Ruy Polanah Movies

A group of eccentric people gather at a popular bar in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro.

Tereza tries to leave her past and forge her own destiny and happiness by going through several affairs.

Mr. Kapa and his assistant meet Iara, a mythical being, in a river with purple waters. Geléia, the assistant, fills a bottle with this magic...

In Rio de Janeiro's bohemian district called Lapa, during the '40s, a stylish and popular scoundrel exploits a cabaret singer, and earns his living...

The life of a runaway slave who founded the Quilombo dos Palmares, an outlaw community of Brazilian slaves.

Helena, married to decorator Bruno, is a woman dissatisfied with the futility of social life. She rekindles her relationship with her former...

This adaptation of a classic Brazilian novel focuses on the relations of charismatic characters within a tenement.

After assaulting a Hollywood film crew, a group of residents of a community in Rio de Janeiro decided to produce a film that would express the...

A young boy escapes from an orphanage to find two magical creatures in the jungle. As he bonds with the younger one, he discovers that poachers are...

A true friendship develops between Jojô, a prostitute Rosa, and the young Eduardo, who survive on the streets of Rio de Janeiro. Everything...

"Seven women on motorcycles, through Via Dutra, go to the Baixada Fluminense, a microcosm of Brazil. Diving into the memory and questioning the...