Grande Otelo
Birthday: Born in 1915-10-18 in Ubêrlandia, MInas Gerais, Brazil
Deathday: 1993-11-26
Grande Otelo, pseudonym of Sebastião Bernardes de Souza Prata OMC (Uberlândia, October 18, 1915 – Roissy-en-France, November 26, 1993), was a Brazilian actor, comedian, singer, producer and composer. He was an artist in Rio's casinos and in the so-called revue theater, he participated in several successful Brazilian films, including the famous chanchadas in the 1940s and 1950s, which he starred in in partnership with the comic Oscarito, and the film version of Macunaíma, made in 1969. He is often cited as one of the most important actors in Brazilian history.
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Bandeira 2
Character: Zé Catimba
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Grandes Nomes
Character: Self
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Água Viva
Character: Canivete
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Renascer
Character: Seu Francisco
Jose Inocencio had innocence only as part of his name, but only those who new him well could notice this. But nobody knew him. He was a storyteller, and he was always the main character in the stories he told. He managed not only to create stories about himself, he managed to create a legend. The story of this powerful cacao farmer; Maria Santa, the beloved wife who died; and their four children is the main theme of 'Renascer'....
A Gata Comeu
Character: Self
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Sinhá Moça
Character: Justo de Sá
Monarchists and Republicans confront themselves in Araruna, a small town in the interior of São Paulo, in 1886, two years before the promulgation of the Golden Law. Sinhá Moça's love story, daughter of Colonel Ferreira, Baron de Araruna, and a slave-boy, with the young Dr. Rodolfo, an active Republican abolitionist, faced with the difficulties of the campaign for the abolition of slaves. The two meet on the train, when Sinhá Moça, after completing her studies in the provincial capital, returns t...
Mandala
Character: Jonas Caetano Barbosa
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República
Character: Patápio dos Prazeres
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Escolinha do Professor Raimundo
Character: Eustáquio
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O Bem-Amado
Character: Boca de Tramela
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Feijão Maravilha
Character: Benevides
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Bravo!
Character: Malaquias
A widowed conductor rediscovers love when he meets a young woman from the countryside, but doubts about his music make him question his competence and distance himself from the woman he loves....
Linguinha
Character: Cassius Ali
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Uma Rosa com Amor
Character: Pimpinoni
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Os Trapalhões
Character: Ele mesmo (em Uberlândia)
Os Trapalhões was a Brazilian comedy group and also a Brazilian television series created by Wilton Franco. Its members were Dedé Santana, Zacarias, Mussum and their leader Didi Mocó, that was played by Renato Aragão. The name Trapalhões is derived from the Portuguese verb atrapalhar, which means the opposite of helping, to do something the wrong way or to Those that confuse. The name is translated "Tramps" in English DVD subtitles. It was aired by Rede Globo from 1977 to 1999. On March 18, 199...
Caso Especial
Character: Nogueira
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A, E, I, O... Urca
Character: Ele mesmo
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Searching for Makunaima
Character: Archive footage
Searching for Makunaima is a cultural and historical account of the most Brazilian character there is in fiction. The film begins with Makunaima, one of the founding myths of the native people from the border between Brazil-Venezuela-Guiana, first captured in the writings of the German ethnographer Koch-Grünberg at the beginning of the 1910s. With interviews in Portuguese, German, Spanish, and in the indigenous languages Macuxi and Taurepang, Searching for Macunaima reclaims this amazing charact...
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
Character: Self
"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."...
Fitzcarraldo
Character: Station Master
Fitzcarraldo is a dreamer who plans to build an opera house in Iquitos, in the Peruvian Amazon, so, in order to finance his project, he embarks on an epic adventure to collect rubber, a very profitable product, in a remote and unexplored region of the rainforest....
Noel por Noel
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Homage to the great Brazilian samba songwriter Noel Rosa (1910-1937)....
Alibi
Character: tranviere
Three friends meeting after the absence of one of them for 15 years out of the country. This sudden gathering give them the opportunity to examine their life, to criticize one another on their achievements....
