Amacio Mazzaropi Movies

"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."

Gostoso is the conductor of a female band formed only by old women. When scouring the garbage dump, he becomes the main suspect of a robbery after...

The humble Zacarias goes to the big city with his wife to help their son who wants to be a Doctor. There he gets a job, and lives a lot of funny...

Story of a sausage salesman, a simple man struggling with family problems.

Gumercindo is a simple man who sees the daughter become pregnant of the son of its boss. Determined to demand that his grandson have a father, he...

Arlindo works delivering the clothes that his wife washes. During a working day, he finds a customer's cat, who offers a reward to whoever returns...

Countryman J.K. gets annoyed and quits his job on a farm when his boss sends his pet cow to a slaughterhouse in town. In search of the animal, J.K....

Fofuca is a farmer who faces the exploitation of an entrepreneur in a Japanese-Brazilian community. He joins the Japanese immigrants, who found a...

Sabino, born Portuguese, has lived in Brazil since he was a child. He has a twin brother who lives in Lisbon and writes inviting him to go to...

A white hillbilly fathers a mysteriously black boy, who despite the prejudice falls in love with the daughter of a rich farmer.

This documentary, produced by the Mazzaropi Institute, shows movie scenes, testimonials of researchers, historians, intellectuals, and popular...

In the interior of Brazil, a farmer is responsible for the education of the daughter of one of his settlers. Years later, the girl returns from...

Inácio Pororoca is responsible for the local mail in an old west town. One day there comes bandit João Bigode, who kills the sheriff...

Man finds a job as a dog catcher, but feels sorry for the animals and sets them free.

In the hunt for votes, two farmers do everything to be elected mayor in a interior town. The colonels, Liborio and Afonso have religious communities...

Isidoro, a poor guy, suddenly becomes a millionaire, and gets into the most bizarre situations.

In colonial Brazil, rich farmer and owner of slaves is blackmailed by a lady; to get rid of the problem, he involves innocent countrymen in a...

The story of the confusion experienced by Aparicio Boamorte who works in the Zoo and has a giraffe as a confidante to vent the scolding he takes of...