Carlos Reichenbach
Also Known As: Carlos Oscar Reichenbach Filho
Biography: Carlos Oscar Reichenbach Filho (14 June 1945 – 14 June 2012) was a Brazilian filmmaker. Born in Porto Alegre, Reichenbach was one year of age when he went to live in São Paulo. He studied in the School of Cinema São Luiz under Luis Sérgio Person. With João Callegaro and Antonio Lima he made his first feature-length films, the anthologies "As Libertinas" (1968) and "Audácia, a fúria dos desejos" (1969). His final film was "Start a History" in 2011.
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Birthday: June 14, 1945
Deathday: June 14, 2012
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Gender: Male
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Beautiful and Corrupted
Overview: Mentally disturbed woman always ends up killing her lovers.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1977-09-10
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The Good Cinema
Overview: An authentically marginal cinema created in Catholic university in Brazil. One of the most intriguing and imaginative moments in modern cinema in the voice of some of its select conspirators—with Carlos Reichenbach at the lead—, and through the most razing flow of images that can possibly be conceived.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2021-03-18
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People Forward
Overview: Through the recovery of found Super-8mm footage captured by his brother during the 70´s dictatorship, André tries to revive the memories of his father, who’s been waiting for his missing son for over 30 years.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2014-06-12
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Soberano
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2005-04-17
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Wholes
Overview: When you split a hole in half, do you get two new holes or two half-holes? A portrait of São Paulo.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-02-28
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Scent of Gardenias
Overview: Daniel is a taxi driver who’s married to Adalgisa. When she starts acting in low-budget movies, he forbids her from seeing their son, Joaquim. For more than a decade, Daniel nurtures a feeling of revenge for his ex-wife, which gains strength when their now adult son finds his mother in full professional decay.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1992-08-07
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Borboletas e Devassas
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Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2009-01-14
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Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
Overview: In 1965, a year after the military coup in Brazil, an oasis of freedom opened in the country's capital. The Brasília Film Festival: a landmark of cultural and political resistance. Its story is that of Brazilian cinema itself.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2020-10-22
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The Red Light Bandit
Overview: Born and raised in the misery of Brazilian slums, Jorge becomes a luxury house burglar in São Paulo and gets nicknamed "The Red Light Bandit" by the sensationalist press. In addition to wearing a red flashlight, he talks to his hostages in an irreverent tone and makes bold breakthroughs to later spend the money extravagantly. His world is the decadent neighbourhood of Boca do Lixo.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1968-12-02
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The Vampire of the Cinematheque
Overview: As filmmaker Jairo Ferreira shoots his life and friends in Super 8mm he also becomes the vampire of the Cinemateca Brasileira in São Paulo. In O VAMPIRO DA CINEMATECA Ferreira develops a poetic representation of his idea of “inventive cinema” without a plot in the classical sense. Ferreira mixes situations of everyday life in the streets of São Paulo with scenes from classics of film history, which he filmed from television or from a projection with his Super 8 camera. The author as a vampire sucks from various sources – not only in cinema, but also in poetry and music – and creates a portrait of his time.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1976-01-01
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O Pornógrafo
Overview: Wannabe gangster Miguel Metralha becomes editor of a fading pornographic magazine that faces difficulties with the savage competition of similar imported magazines. His fresh ideas reshape the magazine as a whole, which is good for business, but upset the magazine's owner, a rich and powerful woman.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1970-11-22
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The Body
Overview: Xavier, a pharmacist, lives peacefully in bigamy with his two women, Carmen and Beatriz, but the harmony breaks down when they find he has another lover, Monique, a nightclub dancer.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1991-07-12
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The First Time of Brazilian Cinema
Overview: In 1982, almost five million people took theaters to see Erotic Things, the first Brazilian porn film. The production is today considered a major episode in the history of Brazilian cinema because it was launched during the country's military dictatorship. Thirty years later, The First Time of Brazilian Cinema found the producers and actors to tell the inside story of this fascinating journey.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2013-05-01
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Gringo, o Último Matador
Overview: Man runs away with the daughter of a couple murdered by his father, head of a gang, attracting his persecution.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1972-01-01
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The Awakening of the Beast
Overview: A psychiatrist experiments on four volunteers with LSD to examine 60's drug culture, soon unleashing an expert in depravity.
