Lima Duarte
Birthday: Born in 1930-03-29 in Sacramento, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Deathday: Alive
Lima Duarte, artistic name of Ariclenes Venâncio Martins (Sacramento, March 29, 1930), is a Brazilian actor, soap opera director, broadcaster, voice actor and presenter. In addition to being a television pioneer, being present at the time of its inauguration, he is considered one of the most important actors in Brazil, becoming famous through several memorable roles throughout the history of Brazilian telenovela.
TV Credits
Sabor da Paixão
Character: Miguel Maria Coelho
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Uga-Uga
Character: Nikolaos Karabastos (Nikos)
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O Pequeno Alquimista
Character:
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Desejo Proibido
Character: Viriato
Desejo Proibido is a Brazilian telenovela broadcast by Globo Network, at 6 pm, every day, except Sunday. In the cast: Fernanda Vasconcellos, Murilo Rosa and Daniel de Oliveira....
Pecado Capital
Character: Salviano Lisboa
Carlão is a taxi driver who experiences a drama of conscience after fleeing bank robbers leave a suitcase with stolen money in his car: he doesn't know whether to hand it over to the police, running the risk of being accused of being an accomplice in the robbery, or whether to use the money to solve his problems....
O Salvador da Pátria
Character: Sassá Mutema (Salvador da Silva)
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Alta Definição
Character: Self
In Alta Definição, Daniel Oliveira interviews one guest every week with an intimate approach....
Som Brasil
Character: Self - Host
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Aruanas
Character: Mauro
Three friends leading a nonprofit organisation investigate environmental crimes in the Amazon involving a major mining company....
Sai de Baixo
Character:
It follows the lives of the members of a dysfunctional family, their maid and the doorman of the apartment building in which they lived....
Agosto
Character: Turco Velho (Ibrahim Assad)
The series tells the story of a criminal investigation into the murder of businessman Paulo Gomes de Aguiar at the beginning of August. In the midst of the Vargas government crisis, the murder case is taken by police commissioner Alberto Mattos, an honest and incorruptible man who is not well regarded by his co-workers, as the place is totally turned over to corruption....
Roque Santeiro
Character: Francisco Malta ("Sinhozinho Malta")
In the tiny poor town of Asa Branca, in the middle of Brazilian Northeast, Roque Santeiro is worshiped as a saint. He was supposedly killed by a bandit, 18 years ago, trying to save the local church. After his disappearance, local leaderships such as landowner Sinhozinho Malta and mayor Florindo, took profit on that to control the humble population. They even make up a widow, Porcina, who should have married Roque secretly before his death. What they don't expect is that Roque is alive, and he's...
O Auto da Compadecida
Character: Bishop
The (mis)adventures of João Grilo and Chicó in Brazil's Northeastern region. The four-chapter miniseries original version of O Auto da Compadecida....
O Outro Lado do Paraíso
Character: Josafá Tavares
After her marriage becomes a nightmare, the humble small town girl Clara is committed to a psychiatric hospital and prevented from seeing her son growing up. It was all a scheme by her manipulative mother-in-law, who wants to seize her lands and explore their emerald mines. Betrayed and humiliated, Clara bounces back and returns ten years later as a powerful and wealthy woman. Even thirsty for revenge and justice, she never loses her softness to win back her son's trust and maybe find a new love...
Meu Bem, Meu Mal
Character: Dom Lázaro Venturini
Meu Bem, Meu Mal is a Brazilian telenovela produced and displayed at the time of 18 hours by Rede Globo, October 29, 1990 to May 18, 1991, in 173 chapters....
Corpo Dourado
Character: José Paulo Moreira de Barros (Zé Paulo)
Corpo Dourado is a Brazilian soap opera produced by and shown on Rede Globo from 12 January 1998 through 21 August 1998. The 191 chapters were written by Antônio Calmon and directed by Flávio Colatrello Jr, and later Marcos Schetchman....
Pecado Capital
Character: Tonho
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Além da Ilusão
Character: Afonso Camargo
After spending ten years wrongfully imprisoned for the death of his girlfriend Elisa, the illusionist Davi returns to the farm that belongs to his girlfriend’s family under another identity and discovers that her younger sister, Isadora, has become exactly like Elisa. The two fall madly in love, but they will have to fight against nasty Joaquim and other external factors that threaten this great passion....
