Direction: Anna Muylaert

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


The Second Mother

2015 · Movie · 108 min. · Brazil

Direction Anna Muylaert

Cast Regina Casé · Camila Márdila · Karine Teles · Lourenço Mutarelli

Synopsis Having left her daughter, Jessica, to be raised by relatives in the north of Brazil, Val works as a loving nanny in São Paulo. When Jessica arrives for a visit 13 years later, she confronts her mother’s slavelike attitude and...

7.1

3K votes

7.1

3K votes

Durval Records

2002 · Movie · 96 min. · Brazil

Direction Anna Muylaert

Cast Ary França · Etty Fraser · Isabela Guasco · Marisa Orth

Synopsis Durval and his mother Carmita live at the back of "Durval Discos", a record store they own in São Paulo, specializing in vinyl records. They lead a boring and unattractive life, until the day Durval hires a maid, Celia, to...

6.3

32 votes

6.3

32 votes

Don't Call Me Son

2016 · Movie · 88 min. · Brazil

Direction Anna Muylaert

Cast Naomi Nero · Daniel Botelho · Daniela Nefussi · Matheus Nachtergaele

Synopsis Pierre is seventeen and in the middle of puberty. He plays in a band, has sex at parties and secretly tries on women’s clothing and lipstick in front of a mirror. Ever since his father’s death, his mother Aracy has...

5.7

291 votes

5.7

291 votes

O Nosso Pai (S)

2022 · Movie · 24 min. · Brazil

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The Best Mother in the World

2025 · Movie · 105 min. · Brazil

Direction Anna Muylaert

Cast Shirley Cruz · Seu Jorge · Rihanna Barbosa · Benin Ayo

Synopsis To escape her abusive husband, garbage collector Gal packs her two young children, Rihanna and Benin, onto the top of her cart and heads across São Paulo to her cousin’s house. As she struggles to avoid the dangers of the...

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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

2009 · Movie · 89 min. · Brazil

Direction Anna Muylaert

Cast Glória Pires · Paulo Miklos · Marisa Orth · Daniela Nefussi

Synopsis In São Paulo, the lonely forty and something year-old guitar teacher Baby lives a tedious life in a low middle-class apartment and is addicted in her only companion, the cigarettes. She has a constant friction with her two sisters, the...

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