History has been a constant subject on Brazilian films during the last decade of the 20th century. Through the History, one tries to give credibility and prestige to the films, atracting investitors to financial then, according the new laws of culture incentive. History has became object of even more interest with the comemoration of five hundred years of arrived of Portuguese in Brazil, and the cinema has been encharged of production film about important moments and figures of the past times. This paper analyses how History was staging in these films and the results achieved.
Brazilian History; 90th years; cinema and History