Cinematography: Walter Carvalho
The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Walter Carvalho. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.
Central Station
1998 · Movie · 115 min. · Brazil
Direction Walter Salles
Cast Fernanda Montenegro · Vinicius de Oliveira · Marilia Pêra · Soia Lira
Plot Dora, a dour old woman, works at a Rio de Janeiro central station, writing letters for customers and mailing them. She hates customers and calls them 'trash'. Josue is a...
7.6
14K votes
7.6
14K votes
Santiago
2007 · Documentary · 80 min. · Brazil
Direction João Moreira Salles
Cast Santiago Babariotti Merlo
Plot Documentary about Santiago, a peculiar man who used to work for the director and his parents as a butler. The material was filmed in 1992 but, for some strange reason,...
7.3
132 votes
7.3
132 votes
Janela da Alma
2001 · Documentary · 73 min. · Brazil
Direction João Jardim · Walter Carvalho
Cast Evgen Bavcar · Raimunda da Conceição Filha · Felipe · Gabriel
Plot Nineteen people with differing degrees of visual impairment - from mild nearsightedness to total blindness - discuss how they see themselves, how they see others and how they perceive the...
7.3
33 votes
7.3
33 votes
Carandiru
2003 · Movie · 139 min. · Brazil
Direction Héctor Babenco
Cast Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos · Milton Gonçalves · Ivan de Almeida · Ailton Graça
Plot The acclaimed director of 'Kiss of the Spider Woman' dramatizes the 1992 prisoner revolt and massacre at São Paulo's infamous Carandiru penitentiary. A tender, forceful, and personal film for Babenco...
7.3
7K votes
7.3
7K votes
Behind the Sun
2001 · Movie · 105 min. · Brazil
Direction Walter Salles
Cast Rodrigo Santoro · José Dumont · Rita Assemany · Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos
Plot When ordered by his father to avenge the death of his older brother, a young man questions the tradition of violence between two rival families.
7.2
372 votes
7.2
372 votes
Foreign Land
1995 · Movie · 100 min. · Brazil
Direction Walter Salles · Daniela Thomas
Cast Fernando Alves Pinto · Fernanda Torres · Luis Mello · Alexandre Borges
6.9
190 votes
6.9
190 votes
To the Left of the Father
2001 · Movie · 171 min. · Brazil
Direction Luiz Fernando Carvalho
Cast Selton Mello · Raul Cortez · Juliana Carneiro da Cunha · Simone Spoladore
6.8
45 votes
6.8
45 votes
Rat Fever
2011 · Movie · 110 min. · Brazil
Direction Cláudio Assis
Cast Conceição Camaroti · Juliano Cazarré · Nanda Costa · Matheus Nachtergaele
6.7
28 votes
6.7
28 votes
Midnight
1998 · Movie · 76 min. · Brazil
Direction Walter Salles · Daniela Thomas
Cast Fernanda Torres · Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos · Matheus Nachtergaele · Nelson Sargento
Plot At midnight of December 31st of 1999, the destiny brings a fugitive prisoner and a depressed middle class teacher together, as the fireworks fall over Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana beach...
6.6
93 votes
6.6
93 votes
Cazuza: Time Doesn't Stop
2004 · Movie · 98 min. · Brazil
Direction Walter Carvalho · Sandra Werneck
Cast Daniel de Oliveira · Marieta Severo · Reginaldo Faria · Andréa Beltrão
Plot The life and times of Cazuza, Brazilian singer/poet/enfant terrible, from his start with rock group "Barão Vermelho", to his death from Aids, in 1990, showing his career, love affairs, and...
6.6
69 votes
6.6
69 votes
The Herb of the Rat
2008 · Movie · 80 min. · Brazil
Direction Júlio Bressane · Rosa Dias
Cast Alessandra Negrini · Selton Mello
6.6
31 votes
6.6
31 votes
Madame Sata
2002 · Movie · 105 min. · Brazil
Direction Karim Aïnouz
Cast Lázaro Ramos · Marcelia Cartazo · Flavio Bauraqui · Felipe Marques
6.5
473 votes
6.5
473 votes
Cleópatra
2007 · Movie · 116 min. · Brazil
Direction Júlio Bressane
Cast Josi Antello · Miguel Falabella · Taumaturgo Ferreira · Bruno Garcia
Plot Julio Bressane turns his sensual, color-filled set pieces to "Cleopatra," a highly stylized look at the Queen of the Nile that plays like an avant-garde opera, with arias replaced by...
6.5
49 votes
6.5
49 votes
Sentimental Education
2013 · Movie · 84 min. · Brazil
Direction Júlio Bressane
Cast Josi Antello · Bernardo Marinho · Débora Olivieri
Plot Júlio Bressane sets up a lively fresco about a grammar and filmic sensibility that, in spite of its anachronistic feel, are absolutely revealing of how Cinema distinguishes itself from other...
6.4
50 votes
6.4
50 votes
Heleno
2011 · Movie · 116 min. · Brazil
Direction José Henrique Fonseca
Cast Rodrigo Santoro · Alinne Moraes · Angie Cepeda · Erom Cordeiro
6.4
77 votes
6.4
77 votes
Love for Sale (Suely in the Sky)
2006 · Movie · 90 min. · Brazil
Direction Karim Aïnouz
Cast Hermila Guedes · Maria Menezes · Zezita Matos · João Miguel
Plot In order to get funds, a young woman living in the Northeast of Brazil decides to raffle her own body.
6.2
83 votes
6.2
83 votes
The Movie of My Life
2017 · Movie · 113 min. · Brazil
Direction Selton Mello
Cast Vincent Cassel · Selton Mello · Bruna Linzmeyer · Johnny Massaro
Plot Young Tony (Johnny Massaro) returns to his hometown in rural Brazil, only to find that his French-born father (Vincent Cassel) has returned to France claiming to miss his friends and...
6.0
73 votes
6.0
73 votes
Mango Yellow
2002 · Movie · 100 min. · Brazil
Direction Cláudio Assis
Cast Dira Paes · Chico Díaz · Matheus Nachtergaele · Jonas Bloch
Plot "Mango Yellow" describes the experiences of a group of larger-than-life characters: a waiter, a gay chef, a butcher and his evangelical wife, as they pursue romantic encounters and misadventures, unrealised...
5.8
70 votes
5.8
70 votes
Stolen Dreams
2009 · Movie · 85 min. · Brazil
Direction Sandra Werneck
Cast Marieta Severo · M.V. Bill · Angelo Antônio · Kika Farias
Plot Jessica, Sabrina and Daiane have dreams, just like all young people of any social class or place in the world. They live in a low-income neighborhood in the periphery of...
5.6
46 votes
5.6
46 votes
A Love Movie
2003 · Movie · 91 min. · Brazil
Direction Júlio Bressane
Cast Bel García · Josi Antello · Fernando Eiras
Plot Three friends, Hilda, Matilda and Gaspar, meet in a rundown downtown apartment during a weekend to chat, drink and experience pleasure.
5.6
28 votes
5.6
28 votes