Maurice Capovila
Know for: Directing
Born: 1936-01-16
Place of birth: Valinhos, São Paulo, Brazil
Also know as:
The Good Cinema (2021)
An authentically marginal cinema created in Catholic university in Brazil. One of the most intriguing and imaginative moments in modern cinema in the...
The Red Light Bandit (1968)
Born and raised in the misery of Brazilian slums, Jorge becomes a luxury house burglar in São Paulo and gets nicknamed "The Red Light Bandit"...
The Awakening of the Beast (1970)
A psychiatrist experiments on four volunteers with LSD to examine 60's drug culture, soon unleashing an expert in depravity.
Mr. Sganzerla: Os Signos da Luz (2012)
A documentary on prolific underground Brazilian filmmaker Rogério Sganzerla.
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival (2020)
In 1965, a year after the military coup in Brazil, an oasis of freedom opened in the country's capital. The Brasília Film Festival: a landmark...
Audácia! (1970)
Segment "Prólogo": interviews and scenes with some of the most important filmmakers of the "Boca do Lixo" of São Paulo. Segment "A...
Nossa Escola de Samba (1965)
A year in the life of a samba school, from the first rehearsals to the parade on the avenue.
Harmada (2003)
A failed artist searching strength to move ahead. By a young lady, who might be his daughter, he develops a project that changes his destiny.
The Night of the Scarecrow (1974)
In the miserable Northeastern Brazil, a ruthless land Baron wants to throw a poor farming community out of their land.
Bebel, Garota Propaganda (1967)
Poor and beautiful girl is hired by a sales promoter to advertise a new brand of soap. The success is immediate, but the need for a new face hinders...
The Prophet of Hunger (1969)
The story of a fakir who works in a decadent circus. He and his colleagues do weirder numbers each day to attract audience, and warrant their...
The Prophet of Hunger (1969)
The story of a fakir who works in a decadent circus. He and his colleagues do weirder numbers each day to attract audience, and warrant their...
As Noites de Iemanjá (1971)
Neglected wife tells husband about mysterious deaths occurred by the influence of Iemanjá, Afro-Brazilian deity, goddess of the waters
O Jogo da Vida (1977)
The dreams and problems of three friends: Malagueta, an inveterate gambler; Perus, former factory worker who abandoned the assembly line to earn his...
Bebel, Garota Propaganda (1967)
Poor and beautiful girl is hired by a sales promoter to advertise a new brand of soap. The success is immediate, but the need for a new face hinders...
Nervos de Aço (2016)
Private eye Peixoto tries to hunt down hunk Sebastian and gets more involved in the case than he expected. Brazilian musical comedy inspired by the...
Nervos de Aço (2016)
Private eye Peixoto tries to hunt down hunk Sebastian and gets more involved in the case than he expected. Brazilian musical comedy inspired by the...
Viramundo (1965)
Viramundo shows the saga of the northeastern migrants that arrive in São Paulo, beginning with a train arriving and ending with a train...
O Último Dia de Lampião (1975)
A docufiction film about the fall of Virgulino Ferreira da Silva, widely known as Lampião – the mythical bandit leader from the...
O Último Dia de Lampião (1975)
A docufiction film about the fall of Virgulino Ferreira da Silva, widely known as Lampião – the mythical bandit leader from the...
Subterrâneos do Futebol (1965)
The practices of football in Brazil and the issues surrounding the sport. Press, players as a commodity, the popular passion, the practice on the...
True Brazil (1968)
In the late 1960s, Thomas Farkas imported equipment suitable for direct sound, and released a collection of documentaries called "Brasil Verdade"...
Vila da Barca (1964)
The first work by documentary master Renato Tapajós, "Vila da Barca" focuses on the daily struggles faced by the people who live on the shanty...
Lance Maior (1968)
University student who works in a bank experiences a personal crisis: he is torn between his ambitions and the temptation to engage in the armed...
Harmada (2003)
A failed artist searching strength to move ahead. By a young lady, who might be his daughter, he develops a project that changes his destiny.
O Jogo da Vida (1977)
The dreams and problems of three friends: Malagueta, an inveterate gambler; Perus, former factory worker who abandoned the assembly line to earn his...
Crônica À Beira do Rio (1980)
Rio de Janeiro is a city of very well defined contrast between the seafront, narrow, where the rich live and very close, the hills with their slums,...