The Agony
Character: Sinhô
Cropped hair, a rosemary branch behind the ear, yellow shirt of shiny satin, he's behind the wheel of his car when passing by a woman who walks by the roadside. Strongly painted lips, printed dress with round skirt and red shoes matching the color of the lipstick, she catches his attention. He gives her a ride, the two of them stare in silence for a few moments. They introduce themselves to one another and between the two establishes an absurd dialogue and full of metaphors. And they are driving...
Em Ritmo Jovem
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Macunaima
Character: Black Macunaíma / Macunaíma's son
Born a fully grown black man in a village in the Brazilian jungle, Macunaíma later magically transforms into a white man before making an adventure-filled trip to the city of São Paulo. Once there, he becomes something of a dandy, falling in love with Ci, a revolutionary who dies in an accidental bombing. After robbing a ruthless industrialist, Macunaima returns to his village where he finds his newly acquired knowledge and possessions of little use....
It's All True
Character: Self
A documentary about Orson Welles's unfinished three-part film about South America....
A Noite dos Duros
Character: Bides
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I Loved a Bookie
Character: Passarinho
Intent on offering his fiancée a better life, countryman heads for Rio de Janeiro in search of a place in the sun......
King of the Cards
Character: Rei do Baralho
In a movie studio, the actors are getting made up and the crew is waiting to begin shooting the film. Grande Otelo, the bungling "king of the deck", and Marta Anderson, the blond and provocative star of the show, recite in the historical scenario of the chanchadas, the abandoned studios of Cinédia. "The photography is splendid, it is a sort of parallel song, of critique, of parody, of understanding of a certain light typical of Brazilian cinema of the times, already re-created, already stylized....
Rio, Northern Zone
Character: Espírito da Luz Soares
A talented songwriter of sambas is forced to face the social injustices of the city around him....
Getúlio Vargas
Character: (archive footage)
Documentary on one of Brazil's most controversial personalities: Getúlio Vargas, an ex-president....
The Hullabaloo Family
Character: Divina Dama
A dysfunctional family, composed of a prostitute and two gay men, one strong and the other fragile and stupid, lives a routine life in Rio de Janeiro. When the slut threatens the other two to stop supporting them, they decide to find an odalisque as an alternative to keep their easy life....
It's All Brazil
Character: Self (archive footage)
A film essay about Brazil discovered through Orson Welles' eyes during the shooting of It's All True....
Carnaval Atlântida
Character: Miro
Movie producer Cecílio B. de Milho is intent on filming an epic about Helen of Troy, while some of the crew would rather turn it into a musical comedy....
Aviso aos Navegantes
Character: Azulão
In Buenos Aires, Frederico hides in a ship going to Rio de Janeiro to travel for free. But Azulão, the cook, finds him and blackmails him into working in the kitchen. Meanwhile, Alberto, the captain, receives a radio message saying that there was a dangerous international spy on board. Things get worse when some passports are mixed-up....
Matar ou Correr
Character: Ciscocada
"High Noon" spoof. Kid Bolha and Ciscocada, two clumsy swindlers, arrive at a violent Old West town called Citydown where, by mistake, one of them is appointed Sheriff. They're intent on facing the dreaded Jesse Gordon, a gunman who kills for pleasure....
Depois Eu Conto
Character: Veludo
Zé da Bomba dreams of being rich, and his neighbour dreams of being an artist and having an affair with him....
De Pernas Pro Ar
Character: Faísca
A street vendor and a servant theater, newly unemployed, accidentally swap their briefcases trinkets for one of three bandits who just rob a bank. The chase, which also involves two "rapas" only ends when, aided by a chorus girl, unwittingly participating in a musical number of the show's theater company....
It's Not All True
Character: Himself
Orson Welles goes to Brazil to shoot his documentary It's All True....
Também Somos Irmãos
Character: Moleque Miro
Renato and Miro are black brothers raised by a white family in an old mansion in Rio de Janeiro. Renato, a graduated lawyer, has always looked for dignity, winning in life due to his honesty and search for social recognition. His brother, on the contrary, is a rebel small time crook who believes his behavior is the product of the treatment he received while being rased by the whites....
