Castanha
Actor
Movies5
Movie6.5ComedyDramaCommissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of the world's pre-eminent filmmakers to produce short pieces exploring the multifarious facets of cinema and their perspective on the state of their chosen artform in the early 21st century.
Chacun son cinema ou Ce petit coup au coeur quand la lumiere s'eteint et que le film commence
To Each His Own Cinema
2007 · 161 votes
Movie9.0DramaThe six-minute film is shot in just two locations: an old movie theater in the city of Miguel Pereira (RJ) and a multiplex in the New York City Center, in the Rio de Janeiro neighborhood of Barra da Tijuca. In front of the old movie theater, the embolistas Castanha and Caju (actually Cajuzinho, the replacement for the original Caju, who died in June 2001) unravel an extremely biting and funny "embolada", which spares no Hollywood idols: from Stallone to Leonardo DiCaprio.
Castanha e Caju Contra o Encouraçado Titanic
2002 · 1 votes
Movie10.0DocumentaryDocumentary about popular art manifestations in Northeast Brazil: the "cordel" literature (popular literature, small stories sold in markets); "repente", kind of musical challenge between two singers, who have to improvise the verses, in strict rhyme; and the interaction between these and local popular song.
Nordeste: Cordel, Repente e Canção
1975 · 1 votes
Movie8.0DocumentaryMusicMika Kaurismaki's documentary Moro No Brasil features performances by a variety of Brazilian musical artists, intertwined with interviews of every day Brazilians in order to give the viewer a portrait of Brazilian culture. The film includes performances by Silberio Pessoa, Darue Malungo, and Antonio Nobrega. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi
MovieHorrorDramaA religious cult with fake possession rituals spirals into darkness when the pastor's daughter is truly taken by an entity.