Jairo Ferreira
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: August 24, 1945
Deathday: August 23, 2003
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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A Bela e os Pássaros
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Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2001-01-01
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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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11 and a Half Questions to Julio Calasso
Overview: A final conversation with departed actor, director and musical producer Julio Calasso Jr., a key character in the Brazilian artistic scene. At his old house in Butantã, São Paulo, Julio talks about his experiences, frustrations, joys and tragedies.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2022-10-16
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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 Insigne-Ficante
Overview: A travelogue film using Pound's concept of invention as a starting point.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1980-01-01
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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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Orgy or The Man Who Gave Birth
Overview: A countryman kills his father and heads for the big city. On his way, he meets the most bizarre and allegorical types: a robber, a drag queen who thinks he's Carmen Miranda, a black king, a fallen black angel, a priest, two whores, a pregnant cowboy, among others.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1970-08-02
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Buccaneer Soul
Overview: 50 years of Brazilian history seen from the point of view of a friendship among two intellectuals.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1993-07-07
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The Option
Overview: The Option centers on a group of rural women who cut sugar cane and live in ramshackle highway neighborhoods. For many, their only escape to a potentially better life is through prostitution, often with truck drivers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1981-11-05
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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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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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Candeias: Da Boca pra Fora
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2003-04-18
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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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O Vigilante
Overview: An unemployed man gets a job as night watchman that puts him in the middle of the rising violence in his neighborhood.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1992-09-01
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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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