Movies Similar to Bruscky: Um Autorretrato

The Little Prince's Rap Against The Wicked Souls(2000)

A documentary that focuses on two young male inhabitants of Recife (statistically, the fourth worst city in the world to live in) who have both reacted strongly to their situation. One has become a drummer in a rap/rock band. The other has killed forty-four people and is now in jail. Both use the term "Wicked Souls" to describe their enemies.

Mãos de Pedra(2014)

Ave Maria ou Mãe dos Sertanejos(2009)

Así Pasó(2021)

Chico Science e Nação Zumbi - Especial MTV(1995)

Recife no Centenário da Confederação do Equador(1924)

Black Out - A História Apagada no Palco da Arte(2024)

Vivencial I(1974)

Short by Jomard Muniz de Britto

O Carnaval é de Pelé(2025)

This short film follows Pelé, a retired nurse who looks back on his time as a Mateus in the century-old Bumba Meu Boi group, Boi Tira-Teima. As he builds a new boi for the festival, he revisits the defining moments of his journey as a performer, carnival artist, and son of Mestre Gerson, the group’s former patriarch. The film explores how the way we carry our memories of the past shapes who we become in the present.

Lan - O Caricaturista(2025)

Pesado: Que som é esse que vem de Pernambuco?(2017)

Documentary about the heavy rock scene in Pernambuco.

Caçadores do Sobrenatural: A Perna cabeluda(2024)

Drag Queens em Cena: A Expressão de Almas Artísticas(2024)

No Fio do Destino: Mulheres e Jeans em Toritama(2024)

La Ursa(2024)

The Killer(2017)

In lawless badlands, reclusive Cabeleira sets out to discover the fate of his gunman father and grows to be a feared assassin himself.

Ser...(2024)

Christmas Goat(2016)

A Christmas story. The goat is the solution to the problems of a family in Recife, Brazil.

Olinda Só Riso(1986)

Azougue Nazareth(2019)

No measure of hellfire preaching can quell the boisterous and bawdy passions of Maracatu, an Afro-Brazilian burlesque carnival tradition with roots in slavery that takes place in the northeast state of Pernambuco. As the Falstaffian character Tiao, Valmir do Coco leads a nonprofessional cast of authentic Maracatu practitioners in a tale told through dance, music, and the supernatural, set in the sugarcane fields outside Recife.