Nelson Motta

Nelson Motta

Born: October 29, 1944
in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Movies for Nelson Motta...

Elis & Tom: It Had to be You
Title: Elis & Tom: It Had to be You
Character: Self
Released: September 21, 2023
Type: Movie
Elis & Tom is considered one of the most important albums in the history of Brazilian music. Recorded in Los Angeles, in 1974, it was all captured by a team of filmmakers led by director Roberto de Oliveira, who arranged for the duo to meet. The original footage was kept for 45 years until restored and remastered in 2018. The film is also an exciting reunion of the director with the artists and the material he filmed nearly five decades ago.
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Title: Que História é Essa, Porchat?
Character: Self
Released: August 6, 2019
Type: TV
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Som, Sol & Surf - Saquarema
Title: Som, Sol & Surf - Saquarema
Character: Nelson Motta
Released: January 2, 2018
Type: Movie
In 1976, a great rock show, called "Som, Sol & Surf", took place on Itaúna beach, in Saquarema and also had a surfing championship. For three days, a crowd of young people enjoyed songs by Rita Lee, Angela Ro Ro, Raul Seixas and others.
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Gabeira
Title: Gabeira
Character: Nelson Motta
Released: November 23, 2017
Type: Movie
Documentary about the trajectory of the Brazilian journalist, writer and politician Fernando Gabeira. With testimonies of Armínio Fraga, Aguinaldo Silva, Leda Nagle, among others.
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Serguei - O Último Psicodélico
Title: Serguei - O Último Psicodélico
Character: Ele mesmo
Released: October 20, 2017
Type: Movie
A documentary that follows the life of Serguei - flight-commissioner-turned-rockstar, hippie guru, rockstar and Janis Joplin's lover - chronicling his life from the early 60s until present day.
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Chocante
Title: Chocante
Character: Himself
Released: October 5, 2017
Type: Movie
The 1990s marked the success of the boy-band Chocante. Twenty years later, the group has disbanded and the members took different paths in life. The old colleagues gather for an unexpected event, the death of one of the group members.
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Title: O Nome Dela é Gal
Character: Self
Released: June 11, 2017
Type: TV
A four-part biography on the life of the Brazilian singer Gal Costa, from her humble beginning singing in the streets of Salvador, where she became friends with many artists who would be other great names in Brazilian music in the following decades to her 50th career anniversary in 2015.
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Eu, Meu Pai e Os Cariocas
Title: Eu, Meu Pai e Os Cariocas
Character: Self
Released: April 19, 2017
Type: Movie
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Rock in Rio 30 Anos
Title: Rock in Rio 30 Anos
Character: Self
Released: January 11, 2015
Type: Movie
Documentary of the legendary 1985 music festival in Brazil.
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André Midani - An Insider’s Story Of Brazilian Music
Title: André Midani - An Insider’s Story Of Brazilian Music
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2015
Type: Movie
Based on the autobiography of noted music executive André Midani, André Midani — An Insider’s Story of Brazilian Music (2015) explores Brazilian music throughout his five-decade career through informal gatherings and jam sessions at his home, featuring Caetano Veloso, Jorge Ben Jor, Gilberto Gil, and Marisa Monte, among other luminaries of the industry.
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Éramos Todos Loucos
Title: Éramos Todos Loucos
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2014
Type: Movie
A documentary about the production of Hugo Carvana's successful film "Vai Trabalhar, Vagabundo", from 1973.
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Title: BIS Docs
Released: February 4, 2013
Type: TV
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Jorge Mautner: Son of the Holocaust
Title: Jorge Mautner: Son of the Holocaust
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: March 23, 2012
Type: Movie
The film follows the birth of Jorge Mautner up to his 17 years. He was born in Brazil shortly after his parents fled the Holocaust. Raised by a nanny who introduced him to Candomblé, Mautner became a precursor of the Tropicália, contributing to the construction of the identity of Brazilian music.
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Agamenon: The Film
Title: Agamenon: The Film
Character: Self
Released: January 6, 2012
Type: Movie
The trajectory of the clumsy reporter Agamenon Mendes Pereira, always present in key events of history, his biggest scoops and his eternal love for Isaura, who survives his unexpected travels around the world, in search of news and fame.
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A Night in 67
Title: A Night in 67
Character: Self
Released: July 30, 2010
Type: Movie
If you thought TV shows in which audiences and juries judge musical acts were a relatively new phenomenon, you'd better think again. In the 1970s, such "festivals" were incredibly popular in Brazil. They were recorded before a live studio audience, and usually featured a number of elimination rounds. They also formed the springboard for the career of many a big-name star, such as Chico Buarque, Caetano Veloso, Roberto Carlos and Gilberto Gil. Appearing on such a program was no cakewalk, however: audiences could be as wild in their condemnation as in their appreciation of an artist. Extensive archive footage (including performances and behind-the-scenes interviews) from a turbulent final of the Festival of Brazilian Popular Music one evening in 1967 paints a fascinating picture, not only of the transformation of Brazilian music into real "festival" music, but also of a society starting to buck against the yoke of military rule.
