Cinematography: César Charlone
The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by César Charlone. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.
City of God
2002 · Movie · 130 min. · Brazil
Direction Fernando Meirelles · Kátia Lund
Cast Alexandre Rodrigues · Leandro Firmino · Phellipe Haagensen · Douglas Silva
Plot Cidade de Deus (City of God) is a housing project built in the 1960's that--in the early 80's--became one of the most dangerous places in Rio de Janeiro. The tale...
8.4
124K votes
8.4
124K votes
Stranded: I Have Come from a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains
2007 · Documentary · 112 min. · France
Direction Gonzalo Arijon
Plot For the first time ever, survivors of the famous 1972 Andes plane crash tell in their own words their harrowing story of survival.
7.6
589 votes
7.6
589 votes
Stranded: The Andes Plane Crash Survivors (TV)
2009 · Documentary · min. · United States
Direction Gonzalo Arijon
7.4
55 votes
7.4
55 votes
The Constant Gardener
2005 · Movie · 128 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Fernando Meirelles
Cast Ralph Fiennes · Rachel Weisz · Danny Huston · Hubert Koundé
Plot Ralph Fiennes stars as Kenya-based English diplomat Justin Quayle, whose wife is murdered, along with a man she's suspected of having an affair with, a local human rights activist. When...
7.3
50K votes
7.3
50K votes
La uruguaya
2022 · Movie · 78 min. · Argentina
Direction Ana Garcia Blaya
Cast Sebastián Arzeno · Fiorella Bottaiolli · Jazmín Stuart · Gustavo Garzon
Plot A writer who pins hopes on a free-spirited 25-year-old he meets in Montevideo to get through his midlife crisis. But his day turns out to be the most unexpected and...
7.2
28 votes
7.2
28 votes
The Pope's Toilet (El Baño del Papa)
2007 · Movie · 90 min. · Uruguay
Direction César Charlone · Enrique Fernández
Cast César Troncoso · Virginia Méndez · Virginia Ruíz · Mario Silva
Plot Following a visit by Juan Pablo II to a small border town in Uruguay, the locals dream about their needs being fulfilled and the money that will hopefully flow in...
7.0
2K votes
7.0
2K votes
Sugar (TV Series)
2024 · Series · min. · United States
Direction Mark Protosevich · Fernando Meirelles · Adam Arkin
Cast Colin Farrell · Amy Ryan · Kirby Howell-Baptiste · Dennis Boutsikaris
Plot TV series (2024-). 1 season. 8 episodes. An enigmatic private detective struggles with personal demons as he investigates the disappearance of a Hollywood producer's beloved granddaughter.
6.8
138 votes
6.8
138 votes
The Two Popes
2019 · Movie · 126 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Fernando Meirelles
Cast Jonathan Pryce · Anthony Hopkins · Juan Minujín · Cristina Banegas
Plot Explores the relationship and opposing visions between two of the most powerful leaders in the Catholic Church, both of whom must address their own pasts and the demands of the...
6.8
14K votes
6.8
14K votes
American Made
2017 · Movie · 114 min. · United States
Direction Doug Liman
Cast Tom Cruise · Domhnall Gleeson · Jayma Mays · Sarah Wright
Plot Based on the real life exploits of Barry Seal, a pilot and drug runner for kingpin Pablo Escobar in the south during the 1980s who also landed work for the...
6.4
15K votes
6.4
15K votes
Blindness
2008 · Movie · 118 min. · Brazil
Direction Fernando Meirelles
Cast Julianne Moore · Mark Ruffalo · Danny Glover · Alice Braga
Plot A city is ravaged by an epidemic of instant "white blindness". Those first afflicted are quarantined by the authorities in an abandoned mental hospital where the newly created "society of...
6.3
22K votes
6.3
22K votes
Artigas. La Redota (TV)
2011 · Movie · 114 min. · Uruguay
Direction César Charlone
Cast Jorge Esmoris · Franklin Rodríguez · Gualberto Sosa · Rodolfo Sancho
5.4
90 votes
5.4
90 votes
Feliz Ano Velho
1987 · Movie · 111 min. · Brazil
Direction Roberto Gervitz
Cast Marcos Breda · Nan Breves · Alfredo Damiano · Alexandre Darbilly
Plot After diving into a shallow lake, a college student becomes tetraplegic. In his wheel chair, he remembers the important facts of his life as an adolescent.
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Unseen Enemy
2017 · Documentary · 98 min. · United States
Direction Janet Tobias
Cast Laurie Garrett · Larry Brilliant · Decontee Davis · George Gao
Plot In the 21st century we are all connected – even through illness. Population growth, urbanisation, climate change and global wanderlust are all jointly responsible for increasing the risk that known...
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Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Mensageiro Entre Dois Mundos
2000 · Documentary · 80 min. · Brazil
Direction Lula Buarque de Hollanda
Plot Documentary about French-born Pierre Verger, who lived between Bahia (Brazil) and Africa from 1946 until his death in 1996, and dedicated himself to photograph and research the Candomblé rites, becoming...
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Red Trees
2017 · Documentary · 87 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Marina Willer
Cast Tim Pigott-Smith
Plot It tells the story of the director's Jewish, Czech family escaping Nazi rule in World War Two.
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Sucker Free City (TV)
2004 · Movie · 113 min. · United States
Direction Spike Lee
Cast Ben Crowley · Ken Leung · Anthony Mackie · Darris Love
Plot Sucker-Free City, or S.F.C., revolves around the conflicts among white, black, Latino and Asian street gangs in San Francisco.
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The Man in the Black Cape
1980 · Movie · 120 min. · Brazil
Direction Sergio Rezende
Cast José Wilker · Marieta Severo · Jonas Bloch · Isolda Cresta
Plot Biography of Brazilian congressman Tenório Cavalcanti, who used to appear in public carrying a machine-gun, and wearing a black cloak.
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Benedetti, 60 años con Luz
2022 · Documentary · 80 min. · Uruguay
Direction Andrés Varela
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How Angels Are Born
1996 · Movie · 100 min. · Brazil
Direction Murilo Salles
Cast Priscila Assum · Silvio Guindane · André Mattos · Ryan Massey
Plot The too often tragically ignored street children of Rio de Janeiro figure prominently in this thriller that begins in a hillside slum where 13-year-old Branquinha brags to a German television...
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Doida Demais
1989 · Movie · 105 min. · Brazil
Direction Sergio Rezende
Cast Vera Fischer · José Wilker · Paulo Betti · Ítalo Rossi
Plot Shady and beautiful art dealer involves her former lover and an art expert in a scheme to deceive a rich collector. Exposed, she escapes to the State of Bahia backcountry...
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