Helena Ignez Movies

Jorge, bastard child of the infamous Red Light Bandit, decides himself to pursuit a life of crime after meeting with his father, who has been...

Daily scenes of a grotesque family living in the metaphorical island of Babaloo.

Filmed over six years in four countries: Portugal, Brazil, Colombia and United States, this romantic drama tells the story of Luzia, a Brazilian...

Two days in the life of André Provisório, a man with many occupations: private detective, drug dealer, and incorrigible seducer....

A documentary on prolific underground Brazilian filmmaker Rogério Sganzerla.

Short film by Helena Ignez, for the "Programa Convida", from IMS, dedicated to creation during quarantine.

A marginal version of Brecht’s piece, “Baal”.

The story of a civil servant who lives with his elderly mother. Falling in love with a corrupt politician's young and rich daughter, he abandons...

A short film made with unused footage from The Red Light Bandit and Carnaval na Lama.

Following Alexander Taylor, a teacher in the slums of Kibuna, this is a reflection about the modern times, mixing social criticism and cinematic...

Young directors are filming “The Exhibitionist” in the middle of a farm in a paradise-like region. The film poetically investigates the...

Between February an May of 1970, Julio Bresane and Rogerio Sganzerla made 7 films for their company Belair that were forbidden by the Brazilian...

Sônia and her homosexual brother are both believed by their mother to be possessed by the devil. She works as a prostitute in the streets of...

Bressane’s first color film, shot in the home of the artist Elyseu Visconti. Part of it is missing sound and final editing because the director...

After relocating to Tokyo, a Brazilian writer begins a new novel, provoked by her experiences in Japan and by one of the last scenes she witnessed in...

A film about love, also a memoir, about the trip made in the 1970s to Morocco by Jarda Ícone, an artist, sexologist, and octogenarian rocker,...

Daniel is a taxi driver who’s married to Adalgisa. When she starts acting in low-budget movies, he forbids her from seeing their son, Joaquim....