Movies: Ricardo Miranda

Drawing inspiration from a poem penned by Castro Alves, this film vividly captures the political, cultural, and intellectual climate of Brazil during the late 1970s. At its core, the story revolves around four distinctive embodiments of Christ's imag...

A bank manager has a secret. He is compelled to bite society women hands....

A mad scientist attempts to bring an ancient Egyptian mummy back to life....

A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Glauber Rocha's 1980 production "A Idade da Terra" (The Age of Earth), including unedited clips taken from the sixty hours of recovered raw footage....

An experimental film on Brazilian avant-garde artist Helio Oiticica and his works, especially the Parangolés....

At 84 years of age, Lúcia Rocha admitted herself to a hospital in São Paulo to undergo heart tests. Upon receiving the news about the risk to her life, Lúcia, laconic, tells the doctor: 'Then open it'. This is the second time she has undergone bypass...

São Paulo, late 30's. Alberto (Paulo César Pereio) is an intellectual and professor who announces to his friend and pupil Polidoro (Nuno Leal Maia) he won a scholarship to study in Paris. In Paris Polidoro receives a letter in which Alberto announces...

A marginal version of Brecht’s piece, “Baal”....

On Carnival's eve, girl dreams of a man to stay with her during these four days. She meets a photographer, with whom she has an affair....

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Film Editor/Director Ricardo Miranda makes a homage to his friend Paulo Cezar Saraceni...

Between August 23 and 31, 1983, at the "Circo Massimo", in Rome, there was a musical event that brought together artists from Bahia. This film brings a recording of the event, also featuring backstage, rehearsals, testimonies and some relaxing moment...

Life and death of the jesuit who fought for the peaceful relationship between colonists and the indigenous peoples of Brazil....

During the Carnival, in Niterói, the son of a Lira do Delírio nightclub dancer is kidnapped. With the help of a journalist friend, she dives into Rio de Janeiro's underworld and meet all kind of criminals. She also goes back in time, to a past carniv...

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A religious comedy in 5 segments, illustrating maniqueism on Earth, as shown by movies. God and his son Jesus disagree on how to manage human life on Earth....

Through performatic acts and some exposition, a group of poets of that 1980's generation make great use of words, poems and rebellious acts criticizing the then current generation and its lack of admiration for the poetic works that were being create...

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An experimental ethnographic documentary that criticizes the colonizer view of anthropology....