Zelito Viana
José Viana de Oliveira Paula (Fortaleza, May 5, 1938), better known as Zelito Viana, is a Brazilian filmmaker.
Works
Chico Anysio É
Release Date2006-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Charactersd
Dib
Documentary that addresses, through the testimony of directors and actors, the work of Dib Lutfi, considered one of the greatest photographers of Brazilian cinema.
Release Date1997-01-02
Charactersd Self
Milagrez
Documentary on "Antonio das Mortes", Glauber Rocha's 1969 film.
Release Date2008-01-02
Charactersd Self
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
Documentary about Brazilian filmmaker Glauber Rocha, one of the most important names in the Cinema Novo, with interviews with some of his friends and colleagues.
Release Date2003-09-17
Charactersd Self / Interviewee
Vote Count8
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
Originally produced for German TV, Improvised and Purposeful is a firsthand look at the "Cinema Novo" movement (otherwise known as the 'Brazilian New Wave'). Director Joaquim Pedro de Andrade focuses on six Cinema Novo filmmakers working in Rio in 1967.
Release Date1967-01-01
Charactersd Self
Vote Count10
Cinema Novo
A deep investigation, in the way of a poetic essay, on one of the main Latin American movements in cinema, analyzed via the thoughts of its main authors, who invented, in the early 1960s, a new way of making movies in Brazil, with a political attitude, always near to people's problems, that combined art and revolution.
Release Date2016-05-16
Charactersd Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Vote Count22
Roberto Farias - Memórias de um Cineasta
Filmmaker Roberto Farias' passion for cinema is revealed by his daughter Marise Farias through an intimate look, from childhood to his political, economic and cultural role in Brazilian Cinema. Through Roberto Farias himself and friends such as Luís Carlos Barreto, Cacá Diegues and Zelito Viana, the film tells the stories of the director who achieved a direct dialogue with the public through successes such as O Assalto ao Trem Pagador (1962), the trilogy with singer Roberto Carlos (1968 to 1971) and Pra Frente Brasil (1982). Texts from an unpublished book of memories are interpreted by his brother, actor Reginaldo Faria.
Release Date2023-08-18
Charactersd Self
Vote Count1
Cacaso
Cacaso, a Brazilian poet, lived in Rio de Janeiro. Born Antonio Carlos de Brito (1944-1987) he was one of the leaders of the marginal poetry movement. Cacaso filled notebooks not only with poems but reflections, drawings and collages. He also became a lyricist and partner of celebrated songwriters such as Tom Jobim, Edu Lobo, Toninho Horta, João Donato and Sivuca.
Release Date2016-04-10
Charactersd Self
Vote Count1
Depois do Transe
The documentary "Depois do Transe" covers the entire process of creating the masterpiece "Entranced Earth", which was released and awarded at the Cannes Film Festival in 1967. "Entranced Earth" charmed the world and won great admirers such as filmmaker Martin Scorsese and the writer Marguerite Duras, who at the time considered a "fabulous filmic opera."
Release Date2006-01-01
Charactersd Self
Vote Count1
Dossiê Jango
João Goulart (known as Jango) had been democratically elected president of Brazil, but was expelled from office after the coup of April 1, 1964. After that, Jango lived in exile in Argentina, where he died in 1976. The circumstances of his death in the neighboring country were not well explained today. His body was buried immediately after his death, raising the suspicions of premeditated murder. This documentary brings the issue back to the fore and tries to publicly clarify some obscure facts of the history of Brazil.
Release Date2013-07-05
Charactersd Self
Vote Count3
Imagens da História
Release Date1995-12-20
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count20
Entranced Earth
Eldorado, a fictitious country in America, is sparkling with the internal struggle for political power. In the eye of this social convulsion, the jaded journalist Paulo Martins opposes two equally corrupt political candidates: a pseudopopulist and a conservative. In this context, Paulo is torn between the madness of the elite and the blind submission of the masses. But, in this complex tropical reality, nothing really is what it seems to be.
Release Date1967-05-02
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Vote Count117
Chico Anysio Show
Release Date1982-03-04
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count1
Vote Count1
Twenty Years Later
Eduardo Coutinho was filming a movie with the same name in the Northeast of Brazil, in 1964, when there came the military coup. He had to interrupt the project, and came back to it in 1981, looking for the same places and people, showing what had ocurred since then, and trying to gather a family whose patriarch, a political leader fighting for rights of country people, had been murdered.
Release Date1984-12-03
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Vote Count69
Antonio das Mortes
A new incarnation of Cangaceiro bandits, led by Coirana, has risen in the badlands. A blind landowner hires Antônio to wipe out his old nemesis. Yet after besting Coirana and accompanying the dying man to his mountain hideout, Antônio is moved by the plight of the Cangaceiro’s followers. The troubled hitman turns revolutionary, his gun and machete aimed towards his former masters.
Release Date1969-06-14
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Vote Count87
Avaete, Seed of Revenge
Little Indian boy survives his tribe massacre, growing up together with his wish for revenge and his quest for his own identity. Based on a true story.
Release Date1985-08-26
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count7
When Carnaval Comes
Music manager has to get three of his artists together for a special show, but soon finds out it isn't an easy task.
Release Date1972-07-13
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Vote Count7
Bela Noite Para Voar
A day in the life of Brazilian president Juscelino Kubitschek, in a troubled period of his term, while he maintains a secret love affair.
Release Date2009-03-13
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count6
Maranhão 66
A report on Sarney's inauguration as the governor of the Maranhão state. His promises are heard alongside images of the grim reality.
Release Date1966-01-01
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Vote Count13
The Man Who Bought the World
In a fictitious country, a civil servant receives the greatest inheritance in history (ten trillion dollars) and is confined by authorities to prevent a collapse of the world economy. But he manages to escape.
