Edgard Roquette-Pinto

An adaptation of Machado de Assis' eponymous short story, preceded by a short telling of the author's life and works.

Short documentary about orchids.

The epic of the exploration and conquest of the Brazilian territory, in search of gold and precious stones.

Balanced on a perch, the parrot is encouraged to imitate the sounds of human speech.

A short documentary about the Victoria Regia.

In Rio de Janeiro, Gilberto (Celso Guimarães) is a talented artisan engaged of Marina (Lídia Mattos), working in a pottery factory. He is hired by the millionaire widow Luciana (Carmem Santos) to perform a restoration in her castle in Correas, a district of Petrópolis. He suffers an accident and Luciana lodges and treats him for a long period, and they fall in love for each other.

Between captured images, animations and scientific descriptions, the puraquê electric fish is presented through the eyes of Humberto Mauro and Carlos Chagas Filho.

Carlos Sebastião Prata Filho watches, for the first time, an interview given in 1963 by his father: Grande Othello. Alongside his four children, Grande Othello talks about his first experience in theater. Roquete Pinto, the interviewer, then starts asking the boys questions and records unexpected moments.