O Rebu
Character: Boneco
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Senhora do Destino
Character: Vitório Viana
A story about people who succeed in life thanks to nothing but their own efforts. Maria do Carmo is the main character of the telenovela; a mother of five who struggle to be successful in life, but whose most important will be recovering the love of her daughter who was kidnapped when she was just months old....
Você Decide
Character: Himself
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Da Cor do Pecado
Character: Afonso Lambertini
A Maranhense young woman and a carioca tourist photographer fall for each other and get separated by destiny and a woman obsessed with his family's fortune....
Pedra Sobre Pedra
Character: Murilo Pontes
Pedra Sobre Pedra is a Brazilian telenovela produced by Rede Globo from January 6 to July 31, 1992, with 178 episodes....
O Bem-Amado
Character: José Tranquilino da Anunciação (Zeca Diabo)
O Bem-Amado is a Brazilian telenovela that first aired on Rede Globo in 1973. It is based on a play by Dias Gomes called Odorico, o Bem-Amado ou Os Mistérios do Amor e da Morte, written in 1962. It was the first Brazilian color telenovela. It was shot in Rio de Janeiro. Broadcast by Rede Globo between January 22 and October 3, 1973....
A Próxima Vítima
Character: José Mestieri (Zé Bolacha)
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....
I Love Paraisópolis
Character: Giussepe Sarti (Dom Peppino)
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Belíssima
Character: Murat Güney
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Araguaia
Character: Max Martinez
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Marron Glacé
Character: Oscar
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As Bruxas
Character: Michel Martin
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O Tempo e o Vento
Character: General Rafael Pinto Bandeira
It tells the story of the Camabará family for many generations, which were fundamental to the social and political formation of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The stories are remembered by Dona Bibiana, who remembers the life of her grandmother Ana, her husband, the Captain Rodrigo, his son Bolivar and his daughter-in-law Luzia....
Tenda dos Milagres
Character: Contador de Milagres
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Andando nas Nuvens
Character: Self
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Pai Herói
Character: avô de André e seu pai, Malta Cajarana
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Giras e Pirosas
Character:
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Caminho das Índias
Character: Shankar Sundrani
The daughter of a traditional, rich Indian family falls in love for a Dalit, and "untouchable" man....
Sua Vida Me Pertence
Character: Nestor
Sua Vida Me Pertence was the first in a tradition of telenovelas in Brazil. Broadcast by TV Tupi in São Paulo in black and white in 1951, it pioneered the genre worldwide, and featured Brazil's first on-screen kiss....
O Bem-Amado
Character: Zeca Diabo
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Treze Dias Longe do Sol
Character: Dr. Augusto Rupp
The collapse of a medical center in construction - over invoiced by the engineer in charge - creates two parallel realities: under the debris, the engineer himself, the daughter of the construction's main investor and a few workers struggle to survive. Meanwhile, above ground, there is a frenetic chase for those to blame....
O Fim do Mundo
Character: Coronel Hildásio Junqueira
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Sandy & Junior: A História
Character: Self
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Rainha da Sucata
Character: Onofre Pereira
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Tributo
Character: Self
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Espelho Mágico
Character: Carijó / Bartolomeu Esperança
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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."...
A Dog's Will
Character: Bispo
The lively João Grilo and the sly Chicó are poor guys living in the hinterland who cheat a bunch of people in a small town in Northeastern Brazil. When they die, they have to be judged by Christ, the Devil and the Virgin Mary before they are admitted to paradise....
Chão Bruto
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Word and Utopia
Character: Padre António Vieira (old)
The story of Father Antonio Vieira, a 17th-century Portuguese priest who lived in Brazil and worked for better treatment of the Indians and to abolish slavery....
70 Anos Esta Noite
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With the participation of great stars of television drama, the documentary promotes an emotional journey through the great moments of soap operas, celebrating its seven decades on Brazilian TV....
Love is All
Character: Ariclenes
A family with financial difficulties has a brilliant idea: to make their daughter Lindinha get pregnant of the famous singer Ivan Cláudio to inherit a lot of money and get them out of the choke. They plan the right day that the girl should go out with the star and begin to follow his performance schedule. They just didn't count with one thing: the jealous Jennifer, wife of Ivan, who will not let this story cheap....
