Roberto Menescal Movies

The Caravana Rolidei rolls into town with the Gypsy Lord at the mike: he does magic tricks, the erotic Salomé dances, and the mute Swallow...

As the world boiled in the rush of Easy Rider bikes, in the frenetic pace of Elvis Presley, in Beatniks poets, in the explosion of counterculture, a...

New York, 2010. Jeff Harris, a music journalist, sets out to uncover the truth about Francisco Tenório Júnior, a young Brazilian...

Elis & Tom is considered one of the most important albums in the history of Brazilian music. Recorded in Los Angeles, in 1974, it was all captured by...

Loki brings the trajectory of Arnaldo Baptista from childhood, passing through the most successful phase as leader of the Mutantes, marriage to...

Based on the autobiography of noted music executive André Midani, André Midani — An Insider’s Story of Brazilian Music...

Documentary about the birth of bossa-nova, in Brazil, and the major stars of this musical style.

Music manager has to get three of his artists together for a special show, but soon finds out it isn't an easy task.

Where are you, João Gilberto? sets out in the footsteps of German writer Marc Fischer who obsessively searched for the legendary founding...

Joana is a sophisticated, beautiful woman, so she has a choice of lovers, and destinies. She will let down Pierre, the French consul at São...

The documentary narrates the life of Toquinho, one of the greatest Brazilian artists, a musician who transcends the barriers of time and language...

The romanced story of Xica da Silva, a slave that used her "feminine atributes" in order to get power.

Documentary about Marcel Camus' 1959 film Black Orpheus, its cultural and musical roots, and its resonance in Brazil today.

A prodigy of stringed instruments, a pioneer of Bossa Nova, a modernizing master of the guitar: Aníbal Augusto Sardinha, better known as...

Having come out recently from jail, a tramp, willing to make quick money, decides to organize a pool match between two famous retired players.

Follows the story of Opinião, a theatre group created in 1964 during the early Brazilian dictatorship period to oppose the government through...

The film has Gal's career as its guiding principle, drawing a parallel with the movement of which the singer was the muse and one of the main...

A private detective is hired to spy a married woman and ends up falling in love with her.