Ênio Gonçalves
Birthday: Born in 1943-08-28 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Deathday: 2013-10-05
Ênio Gonçalves (Porto Alegre, August 28, 1938 — São Paulo, October 5, 2013) was a Brazilian actor, director and playwright. He majored in journalism and worked in over 30 films, starred in 20 telenovelas, and performed in numerous plays, starting with "Auto de Natal" in 1959. He studied film directing at the "Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia" in Rome, Italy, and became popular after his performance in Nelson Rodrigues's "Toda Nudez Será Castigada" in 1965, directed by Zbigniew Ziembinski. He would write some 20 plays, including "2 ou 3 Buracos" (1976), "Dia Torto" (1976), "Vem Contudo" (1977) and "Até as Orelhas" (2004), and adapt literary works such as J. Guimarães Rosa's Sorôco, Sua Mãe, Sua Filha (1975) for the screen and Erico Verissimo's "Sonata".
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Páginas da Vida
Character: Oscar
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 ...
Pedra Sobre Pedra
Character: Diamantino
Pedra Sobre Pedra is a Brazilian telenovela produced by Rede Globo from January 6 to July 31, 1992, with 178 episodes....
Boca do Lixo
Character: Gilson
Cláudia Toledo, a former sex symbol and a struggling actress, sees a chance to transform her life when a wealthy businessman proposes to her. What initially seemed like a dream marriage quickly unravels into a deceptive scheme, as Cláudia discovers the union is a sham to maintain appearances. She ends up falling for Tomás, a seductive construction worker, who convinces Cláudia to plot a murder to inherit her husband's fortune....
Brasileiras e Brasileiros
Character: Júlio
Brasileiros e Brasileiras is a Brazilian telenovela shown in some schedules SBT between November 5, 1990 and May 14, 1991. Writing for the show was done by Carlos Alberto Sofredini and Walter Avancini, who also directed it. The show was a co-production of the Miksom....
Jerônimo
Character: Eduardo
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Dinheiro Vivo
Character: Zé Márcio / Guto
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Jerônimo, o Herói do Sertão
Character: Durval
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Hospital
Character: Dr. Flávio
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Salário Mínimo
Character: Inácio
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Novo Amor
Character: Léo
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Xeque-Mate
Character: Aldo Xavier
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Simplesmente Maria
Character: Roberto
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Movie Credits
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
Character: Self
"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."...
Satanic Attraction
Character: Lionel
Fernanda, a radio DJ, has a show in which she tells gruesome and gory horror stories about satanic rituals and sex murders. However, when bodies start turning up around town killed in exactly the way Fernanda describes on her show, it looks like someone or some group is using her show to get ideas....
O Filme dos Espíritos
Character: Antonio
Após perder a esposa e a caminho do suicídio, um homem se depara com O Livro dos Espíritos e começa uma jornada de transformação interior rumo aos mistérios da vida espiritual e suas influências no mundo material....
Desafio à Aventura
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New Wave
Character: Cido
This erotic and anarchist dramatic comedy brings together stories about the female players of a newly formed football team, who are forced to deal with the prejudices of a conservative society that reviles them, as well as grapple with their own personal problems....
Sorôco, Sua Mãe, Sua Filha
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Movie Dementia
Character: Fausto
Transposition of the myth of Faust to modern Brazil. The heir to a bankrupt cigarette factory, amidst a personal crisis, leaves everything behind and heads for a supposed paradise he has seen in a tourist agency, where he believes he could find self-knowledge. In his search, he is inspired by a Mephisto-like character....
O Olho Mágico do Amor
Character: Átila
An innocent working girl finds a hole in her wall through which she can see the action in her neighboring apartment, where a prostitute meets her bizarre clients....
Brazil Year 2000
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Year 2000. Brazil was partially devastated by the Third World War. An immigrant family arrives in a small town, which they call "I Forgot." The trio is recruited by an indigenist to pretend to be indigenous during the visit of a general. In the dilemma of integrating into the system or preserving individual freedom, the family moves toward disintegration as the city prepares to launch a space rocket....
Promiscuity, the Street Kids of Katia
Character: Mauro
A story of a young woman who is cheating her impotent husband with the surrounding teenagers....
The Night of the Terrace 2
Character: Rodrigo
In "Solo de Violino", bank clerk and aspirant violinist Rodrigo is a serial killer. When his next door neighbor reveals that she is in love with his music and Rodrigo, he has difficulties in controlling his killing impulses. In "A Guerra da Malvina", four female thieves break in the house of the porn star David Cardoso to rob money and jewelry, but they end having sex with the actor....