Release Date1968-09-16
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count4
Morte e Vida Severina
The story of Severino, a man who tries to escape the misery and the drought prevailing in the rural backcountry of the Northeast of Brazil. He heads for Recife, passing through desert and forest regions, expecting to find a better life.
Release Date1977-07-29
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count4
The Big City
In search of a better life, Luzia leaves the Northeast of Brazil and goes to Rio de Janeiro, looking for her fiance who went first to pave their way. Alone in the Marvelous City, she is forced to accept the friendship and protection of Calunga and, later, the company of Inácio.
Release Date1966-05-13
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Vote Count5
Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion
The film tells the story of an intuitive, adventurous man who loved his country and being Brazilian. This man fought to be loyal to himself. His music is a transparent portrait of his genius, intuition, freedom, adventure and passion for Brazil.
Release Date2000-04-21
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count14
O Doce Esporte do Sexo
Erotic comedy in five segments, starring the same actor, Chico Anysio: O Torneio (The Tournament), A Boca (The Mouth), O Filminho (The Short Film), A Suspeita (The Suspicion) and O Apartamento (The Apartment).
Release Date1971-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
Fantasia para Ator e TV
Release Date1968-01-01
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Rio's Love Song
Four love stories which portray a wide gamut of emotions and desires against the backdrop of Rio de Janeiro. "Elephant's Stomp" : the story of a highway patrol officer who is infatuated with a mulatto dancer at a local nightclub. "Drao" : a publicity man and a boutique owner who face a crises in their marriage. "You Are Beautiful" : two homeless teenagers seek love amidst their personal misery. "Samba of the Great Passion" : a book maker who is charmed and captivated by the voice of a female singer coming from a building across the street. Characters in search of love in order to escape from the boredom, loneliness and helplessness of their lives.
Release Date1994-09-15
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Vote Count6
Por Trás das Câmeras (II)
Release Date1978-01-01
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
The Secret of the Mummy
A mad scientist attempts to bring an ancient Egyptian mummy back to life.
Release Date1982-09-06
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Vote Count14
Augusto Boal and the Theatre of the Oppressed
The movie "Augusto Boal and the Theatre of the Oppressed" shows the path of the dramaturgo Augusto Boal at the creation of a theatre that has as objective to transform those who participate it in a spiral of changes, in an oppressing society. Along the trajectory we see Boal's intellectual search and the transformations of the Brazilian society, from the 60s to nowadays. The spectator will meet the numerous uses of the Theatre of the Oppressed around the world (there are groups in 77 countries) and how they manifest in different situations, characterized by the relation between the oppressor and the oppressed, from the biggest to the smallest powers.
Release Date2010-03-04
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
A Lost Woman
The story of a poor woman living in the backwoods of Brazil and working as a maid. One day she is unfairly fired from the house where she was working and goes to the big city, facing a cruel and hostile world, working in factories, bars and bordellos.
Release Date1976-03-19
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Vote Count5
Os Condenados
In São Paulo, during the 1920s, a woman who is loved by a telegraphist and seduced by a slacker ends up in prostitution.
Release Date1974-08-26
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
Choque Cultural
Release Date1977-07-07
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count1
Drumming Beat of the Stars
An essay around the streets, as an homage to Fernando Pessoa
Release Date2012-11-14
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Vote Count1
Aparecida Azedo: Uma Vida em 24 Quadros
Release Date2005-01-01
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Viva Marília
The historical, political, and social context of Brazil in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, and the impact of each decade on the life and work of the acclaimed actress Marília Pêra.
Release Date2025-04-03
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Sedução
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Chico Anísio Ao Vivo no Carnegie Hall
Release Date1981-11-03
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
A Arte existe porque a vida não basta
Release Date2016-08-25
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Minha Namorada
Middle-class teenage girl has a serious boyfriend that her parents approve of. Suddenly, she meets another boy with whom she is shown to have a greater identification.
Release Date1970-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count4
Rodovia Belém - Brasília
Documents the arrival of progress with the construction of the Belém-Brasília highway, to improve the living conditions of the people in the cities in the interior of the country. It also presents interviews with people from the region, who express their opinion about the benefits brought by the highway.
Release Date1973-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
Terra dos Índios
Release Date1979-05-26
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Da Terra dos Índios aos Índios Sem Terra
Documentary about the historic interview conducted by director Zelito Viana with Darcy Ribeiro about the Brazilian indigenous people in 1977. Actor Marcos Palmeira reproduces the anthropologist's lines.
Release Date2022-10-31
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Sons da Esperança
The documentary tells the story of the "Orquestra Criança Cidadã do Coque" [Child Citizen Orchestra of Coque]. This is the realization of a social project, conceived by Judge John Targino, in which the children of one of the most violent neighborhoods of Recife - the "Coque" - receive music and instruments lessons, forming a classical music orchestra. The first part of the documentary features interviews with many parents, talking about their experiences and how the project has changed their lives, not only of their children, but their own. Then, in the second part, we have interviews with the students themselves and watch part of the preparations for the concert commemorating the anniversary of the orchestra - and, of course, all anxiety and expectation that this moment brings to their lives. Finally, in the third part, the concert is shown almost entirety. The kids brilliantly perform orchestral pieces of J. S. Bach, E. Elgar and H. Villa-Lobos.
Release Date2012-05-02
DepartmentEditing
JobEditor
Zabumba, Orquestra Popular do Nordeste
Popular manifestation in extinction, presented with its local musicians and their handmade instruments.
Release Date1974-10-04
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer?
Release Date1991-07-11
Armando Costa: “Televisão pra Mim Não é Bico”
Release Date2024-10-03