Pornochanchada: A Brief History of Desire
2026 · Documentary
In an age of repression and moralism, nothing sold better than the profane.
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.
- Director
- Iago Branquinho
- Writers
- Iago Branquinho, Larissa Freitas, Thamiris Bispo
- Released
- July 10, 2026
- Language
- Portuguese
Cast
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