The Boy and the Wind
Character: José Roberto Nery
A young engineer on holiday gets involved with a boy who has a strange relationship with the wind. Their close friendship arouses suspicion in the small town. When the boy disappears, the engineer is accused of murdering him....
Reverse Sex
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Heleno and Claudia reverses the daily roles traditionally reserved for men and women: He dedicated himself to domestic tasks. She's a jerky business lady....
Beautiful and Corrupted
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Mentally disturbed woman always ends up killing her lovers....
Strange Force
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Viúvas Precisam de Consolo
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M Is for Mailbox
Character: The Father
Submitted for "The ABCs of Death 2" competition....
Tudo na Cama
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A Noite dos Bacanais
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What Is It Worth?
Character: Dom Elísio
Free adaptation of Machado de Assis's short story "Pai Contra Mãe", having some of Nireu Cavalcanti's 18th Century chronicles as inspiration, the film traces parallels between life in during the slavery period and in modern Brazil....
Suburban Angels
Character: Henrique
The lives of three teachers in the outskirts of São Paulo, their love lives, their interaction with the poor surroundings, their family problems....
O Amor Está No Ar
Character: Inácio
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The Great Victory
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Independent feature film based on the biography of a Brazilian judo with a great victory that went beyond the mats and medals....
Garotas do ABC
Character: Nelson Torres
Aurélia is a young black woman who works at a factory and lives in a working-class neighborhood in São Paulo, whose boyfriend Fábio gets involved with a racist neo-nazi group....
ABCs of Death 2 1/2
Character: The Father (segment "Mail is for Mailbox")
An anthology of 26 fan entries submitted for inclusion in ABCs of Death 2, each offering various takes on the letter "M"....
Doce Delírio
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Official Exterminator 3: Joy for Living Dead
Character: (archive footage)
Yet another Godfrey Ho-scripted / Joseph Lai-produced / IFD-distributed "cut-and-paste" job. This one takes much of its footage from the 1983 Brazilian movie Doce Delirio and adds new and unrelated martial arts footage shot by Phillip Ko....
Hard Season
Character: Abel
Gabriel and Laura are two strangers drawn to each other by a spark of restlessness in their eyes. At Laura's sanctuary, an abandoned factory, a man with a camera will put their revolutionary fantasies to the test....
Eu Dou o Que Ela Gosta
Character: Marcos
A young couple uses creativity to escape the rules of the girl's father, a conservative Italian, and her grandmother. Even under the patriarch's watch, the roguish boyfriend manages to fulfill his desires....
Em Nome da Segurança Nacional
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Terno
Character: Emiliano
One day away of Marcelo's wedding, the tailor, the groom and his father will have to correct much more than the suit's measures....
The Intimacies of Analu and Fernanda
Character: Gilberto
After separating from her abusive husband, Analu knows Fernanda, a lovely lady who offers her shelter. The friendship between the two turns into an intense love affair, but Fernanda shows possessive and violent. The situation worsens when her husband discovers her whereabouts Analu and starts chasing her. And even worse when Fernanda also rejected, decides to put an end to the life of the lover, without considering the consequences....
Juventude e Ternura
Character: Guy
The young singer Beth is torn between love for the honest pianist Guy; and the powerful smuggler Estênio, who sponsors his promising career....
P.S. - Post Scriptum
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Face To Face
Character: Boyfriend
The story of a civil servant who lives with his elderly mother. Falling in love with a corrupt politician's young and rich daughter, he abandons himself to crazy and violent situations....
Elite Devassa
Character: Renato
Theodoro, a country boy goes to São Paulo from Florianópolis to work as a driver. He starts to work for rich and domineering Mariana. When her husband, Renato travels in Europe on business, he takes her for a trip to Campos do Jordão, where she has a vacation manor. It will not be long until the two begin a torrid love affair. However, he also enchants with her daughter, Ana Paula and sister, Luisa. Involved with all three, he discovers that his life may be in danger, because he finds out that t...
Instinto Devasso
Character: Henrique
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Rio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury
Character: Regente (voice)
“Rio 2096 – A Story of Love and Fury” is an animated film that portrays the love between an immortal hero and Janaína, the woman he has been in love with for 600 years. As a backdrop to the romance, the feature highlights four phases of Brazilian history: colonization, slavery, the Military Regime and the future, in 2096, when there will be a war for water....
O Homem Sensorial
Character: Gunnar
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Reveillon
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As the clock ticks away announcing the end of the year, the four members of a family reveal their inabilities and frustrations, their defeats and the monotony of a life that drags on in a solitary way, even as a group....