Movies

HomeMoviesSearchTV SeriesBookmarksView Source
What Is It Worth?
What Is It Worth?

What Is It Worth?

A poor in the hand is worth two in the theft

Genres

Drama

OverView

Free adaptation of Machado de Assis's short story "Pai Contra Mãe", having some of Nireu Cavalcanti's 18th Century chronicles as inspiration, the film traces parallels between life in during the slavery period and in modern Brazil.

Others

Budget

$2000000

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Portuguese

Runtime

110 mins

Rating

6.5/10

Release Date

20 May 2005

Country

Brazil

Cast

Danton Mello

Danton Mello

Hector

Leona Cavalli

Leona Cavalli

Clara

Lázaro Ramos

Lázaro Ramos

Dido

Caio Blat

Caio Blat

Bira

Sílvio Guindane

Sílvio Guindane

Candinho

Zezé Motta

Zezé Motta

Joana Maria da Conceição

Marcélia Cartaxo

Marcélia Cartaxo

Adélia

Caco Ciocler

Caco Ciocler

Ricardo Pedrosa

Joana Fomm

Joana Fomm

Maria Amélia

Herson Capri

Herson Capri

Marco Aurélio Silveira

Ana Lúcia Torre

Ana Lúcia Torre

Maria Antônia do Rosário/ Noêmia

Antônio Abujamra

Antônio Abujamra

Manoel Fernandes

Ênio Gonçalves

Ênio Gonçalves

Dom Elísio

Bárbara Paz

Bárbara Paz

Ana Carbatti

Ana Carbatti

Arminda

Cláudia Mello

Cláudia Mello

Mônica Silveira

Miriam Pires

Miriam Pires

Judite

Umberto Magnani

Umberto Magnani

Figueiras

José Rubens Chachá

José Rubens Chachá

Delegado Batista

Lena Roque

Lena Roque

Lurdes

Ariclê Perez

Ariclê Perez

Marta Figueredo

Odelair Rodrigues

Odelair Rodrigues

Lucrécia

Leonardo Medeiros

Leonardo Medeiros

Amigo

Emílio de Mello

Emílio de Mello

Luciano

Raul Barretto

Raul Barretto

Guru

Petrônio Gontijo

Petrônio Gontijo

Mestre de Cerimônias

Lui Strassburger

Lui Strassburger

Walter Haman

Ney Piacentini

Ney Piacentini

Apresentador

Norival Rizzo

Norival Rizzo

Jarbas

Antônio Petrin

Antônio Petrin

Senhor

Ângela Dip

Ângela Dip

Vera

Clara Carvalho

Clara Carvalho

Mulher no Restaurante

Noemi Marinho

Noemi Marinho

Professora

Emilio Pitta

Emilio Pitta

Bernadino Francisco de Sena

Adolfo Costa

Adolfo Costa

Sebastião Soares

Milton Gonçalves

Milton Gonçalves

Taty Godoi

Taty Godoi

Mulher do povo

Similar Movies

7.2

Last Stop 174

October 2008 •Portuguese

Sandro was a boy who loved to sing rap, to kiss, to stare the statue of Christ the Redeemer and dreamed to go visit Copacabana. Growing up on streets, the story culminates at the infamous episode of 12th June 2000, when Sandro hijacked bus 174.

7.5

Four Days in September

October 1997 •Portuguese

Fernando, a journalist, and his friend César join terrorist group MR8 in order to fight Brazilian dictatorial regime during the late sixties. César, however, is wounded and captured during a bank hold up. Fernando then decides to kidnap the American ambassador in Brazil and ask for the release of fifteen political prisoners in exchange for his life.

6.8

Running for His Life: The Lawrence Phillips Story

December 2016 •English

Feature length documentary examining the troubled life and tragic death of college football standout and talented NFL running back Lawrence Phillips, whose scars of childhood abuse and abandonment haunted him throughout his career.

7.2

The Year My Parents Went on Vacation

September 2006 •Portuguese

A boy is left alone in a Jewish neighborhood in the year of 1970, where both world cup and dictatorship happen in Brazil.

6.8

Getulio

May 2014 •Portuguese

The movie depicts the political crisis that led to the suicide of president Getúlio Vargas, in the 19 days that preceded August 24, 1954. The crisis began with the attempted assassination of journalist and politician Carlos Lacerda in August 5, 1954, at rua Toneleros, Rio de Janeiro, in which Major Vaz was assassinated instead. Investigations pointed to Gregório Fortunato, chief of Vargas' personal guard, as the orderer of the frustrated assassination. This incident was one of the most importants in the history of Brazil.

