Ugo Giorgetti

Dive into the inventive universe of Tom Zé. Through intimate interviews with artists, family members and longtime collaborators, the film retraces the singular trajectory of one of Brazil's most original musical minds. The documentary brings together voices that reflect on his boundless creative unpredictability, highlight the technical mastery behind his sonic experiments and portray his music as the result of an expansive creative process, where ideas unfold like "pills of sound".

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A documentary about the life of Brazilian footballer Ademir de Guia (o Divino) who played his whole professional career for Palmeiras.

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The life of the "King of Football" Pelé is shown through testimonials from former players, friends and important celebrities of the time. Following a chronological order, several of his goals, key moves and facts that marked his career are displayed.

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The police mobilize their resources to capture Nenê Bandalho and, while he tries to escape, he remembers some of his life's most important episodes.

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The movie shows a group of italian imigrants in a ship going to São Paulo in the end of the century XIX. They tell about their fears and expectatives in the future new life.

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A Lebanese immigrant who has lived in São Paulo for many years is robbed and arrested in the trunk of his own car. In addition, a woman who witnessed the theft is also positioned there. The two complete strangers are forced to share this small, clueless environment where the thieves are headed.

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People who moved from São Paulo, a large city, to the countryside, come back to see a play. Later, they learn the driver of their chartered bus has disappeared. Now, on the street, at night, they have to face themselves.

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A successful businessman is arrested on suspicion of committing financial crimes. In the sitting room of his house, four characters – the driver, the nanny, the lawyer and the wife – discuss how and why the businessman was arrested and, consequently, try to understand their own lives.

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A middle-aged, wealthy man who lives in an upscale neighborhood in São Paulo, goes to put on his shoes and finds that his foot is no longer the same – it has changed for the worse. This gesture is the trigger for a reflection on life, the passage of time and the difficulty in understanding the present day.

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A public appearance from international soccer player Marquinhos at Aurelio's bar launches a series of vignettes which spotlight Brazil's obsession with the round ball game

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A source of inspiration for the cinematography of Ugo Giorgetti, São Paulo is once again the backdrop to this documentary in which the theme is the specialty of the city's culinary.

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Documentary about homeless people in São Paulo, Brazil (more than 9000!), discussing themes such as social exclusion, unemployment, alcohol abuse, madness and religiosity.

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After 20 years of exile in Paris, Gustavo returns to his native city São Paulo. Back home, he encounters a place which no longer exists. His old friends and family members have changed, almost beyond recognition. He tries to recapture the past, and make some sense of his life, that of his friends and family, and the present state of his native country.

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Sao Paulo revisited by brazilian poets that were aligned with the beatnik generation.

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Tribute to the world of soccer in Brazil. Group of ex-soccer players gather in a bar in São Paulo to remember old stories of their prime.

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On a Saturday morning, an advertising crew arrives at a decadent old building downtown São Paulo to shoot a TV commercial. And then everything goes wrong, beginning with a broken elevator

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A harmonicist, a pool player, and his old assistant get invited as entertainers at a fancy dinner party but have to wait in the lobby for what seems like forever. They witness all sorts of absurdities as the party goes on and guests loosen up.

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A former boxer is hired to take care of an empty house in the Pacaembu neighborhood in São Paulo. The property is for sale and its function is received when purchased. On the first night on the job, he discovers that a woman and a daughter are living clandestinely in one of the mansion's rooms.

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The history of São Paulo's first residential district.

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