Me, You, Them
Character: Osias
A true story that comically depicts the relationship between an ordinary woman and her three husbands, who live in the same house in a poor and arid small village of the Brazilian northeast....
Federal Bank Heist
Character: Chico Amorim
"The Baron" wanted to commit the perfect heist involving 3 tons of money and no violence. For this he would need the right people willing to get 1 million dollars to take part in this job. Based on true events, in 2005, 168,000,000 Brazilian Real (almost 80,000,000 US dollars) were stolen from a Brazilian Central Bank (Federal Reserve), making it the biggest peace-time robbery in history. It was perhaps the most audacious bank heist ever....
Neville D'Almeida: Chronicler of Beauty and Chaos
Character: Self
This film seeks to rescue the role of filmmaker Neville D'Almeida by using many rare images, numerous interviews, vast archival and audiovisual material....
Father’s Chair
Character: Sal Gadelha
Theo is living the good life in an upscale Brazilian neighborhood. He’s a hardworking doctor, husband, and father. However, Theo has chosen his career over his family, and little by little he discovers that his world is crumbling around him. His beloved mentor and surrogate father is dying, and his wife announces that she wants a divorce. Yet nothing prepares him for the day when he comes home to discover that his 15-year-old son, Pedro, has disappeared. Theo takes to the road in search of his s...
River of Gold
Character: António
Carolina, an aging local grande dame who works at a crossing point on the titular river, marries another late-in-life character, the dredging-boat operator Antonio. Not long after their union, she becomes intensely jealous of Antonio's fondness for their winsome goddaughter, Joana, and insinuates herself into a relationship brewing between Joana and a mystical gypsy gold salesman. Soon, tempers are flaring, mystical secrets are being revealed and death is hovering over the central characters....
E a Vida Continua...
Character: Instrutor Ribas
Ernesto is 50 years old and carries with him a tragedy from the past, which he hides behind a good-humored smile. He meets 25-year-old Evelina when helping her on the road after her car breaks down. Both are going to the same hotel and, little by little, build a solid friendship based also on the difficulties faced throughout life, since Evelina is emotionally hurt due to her husband's infidelity....
The Killers
Character: Major
"Kilas" (a Portuguese misrepresentation of the English word "killers") is the nickname of a petty con-man who gets involved with a deadly ring of spies....
Corpo Fechado
Character:
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The Price of Peace
Character: Gumercindo Saraiva
In 1894, with a coup d'état, President Floriano Peixoto closed down The National Congress, soon reinstated with co-religionaries in key positions. In the south of Brazil, the Maragatos revolutionaries would not come to terms with this. They rebelled and marched to Rio de Janeiro to join Admiral Saldanha's troops and depose the President in an episode known today as the Federalist Revolution. The rebels fought bloody battles with Floriano soldiers during the march. Idelfonso Corrêa is a quiet, re...
Buddies
Character: Arlindo
A road movie that shows the simple things in life in a poetic light through the eyes of three young people with Down syndrome, who love movies and work at the video library of the institution where they have always lived in. One day, inspired by the movie "Thelma & Louise", they decide to run away using the gardener's old car to have a freedom experience. They travel to uncommon places in search for three simple wishes: Stalone wants to see the sea, Aninha looks for a husband and Marcio needs to...
The Fall
Character: Salatiel
An accident at a construction site, resulting in one death, sets one worker off on a struggle for justice that exposes the mechanisms of exploitation and the class relations of a country that had undergone one decade of fast-paced ‘conservative modernisation’ at the hands of the military. As a sort of sequel to the classic The Guns (1964), following the fate of those characters as they move from enforcers of exploitation to exploited, it offers more than a snapshot of the period: the corresponde...
The Seven Kittens
Character: Noronha
Noronha is a low middle-class civil servant who lives with his frustrated wife Gorda and their three elder daughters. The youngest one, virginal Silene, is unexpectedly sent back home. Noronha discovers she has been expelled from boarding school for having killed a female cat and her seven newborns in a hysterical fit. Many dark family secrets will emerge from that episode leading to tragic events....
