Cecil Thiré Movies

Five segments about the hardships faced by people living in slums on hills in Rio de Janeiro.

A young couple uses creativity to escape the rules of the girl's father, a conservative Italian, and her grandmother. Even under the patriarch's...

A young female fugitive escapes from a juvenile institution (the Child Assistance Service) and joins a group of poor beggars with the intention of...

An elderly couple, Dona Lu and Seu Souza, live in the district of Paty do Alferes, in a simple little house where they raised their children. When...

Filmed over a five-year period, Chronically Unfeasible dissects Brazilian problems, using six people who meet in a restaurant in São Paulo as...

A poor man from the North Zone of Rio, head of a family, Roy struggles in every way to survive and accepts a job as a professional laugher on a TV...

Young congressman Miguel Horta represents a party that is directly opposed to the present government. He slyly switches parties in order to gain...

Two contrasting social groups get in touch: three architects and three street urchins, all struggling for survival.

Tatá is a typical Rio de Janeiro guy, easy living, hedonistic, living in an apartment in one of those buildings where everything goes, in...

The legend of Tristan and Isolde is one of the most beautiful love epics ever conceived. Richard Wagner, in a famous opera, had already tarnished its...

Cícero and Samantha are lovers who are going to spend a "honeymoon" in Teresina. However, the girl dies suddenly and Cicero calls his friend...

History and decadence of the city of Alcântara narrated through what remains of its buildings and ancient documents.

A young boy escapes from an orphanage to find two magical creatures in the jungle. As he bonds with the younger one, he discovers that poachers are...

A Polish Jew becomes a prostitute after failing to get a marriage in Brazil. Meanwhile, the public health doctor Oswaldo Cruz ends up involved in the...