Cosme Dos Santos Movies
- 1990
This is a straightforward film of the 1969 play, a jailhouse drama by Plinio Marcos, which was banned by the Brazilian government for twenty years. In the story, a naive young middle-class white boy (Marcos Winter) is arrested following a bar fight, and it put into a jail cell with six hardened criminals. The only thing they ever cooperate on in the whole film is to get together to rape the young man (the film title, Barrela, is a Brazilian slang word for sexual violence). Aside from that, during their whole time in jail their relationships are a seething mass of shifting alliances between sworn enemies, with the hapless, brutalized lad caught in the middle of their schemes. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Starring:
- Claudio Mamberti, Paulo Cesar Pereio, (more)
- 1986
Weighing in heavily on the side of atrocities against the black slaves of 18th-century Brazil, this uneven drama is centered on the legend of Galanga, King of the Congo. Galanga is first captured and after the long segments of atrocities have subsided, his owner promises him full freedom if he can find a source of gold on his plantation. Galanga not only succeeds in finding the mother lode, but with that discovery gets his freedom and a mine to go with it. His owner is persecuted by others for his liberal views, while Galanga, in the meantime, has established himself as a leader in the emancipation of the slaves. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Starring:
- Severo D'Acelino, Othon Bastos, (more)
- 1977
The rich and vibrant culture of the Brazilian poor enlivens this tragic story of a young thief whose increasingly strenuous and violent efforts to survive result in his death. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Starring:
- Stepan Nercessian, Cosme Dos Santos, (more)
- 1965
Homeless children in the slums of Rio are driven out of their temporary shelters by ruthless gangsters in this somber drama. The kids survive by shining shoes, stealing, and cutting the strings of the kites to sell them later to others. Tired of life on the streets, one boy turns himself over to the police in hopes he will be sent to reform school in a last desperate attempt to survive. This feature from acclaimed Swedish director Arne Sucksdorff appeared at the 1965 Cannes Film Festival. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Starring:
- Cosme Dos Santos
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