Fernando Meirelles Movies

A 1980s-set drama about a teenage girl undergoing her sexual awakening when she learns about her father's infidelities.

In The Meaning of Life we will take part on a journey throughout the world to question our existence through the inquiries of a young Brazilian, with...

With executive production by Fernando Meirelles and direction by Fred Luz, actors Alexandre Rodrigues and Edson Oliveira are Buscapé and...

This short film portrays the last hours of a young man before assuming homosexuality. He struggles to tell his father that he is gay, but gets...

The story of Júlio Santana, a professional killer who was responsible for almost 500 hundred murders in Brazil.

The story of Stress & Relax: a businessman who thinks only of money and a film director who lives for insisting that this invest in their projects....

A boy is left alone in a Jewish neighborhood in the year of 1970, where both world cup and dictatorship happen in Brazil.

Documentary on the preparation of actors for "City of God".

In 1998, a small South American village is in a flurry over the Pope's upcoming visit for the business opportunities that it will provide. While most...

A making-of directed by Bodanzky himself, the documentary discusses the language of the film Iracema - Uma Transa Amazônica 30 years after it...

The Water Law is a Brazilian documentary that explains the relationship between the new Forest Code and the Brazilian water crisis.

In 1983, director Fernando Meirelles read an article in the newspaper about the punks circulating in downtown São Paulo. Half suspicious, he...

A poetic vision of the city Brasília.

During an attempted robbery, the daughter of the lawyer Carla's is shot and in serious condition. With no answers, Carla tries to move on with her...

Five maids in São Paulo are observed in this episodic, impressionistic film. The women interact with each other, ride busses, work, and have...

A deeply moving story about love, loss and literature, this documentary follows the days of José Saramago, the Nobel-laureate Portuguese...

William Phelan — a washed-out Chicago cop turned corporate gun-for-hire — who finds himself in a wildly unfamiliar landscape, his...

The Constant Gardener featurette.