Ozualdo Ribeiro Candeias Movies

An unemployed man gets a job as night watchman that puts him in the middle of the rising violence in his neighborhood.

A travelogue through the remains of São Paulo failing 80s economy, including its in ruins film industry.

Edmundo Scivano returns to his hometown after years of failure in his political career. Discredited, he seeks the support of his countrymen to get...

A discussion on Brazilian cinema, focusing on São Paulo's Boca do Lixo production pole.

A young playboy, raised by a wealthy industrialist, discovers that his real father is involved with a dangerous gang, putting his life at risk.

In a single shot, mysterious characters discuss about a cockroach problem.

A sculptor, protected by a millionaire woman, becomes suspect of her murder. He flees to the country, where a violent pursuit takes place.

The Option centers on a group of rural women who cut sugar cane and live in ramshackle highway neighborhoods. For many, their only escape to a...

Short film by Brazilian filmmaker Ozualdo Ribeiro Candeias.

Tired of the constant abuse he suffers in his household, a boy runs away from home and goes on a series of sad and dramatic adventures, in which he...

Using a mixture of film clips and interviews with Ozualdo Candeias himself the film tells the director's 40 year trajectory.

A short film made from photos of Boca do Lixo, a bohemian and marginal neighborhood, and its people.