The best Walter Breda’s movies
We present our ranking of the best Walter Breda’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Walter Breda.
Pixote
7.9/10
10-year-old Pixote endures torture, degradation, and corruption at a local youth detention center where two of its members are murdered by policemen who frame Lilica, a 17-year-old trans hustler. Pixote helps Lilica and three other boys escape and they start to make their living by a life of crime which only escalates to more violence and death.
Kiss of the Spider Woman
7.3/10
Luis Molina and Valentin Arregui are cell mates in a South American prison. Luis, a gay man, is found guilty of immoral behaviour and Valentin is a political prisoner. To escape reality Luis invents romantic movies, while Valentin tries to keep his mind on the situation he's in. During the time they spend together, the two men come to understand and respect one another.
Carandiru
7.6/10
When a doctor decides to carry out an AIDS prevention program inside Latin America’s largest prison: the Casa de Detenção de São Paulo - Carandiru, he discovers the victim of one of the darkest days in Brazilian History when the State of São Paulo’s Military Police, with the excuse for law enforcement, shot to death 111 people. Based on real facts and on the book written by Dráuzio Varella.
Playing in the Dark
6.5/10
A revolutionary, fighting against dictatorship in Brazil, is wounded in a gun-fight with the police, and is isolated in another man's apartment, where he meets a young woman who will change his life.
A Hora Mágica
6.7/10
Presença de Anita: O Filme
6.7/10
Adapted from the series aired in 2001. Looking for inspiration during the holidays, Nando sees Anita as the ideal character for his novel. She lives in a townhouse where a passionate crime happened in the past. Intense, Anita seduces Nando and awakens to
Flor do Desejo
6.5/10
In the portuary zone of Santos, São Paulo, a prostitute teams up with a unemployed stevedore while looking for a better life.
S.O.S. Sex-Shop
5.8/10
After seven years, Cláudio and Elisa's marriage is in danger. Some friends take Cláudio to a sex-shop, where he buys a rubber tongue, a little device that can save their relationship.
The Next Victim
6.8/10
A TV reporter tries to find out who is killing prostitutes in a São Paulo neighbourhood.
Dercy de Verdade
7.7/10
The life story of Brazilian actress Dercy Gonçalves, told from her childhood days in the countryside of Rio de Janeiro all the way to her stardom.
Terno
6.6/10
One day away of Marcelo's wedding, the tailor, the groom and his father will have to correct much more than the suit's measures.
Kiss 2348/72
6.6/10
Factory workers get fired for kissing during work hours
Coffin Joe
7.7/10
A 7-episode miniseries centered around the life and deeds of filmmaker Zé do Caixão (Coffin Joe), formerly known as José Mojica Marins - Brazil's very own master of horror.