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Caro Francis
Title: Caro Francis
Released: January 8, 2010
Type: Movie
Documentary about the life of Brazillian journalist Paulo Francis
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Dzi Croquettes
Title: Dzi Croquettes
Character: Self
Released: October 4, 2009
Type: Movie
A Brazilian theatre group that through talent, irony and humour confronted the Brazilian violent dictatorship in the 1970s revolutionising the gay movement worldwide and changing theatre and dance language to an entire generation.
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Loki: Arnaldo Baptista
Title: Loki: Arnaldo Baptista
Character: Self
Released: June 19, 2009
Type: Movie
Loki brings the trajectory of Arnaldo Baptista from childhood, passing through the most successful phase as leader of the Mutantes, marriage to singer Rita Lee and then separation. He also goes through the depression that devastated his life after the group ended and that led him to attempt suicide, his solo career, rapprochement with his brother and member of the Mutantes, Sérgio Dias, culminating in the band's return in 2006.
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Simonal: No One Knows How Tough It Was
Title: Simonal: No One Knows How Tough It Was
Character: Self
Released: May 15, 2009
Type: Movie
In a time of timeless and revolutionary talents, Wilson Simonal shined as nobody before and innovated as only a few could. All of a sudden, everything vanished. This film maps the spectacular trajectory of the ex-Army corporal that ruled as a monarch, and was condemned to ostracism for an offense to which he pleaded not guilty.
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Cartola: The Samba Legend
Title: Cartola: The Samba Legend
Released: April 6, 2007
Type: Movie
Documentary on the life and times of one of the most prominent Brazilian samba composers, Cartola (Angenor de Oliveira).
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Title: Paraíso Tropical
Character: Self
Released: March 5, 2007
Type: TV
The search for a successor provokes the beginning of a clash between two young and talented executives of his group: Daniel Bastos, a lad of simple origins and excellent character, who is not only handsome and charming, but also intelligent and skilled, and Olavo Novaes, an ambitious and unscrupulous man who is ready to fight for the position, at any cost. To fight against Olavo‘s treacherous plans, Daniel will have the help of the sweet and sensitive Paula, a young lady raised as an only child who founds, on the eve of her mother‘s death, that she is adopted and has a family. What Paula does not know is that she has an identical twin sister, the wicked Taís, who is as ambitious and unscrupulous as the man who becomes her main ally, Olavo Novaes. Antenor, for his part, decides on having an heir when he meets the headstrong and honest Lúcia, a woman who will make this cold businessman find true love is and a real reason to live.
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Title: Por Toda Minha Vida
Character: Self
Released: December 28, 2006
Type: TV
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Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova
Title: Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2005
Type: Movie
Documentary about the birth of bossa-nova, in Brazil, and the major stars of this musical style.
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Title: Celebridade
Character: Self
Released: October 13, 2003
Type: TV
A successful businesswoman in the music industry sees her life fall apart after a young and mysterious woman starts work as her secretary. The scheming girl is totally obsessed by the famous businesswoman and she tries to steal everything from her, including her career.
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Maldito Popular Brasileiro: Arnaldo Dias Baptista
Title: Maldito Popular Brasileiro: Arnaldo Dias Baptista
Character: Self
Released: May 10, 1993
Type: Movie
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The Secret of the Mummy
Title: The Secret of the Mummy
Released: September 6, 1982
Type: Movie
Laughed at when he announced the discovery of the elixer of life, Brazilian scientist Expedito Vitus ends up making the most important archaeological discovery of the century: the tomb of Runamb, the Mummy, in the sands of Egypt. Back in Brazil, he brings the Mummy back to life.
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O Bom Marido
Title: O Bom Marido
Released: September 4, 1978
Type: Movie
An industrial couple spends more than they can afford. In financial trouble, the husband Afraninho devises a strange kind of business, for foreign executives, in which the product is his own wife Malu. They succeed, and soon other couples start doing the same thing, establishing the competition.
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Álbum de Música
Title: Álbum de Música
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1974
Type: Movie
Portrait of various figures in Brazilian pop music.
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O Som Alucinante
Title: O Som Alucinante
Released: October 25, 1971
Type: Movie