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Pornochanchada: A Brief History of Desire

2026

Documentary

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Among bodies, jokes, eye-catching posters, and packed movie theaters, pornochanchada became one of the most popular- and contradictory- phenomena in Brazilian cinema. This documentary delves into a cinema of excess and irreverence to investigate how, during the military dictatorship, films apparently considered “minor” became box-office successes and exposed the fractures of a conservative, unequal, and closely watched country.

Crew

  • Director Iago Branquinho
  • Writer Iago Branquinho
  • Writer Larissa Freitas
  • Writer Thamiris Bispo
  • Director of Photography Nina Gismondi

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Intermission

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