Movies by Lucélia Santos

The Seven Vampires

The Seven Vampires

A clumsy detective and his secretary are hired to solve the mysterious, vampiresque deaths happening at a nightclub show.

Luz Del Fuego

Luz Del Fuego

Biography of a Brazilian dancer who lived on an island and practiced nudism when it was forbidden by law.

As Cartas de Chico Xavier

As Cartas de Chico Xavier

Three people accused of murder who were pardoned by the parents of the victims and acquitted by Justice thanks to the letters psychographed by the medium Chico Xavier.

The Erection of Toribio Bardelli

The Erection of Toribio Bardelli

After the loss of their mother, a dysfunctional family is pressed to re-examine their lives. As father and children come to terms with their own existence, this journey turns into a tender and subtle meditation on grief.

Vagas Para Moças de Fino Trato

Vagas Para Moças de Fino Trato

In Vitória, the middle-age piano teacher Gertrudes sublets her apartment to two younger women, the unstable Lúcia and the nurse Madalena. Gertrudes misses and daydreams her former love and has a motherhood relationship with Lúcia; Madalena has a promiscuous life, having one night stand with the most different men every day and her behavior is criticized by Gertreudes; and Lúcia is dreamer that manipulates Gertrudes and expects that the handyman Alfredo becomes her prince charming. Their conflictive relationship ends when Madalena discloses t...

Terra Para Rose

Terra Para Rose

Documentary about the oppression of a group of a families of the MST, the Brazilian Landless Workers Movement, who invaded Anoni Farm, a farm in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, in 1985, and Rose, a woman fighting for the right of owning a land and for elementary human rights, and mother of the first baby born in the camping site.

Amazônia - O Despertar da Florestania

Amazônia - O Despertar da Florestania

How has Brazil dealt with nature and its natural resources in the early 20th century? What state is the Amazon Forest in? Based on specialties with specialties from the most diverse areas and with the rescue of historical figures, we discuss the notion of forestry, that is, the citizenship of the forest, a term necessary to reflect on Brazilian identity.