Natal da Portela
Character: Seu Napoleão
Biography of one of the legendary names in the Samba genre of Brazilian music. Although he could hardly dance or play an instrument, he became one of the main composers of Portela, an important Samba "school" in Rio de Janeiro....
A Doce Mulher Amada
Character: Leo
A soap opera idol, lonely despite his fame and wealth, seeks a woman for companionship. He becomes interested in Míriam, a mysterious character who causes him countless setbacks. He's inclined to marry Carolina, his 19-year-old neighbor, who spends her time playing waltzes on the piano. However, all of Míriam's adventures will pale in comparison to the discoveries he will make in intimacy with Carolina, the sweet woman he loves....
Lucio Flavio
Character: Dondinho
The story of a famous Brazilian bandit in the early 1970s and his fight against a paramilitary organization known as the Death Squad....
Othelo The Great
Character: Self (archive footage)
A beautifully told story using archival footage to explore the life of Grande Otelo, a groundbreaking Black Brazilian actor. Overcoming poverty and racism, he built a stellar career, facing controversy yet using it to challenge prejudice....
Carnaval no Fogo
Character: Empregado do Hotel
A gang, leaded by the unknown and mysterious Anjo, robs a jewelry and schedules a meeting in the Copacabana Palace Hotel, in Copacabana. The identification would be through a cigarette case with an angel, and the password "- Is everything all right?" Meanwhile, the director Ricardo is preparing a show for the carnival in the hotel with Marina, and they love each other. The janitor Serafim receives a letter from his unknown American brother, who will come to Rio to spend the carnival and meet him...
Welles' Language
Character: Narrator
Orson Welles acted in Brazilian culture and music by deeply researching Brazil's historical geology, consciously completing a legendary cultural mission. Although being turned down by Hollywood producers, he developed a triumphantly accomplished mission in the language domain - three friends of Welles' testified his love for cinema, his passion for Brazilian music and people and his obstinate endurance against formidable pressures coming from inside and outside Hollywood regarding his unfinished...
Se Meu Dólar Falasse...
Character: Tisiu
Bums find $15,000 in trash, but the money belonged to criminals....
O Dono da Bola
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Young man participates in TV contests to help the girl he loves using the money he expects to win....
Vai Que é Mole
Character: Brancura
A group of scoundrels want to make it by planning hoaxes....
Mulheres à Vista
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Pistoleiro Bossa Nova
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Two friends are looking for a quiet place where they can rest awhile. Soon they find the town they'd chosen to go is far from quiet. In fact, it's ruled by outlaws. And one of them is mistaken for the "Avenging Gunman", defender of the law....
Garota Enxuta
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Um Candango na Belacap
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During the inauguration of Brasília, Brazil's brand new capital city, singer and ballerina Gilda hides in a working-class night club to escape from an inconvenient millionaire who's trying to date her....
Katharsys
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É de Chuá!
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The film narrates the adventures of the trickster Juca Moleza in the carnival while he has to deal with the consequences of the scams he applied to people of high society....
Chinese Viola
Character: Self
The rare short film presents a curious dialogue between filmmaker Julio Bressane and actor Grande Otelo, where, in a mixture of decorated and improvised text, we discover a little manifesto to the Brazilian experimental cinema. Also called "Belair's last film," Chinese Viola reveals the first partnership between photographer Walter Carvalho and Bressane....
Assault on the Pay Train
Character: Cachaça
Based on true events in Rio de Janeiro, in 1960, when a gang having the infamous outlaw Tião Medonho as a leader performed a sensational railroad hold-up on a train carrying a small fortune....
Aventuras d'um Detetive Português
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Cachoeiro em Três Tons
Character: Self
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Jubiabá
Character: Jubiabá
Jubiabá is a French-Brazilian film based on the homonymous novel by Jorge Amado. The film tells the story of the interracial love between the daughter of a rich Commander and Antonio Balduíno, a rascal, fighter and famous lover from Salvador....
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
Character: Self (archive footage)
In 1965, a year after the military coup in Brazil, an oasis of freedom opened in the country's capital. The Brasília Film Festival: a landmark of cultural and political resistance. Its story is that of Brazilian cinema itself....