The Oyster and the Wind
Character: José
A young girl named Marcela lives with her dad, Jose, a lighthouse keeper, and old Daniel on an island. The only contact the girl has with the world outside her home is by a boat with four sailors that pays a visit to the island in order to take them supplies. Daniel, who not only protects her from her dad's strictness but also teaches her how to be literate, is her source of tenderness. Her dad thinks she should be away from the world - though she wishes she could spend a few days in town. Then ...
Brasileiríssima - A história da telenovela
Character:
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O Jogo da Vida
Character: Malagueta
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....
After That Party
Character: Freitas
Dóris is a widow and keeps a small restaurant in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Two of her customers, the old friends Freitas and Otávio, fall in love with her, and start competing for her affection....
O Sobrado
Character: Alvarino Amaral
Based on Erico Verissimo's masterpiece, O Sobrado follows the Terra-Cambará family during the siege imposed to their house by enemies due to political differences. As the siege goes, the family tensions start to show off....
O Sobrado
Character: Gervásio
Based on Erico Verissimo's masterpiece, O Sobrado follows the Terra-Cambará family during the siege imposed to their house by enemies due to political differences. As the siege goes, the family tensions start to show off....
O Sobrado
Character: Fandango
Based on Erico Verissimo's masterpiece, O Sobrado follows the Terra-Cambará family during the siege imposed to their house by enemies due to political differences. As the siege goes, the family tensions start to show off....
If I Were a Thief... I'd Steal
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1920s. Vitalino, a small farmer from São Vicente sees his father die of the epidemic which decimated the country. Some years later, of all the brothers, Vitalino is the strongest and takes his father’s place in the house. But the village is too small for his aspirations and he decides to head to Brazil, leaving his sisters in charge of the household. In parallel with Vitalino’s story, If I Were a Thief… I’d Steal portrays the world of Paulo Rocha rummaging through his films and ghosts over the y...
Person
Character: Self
Person is a documentary about the life and work of filmmaker Luiz Sérgio Person. The documentary brings the reconstruction of the history of the São Paulo filmmaker through the personal journey of his daughter, Marina. Through interviews with friends, family, and people who worked with Person, she seeks to discover more than dates and biographical data....
Vazio Coração
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Hugo Kari is a famous singer who decides to take a break from his schedule to find his father, ambassador Mário Menezes. Together, they try to adjust a relationship shattered by time and conflict....
Sargento Getúlio
Character: Getúlio
In the 40s, a sergeant is ordered to escort a political prisoner from Paulo Afonso to Aracaju, Brazil. During the trip, there's a change in the Government and he is ordered to release the prisoner. But he decides to go all the way....
Mário Lago
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Life and work of brazilian actor, poet and songwriter Mário Lago....
TV Ano 50/Globo Ano 35
Character:
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Boleiros 2 - Vencedores e Vencidos
Character: Edil
A public appearance from international soccer player Marquinhos at Aurelio's bar launches a series of vignettes which spotlight Brazil's obsession with the round ball game...
Quase no Céu
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O Amanhã Será Melhor
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The ups and downs in the lives of immigrants from post-war Europe, arriving in Brazil in search of a better future....
Erotic Stories
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Comedy in 4 segments. In "Arroz e Feijão" (Rice and Beans), owner of a boarding-house seduces her young countryboy tenant. In "As Três Virgens" (The Three Virgins) three spinsters are influenced by the behaviour of their teenager niece, whom they are lodging. In "O Arremate" (The Purchase) a colonist turns his virgin daughter in to a landowner, to have his debts forgiven. And, finally, in "Vereda Tropical" (Tropical Trail), a man becomes sexually obsessed by a watermelon, to the point of having ...
Topografia De Um Desnudo
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O Menino Arco-Íris
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Two Sons of Francisco
Character: Benedito
The story of Francisco, a very simple and poor man whose dream was to see his children become country music stars, and who made all the efforts to make it happen....
Meus Dois Amores
Character: Nhô Peixoto
Manuel is a crafty cowboy and swindler who lives to serve his two great loves – his fiancée Das Dô, and his mule Beija-fulô – and his business of selling unsound horses to suckers. The killer Targino arrives in town looking for a horse. Thinking that he is being clever, Manuel sells a sick horse to the assassin. Targino swears that he is going to kill Manuel, and dishonor Das Dô’s reputation after he’s dead. Under pressure, Manuel calls on the magic of Toniquinho das Pedras to protect his body. ...
