Tabajara Ruas (Directing)

The Head of Gumercindo Saraiva

A fiction based on true events, which happened at the end of the Federalist Revolution in 1895, in the south of Brazil. When Gumercindo Saraiva was killed in an ambush and buried at graveyard at some roadside, the legalists discovered it, unburied the body, and cut its head off so it would be taken to the Governor as a war trophy. Major Ramiro de Oliveira and two men were chosen for the unusual task. The film tells the saga of the Capitan Franciso Saraiva, son of Gumercindo, and his team of five riders in the attempt to recover his father's head. The moments of approximation and distancing between the pursued and the pursuers, the confrontation and the conflicts, the duels that happened on both sides until the final encounter, when there are only Ramiro and Francisco left standing; all these events are thoroughly narrated in the film. The lessons learned in the journey blossom at end and both men, due to everything they went through, decide for an honorable outcome for them both.

Release Date:2018-10-25

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:6

Os Senhores da Guerra

During the Rio Grande do Sul revolution of 1923, two brothers fight on opposite sides.

Release Date:2016-09-15

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1

O Tempo e o Vento

It tells the story of two families that are mortal enemies in the fictitious city of Santa Fe, at the end of the 20th century. Its characters who reek of soil, blood, and hard liquor get involved in various events in the small town, where their passions, desires, idealism and envy become intertwined and collide in a poetic and unexpected way.

Release Date:2014-01-01

Department:Creator

Job:Creator

Vote Count:3

Time and the Wind

Based on Érico Verissimo's literary trilogy, Time and the Wind follows 150 years of the Terra Cambará family and their opponents, the Amaral family. The struggles between the two families begin in the missions and lasts until the end of the 19th century. The film also features the period of formation of the state of Rio Grande do Sul and the dispute of territory between the Portuguese and Spanish crowns.

Release Date:2013-09-28

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:53

The Screenwriter

32 renowned Brazilian screenwriters of the contemporary Brazilian cinema talk about their creative processes. From the concept of script to their agreements and disagreements, going through their experiences with filmmakers, their reaction to the finished film, critic, and even controversies on auteurism.

Release Date:2012-01-01

Character:Himself

Vote Count:1

Netto e o Domador de Cavalos

Release Date:2008-08-12

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1

Brizola - Tempos de Luta

Release Date:2007-10-19

Department:Directing

Job:Director

The Fascination

An intriguing story about a family and a manor house (where some terrible crimes were committed in the past by a member of that family) adapted from a novel with the same title by Tabajara Ruas.

Release Date:2003-12-26

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Vote Count:3

Netto Perde Sua Alma

The story of a man who invented a country.

Release Date:2002-06-11

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:5

Anahy de las Misiones

Told by gauchos from Brazil, Argentina and Uruguai, the legend says that Anahy de las Missiones wandered around the Plata Basin during the time of Cisplatina War (1825-1828), stealing the dead.

Release Date:1997-11-25

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:4

The Day Dorival Faced the Guards

Dorival, a man in jail, has only one wish: to take a bath. To achieve his objective, he defies the private, the corporal, the sargeant and, finally, the lieutenant in charge of the prison.

Release Date:1986-04-11

Department:Writing

Job:Original Story

Vote Count:19

The Killers

"Kilas" (a Portuguese misrepresentation of the English word "killers") is the nickname of a petty con-man who gets involved with a deadly ring of spies.

Release Date:1980-01-01

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:8