Othelo
Character: Self
Carlos Sebastião Prata Filho watches, for the first time, an interview given in 1963 by his father: Grande Othello. Alongside his four children, Grande Othello talks about his first experience in theater. Roquete Pinto, the interviewer, then starts asking the boys questions and records unexpected moments....
Não Nasci para Deixar meus Olhos Perderem Tempo
Character: Self (archive footage)
The fading of composer Zé Keti’s career. The sad portrait of Brazilian Congress closed in 1977. The pain of a mother who lost her 15-year old daughter run over by a car. The Brazilian Presidents since Castelo Branco. Characters and settings registered through the keen and sensitive perspective of photographer Orlando Brito, in a career spanning 50 years as a professional. From the political sidelines to the lives of Brazilians from the interior, Brito recalls experiences and discusses the role o...
The Brazilwood Man
Character: Príncipe Tourvalou de Blesi
Fantasy comedy about Brazilian writer Oswald de Andrade, one of the most important icons of Modernism in Brazil. In the film, Oswald is played by two actors: Ítala Nandi, as his feminine anima, and Flávio Galvão, as the masculine half....
Samba
Character: Freitas
Singer Laura Monteiro (Montiel) is murdered by her old protector João Fernandes de Oliveira (Giachetti), who has found out her love affair with Assis (Carlos Alberto). Favela-girl Belén (also Montiel) is the look-alike who takes her place, unaware she is being used by a gang that smuggles precious stones sewn in Carnival costumes. Written by fabreu...
Quilombo
Character: Babá
Quilombo dos Palmares was a real-life democratic society, created in Brazil in the 17th century. This incredibly elaborate (and surprisingly little-known) film traces the origins of Quilombo, which began as a community of freed slaves. The colony becomes a safe harbor for other outcasts of the world, including Indians and Jews. Ganga Zumba (Toni Tornado) becomes president of Quilombo, the first freely elected leader in the Western Hemisphere. Naturally, the ruling Portuguese want to subjugate Zu...
Bahia
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The adventures of Otalia, a strangely innocent young Brazilian prostitute who has just arrived in Salvador, Bahia. Though her belongings are stolen from her shortly after arrival, Otalia swiftly meets up with a group of charming and helpful friends....
Os Três Cangaceiros
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Entrei de Gaiato
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Januário is a con man who, with the help of his equally con-artist friends, stays at the luxurious Hotel Palácio, posing as a rich cocoa farmer in order to rob and deceive tourists. Ananásia is a widow who also becomes a guest at the same hotel, with almost the same plan: to pretend to be a millionaire in order to marry some wealthy "old man". Januário and Ananásia immediately begin dating. However, their lies about their wealth make them targets of international jewel thieves who were among the...
Parahyba Mulher Macho
Character: Seu Pedro
Account an important part of the history of Brazil, through its main character, Anayde Beiriz a poet, journalist and revolutionary and libertarian teacher of the early twentieth century, known for its sexual liberalism, which shocked the pre-Revolution in the state of Paraíba during 1930. His love for João Dantas eventually forge João Pessoa's death, at that time, governor of of Paraíba. These events served as a trigger for the a revolution....
O Barão Otelo no Barato dos Bilhões
Character: João Otelo dos Anzóis Carapuça
João-Sem-Direção knows Carvalhaes that proposes a blow to him. John does not accept the proposal, but ends up earning a hefty cash in the game....
Metido a Bacana
Character: Coalhada
Tired of royalty, the prince of Araquelândia switches identities with a popcorn maker look-alike so he can enjoy Rio de Janeiro's carnival alongside his butler. While the real prince falls into revelry, the false prince finds himself in trouble with the foreign country's political problems, including a corrupt ambassador and a terrorist....
Assim Era a Atlântida
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The Force of Xango
Character: Beicinho
Tonho Tiê really likes living free, playing capoeira and drinking. During Carnival he meets beautiful Zulmira; they pledge love and projects for many children. But time passes and Tonho returns to being the womanizer he had always been. Zulmira, daughter of Iansã, cannot stand Tonho's brazenness, and asks her saint-mother to wash her honor with blood....
