Ruy Polanah Movies
- 1983
Bar Esperanza
Bar Esperanza61983HD
A group of eccentric people gather at a popular bar in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro. Among its costumers, we find Ana, an actress, and her husband Zeca, a...
- 1982
Fitzcarraldo
Fitzcarraldo7.6251982HD
Fitzcarraldo is a dreamer who plans to build an opera house in Iquitos, in the Peruvian Amazon, so, in order to finance his project, he embarks on an...
- 1978
O Cortiço
O Cortiço4.31978HD
This adaptation of a classic Brazilian novel focuses on the relations of charismatic characters within a tenement.
- 1989
Kuarup
Kuarup4.21989HD
This epic Brazilian film was based on the equally epic novel by Antonio Callado. Set between 1954 and 1964, the film's focus is the saga of Jesuit...
- 1985
The Emerald Forest
The Emerald Forest6.6881985HD
For ten years, engineer Bill Markham has searched tirelessly for his son Tommy who disappeared from the edge of the Brazilian rainforest....
- 1964
The Guns
The Guns7.3461964HD
A group of armed soldiers is sent to the Northeast of Brazil in an attempt to stop a famine-struck population from invading and stealing a food...
- 1967
Mar Corrente
Mar Corrente01967HD
- 1988
Luzia Homem
Luzia Homem5.21988HD
After witnessing the assassination of her parents, Luzia is raised by a cowboy and starts behaving like the men of Brazilian "Sertão". As a...
- 1991
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
At Play in the Fields of the Lord6.2841991HD
Martin and Hazel Quarrier are small-town fundamentalist missionaries sent to the jungles of South America to convert the Indians. Their remote...
- 1982
Insônia
Insônia01982HD
A three-episode anthology film based on short stories by Brazilian writer Graciliano Ramos.
- 1984
Quilombo
Quilombo6.51984HD
Quilombo dos Palmares was a real-life democratic society, created in Brazil in the 17th century. This incredibly elaborate (and surprisingly...
- 1963
Ganga Zumba
Ganga Zumba6.11963HD
The life of a runaway slave who founded the Quilombo dos Palmares, an outlaw community of Brazilian slaves.
- 2007
Cobrador: In God We Trust
Cobrador: In God We Trust3.82007HD
Adaptation and unification in a single story of several stories by the writer Rubem Fonseca, where the theme of violence in contemporary society is...
- 2006
Journey to the End of the Night
Journey to the End of the Night5.92006HD
In a dark and decadent area of São Paulo, the exiled Americans Rosso and his son Paul own a brothel. Paul is a compulsive gambler addicted in...
- 1987
Memória Viva
Memória Viva01987HD
- 1973
Joanna Francesa
Joanna Francesa4.41973HD
Joana is a sophisticated, beautiful woman, so she has a choice of lovers, and destinies. She will let down Pierre, the French consul at São...
- 1987
Land
Land01987HD
The Amazonian jungle, Brazil, 1987. Ruthless landowners are evicting peasants from their land. The peasants look to the priest for help, and are...
- 1963
Tragic Jungle
Tragic Jungle6.51963HD
In a company trading maté, workers are treated as slaves. Some of them try to escape, but those who are caught suffer severe punishments.
- 1996
Il barbiere di Rio
Il barbiere di Rio5.6161996HD
Matteo is a Roman barber whose business is full of debts. He decides to escape from this depressing reality by accepting his sister's invitation to...
- 1999
Orfeu
Orfeu5.21999HD
Orfeu is a popular composer from a samba school. He lives in the favela and falls madly in love when he meets Euridice, a newcomer to the...