Leon Hirszman Movies

  • 1981
    They Don't Wear Black Tie

    They Don't Wear Black Tie

    They Don't Wear Black Tie

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    Otavio is an idealistic union leader trying to organize workers at a factory to resist the company's exploitative practices. His son, Tião,...

    They Don't Wear Black Tie
  • 1965
    The Deceased

    The Deceased

    The Deceased

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    After visiting a fortune teller, Zulmira is informed that a blonde woman will threaten her peace. After talking to her husband Toninho, she suspects...

    The Deceased
  • 1987
    Images of the Unconscious

    Images of the Unconscious

    Images of the Unconscious

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    In hopes of unraveling the causes and cure for various forms of insanity, a psychiatrist in Brazil created the Museum of Images from the Unconscious...

    Images of the Unconscious
  • 2014
    Afterword: Images of the Unconscious

    Afterword: Images of the Unconscious

    Afterword: Images of the Unconscious

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    Dialoguing directly with the trilogy of documentaries “Images of the Unconscious”, made between 1983 and 1986 and based on clinical cases...

    Afterword: Images of the Unconscious
  • 1964
    Maioria Absoluta

    Maioria Absoluta

    Maioria Absoluta

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    Statistics, interviews and historical information on illiteracy and inequality in land distribution in Brazil's countryside.

    Maioria Absoluta
  • 1987
    No Reino das Mães - Adelina Gomes

    No Reino das Mães - Adelina Gomes

    No Reino das Mães - Adelina Gomes

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    Adelina Gomes, a poor girl, daughter of peasants, with a primary education and some manual training, shy and submissive to her mother, had never had...

    No Reino das Mães - Adelina Gomes
  • 2016
    Cinema Novo

    Cinema Novo

    Cinema Novo

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    A deep investigation, in the way of a poetic essay, on one of the main Latin American movements in cinema, analyzed via the thoughts of its main...

    Cinema Novo
  • 2019
    Memórias do Grupo Opinião

    Memórias do Grupo Opinião

    Memórias do Grupo Opinião

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    Follows the story of Opinião, a theatre group created in 1964 during the early Brazilian dictatorship period to oppose the government through...

    Memórias do Grupo Opinião
  • 1990
    ABC of a Strike

    ABC of a Strike

    ABC of a Strike

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    ABC of a Strike captures the 1979 metal workers strikes outside of São Paulo. The footage sat untouched until after the death of...

    ABC of a Strike
  • 1967
    The Girl from Ipanema

    The Girl from Ipanema

    The Girl from Ipanema

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    Chronicles the life of a 17 year-old girl living in the upper-class Rio de Janeiro neighbourhood of Ipanema. Márcia lives a life of parties...

    The Girl from Ipanema
  • 1987
    Imagens do Inconsciente: A Barca do Sol

    Imagens do Inconsciente: A Barca do Sol

    Imagens do Inconsciente: A Barca do Sol

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    The episode dives into the mystical universe of Carlos Pertius, the son of a family of French immigrants, hospitalized at the age of 29. After facing...

    Imagens do Inconsciente: A Barca do Sol
  • 1996
    Bahia de Todos os Sambas

    Bahia de Todos os Sambas

    Bahia de Todos os Sambas

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    Between August 23 and 31, 1983, at the "Circo Massimo", in Rome, there was a musical event that brought together artists from Bahia. This film brings...

    Bahia de Todos os Sambas
  • 1973
    Megalopolis

    Megalopolis

    Megalopolis

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    An analysis of the phenomenon of accelerated urbanization in Brazil, and more particularly in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo.

    Megalopolis
  • 1972
    S. Bernardo

    S. Bernardo

    S. Bernardo

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    The story of Paulo Honório, a poor ploughman who becomes a rich farmer. Obsessed by his desire to get even richer, he doesn't pay much...

    S. Bernardo
  • 1962
    Cinco Vezes Favela

    Cinco Vezes Favela

    Cinco Vezes Favela

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

    Cinco Vezes Favela
  • 1967
    Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo

    Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo

    Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo

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    Originally produced for German TV, Improvised and Purposeful is a firsthand look at the "Cinema Novo" movement (otherwise known as the 'Brazilian New...

    Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
  • 1976
    Cantos de Trabalho - Cacau

    Cantos de Trabalho - Cacau

    Cantos de Trabalho - Cacau

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    Between 1974 and 1976, while researching for his filme "S. Bernardo", Leon Hirszman shot three documentary shorts produced by the Brazilian Ministry...

    Cantos de Trabalho - Cacau
  • 1963
    The Beggars

    The Beggars

    The Beggars

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    The Beggars
  • 1969
    América do Sexo

    América do Sexo

    América do Sexo

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    Film in four segments: "Colagem", "Balanço", "Bandeira Zero" and "Sexta-Feira da Paixão, Sábado de Aleluia", having in common a...

    América do Sexo
  • 1969
    Nelson Cavaquinho

    Nelson Cavaquinho

    Nelson Cavaquinho

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    A short film of lovely poetic, observational elements and interviews with the famed samba singer/songwriter Nelson Antônio da Silva, whose...

    Nelson Cavaquinho