCrime
Gafanhoto is a smuggler who tries to take a hit by stealing a valuable stone. He awakens the fury of the old boss of the gang, and ends up involving in the plot a former colleague, Poeta and his girlfriend Cris, a beautiful woman who brings in the eyes the mark of the tragedy.
The Man in the Black Cape · 1986The Man in the Black Cape
★ 7.31986
MovieCrimeHistory
Biography of Brazilian congressman Tenório Cavalcanti, who used to appear in public carrying a machine-gun, and wearing a black cloak.
Lamarca · 1994Lamarca
★ 6.11994
MovieDramaHistory
The real story of Carlos Lamarca, a captain who, during the military dictatorship in Brazil, deserted Brazilian Army and got involved in left-wing guerilla groups, becoming one of their most prominent leaders.
The Patient · 2018The Patient
★ 7.02018
MovieDramaHistory
The true story of Tancredo Neves, the first civilian president of Brazil after a 20-year military dictatorship, and the infamous hospitalization which led to his death before he ever managed to take office.
The Dream's Not Over · 1982The Dream's Not Over
★ 4.71982
MovieDrama
The routine of a group of brazilian teenagers living in Brasília, Brazil's capital. Their aspirations, dreams and illusions presented in a context of a country that was on the final years of a dictatorship back in the 1980s.
Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei · 1999Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei
★ 7.71999
MovieHistoryDrama
A movie about a Brazilian entrepreneur who rivalled American's richest man at his time, well-known Rockfeller. Irineu Evangelista de Souza in 1867 had $155.000 contos de reis, meanwhile the Brazilian Governement annual budget was 97.000 contos de reis. The movie shows his life from poverty to riches and back to poverty again, as is common in Brazil, rich people die poor.
Almost Nothing · 2000Almost Nothing
★ 5.42000
MovieDramaCrime
Three stories set on Brazil countryside. In Foice, a weeder becomes head of his group and awakes the envy of his best friend. In Veneno, a cowboy cannot sleep, waiting for the revenge from a enemy of the past. And in Machado, a quiet and rude rose maker decides to end his wife's joy of living.
Por Nossa CausaPor Nossa Causa
Movie
Leila Para Sempre Diniz · 1976Leila Para Sempre Diniz
★ 4.01976
MovieDocumentary
A documentary that presents home movies and several excerpts of known films of famous actress Leila Diniz. Friends of the late actress, tragic killed on a plane crash in 1972, discuss about her life, her work and her legacy in Brazilian culture.
TV Shows
Questão de Família · 2014Questão de Família
★ 9.32014
SeriesDrama
In 13 episodes, the series of fiction "Family Issues" portrays the life of Peter, a family court judge that you will find that there is a very common routine. He has a troubled past - his mother still abandoned child - and still carries family problems as his brother's fight to get rid of drugs and hospitalization of the father who is dying. While Peter faces its own family dilemmas, see passing before him in the courtroom, complex family dilemmas: ex-spouses who strive for material goods or custody, children rejected and unrecognized and other surrounding cases. Intoxicated by a need to do justice, Peter develops out of court and investigative dark side that puts you at risk.
Guerra de Canudos - Minissérie · 1997Guerra de Canudos - Minissérie
1997
SeriesDrama
Guerra de Canudos is a 1997 Brazilian film, of the drama genre, directed by Sérgio Rezende. It was shown in miniseries format on TV Globo, between December 16 and December 19, 1997, in 4 chapters, replacing "Decadência", and being replaced by "Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands", being the first time that the broadcaster adapted the exhibition of a feature film in this format, an expedient that became be used more frequently since then.