Ruy Polanah Movies

Young robber, son of a prostitute who had killed herself, gets involved with two police informers, who force him to share the loot he gets.

The life of a runaway slave who founded the Quilombo dos Palmares, an outlaw community of Brazilian slaves.

A brave and bold indigenous girl, protector of her jungle and its wild life and guided by her shaman grandfather, pairs with a boy from the big city,...

Unable to endure the idea that he would go without punishment, a criminal's victim chases him the length and breadth of Brazil for a showdown.

Tereza tries to leave her past and forge her own destiny and happiness by going through several affairs.

The young warrior indian Tainá must now battle against biopirates, and is joined by a new boy from the big city and an indian little girl who...

A Deusa Negra is a love story that spans two centuries. In 18th century Yorubaland, Prince Oluyole is taken prisoner in the course of internecine...

Poor people who live in the slums in Rio de Janeiro decide to occupy an empty apartment building in the rich part of the city. Meanwhile, a rich...

Life and death of the jesuit who fought for the peaceful relationship between colonists and the indigenous peoples of Brazil.

A military man picks up a Native Brazilian woman and heads to a gold panning site where he has undisclosed business to attend to.

After assaulting a Hollywood film crew, a group of residents of a community in Rio de Janeiro decided to produce a film that would express the...

In Rio de Janeiro's bohemian district called Lapa, during the '40s, a stylish and popular scoundrel exploits a cabaret singer, and earns his living...

The old servant and chronicler Dom Sabas tells how his desolate South American town is the scene of a ruthless power struggle. The landowning Assis...

"Seven women on motorcycles, through Via Dutra, go to the Baixada Fluminense, a microcosm of Brazil. Diving into the memory and questioning the...

Following the clues of a map, a boy and some adventurers go into the forest in search of treasure from the pioneers, and end up going back two...

The film shows the drama of the young and fragile Lalinha. After being abandoned by her husband, who ran away with another, the girl seeks comfort on...

A three-episode anthology film based on short stories by Brazilian writer Graciliano Ramos.

The Amazonian jungle, Brazil, 1987. Ruthless landowners are evicting peasants from their land. The peasants look to the priest for help, and are...