Ítala Nandi
Birthday: Born in 1942-06-04 in Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Deathday: Alive
Ítala Maria Helena Pellizzari Nandi (Caxias do Sul, June 4, 1942) is a Brazilian actress, theater producer and theater director. She is considered one of the great ladies of Brazilian theater, with an extensive career on stage that began in 1959.
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Pantanal
Character: Madeleine Braga Novaes
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Direito de Amar
Character: Joana Cavalcanti (Nanette) / Bárbara Cavalcanti de Montserrat
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Caminhos do Coração
Character: Drª. Júlia Zaccarias
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Prova de Amor
Character: Maria Eduarda Martins Pena
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Que Rei Sou Eu?
Character: Loulou Lion
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O Pulo do Gato
Character: Maristela
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Sansão e Dalila
Character: Naira
Samson is a courageous man, strong, fearless, a Hebrew who fights many armies of his people enemies, and savage beasts; also, he keeps to himself the mysterious secret of his strength. He was born as the promise of being the rescuer of his people who were oppressed and persecuted....
Dona Xepa
Character: Catherine Fontaine
The open market worker Carlota Losano is an uneducated, kind and explosive woman, known by everyone as the Penny Lady. Good-hearted and a woman of unparalleled optimism, she got her nickname for giving out what is left from her stand to the poor. Uneducated and abandoned by her husband, Esmeraldino, the Penny Lady plays the role of mother and father, working double to guarantee a dignified future for her children, Édison and Rosália....
A Justiceira
Character: Socialite
Diana is woman who lost her child for her Husband. A evil man behind a series of crime operations. Searching for her son, Diana is hired for a underground organization to fight crimes all over Brazil. Now, Diana has the meanings to locate her former husband and search for her son....
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The Brazilwood Man
Character: Oswald de Andrade
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....
Roleta Russa
Character: Nina
Raul, a playboy, marries Sheila and hire Nina, a photographer, to take erotic snapshots of his wife. Nina acquires an interest on Sheila, and through a maid, investigates the couple's intimate life....
Of Gods and the Undead
Character: Sereno
In the 1930s, in the South of State of Bahia, Brazil, an adventurer with no name or history, who has already been shot seven times, gets involved in the battle for land and cacao plantations. His plan is to take the place of "Colonel" Santana, taking his wife and money. He starts a bloody conflict, in which many simple people and landowners die....
Juliana do Amor Perdido
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A beautiful young woman living in an isolated fishing community on an island falls in love with an outsider, a train machinist. But her father, a violent religious fanatic interferes....
The Business Women’s Club
Character: Donatela
Jongo, a renowned photographer, and Candinho, a young and inexperienced journalist, arrive at a decaying country club of São Paulo's high society, run by women involved with the law....
Muito Prazer
Character: Nádia
Two contrasting social groups get in touch: three architects and three street urchins, all struggling for survival....
Sagarana: O Duelo
Character: Mariana
Unable to endure the idea that he would go without punishment, a criminal's victim chases him the length and breadth of Brazil for a showdown....
The Red Light Bandit
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Born and raised in the misery of Brazilian slums, Jorge becomes a luxury house burglar in São Paulo and gets nicknamed "The Red Light Bandit" by the sensationalist press. In addition to wearing a red flashlight, he talks to his hostages in an irreverent tone and makes bold breakthroughs to later spend the money extravagantly. His world is the decadent neighbourhood of Boca do Lixo....
Pindorama
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This Brazilian film is set during the period of its initial colonial discovery and settlement. The title refers to a word the native peoples used for the coastal lands: "pindorama," or "place of the small trees." A ponderous and grandiose film, it was roundly booed when it was aired at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival....
Conjugal Warfare
Character: Olga
Many stories revolving around a poor couple who, in spite of hating each other, still live together under the same roof....
Sérgio Ricardo: Uma Outra História do Cinema Novo
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A Cartomante
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The Animal's Skin
Character: Mira
In the 20's, in the State of Piauí, Brazil, a young cowboy is used politically after killing his wife, who had been seduced by her boss and his son....
Possessões
Character: Rosana
Three stories are intermingled by the same theme: possessions....
Prata Palomares
Character: Saint
While waiting for directions, two revolutionaries hide in a church, where they meet a woman who wants to have a son with one of them....
Fala Mangueira!
Character: Self
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....
Pitanga
Character: Self
This documentary investigates the aesthetic, political and existential trajectory of emblematic Black Brazilian actor Antônio Pitanga. His career spans over five decades, and he has worked with iconic Brazilian filmmakers Glauber Rocha, Cacá Diegues and Walter Lima Jr. He was a prominent figurehead and outspoken activist during the Brazilian dictatorship, a period of unrest in Brazilian cinema. "Pitanga" deep dives into the world of Antônio and the history of Brazil. The documentary was directed...
The King of the Candle
Character: Heloisa de Lesbos
Filming of the historical montage of Oswald de Andrade's play, where decadent millionaires, depraved children, corrupt and implacable capitalists are the characters interpreted by the Grupo Oficina, in a celebrated theatrical performance from 1967, fundamentally recorded in 1971 and released only in the 1980s....
O Cortiço
Character: Estela
This adaptation of a classic Brazilian novel focuses on the relations of charismatic characters within a tenement....
The Men I Had
Character: Bia
Married woman only feels well when she's in love. In search of a ravishing love, she has many love affairs, with her husband's consent....
Fire Light
Character: Isabel
Biography of a Brazilian dancer who lived on an island and practiced nudism when it was forbidden by law....
A Paz é Dourada
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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....
Domingo
Character: Laura
January 1st, 2003. When Brazil celebrates President Lula′s historic investiture, two middle-class, provincial families gather in an old, poorly maintained house. As they prepare a big party, secrets, hidden desires and frustrations are revealed....
Fish in a Barrel
Character: Mãe de Queró
Young robber, son of a prostitute who had killed herself, gets involved with two police informers, who force him to share the loot he gets....
The Awakening of the Beast
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A psychiatrist experiments on four volunteers with LSD to examine 60's drug culture, soon unleashing an expert in depravity....
Noite Sem Homem
Character: Brigitte, Maria do Carmo
Two brothels in a small country town fight fiercely for the town's clientele, putting the owners of the two brothels, Salô and Maria Navalha, on a war footing. The conflict between the two establishments will bring problems for Salô's employees, who will rebel while the boss is harassed by the town's police forces because of his homosexuality....
Manual Prático da Melhor Idade
Character: Zuleica
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Desire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro Oficina
Character: Self
In six decades, Teatro Oficina has done more than revolutionize theatrical language in the country: the aesthetic influence of José Celso Martinez Corrêa's company extends from Tropicalism to the renewal of Brazilian audiovisual languages from the 1960s onwards. The film revisits a story that it involves personalities such as Caetano Veloso, Glauber Rocha, Lina Bo Bardi, Chico Buarque and Zé do Caixão, brings together scenic art, ecology, architecture and sexuality, and mixes art and life in t...
Malês
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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....