
Carlos Coimbra
Directing
Biography
Carlos Coimbra (1925 – 14 February 2007) was a Brazilian film editor, director and screenwriter. His film A Morte Comanda o Cangaço was entered into the 11th Berlin International Film Festival.
Known For

Zé is a very poor man whose most prized possession is his donkey. When his donkey falls terminally ill, Zé makes a promise to Saint Bárbara: If his donkey recovers, he will carry a cross - like Jesus - all the way from his city to Saint Bárbara's church, in the state capital. Upon the recovery of his donkey, Zé leaves on his journey. He makes it to the church, but the priest refuses to accept the cross once he discovers the context of Zé's promise.
The Given Word

Film in three segments. In the first, father is suspicious about his son's masculinity. The second one shows a Don Juan-like guy who, at church for his own wedding, cannot remember who the bride might be. In the third, a rich husband tries to find the tattooed man he saw escaping through his wife's bedroom window.
Já Não Se Faz Amor Como Antigamente

A large protest march of escaped slaves is an episode in the history of Chico Bondade and Boaventura, who had already become legendary for their difficult and daring missions.
A Marcha

This is a remake of Brazil's first international success in the cinema world. Just as its same name predecessor was, this film is a fictional version of the story of the "cangaceiros." These were bandits who sacked towns and spread terror throughout Northeastern Brazil in the 1930s. This group of outlaws is led by Captain Galdino and his wife Maria Bonita.
O Cangaceiro

The story of how a quarrel between families set poor farmer Virgulino Ferreira da Silva on the path to become Lampião, the greatest leader of the cangaceiros - bandits who roamed the Northeast of Brazil until the late 1930s.
Lampião, King of the Badlands

After killing a troublemaker, Cristino flees to a town in the Northeast and is forced to join Lampião's gang, where he becomes his right-hand man, under the name Corisco, the Blond Devil. He falls in love with Dadá, a farmer's daughter, and takes her with him by force. Gradually, she learns to love him, and they live together for 13 years in the cangaço. Corisco escapes the Angico massacre but is captured by Lieutenant Zé Rufino's volante after beheading the family of Lampião's informant. Dadá and Corisco, on the way to hand them over to the authorities, reminisce about the adventurous adventures of their lives.
Corisco, o Diabo Loiro

On the day of Pedro Boiadeiro's wedding, a band of cangaceiros who survived the Angicos massacre invade his home, then proceed to beat him up, and abuse and murder his wife. Pedro sets out to get revenge on each one.
Cangaceiros de Lampião

After Cláudia, haunted by her husband’s death on a car crash, starts a romance with another man, she starts receiving threatening letters.
O Descarte

Bums find $15,000 in trash, but the money belonged to criminals.
Se Meu Dólar Falasse...

The story of how D. Pedro I proclaimed the Brazilian independence on September 7th, 1822, and rose from prince of Portugal to first emperor of Brazil.
Independência ou Morte

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Cavalgada da Esperança: Padroeira do Brasil

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Elas São do Baralho

Filmmaker José Mojica Marins travels to spend Christmas with friends in a small farm, where they spend leisure time while Mojica writes the story for his next film. However, he observes eerie things in the house, with his friends being possessed one by one by some supernatural evil force.
The Bloody Exorcism of Coffin Joe

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Ana Terra

A jaded reporter used to making up sensationalist headlines gets in trouble when real criminals come after him.
O Homem de Papel

The loves and life of a beautiful Brazilian Indian woman.
Iracema, a Virgem dos Lábios de Mel

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Soberano

When American private eye Steve Marshall receives a mysterious summons to the sweltering streets of São Paulo, the mission seems clear-cut: find Louise Dunning, a woman on the run for the murder of her husband. But in the shadows of Brazil, nothing is as it seems. As Marshall closes in on his target, he begins to realize he isn't the one leading the hunt.. he's being steered.
Girl In Room 13

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Os Campeões

A pastor and a priest compete for the religious leadership of the population of a small town. When the pastor tries to prevent his sister's involvement with the sacristan, he accidentally starts the rumor that the church houses a miraculous statue of St. Francis.