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1970-10-01
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Corrida em Busca do Amor
Overview: Two groups of men fighting to conquer an automobile race bowl.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1972-01-05
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Carlos Reichenbach: Relatório Confidencial
Overview: Carlos Reichenbach talks to Eugenio Puppo about some of his shorts films "Esta Rua Tão Augusta", "Sangue Corsário" e "M da Minha Mão" and specially the film "Lilian M: Relatório Confidencial". Explaining production details and revealing internal informations the film is a reconstitution about Reichenbach's works whitin turmoil moments of the country and his own career.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2015-05-05
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O Galante Rei da Boca
Overview: Documentary about the trajectory of Antônio Polo Galante, known as "The King of Boca". The film maps work and forms of production in Boca do Lixo, popular area in Luz neighborhood located downtown São Paulo, where usually night clubs and sexual services establishments were located.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2003-01-01
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Carlão: Erudito e Popular
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2012-06-16
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Carlão - Um Autor de Cinema
Overview: A short film on Brazilian filmmaker Carlos Reichenbach and his works, including interviews with those who worked with him and with the man himself.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2008-12-11
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Boca do Lixo: A Bollywood Brasileira
Overview: A documentary on Boca do Lixo, a dowtown São Paulo square that became a tentpole for film distribution on the early 20th century, becoming, from the 1960s on, a production district for popular eroctic films and for avant-garde directors.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2011-04-13
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Do Triunfo à queda do Império Vitoriano
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2014-09-10
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Candeias: Da Boca pra Fora
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2003-04-18
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No Rancho Fundo
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Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1971-05-24
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Sertão em Festa
Overview: Country family strikes rich and move to the big city, but something changes.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1970-01-01
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Ainda Agarro Esse Machão
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Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1976-10-10
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O Fim da Picada
Overview: After taking part in a satanic orgy at a beach in 1850, Macário meets Exú-Lebara, a female pagan entity. She decides to go along in his trip but tricks him into going to 2008 São Paulo.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2009-08-21
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The End of Man
Overview: A naked stranger emerges from the sea to perform miracles in a nearby town and become a modern messiah whose deeds will affect the whole world.
Genres: Comedy Drama Mystery
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1971-12-18
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A Linguagem do Cinema
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2001-03-15
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Critic
Overview: Seventy critics and filmmakers discuss cinema around the conflict between the artist and the observer, the creator and the critic. Between 1998 and 2007, Kléber Mendonça Filho recorded testimonies about this relationship in Brazil, the United States and Europe, based on his experience as a critic.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2008-01-22
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Fake Blonde
Overview: Silmara, an industrial worker and a woman of exuberant beauty, supports her arsonist father and gets involved with two different pop stars, from whom she learns traumatic life lessons.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2007-11-24
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Garotas do ABC
Overview: Aurélia is a young black woman who works at a factory and lives in a working-class neighborhood in São Paulo, whose boyfriend Fábio gets involved with a racist neo-nazi group.
Genres: Drama Crime Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2003-12-18
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Movie Dementia
Overview: Transposition of the myth of Faust to modern Brazil. The heir to a bankrupt cigarette factory, amidst a personal crisis, leaves everything behind and heads for a supposed paradise he has seen in a tourist agency, where he believes he could find self-knowledge. In his search, he is inspired by a Mephisto-like character.
Genres: Fantasy Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1986-10-15
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A Vermelha Luz do Bandido
Overview: Experimental documentary short that debates over Rogério Sganzerla's Brazilian cult classic "The Red Light Bandit".
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2009-08-11
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The Woman Who Invented Love
Overview: Doralice is a simple minded woman romantically fascinated by marriage. However, when she is raped by a butcher, a friend advises her to become a prostitute - and she does it. After that, all her wishes and longings will curl up into a fascinating vortex.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1980-10-20
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Person
Overview: Person is a documentary about the life and work of filmmaker Luiz Sérgio Person. The documentary brings the reconstruction of the history of the São Paulo filmmaker through the personal journey of his daughter, Marina. Through interviews with friends, family, and people who worked with Person, she seeks to discover more than dates and biographical data.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2007-08-10
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Noite em Chamas
Overview: A depressed hotel servant goes through a rough night, while his story's interlaced with a number of situations experienced by the hotel guests.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1978-09-18
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Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer?
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1991-07-11
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The Beauties of Billings
Overview: A travelogue through the remains of São Paulo failing 80s economy, including its in ruins film industry.
Genres: Drama Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1987-06-17
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Audácia!
Overview: Segment "Prólogo": interviews and scenes with some of the most important filmmakers of the "Boca do Lixo" of São Paulo. Segment "A Badaladíssima dos Trópicos x Os Picaretas do Sexo": shenanigans of a troubled fictional film production. Segment "Amor 69": Actress Maria Vargas is expected to appear nude in a scene, but ultimately refuses to do so.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1970-08-10
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A Ship of Madness: Deeper and Higher with Pazucus
Overview: With free eyes, an open heart, good friends and a handful of luck, Gurcius Gewdner revisits some of his adventures of the past five years, survives the relentless Russian winter and asks the following question: How far can an underground Brazilian film go?
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2021-04-09
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Olhos Livres
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2021-08-22
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Extremes of Pleasure
Overview: Luiz Antônio, a sociologist, had his political rights suppressed, during the Brazilian military dictatorship. Also, his wife Ruth had been tortured and killed. So he decides to hide in his niece Natércia and her husband Felipe's country house for a while. But she invites the intellectual Marcela and broker Ricardo for a weekend together. Luiz's world is upset and the existential problems of all get entangled, with unexpected results.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1984-01-30
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