Sweet Thieves
Character: Ruy Zebra
After assaulting a Hollywood film crew, a group of residents of a community in Rio de Janeiro decided to produce a film that would express the reality of Brazil - with the theme of Inconfidência Mineira....
Quero Essa Mulher Assim Mesmo
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The Cosmonauts
Character: Zenóbio
After the success of the first Brazilian space mission, a scientist intends to accomplish an even more audacious feat. His goal is to launch into space the Nationalist rocket II, this time taking two humans to the moon....
A Noiva da Cidade
Character: Líbero
When Daniela, a famous actress, decides to return to her hometown to reconnect with a simpler lifestyle, local politicians decide to exploit her influence in order to get ambiguous deeds done....
Doomed Lovers
Character: Focinho
The legend of Tristan and Isolde is one of the most beautiful love epics ever conceived. Richard Wagner, in a famous opera, had already tarnished its purity. The modern transposition of the legend is set in Brazil, in a village of poor fishermen on Guanabara Bay, framed by mountains not far from Rio de Janeiro. Two young cousins, Marcos and Jeronimo, get together to fish successfully - the arrastao is a large fishing net - and to resist the ugly local landowner, who sets the rules and the prices...
Asa Branca: A Brazilian Dream
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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....
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
Character: Self (archive footage)
Follows the story of Opinião, a theatre group created in 1964 during the early Brazilian dictatorship period to oppose the government through artistic performances. Considered the first left-wing response to the dictatorship, the group gathered now famous Brazilian artists such as Nara Leão, Maria Bethânia, João do Vale and Millôr Fernandes....
A Rose for Everyone
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A vivacious woman tries to please all of her lovers but finds she can't handle the jealousy that erupts among them....
Paixão nas Selvas
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O Homem Que Roubou a Copa do Mundo
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Crônica da Cidade Amada
Character: (episódio "Um Pobre Morreu")
Eleven small stories, loving chronicles about Rio de Janeiro and its people, written by some of the best Brazilian writers of the time....
Mujeres de fuego
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Com Jeito Vai
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Two new recruits at a fire station headquarter engage in a competition between two sergeants in personal rivalry...
Barnabé, You Are Mine
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A cleaner accidentely stills a secret formula and get mistaken for the heir prince of an old kingdom....
O Negrinho do Pastoreio
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Malandros em Quarta Dimensão
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Ladrão de Bagdá
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Tem Alguém na Minha Cama
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The Outsiders
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Guilherme, who has the police on his trail for having been involved with a niece of the mayor of his city, runs away with the girl after receiving threats. On the other side is "Papo Amarelo": a bandit from Rio de Janeiro who spends the rest of his problematic life acting in robberies....
Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
Character: Self (archive footage)
For six decades, the cinema of Nelson Pereira dos Santos has projected Brazil into the eyes of the world. Precursor of Cinema Novo, Nelson was, more than a director, he was an ideologue, a thinker of his country....
...E o Bicho Não Deu
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While trying to break an "animal game" gambling scheme, Det. Bartolomeu hits his head, and the gamblers convince him that he is one of them. But everytime he hears a whistle, he changes between gambler and policeman....
Três Vagabundos
Character: Rapadura/Milk Shake
A scientist swaps the mind of banker and an idiot by accident....
É Com Este Que Eu Vou
Character: Lamparina
A hard working man goes to São Paulo to look for his twin brother unaware that he's famous for his lazyness....
Onde Estás, Felicidade?
Character: Sebastião
Badly advised by a high-class friend (who covets her husband) and by her scatterbrained father (always preoccupied with making cocktails), singer Noêmia forces her husband to abandon suburban life for the noisy 'big life' of Copacabana....
The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
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For this behemoth, Bressane took his opera omnia and edited it in an order that first adheres to historical chronology but soon starts to move backwards and forward. The various pasts – the 60s, the 80s, the 2000s – comment on each other in a way that sheds light on Bressane’s themes and obsessions, which become increasingly apparent and finally, a whole idea of cinema reveals itself to the curious and patient viewer. Will Bressane, from now on, rework The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus when he m...
