Direction: Lucía Murat

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Lucía Murat. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Almost Two Brothers

2004 · Movie · 102 min. · Brazil

Direction Lucía Murat

Cast Caco Ciocler · Flavio Bauraqui · Werner Schünemann · Antônio Pompêo

Synopsis On the 70's, Brazil lived under a military dictatorship, when many political prisoners were incarcerated in a penitentiary in Ilha Grande, located on the coast of the State of Rio de Janeiro. Their contact with the common prisoners at the...

6.6

63 votes

6.6

63 votes

Praça Paris

2017 · Movie · 110 min. · Brazil

Direction Lucía Murat

Cast Grace Passô · Joana de Verona · Marco Antonio Caponi · Alex Brasil

Synopsis Glória is a woman from Rio de Janeiro who tries to move on with her life despite the traumas caused by an abusive father and a drug dealer brother. She starts therapy with Camila, a young Portuguese psychoanalyst.

6.0

44 votes

6.0

44 votes

A Memória que me Contam

2012 · Movie · 95 min. · Brazil

Direction Lucía Murat

Cast Franco Nero · Simone Spoladore · Irene Ravache · Zécarlos Machado

Synopsis A group of friends who resisted Brazilian dictatorship face, along with their sons, the conflicts between past and present as one of theirs is passing away.

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Ana. Sem Título

2020 · Documentary · 110 min. · Brazil

Direction Lucía Murat

Cast Stella Rabello · Felipe Rocha · Renato Linhares · Mirta Busnelli

Synopsis Stela, a young Brazilian actress, decides to do a work on the letters exchanged between Latin American visual artists in the 70s and 80s. She travels to Cuba, Mexico, Argentina and Chile in search of her works and testimonies about...

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Playtime

2025 · Documentary · 83 min. · Brazil

Direction Lucía Murat

Synopsis Brazilian teens navigate complex social issues in their daily lives. The film blends real and fictional elements to explore violence, racism, and drug-related challenges faced by students aged 14-19 during their school experiences.

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Em Três Atos

2015 · Documentary · 76 min. · Brazil

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Brave New Land

2000 · Movie · 104 min. · Brazil

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Another Love Story

2007 · Movie · 104 min. · Brazil

Direction Lucía Murat

Cast Vinícius D'Black · Monique Soares · Rafael Mariano · Elisa Lucinda

Synopsis Free adaptation of the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet translated to the harsh life in Favela da Maré, one of largest and most violent slums in Rio de Janeiro.

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Sweet Power

1997 · Movie · 102 min. · Brazil

Direction Lucía Murat

Cast Marisa Orth · Antonio Fagundes · José De Abreu · Otávio Augusto

Synopsis A journalist is placed upon the management of a large broadcasting company to the capital of Brazil at the time of local elections. She must now face ideological and ethical questions, brought back by a left-wing former boyfriend and her...

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The Foreign Eye

2006 · Documentary · 70 min. · Brazil

Direction Lucía Murat

Cast Philippe de Broca · Michael Caine · Philippe Clair · Greydon Clark

Synopsis Fantasies and clichés about Brazil and Brazilians as reinforced by international films, even those actually shot in Brazil. This documentary features interviews with non-Brazilian directors, writers and stars who have been involved in some of those films.

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The Nation That Didn't Wait for God

2015 · Documentary · 89 min. · Brazil

Direction Lucía Murat · Rodrigo Hinrichsen

Synopsis In 1999 Lucia Murat wrote, produced and directed the feature film "Brave New Land" where the Kadiwéu people - native Brazilian Indians who live in the West of Brazil - were characters. "The Nation That Didn't Wait For God" is...

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A Long Journey

2011 · Documentary · 95 min. · Brazil

Direction Lucía Murat

Cast Caio Blat

Synopsis "A Long Journey" tells the story of three siblings who reach adolescence in the late 1960's. The documentary's storyline follows the youngest brother's travels around the world. Worried that he would enter the struggle for freedom against the Brazilian dictatorship,...

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How Nice to See You Alive

1989 · Documentary · 100 min. · Brazil

Direction Lucía Murat

Cast Irene Ravache

Synopsis Half-documental independent film about torture against women in Brazilian military dictatorship. Ravache is both a nameless narrator and main character.

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