Gianfrancesco Guarnieri
Birthday: Born in 1934-08-06 in Milan, Italy
Deathday: 2006-07-22
Gianfrancesco Sigfrido Benedetto Marinenghi de Guarnieri (August 6, 1934 Milan, Italy - July 22, 2006 São Paulo, Brazil) was an Italian–Brazilian actor, director, lyricist, poet and playwright naturalised Brazilian. He was an outstanding artist in the Theater of Arena in São Paulo and his most important work was "They Don't Wear Black Tie". In 2006, Guarnieri was honored in the 18th edition of the Shell Theatre Prize for his contribution to the Brazilian theater.
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Rainha da Sucata
Character: Saldanha
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Metamorphoses
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Sol de Verão
Character: Caetano Spina
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Meu Pé de Laranja Lima
Character: Manuel Valadares (Portuga)
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Pátria Minha
Character: Waldomiro Bezerra de Quental
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Helena
Character: Walter Scott
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O Mapa da Mina
Character: Vicente Rocha
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A Próxima Vítima
Character: Eliseo Giardini
A young law student starts to work as a detective, decided to uncover the identity behind a series of murders, as well as who is next....
Belíssima
Character: Pepe Molina
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Cambalacho
Character: Jerônimo Machado (Gegê)
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A Muralha
Character: Leonel Olinto
A Muralha is a Brazilian telenovela that first aired on TV Excelsior in 1968. It is based on a novel by Diná Silveira de Queirós....
Mundo da Lua
Character: Orlando Silva
The show features Lucas Silva e Silva, a boy who earns a recorder from his paternal grandfather, Orlando, at the age of 10. Amid the typical problems of moving from childhood to adolescence, Lucas creates stories on the tape recorder from how he would like things to be. He lives at his grandfather's house with his parents, Rogerio, a teacher who works out for three jobs and Carolina, who works in a boutique; the older sister, Juliana; and maid Rosa, who dates Marcelo and talks to broadcaster Ney...
Incidente em Antares
Character: Pudim de Cachaça
In the fictional town of Antares, a general strike prevents seven corpses from being buried in the local cemetery. The corpses then come back to life to demand the authorities the right to be buried....
Mandala
Character: Túlio Silveira
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Jogo da Vida
Character: Manoel Vieira de Souza (Seu Vieira)
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Anos Rebeldes
Character: Dr. Salviano
Mini series about the 1960s in Rio de Janeiro, when a politically engaged student falls in love with a left wing journalist's daughter who doesn't care for politics. The romance follows 15 years of Brazilian history, since President João Goulart deposition by military reactionary forces, until the first signs of restoration of democracy, in the 1980s....
Rosa Baiana
Character: Agenor
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Vereda Tropical
Character: Jamil Beirute / Genaro
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Os Estranhos
Character: Bernardo
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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."...
They Don't Wear Black Tie
Character: Otávio
Otavio is an idealistic union leader trying to organize workers at a factory to resist the company's exploitative practices. His son, Tião, one of the employees, is more of a realist and doesn't want to risk losing his job by striking. This clash of perspectives puts the father and son at odds. Fortunately, Tião's mother, Romana, is on hand to act as a moderator between the two opinionated men....
The Grand Moment
Character: Zeca
On the day of his wedding, young man from a family of immigrants faces some problems to get the money needed for the last arrangements. The family do what they can in order to honour the great event, selling personal belongings and buying enough supplies for a decent party....
O Jogo da Vida
Character: Perus
The dreams and problems of three friends: Malagueta, an inveterate gambler; Perus, former factory worker who abandoned the assembly line to earn his living at the billiards; and Bacanaço, trickster who puts on chic airs, always dreaming of performing the ultimate big swindle....
Gaijin: A Brazilian Odyssey
Character: Enrico
Based on fact, this is the story of the struggles of Japanese immigrants who traveled to and settled in Brazil looking for a better life....
The Next Victim
Character: Guido Andreolli
A TV reporter tries to find out who is killing prostitutes in a São Paulo neighbourhood....
Diário da Província
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Asa Branca: A Brazilian Dream
Character: Toninho
Story of a modest but talented soccer player for an obscure club in a small Brazilian town who comes to São Paulo and reaches stardom....
The Quartet
Character: Padre Giobbe
The story of two immigrant couples: Teresa and Angelo; Pierina and Massimo. While fighting for survival in the new world, the unexpected love of Massimo and Teresa appears. They react against family and cultural traditions and leave to a new destiny, leaving their partners. Quatrilho is the name of a card game in wich the player have to betray his partner in order to become the champion....
Kiss 2348/72
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Worker Norival's life turns upside down when he is caught kissing his co-worker Catarina during work hours. He is fired for just cause and faces the hardships of the labor lawsuit he filed against the company....
Domingo no Parque
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Guarnieri
Character: Himself (archive footage)
Develops from the life, work and memory of Gianfrancesco Guarnieri, one of the most important names in the history of Brazilian theater, to examine the courses of dramaturgy and politics in the last decades. Guarnieri, besides being a TV star, was also seen as the synthesis of the politically engaged artist in Brazil. His sons, also actors, saw a separation between art, work, and politics. As he investigates the portraits of two generations, grandson and director Francisco aims to understand the...
Você Também Pode Dar um Presunto Legal
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Amid the civil-military dictatorship implanted with the 1964 coup, Sergio Muniz had the idea of making a documentary about the action of the Death Squad. At the time, the press still had some freedom to disseminate the work of these death squads formed by police officers of various ranks, and that he acted on the outskirts of cities like Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. The victims of police repression (as today) were men, poor and black, and this condition is supposed criminals....
As Três Mortes de Solano
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Solano is often plagued by nightmares in which, during the Middle Ages, he is pursued by the hunter Faro, who intends to kill him. On discovering, in an antiquarian, a tapestry that represents a hunt and that reminds him of his dream, he tries to buy it, but the owner refuses to sell it....
Vianinha
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Incidente em Antares - O Filme
Character: Pudim de Cachaça
Film adaptation of the TV Show in 1994, based on the novel of the same name by Érico Veríssimo. During a general strike in the city of Antares, gravediggers refuse to carry out burials, to increase pressure on employers. During the night, however, the dead claim the right to be buried....
Vento Bravo
Character: Self
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