Boleiros: Era uma Vez o Futebol...
Character: Técnico
Tribute to the world of soccer in Brazil. Group of ex-soccer players gather in a bar in São Paulo to remember old stories of their prime....
Tributo: Lima Duarte
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Corpo em Delito
Character: Dr. Athos Moreira Brasil
During the Brazilian military dictatorship, a doctor forged autopsy reports to hide the victims of the regime....
Conjugal Warfare
Character: Dr. Osíris
Many stories revolving around a poor couple who, in spite of hating each other, still live together under the same roof....
O Crime do Zé Bigorna
Character: Zé Bigorna
In the 1930s, a blacksmith is accused of murdering his wife and becomes a hero and political leader....
Lua Cheia
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Trilogy of Terror
Character: Procession of the Dead
An anthology horror film, divided in three segments, directed by three of the most important Brazilian directors of the 20th century....
Deserto
Character: Dom Aleixo
A small group of artists travels the Brazilian backlands presenting a show. Upon arriving in a small village, they find an abandoned city with houses, a church, and a fountain spouting clean water, like a miracle of a biblical desert. Tired of and battered by their life as wanderers, the artists decide to settle in the village and start a new community, assigning themselves different roles from those they have played throughout their lives. This new arrangement, however, will reveal these artist...
Malasartes e o Duelo com a Morte
Character: Narração
Small-town trickster Pedro Malasartes has to face two great enemies: Próspero, who will do anything to impede such a lazy, cowardly person like Malasartes from dating his sister, Áurea; and Death incarnated, who wants to take a vacation after two thousand years collecting lives and intends on tricking Malasartes into assuming his tedious job....
O Juízo
Character: Costa Breves
Augusto moves with his family to an abandoned farm, inherited from his grandfather, hoping to put his life back on track. The property, however, carries the karma of the betrayal of the slave Couraça who seeks revenge against Augusto's family....
Novembrada
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O Rei Pelé
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The story of Pelé, from his birth to his rise as one of the most prominent players in both Brazilian and worldwide soccer....
Paixão de Gaúcho
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In 1836 Brazil, a hawker arrives in a small village in the State of Rio Grande do Sul to avenge the death of a friend. He becomes friends with an outgoing knight, but they start loving the same woman. Besides, Farrapos War begins, and they take different positions in the conflict, leading to rivalry....
Making of O Auto da Compadecida
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O Crime da Cabra
Character: Coronel Térso
Life in a small Brazilian town is shaken by a crime: somebody stole the money from the selling of a goat....
Way Back Home
Character: Plínio
A retired carpenter waits for his family's visit, but they don't show up. The gardener of the home he lives in, offers him a lift home; but when he gets there, a surprise puts his memories in check....
Didi e o Segredo dos Anjos
Character: Sábio
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Chico e Amigos
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Show 50 Anos
Character: Sinhozinho Malta
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Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado
Character: Self
The life of a famous Brazilian film and television actor, including testimonials from people who knew him and worked with him, as well as excerpts from films and videos in which he acted....
As Tranças de Maria
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Golpe de Ouro
Character: Self
After the coup of 1964, the media conglomerate Diários Associados organized a campaign called "Gold for Brazil," exhorting the people to donate wealth to the military government. The symbol of the campaign was the wedding ring, sealing the union between the people and the State. The film picks up the trail of the millions collected, but never channeled back into society....
Magic Mirror
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Luciano, fresh out of jail, was taken by his brother, Flórido, to serve in the home of wealthy Alfreda. He was surprised when she told him that her greatest desire was to see the Virgin Mary. Now comes this rich land owner with her sublime pretensions. Isn't it enough for her to have an Aston Martin and a Jaguar in the garage and ten different dresses per season? It was all professor Heschel's fault. Or someone else's. Anyway, to go beyond the promise is heresy. Alfreda said that she wouldn't re...
A Fúria
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Third part of Ruy Guerra's trilogy initiated in "Os Fuzis" (1964) and "A Queda" (1978)....