5.7

Whirlpool

February 2017 •Portuguese

Luzimar cycles each day to and from work at the local cotton mill in his hometown of Cataguases, Minas Gerais, Brazil. He is a hard-working man, trying to make the most of what he has. One day, his childhood friend Gildo reappears, driving a fancy car and boasting of his successful life in São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo. As the two sit down for a beer, memories, regrets and old resentments slowly resurface.

6.4

Por Trás do Céu

May 2016 •Portuguese

In a place taken by poverty, Aparecida lives full of dreams and hope. While her husband leads a bitter life caused by a tragedy from the past, she decides to take an attitude that can change everything: to leave for the big city.

6.2

Birdwatchers

August 2008 •Italian

Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, the present. When a young Guarani-Kaiowá woman commits suicide, Nádio leads his community to form a protest camp on the borders of a local farm that sits on their ancestral burial ground.

7.1

City of Men

August 2007 •Portuguese

Best buddies Acerola and Laranjinha, about to turn 18, discover things about their missing fathers' pasts which will shatter their solid friendship, in the middle of a war between rival drug gangs from Rio's favelas.

8.0

Elite Squad

October 2007 •Portuguese

In 1997, before the visit of the pope to Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento from BOPE (Special Police Operations Battalion) is assigned to eliminate the risks of the drug dealers in a dangerous slum nearby where the pope intends to be lodged.

5.0

Os Senhores da Guerra

September 2016 •English

During the Rio Grande do Sul revolution of 1923, two brothers fight on opposite sides.

7.4

The Motorcycle Diaries

February 2004 •Spanish

Based on the journals of Che Guevara, leader of the Cuban Revolution. In his memoirs, Guevara recounts adventures he and best friend Alberto Granado had while crossing South America by motorcycle in the early 1950s.

7.4

Good Luck

May 2014 •Portuguese

After several behavior problems, teenager John is admitted to a psychiatric clinic by his family. There he meets Judith, for who he soon falls in love. The problem is that she does not have long to live and they know it. This shall not prevent the emergence of a great romance in the clinic.

6.6

Ballad of Return

November 2016 •Portuguese

One day, Eduardo arrives at his house and discovers that Julia, his wife, tried to commit suicide. She left her husband and two children without saying goodbye. After some time, she comes back home. He tries everything to set her straight, but the impossibility of knowing her fully grieves him. The shadow of the suicide and the inevitable ghost of a new chance hover over their heads. Eduardo insists on understanding his wife, but an increasing jealousy and an unexpected discovery of her past torture him. He does not realize that, most of the time, the search for control easily becomes an obsession.

7.6

Carandiru

March 2003 •Portuguese

When a doctor decides to carry out an AIDS prevention program inside Latin America’s largest prison: the Casa de Detenção de São Paulo - Carandiru, he meets the future victims of one of the darkest days in Brazilian History when the State of São Paulo’s Military Police, with the excuse for law enforcement, shot to death 111 people. Based on real facts and on the book written by Dráuzio Varella.

5.3

Elon Doesn't Believe in Death

April 2017 •Portuguese

As he does every single day, Elon goes to meet his wife at her workplace, but she is not there. He doesn’t find her at home as well, so he starts to retrace the path Madalena makes daily. In the morning after, Elon goes to the police station and files a report, runs into hospitals, morgues. Alone, he wanders through a metropolis, searching for news about the sudden and mysterious disappearance of his wife.

5.2

Rifle

August 2017 •Portuguese

Dione is a mysterious young man living with a family in a rural and remote place in the southern Brazilian plains. The quietness of the region is disturbed when a rich landowner tries to buy the small property where Dione and the family live.

6.7

Evening Land

February 1977 •Danish

Denmark is in deep crisis: the country is hit by general strike, during the holding of a NATO summit in Copenhagen. Meanwhile, a minister is kidnapped by extremists, and state power cracks down against politically-active leftists.

6.2

BR 716

November 2016 •Portuguese

In 1960s Rio de Janeiro, aspiring writer Felipe leads a life of wild parties held in an apartment in famous street Barata Ribeiro in Copacabana. There he and his friends enjoy freedom even in the midst of a complicated political moment.

7.1

The Eloquent Peasant

September 1970 •Arabic

Based on one of the major literary texts survived from the Middle Kingdom, the classical period of Egyptian literature, The Eloquent Peasant is a combination of a morality/folk tale and a poem. The events are set between 2160 and 2025 BC. When the peasant Khun-anup and his donkey stumble upon the lands of the noble Rensi, the peasant’s goods are confiscated and he’s unjustly accused of theft. The peasant petitions Rensi who is so taken by the peasant’s eloquence that he report his astonishing discovery to the king. The king realises the peasant has been wronged but delays judgement so as to he can hear more of his eloquence. The peasant makes a total of nine petitions until finally, his goods are returned.