Magnus Filmes

In the early seventies in Rio de Janeiro, detective Mariel Moryscötte de Mattos belonged to a special police force called "The Golden Men". This powerful group of the elite of the police was created with the intention of eliminate crime from Rio de Janeiro, and they had privileges above law to expedite their action against the outlaws. However, absolute power in wrong hands corrupts, and this group formed the "Death Squad", executing criminals without the conventional trial from the justice.

Upon learning that his rich dad is on the brink of bankruptcy, spoiled Vavá summons his friend Jandir with a plan to get some quick cash: they will blackmail an uncle of Vavá by taking compromising photos of his lover, Leda.

Bruno is a physician whose license had been revoked, due to some ethical problems in the past. He gathers some criminals to kidnap the children of two powerful bankers. While the police faces contradictory evidence and clues, Bruno starts killing the other criminals, to keep the ransom for himself.

Man raised in a brothel tries to earn his living as a pimp, but gets in trouble when his girlfriend cheats on him with an older man.

The film depicts the arrival of immigrants in the city of Espírito Santo following the history of Carlos, an Italian who struggles for his place against Hermann Gunter, a German colonist who rules the region.

A young man must choose between two women. The one brings him the money, but the other he loves.

Alfredo, a rich playboy and restless womanizer lives a happy life until receive threats from several cuckolds. Things get worse when each of the seven involved women accuse each other causing a big mess.

Roberto, Pierre and Pedro are very different men, with very different life paths; However, one thing unites them: the three are suspected of having murdered Colonel Pacífico, the rich and powerful owner of the city of Parada de Deus, in the interior of the state of Minas Gerais. However, jail may be the least of his problems, as the colonel's brother is a bloodthirsty gunslinger looking for revenge.

The life and times of Brazilian singer/songwriter Dolores Duran.

A Deusa Negra is a love story that spans two centuries. In 18th century Yorubaland, Prince Oluyole is taken prisoner in the course of internecine warfare fanned by overseas slave traders. He is sold into slavery in Brazil. In present day Nigeria, at his father's deathbed, the young Babatunde promises to go to Brazil and search for traces of their once-enslaved ancestors. Beginning with a Candomblé ritual, his journey takes him ever deeper into this culture and, in a dream-like sequence, affords him a deeper understanding of his ancestors' suffering and powers of resistance. Balogun effortlessly links present with past, real with magical worlds and discourse with trance. The hypnotic atmosphere is also heightened by the music of the Nigerian drummer Remi Kabaka, which plays with repetitive patterns and distortions.

A caboclo's soul wanders through purgatory (or hell), visiting many places until he boards a ship whose destination is unknown.

In a small town in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, a woman rebels against local morality after her child dies, with tragic results.

Two twin brothers, Cláudio José and José Cláudio, definitively separate when one of them decides to leave for the big city. Years later, the second brother also started living in Rio de Janeiro. One night, he is attacked by three thugs, who kill his pregnant wife and leave him disfigured. In search of revenge, he follows in the footsteps of his brother, who will find himself working for a crime figure. And in pursuit of his discoveries, he began to wage his revenge against the criminals on the same level as he had been confronted.

Otavio has to find and marry Madame Bettina's daughter if he wants to inherit her fortune.

A decadent hooker, her pimp and the bordello's gay cleaner fight over the gigolo's missing money, with the utmost mental cruelty.

As the owner of a very famous bordello in Rio de Janeiro gets buried, an old scoundrel remembers his own past among the bohemian circles of the city.