Jairo Ferreira
Know for: Directing
Born: 1945-08-24
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Movie Dementia (1986)
Transposition of the myth of Faust to modern Brazil. The heir to a bankrupt cigarette factory, amidst a personal crisis, leaves everything behind and...
11 and a Half Questions to Julio Calasso (2022)
A final conversation with departed actor, director and musical producer Julio Calasso Jr., a key character in the Brazilian artistic scene. At his...
The Vampire of the Cinematheque (1976)
As filmmaker Jairo Ferreira shoots his life and friends in Super 8mm he also becomes the vampire of the Cinemateca Brasileira in São Paulo. In...
O Insigne-Ficante (1980)
A travelogue film using Pound's concept of invention as a starting point.
O Pornógrafo (1970)
Wannabe gangster Miguel Metralha becomes editor of a fading pornographic magazine that faces difficulties with the savage competition of similar...
Orgy or The Man Who Gave Birth (1970)
A countryman kills his father and heads for the big city. On his way, he meets the most bizarre and allegorical types: a robber, a drag queen who...
Buccaneer Soul (1993)
50 years of Brazilian history seen from the point of view of a friendship among two intellectuals.
The Option (1981)
The Option centers on a group of rural women who cut sugar cane and live in ramshackle highway neighborhoods. For many, their only escape to a...
The Awakening of the Beast (1970)
A psychiatrist experiments on four volunteers with LSD to examine 60's drug culture, soon unleashing an expert in depravity.
Corrida em Busca do Amor (1972)
Two groups of men fighting to conquer an automobile race bowl.
O Galante Rei da Boca (2003)
Documentary about the trajectory of Antônio Polo Galante, known as "The King of Boca". The film maps work and forms of production in Boca do...
The Woman Who Invented Love (1980)
Doralice is a simple minded woman romantically fascinated by marriage. However, when she is raped by a butcher, a friend advises her to become a...
O Vigilante (1992)
An unemployed man gets a job as night watchman that puts him in the middle of the rising violence in his neighborhood.
The Beauties of Billings (1987)
A travelogue through the remains of São Paulo failing 80s economy, including its in ruins film industry.
Audácia! (1970)
Segment "Prólogo": interviews and scenes with some of the most important filmmakers of the "Boca do Lixo" of São Paulo. Segment "A...
Audácia! (1970)
Segment "Prólogo": interviews and scenes with some of the most important filmmakers of the "Boca do Lixo" of São Paulo. Segment "A...
Corrida em Busca do Amor (1972)
Two groups of men fighting to conquer an automobile race bowl.
The Vampire of the Cinematheque (1976)
As filmmaker Jairo Ferreira shoots his life and friends in Super 8mm he also becomes the vampire of the Cinemateca Brasileira in São Paulo. In...
Ecos Caóticos (1975)
A homage to poet Sousandrade.
Antes que Eu me Esqueça (1977)
"Before I Forget" is a short film by Jairo Ferreira. It was filmed in 1977, during the release of the book of the same name of Roberto Bicelli. The...
O Insigne-Ficante (1980)
A travelogue film using Pound's concept of invention as a starting point.
Nem Verdade Nem Mentira (1979)
A mockumentary (or is it a fake fiction?) about journalism.
O Guru e os Guris (1973)
A film about Maurice Legeard who run a cineclub in Santos.
Horror Palace Hotel (1978)
An unusual look at 1978 Brasilia Film Festival and the politics that make certain films fashionable or not.
Nem Verdade Nem Mentira (1979)
A mockumentary (or is it a fake fiction?) about journalism.
O Ataque das Araras (1975)
Multiple film crews travel through Amazon.
O Insigne-Ficante (1980)
A travelogue film using Pound's concept of invention as a starting point.
The Vampire of the Cinematheque (1976)
As filmmaker Jairo Ferreira shoots his life and friends in Super 8mm he also becomes the vampire of the Cinemateca Brasileira in São Paulo. In...
The Vampire of the Cinematheque (1976)
As filmmaker Jairo Ferreira shoots his life and friends in Super 8mm he also becomes the vampire of the Cinemateca Brasileira in São Paulo. In...
The Vampire of the Cinematheque (1976)
As filmmaker Jairo Ferreira shoots his life and friends in Super 8mm he also becomes the vampire of the Cinemateca Brasileira in São Paulo. In...
The Vampire of the Cinematheque (1976)
As filmmaker Jairo Ferreira shoots his life and friends in Super 8mm he also becomes the vampire of the Cinemateca Brasileira in São Paulo. In...
Buccaneer Blood (1979)
One of the first Brazilian movies to conjecture about contraculture and its reflexes on the behaviour of a generation. A tribute to the late poet and...
O M da Minha Mão (1979)
A documentary on Brazilian musician Mario Gennari and the bond between his music's sonority and the public space of the streets of São Paulo.
A Primeira Noite de um Adolescente (1982)
Young son of a millionaire, obsessed with collecting used women's underwear, a butler who manages the mansion where the young man lives while his...
Dreams in Life (1979)
Two factory workers from the outskirts of São Paulo make a trip to a bathhouse close to the city.
O Guru e os Guris (1973)
A film about Maurice Legeard who run a cineclub in Santos.
As Aventuras de Raul Seixas na Cidade de Thoth (1993)
Jairo Ferreira's view on the career of singer Raul Seixas.
O Pornógrafo (1970)
Wannabe gangster Miguel Metralha becomes editor of a fading pornographic magazine that faces difficulties with the savage competition of similar...