Birthday:
09-22-1957
(67 years)
Birthplace:
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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O Pai da Rita
Act like Roque
event2022 star_border 5.7
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Roque and Pudim, composers from the old school of Vai-Vai, share a kitchnete, decades of friendship, love for their samba school and a doubt about the past: what happened to dancer Rita, their passion.
The emergence of Ritinha, the dancer's daughter, threatens to collapse this great friendship.
World's First Christmas
Act like Seu Ivo
event2023 star_border 7.5
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A young girl wishes Christmas was over for good, and her wish is granted with unexpected consequences.
Pacified
Act like Maurício
event2022 star_border 6.3
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Tati, an introspective 13 year old girl struggles to connect with her estranged father, Jaca, after he is released from prison in the turbulent wake of the Rio Olympics. As Brazilian Pacification Police battle to maintain a tenuous occupation of the surrounding Rio favelas, Tati and Jaca must navigate the clashing forces threatening to derail their hope for the future.
Deixa
Act like Walter
event2023
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Carmen lives her last day of freedom before her husband leaves prison.
The Story of Fausta
event1988 star_border 6
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Fausta, a domestic worker who lives in a slum with her husband João, a drunk and abuser. At work, she has to endure the demands of her boss, and at home, her husband breaks his leg and cheats on her with the neighbor Coizinha. One day, Fausta meets Zé da Placa, and despite the age difference between them, they begin to develop a deep affection for each other, building a beautiful friendship.
Outlaw
Act like Zildo
event2024 star_border 6.2
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At the age of nine, Rebeca is sold by her grandmother to the bookseller who ran Rocinha. Disputed by bicheiros and drug dealers, the community is going through changes in power. Rebeca becomes the wife of the chief drug dealer and, with the death of her partner, his successor. The electrifying trajectory of crime, violence, drugs and love of a female drug kingpin in Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro in the 1980s.
Zero to Hero
Act like Magaiver
event2023 star_border 6.4
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When a rock wannabe is forced to replace his famous sertanejo look-alike, he faces a life-changing choice — lose his own identity or follow his heart.
The Cutest and Funniest Animals in the World
Act like Alberto
event2023
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Jorge is 70 years old and is one of the most capricious and dedicated janitors at the Paradise Motel, except for a single detail: He secretly records the audios of the room’s guests. Selling these audios to Alberto earns him an extra income as well as affection, even though Jorge no longer remembers what his own pleasure sounds like.
My Penguin Friend
Act like Marcos
event2024 star_border 7.5
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A lost penguin rescued from an oil spill transforms the life of a heartbroken fisherman. They become unlikely friends, so bonded that even the vast ocean cannot divide them.
Doramundo
event1978 star_border 6
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A series of murders begins to haunt Cordilheira, a small town near São Paulo, Brazil. The investigations show there is a love triangle involved.
Vidas Partidas
Act like Dono do Desmanche
event2016 star_border 5.5
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A married couple lives peacefully with two children until the husband starts getting violent.
Red Invite
event2017
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The routine with housework takes up much of Cristina's day. The noises of these movements echo through all the vacant rooms of the house. The arrival of an unexpected invitation interrupts their customs and will lead to a touching reunion, full of pride and longing.
Ursinho
event2018 star_border 6
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Favela resident Ursinho, an overweight mixed race 30 year old introvert, fantasizes about his dream Adonis: one of Copacabana's high end male prostitutes.
Bacurau
Act like Plinio
event2019 star_border 7.7
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Bacurau, a small town in the Brazilian sertão, mourns the loss of its matriarch, Carmelita, who lived to be 94. Days later, its inhabitants notice that their community has vanished from most maps.
O Concurso
Act like Vendedor de Biscoito Globo
event2013 star_border 5.2
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Four candidates for a federal judge position embark on a madcap, no-holds-barred race to outdo one another, each committing his own brand of mayhem.
Little Portugal
Act like Álvaro
event2020
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Jonatan, aka MC Xerelete, dreams of becoming a famous funk singer and so providing the comfortable life that he sees in the media for himself and his father. Till then, both of them work as fishermen at the Guanabara Bay. Together, they face the responsibilities and obstacles that life throws at them.
Entre Macacos e Anjos
event2021
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Max, controversial and cult filmmaker, go into crisis after knowing the diagnosis about your photophobia, that points to possible blindness. Trans- developed, undertakes a complete overhaul of their artistic, philosophical and affective postures, projecting them on the film he makes.
Linger
Act like Vitor
event2024
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João and Vitor used to be paramours but haven't spoken to each other for 30 years. At 70, they reunite and reconcile past, present, and a possible future after the passing of Vitor's wife, at a moment when so much of their lives seem to have reached an end.
Malês
Act like Dandará
event2024
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Based on historical facts, the film portrays the largest slave rebellion in Brazilian history, the Malê Revolt. The uprising mobilized the black population in the streets of Salvador against slavery in 1835. After the failure of the revolt, the protesters were harshly punished and repression against black people in Brazil increased.
Dois Nilos
Act like Self
event2024
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A journey through the memories of Brazilian filmmaker Afranio Vital. Between dreams and ruins, a life in cinema doesn’t end like this.
Baleiro Bala
event2022
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A documentary short by Delanir Cerqueira.
The Tuner of Silences
Act like Tio Aproximado
event2024
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Mwanito has lived for eight years in a remote place, surrounded by raw nature. The only people he knows are his father, his brother, an uncle and a servant. They tell him that the world out there is dead and they are waiting for an apology from God.
Pages of Life
Act like policial (1 ep.)
event2006 star_border 6.5
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Nanda must rethink her plansof studying in Amsterdam when she discovers she is pregnant. After losing the support of her boyfriend Léo, the young girl decides to return home, where she suffers a serious accident and dies.However, Helena, her doctor, is able to save her new-born twins: Francisco and Clara. Unfortunately, Clara suffers from Downs Syndrome. Helena feels a strong emotional tie to Clara and adopts her.Years later, the twins’father Léo, a young and wealthy businessman, returns to the scene, wanting to gain custody of the children.However, Helena and Alex fight to the end to retain guardianship of the twins, whom they have raised with such love.
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