Abolition
Character: Himself
In 1988, the centenary of abolition of slavery in Brazil, Zózimo Bulbul made this powerful historical analysis of racial issues in his country. This documentary provides an in-depth look through extensive archival researching and interviews of key figures who were involved in preserving black culture. Aside from historical testimony, this epic documentary also points to the current relevance of facing the racism that still confronts the black population in Brazil....
A Dupla do Barulho
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Tonico and Tião are two vaudevillian artists who travel across Brazil in search of fame and success. A crisis hits the duo when Tião gets tired of being a setup for Tonico's jokes in their numbers and leaves the troupe....
Brasa Adormecida
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Rich girl travels with her fiancé (a cousin) to the family farm, where they're going to marry. But finds another cousin in love with her who does everything to hamper the wedding....
Black Fragments of Samba - Zezé Motta, The Enchanted Woman
Character: Self
The life and work of Zezé Motta....
Tristezas Não Pagam Dívidas
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A Embaixatriz do Samba
Character: Self
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... E O Mundo Se Diverte
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Massacre no Supermercado
Character: Zé Gatinho
Employees on a local supermarket plot an epic heist for robbing the place's vault, but things start to go wrong when they notice a police detective on their heels....
Family Football
Character: Gibi
Professor Leônidas Jau is an enemy of football, and in conferences and articles he throws all his hatred against the sport. Friendenreich, his son, however, loves the sport. Leonidas then has a falling out with his son, which may be saved....
Fala Mangueira!
Character: Narrator
A documentary on the influence that carnival has on the daily life of the Mangueira hill in Rio de Janeiro. It follows the manufacture of the carnivals of 1981 and 1982, interviewing several residents who tell the story of more than half a century of the favela's existence and emphasizing its community importance and cultural, to the sound of the most beautiful sambas composed on Mangueira....
Boca de Ouro
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When major drug-dealer Boca de Ouro dies, a reporter interviews his ex-lover, now married with children and living in a poorhouse, to try to understand more about his complex personality. The problem is that the woman tells him three different versions of Boca's life, according to her own mood and ambiguous feelings towards her dead lover....
Samba em Berlim
Character: Empregado da pensão
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Sebastião Prata, ou Bem Dizendo, Grande Otelo
Character: Self
Short documentary film offering a rare portrait on legendary Brazilian actor Grande Otelo, recorded at his own family home....
Running Out of Luck
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A rock singer goes to Brazil to shoot a video, but winds up getting kidnapped and enduring a number of seemingly bizarre and hilarious events....
Troca de Cabeça
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Carioca Tigre
Character: Omero
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Luz dos Meus Olhos
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Roberto is blind and tunes pianos, isolated from the world and hurt by having abandoned his promising career as a pianist due to the accident that took his sight. One day, Roberto meets Suzana, the great love of his life, and his old passion returns with full force. But there's a problem: Suzana's engagement could put everything to ruin, separating the passionate couple once again....
Cassy Jones, O Magnífico Sedutor
Character: Porteiro do teatro
A tireless and incorrigible seducer looks for - and seems to find - the woman of his life....
A Paz é Dourada
Character: Lepto
The film chronicles both the life and work of Brazilian author and engineer Euclides da Cunha and a failed attempt at directing his biopic in the 1980s and 1990s. Footage from the unfinished film is included alongside archive and documentary material....
O Caçula do Barulho
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In a workshop there are six workers, the six are brothers. Enter the mother who asks them to rescue the seventh brother, the youngest, Luis. The brothers hesitate because the youngster keeps getting into trouble, but they end up giving in to the request. Gangsters are fighting in a bar and the workers end up getting into the fray....
Noites Cariocas
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Não Aperta, Aparício
Character: Tonico
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The World is a Tambourine
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A Brazilian musical comedy...
Black Diamonds
Character: Empregado da tendinha
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João Ninguém
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João Ninguém is a humble composer who made the waltz "Sonhos Azuis" as a gift to his girlfriend on her birthday. To give it to her, he asked for help from a friend, but on the way, an accident happens and puts at risk not only the relationship, but also João's life and career....
