List of Brazilian films of 2017

Last updated March 03, 2024

The following is a list of Brazilian films released in 2017.^[1]

January – March

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
J A N U A R Y	12	Eu Fico Loko	Bruno Garotti	Filipe Bragança, José Victor Pires, Michel Joelsas, Thomaz Costa, Giovanna Grigio, Isabela Moreira	Comedy
	19	Axé: Canto do Povo de Algum Lugar	Chico Kertész		Documentary
		Saltimbancos Trapalhões	João Daniel Tikhomiroff	Renato Aragão, Dedé Santana, Letícia Colin, Emilio Dantas, Roberto Guilherme, Marcos Frota, Alinne Moraes	Comedy
		Os Penetras 2 – Quem dá Mais?	Andrucha Waddington	Eduardo Sterblitch, Marcelo Adnet, Mariana Ximenes, Stepan Nercessian, Danton Melo	Comedy
F E B R U A R Y	2	TOC – Transtornada Obsessiva Compulsiva	Teodoro Poppovic, Paulinho Caruso	Tatá Werneck, Bruno Gagliasso, Vera Holtz, Daniel Furlan, Luis Lobianco	Comedy
	2	Clarisse ou Alguma Coisa Sobre Nós Dois	Petrus Cariry	Sabrina Greve, David Wendefilm, Tabata Nery, Débora Ingrid, Veronica Cavalcanti, Everaldo Pontes	Drama
	9	Redemoinho	José Luiz Villamarim		Drama
	9	A Cidade Onde Envelheço	Marília Rocha	Francisca Manuel, Jonnata Doll, Elizabete Francisca, Wanderson Dos Santos, Paulo Nazareth	Drama
	23	Internet – O Filme	Filippo Capuzzi	Rafinha Bastos, Christian Figueiredo, Mr. Catra	Comedy
	23	GadgetGang in Outer Space	Ale McHaddo	Danilo Gentili, Maisa Silva, Rogério Morgado, Guilherme Briggs	Animated
M A R C H	2	Waiting for B.	Paulo Cesar Toledo, Abigail Spindel		Documentary
	9	Olhar instigado	Chico Gomes, Felipe Lion		Documentary
	9	O crime da Gávea	André Warwar	Ricardo Duque, Simone Spoladore, Roberto Birindelli, Celso Taddei, Aline Fanju	Drama
	16	Era o Hotel Cambridge	Eliane Caffé	Isam Ahmad Issa, Carmen Silva, José Dumont, Suely Franco	Drama
		La vingança	Fernando Fraiha, Jiddu Pinheiro	Daniel Furlan, Leandra Leal, Adrián Navarro	Comedy	Brazil-Argentina co-production
		Pedro Osmar, prá liberdade que se conquista	Eduardo Consonni, Rodrigo T. Marques		Documentary
		Com os punhos cerrados	Ricardo Pretti, Pedro Diógenes, Luiz Pretti	Ricardo Pretti, Luiz Pretti, Pedro Diógenes, Samya De Lavor, Uirá dos Reis, Rodrigo Capistrano	Drama
		Por um punhado de dólares - os novos emigrados	Leonardo Dourado		Documentary
		Jonas e o circo sem lona	Paula Gomes		Documentary
		Estopô Balaio	Cristiano Burlan		Documentary
	23	Sinais de cinza, a peleja de Olney contra o dragão da maldade	Henrique Dantas		Documentary
		Jovem aos 50 - A história de meio século da Jovem Guarda	Sérgio Baldassarini Júnior		Documentary
		Travessia	João Gabriel	Chico Diaz, Caio Castro, Camilla Camargo, Caco Monteiro	Drama
		Todas as cores da noite	Pedro Severien	Sabrina Greve, Brenda Lígia, Sandra Possani	Drama
	30	A Glória e a Graça	Flávio R. Tambellini	Carolina Ferraz, Sandra Corveloni, Carol Marra	Drama
		Guerra do Paraguay	Luiz Rosemberg Filho		Historical drama
		Galeria F	Emília Silveira		Documentary
		Memória em Verde e Rosa	Pedro von Krüger		Documentary
		Eu te levo	Marcelo Müller	Anderson Di Rizzi, Giovanni Gallo, Rosi Campos	Drama
		The Ornithologist	João Pedro Rodrigues	Paul Hamy, João Pedro Rodrigues, Han Wen	Drama	Brazil-France-Portugal co-production

