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Wagner Carvalho
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Known For
Avaete, Seed of Revenge · 1985Avaete, Seed of Revenge
★ 5.21985
MovieDrama
Little Indian boy survives his tribe massacre, growing up together with his wish for revenge and his quest for his own identity. Based on a true story.
Greve · 1979Greve
★ 9.01979
MovieDocumentary
A documentary about the 1979 workers strike.
Noites Paraguayas · 1982Noites Paraguayas
★ 6.01982
MovieDrama
The path of Paraguayan immigrants who drive to Asuncion and then arrive in São Paulo. They are rural workers, musicians, vendors and underemployed people. Two parallel worlds: the Guarani culture and the Brazilian adventure in São Paulo juxtaposed with Paraguayan songs and the Guarani language, spoken by the main characters.
O Baiano Fantasma · 1984O Baiano Fantasma
★ 6.51984
MovieDramaComedy
Lambusca, a man from the State of Paraíba, Brazil, goes to São Paulo, looking for a job. But he ends up working for a group of fishy loan sharks, collecting money. In one of his visits, the debtor dies. The police then starts chasing him, believing he had murdered the man.
The Next Victim · 1983The Next Victim
★ 4.81983
MovieHorrorThriller
A TV reporter tries to find out who is killing prostitutes in a São Paulo neighbourhood.
The Wrung-Out Man · 1980The Wrung-Out Man
★ 7.21980
MovieDrama
Deraldo, a popular poet from Northeast Brazil, arrives in the capital of São Paulo, making a living only from his poetry and pamphlets. All is well until he is mistaken for a multinational worker who killed the boss at a party where he received the title of symbolic worker.
Mulheres da Boca · 1982Mulheres da Boca
★ 5.01982
MovieDocumentary
Filmmakers Cida Aidar and Inês Castilho met as part of the feminist collective that edited the newspaper Nós Mulheres between 1976 and 1979. Filmed during 1981 in the Boca do Lixo region of São Paulo, infamous for its porn cinemas and brothels, the documentary fiction 'Mulheres da Boca' reveals the lives of sex workers on their own terms, as they are captured between seduction, play, and violence, against the backdrop of the corruption and abuse exercised by those who ran the Boca de Lixo.
Pedreira · 1973Pedreira
1973
MovieDocumentary
The film addresses the problem of occupational accidents in Brazil, based on the lack of safety in quarries where workers are constantly victimized by the explosions.