As Aventuras de Robinson Crusoé
Character: Sexta-Feira
Robinson Crusoe spoof, with touches of Peter Pan. Shipwreck victim lands on a desert island, finds a friendly native and has to fight pirates whose leader is Captain Hook himself....
The Welles Raft
Character: Himself (Archive Footage)
The raft man Manuel Jacaré was swallowed by the sea when Orson Welles was filming It's All True in 1942. The fact evokes memories of the dictatorship of the Estado Novo, of World War II, of Ceará fishermen's struggle for labor rights and housing in their traditional space - target of real estate speculation....
Deixa, Amorzinho... Deixa
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Dino and Dalmo are twin brothers. Dino is very shy, and the other, the opposite: a true Don Juan. When Dalmo dies, after being shot by a furious husband, he is received in heaven by a Club of Don Juans. But, in order to be admitted, he must go back to Earth, incarnated in his brother's body, and correct three mistakes he had made in his previous life....
Romance Proibido
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The love misadventures of a teacher, a woman who gives up living in a big city in order to teach country children how to read and write....
Pressed, Ripped Apart
Character: (archive footage)
What does Brazilian cinema tell us? What does Brazilian cinema tell us about black actresses and actors? ‘Pressed, Ripped Apart’ makes use of archival sources to retrieve the trajectory of black actresses and actors who, between absences and delimited presences, between the fallacy of a racial democracy – based on the harmony among Brazil’s diverse identities – and erasure of identity, strain the history of Brazilian audiovisual and above all, our own history....
Black Fragments of Samba - Gilberto Gil, Serene Passion
Character: Self
Gilberto Gil talks with friends and share his thoughts, influences and reveal his impact on brazilian music and vision of the black people....
O Flagrante
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Five friends decide to enjoy Mardi Gras without their wives, leaving them home. But one of the wives doesn't accept this arrangement and tries to get even....
Black Fragments of Samba - Cariocas, The City Musicians
Character: Self
A brief history of origins of brazilian carioca samba and its types....
Black Fragments of Samba - Paulo Moura, Infinite Music
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Brazilian multi-instrumentalist, composer and maestro, Paulo Moura, talks about his influences and show his passion for the samba....
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....
Terra Violenta
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Brasil
Character: Self (archive footage)
João Gilberto receives Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil and Maria Bethânia during the recording of his album Brasil....
O Samba é Primo do Jazz
Character: (imagens de arquivo)
The documentary O Samba é Primo do Jazz will show the musical trajectory of Alcione Dias Nazareth, the great Brazilian interpreter, from her musical references, her insertion in the world of music and her relationship with family and friends. The biopic brings us closer to a relaxed, fun and matriarchal Alcione with her life and artistic work....
Cômicos... + Cômicos...
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Bloody Gold
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The son of a millionaire who owns gold mines in Transopia, Africa, Antoine Leblanc, who lives in a mansion in Rio, one day receives a letter from his father asking him for help against the gold smugglers from Transopia to Brazil....
Semana de Arte Moderna
Character: himself
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Naked Eye
Character: Self (archive footage)
“Naked Eye” is a film-documentary of long-length of the artistic and existential universe of the singer Ney Matogrosso, which proposes to recreate through archive’s images in counterpoint with the current production of the artist, thirty-five years of career marked for inventive and transgressing spectacles, always symphonize with its time. Through a coherent boarding with its intransigent trajectory, the film intends to translate the language musical-corporal of Ney Matogrosso, trying audiovisu...
The Heirs
Character: Americo
An allegory about Brazil's history and the struggle for power since the 1930 Revolution until the advent of the TV....
Blue Sky
Character: Chocolate
The Companhia de Esquetches Musicados do Teatro 'Brasil' is in crisis. After the debut of a new play failed, impresario Artur Fernandes, despite protests from Nini del Mar—the company's star—decides to hire Vitorino, the only writer who understands the audience's tastes and the company's artistic capabilities, to write the next play....