April – June

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes	Ref.
A P R I L	6	Pitanga	Beto Brant, Camila Pitanga		Documentary
		Dolores	Juan Dickinson	Emilia Attías, Guillermo Pfening, Roberto Birindelli	Drama	Brazil-Argentina co-production
		Todas as manhãs do mundo	Lawrence Wahba, Tatiana Lohmann		Documentary
		Por Trás do Céu	Caio Sóh	Nathalia Dill, Emílio Orciollo Neto, Renato Góes	Drama
	13	Martírio	Vincent Carelli, Ernesto de Carvalho, Tita		Documentary
	13	A Família Dionti	Alan Minas		Drama
	20	Joaquim	Marcelo Gomes	Julio Machado, Isabél Zuaa, Nuno Lopes, Rômulo Braga, Welket Bungué, Karay Rya Pua	Biography	Brazil-Portugal co-production; winner of Best Film & Best Director at 19th Havana Film Festival New York	^[2]
	20	Gostosas, Lindas e Sexies	Ernani Nunes	Carolinie Figueiredo, Cacau Protásio, Mariana Xavier, Lyv Ziese	Comedy
	27	Elon Não Acredita na Morte	Ricardo Alves Jr.	Rômulo Braga, Clara Choveaux, Germano Melo	Drama
		Vermelho Russo	Charly Braun	Maria Manoella, Martha Nowill, Michel Melamed	Drama	Brazil-Portugal-Russia co-production
		Mais Do Que Eu Possa Me Reconhecer	Allan Ribeiro		Documentary
M A Y	4	Ninguém Entra Ninguém Sai	Hsu Chien	Letícia Lima, Paulinho Serra, Danielle Winits, Mariana Santos	Comedy
	11	Taego Ãwa	Henrique Borela, Marcela Borela		Documentary
	11	Crônica da Demolição	Eduardo Ades		Documentary
	18	Um Casamento	Mônica Simões		Documentary
	18	O Rastro	J. C. Feyer	Rafael Cardoso, Leandra Leal, Natália Guedes, Cláudia Abreu, Jonas Bloch	Thriller
	25	Muito romântico	Melissa Dullius, Gustavo Jahn	Gustavo Jahn, Melissa Dullius, Gustavo Beck	Romance
		Comeback	Erico Rassi	Nelson Xavier	Drama
		Real: O Plano por Trás da História	Rodrigo Bittencourt	Emílio Orciollo Neto, Bemvindo Sequeira, Norival Rizzo, Tato Gabus Mendes	Drama
J U N E	1	Amor.com	Anita Barbosa	Isis Valverde, Gil Coelho, Joaquim Lopes, João Côrtes, Carol Portes, Alexandra Richter, Marcos Mion	Comedy
	1	O Jardim das Aflições	Josias Teófilo		Documentary
	8	Nunca Me Sonharam	Cacau Rhoden		Documentary
		Bach in Brazil	Ansgar Ahlers	Edgar Selge, Pablo Vinicius, Aldri Anunciação, Franziska Walser	Drama	Brazil-Germany co-production
		Café - Um Dedo de Prosa	Maurício Squarisi	Lu Haihua, Liu Fangyu, Gao Fa	Animation
		Animal Político	Tião	Rodrigo Bolzan	Drama
	15	Quem É Primavera das Neves	Ana Luiza Azevedo, Jorge Furtado		Documentary
		Um Tio Quase Perfeito	Pedro Antônio	Marcus Majella, Ana Lucia Torre, Letícia Isnard	Comedy
		Sepultura Endurance	Otavio Juliano		Documentary
		A Terra Vermelha	Diego Martinez Vignatti	Geert Van Rampelberg, Eugenia Ramírez, Alexandros Potamianos, Jorge Aranda	Drama	Brazil-Belgium-Argentina co-production
		Os Transgressores	Luis Erlanger		Documentary
	22	Divórcio	Pedro Amorim	Camila Morgado, Murilo Benício, Luciana Paes	Comedy
		Divinas divas	Leandra Leal		Documentary
		Mulher do Pai	Cristiane Oliveira	Maria Galant, Marat Descartes, Veronica Perrotta	Drama	Brazil-Uruguay co-production
		Meus 15 Anos	Mauricio Eça	Larissa Manoela, Rafael Infante, Daniel Botelho	Comedy
	29	Introdução à Música do Sangue	Luiz Carlos Lacerda	Ney Latorraca, Bete Mendes, Armando Babaioff	Drama
		Danado de Bom	Debby Brennand		Documentary
		Mar Inquieto	Fernando Mantelli	Rita Guedes, Daniel Bastreghi, Aurea Baptista	Drama

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References

↑ "Brasil nas Telas". ANCINE (Brazilian National Film Agency). Retrieved 26 June 2018.
↑ "Marcelo Gomes' JOAQUIM Tops the Havana Film Festival New York". Cinema Tropical. Retrieved 2022-11-28.

External links

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[1] "Brasil nas Telas". ANCINE (Brazilian National Film Agency). Retrieved 26 June 2018.

[2] "Marcelo Gomes' JOAQUIM Tops the Havana Film Festival New York". Cinema Tropical. Retrieved 2022-11-28.

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