Direction: Hermanno Penna

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


Fronteira das Almas

1987 · Movie · 90 min. · Brazil

Direction Hermanno Penna

Cast Antonio Leite · Orlando Vieira · Fernando Bezerra · Joel Barcellos

Synopsis Cassiano and Tião are brothers living apart from one another in the Amazon. Cassiano holds a tract of land in Rondônia he received from the Brazilian Institute of Land Reform (INCRA). Tião is a squatter in southern Pará. The film...

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Sargento Getúlio

1983 · Movie · 85 min. · Brazil

Direction Hermanno Penna

Cast Lima Duarte · Orlando Vieira · Luiz A. Barreto · Fernando Bezerra

Synopsis In the 40s, sergeant is ordered to escort a political prisoner from Paulo Afonso to Aracaju, Brazil. During the trip, there's a change in the Government and he is ordered to release the prisoner. But he decides to go all...

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Aos Ventos que Virão

2013 · Movie · 94 min. · Brazil

Direction Hermanno Penna

Cast Emanuelle Araújo · Hermes Baroli · Carlos Betão · Neuza Borges

Synopsis Zé Olímpio (Rui Ricardo Diaz) is a young cangaceiro who, after the band of Lampião is decimated, must flee to São Paulo. Some time later, he decides to return to the Northeast and soon becomes political. It is when he...

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Olho de Boi

2007 · Movie · 72 min. · Brazil

Direction Hermanno Penna

Cast Genésio de Barros · Gustavo Machado · Angelina Muniz · Cacá Amaral

Synopsis A farm laborer is stunned for pain and for the jealousy when its godson assures to it that his wife is betraying with the proper brother. Both they go in revenge search, following for a tragic destination.

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