Gianfrancesco Guarnieri

Gianfrancesco Guarnieri

Born: August 6, 1934
Died: July 22, 2006
in Milan, Italy
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.

Movies for Gianfrancesco Guarnieri...

Incidente em Antares - O Filme
Title: Incidente em Antares - O Filme
Character: Pudim de Cachaça
Released: January 19, 2018
Type: Movie
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.
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Guarnieri
Title: Guarnieri
Character: Himself (archive footage)
Released: January 28, 2017
Type: Movie
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 place of his own generation in history, in art and the world as a whole.
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Vento Bravo
Title: Vento Bravo
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2007
Type: Movie
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Você Também Pode Dar um Presunto Legal
Title: Você Também Pode Dar um Presunto Legal
Released: July 5, 2006
Type: Movie
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.
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Title: Belíssima
Character: Pepe Molina
Released: November 7, 2005
Type: TV
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Title: Metamorphoses
Released: March 14, 2004
Type: TV
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Contos de Lygia e Morte
Title: Contos de Lygia e Morte
Released: January 1, 1999
Type: Movie
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Title: Meu Pé de Laranja Lima
Character: Manuel Valadares (Portuga)
Released: December 7, 1998
Type: TV
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Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
Title: Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."
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The Quartet
Title: The Quartet
Character: Padre Giobbe
Released: October 20, 1995
Type: Movie
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.
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Title: A Próxima Vítima
Character: Eliseo Giardini
Released: March 13, 1995
Type: TV
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.
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Title: Incidente em Antares
Character: Pudim de Cachaça
Released: November 29, 1994
Type: TV
In 1963, in the fictitious city of Antares in South of Brazil, the workers decide to strike, fighting for better salaries and working conditions. Meanwhile, seven locals die: the conservative and Catholic matriarch and very powerful lady, Quitéria Campolargo; the corrupt lawyer Cícero Branco; the Spanish anarchist shoemaker Barcelona; the drunkard Pudim de Cachaça; the prostitute Erotildes; the student João da Paz; and the pianist Menandro Olinda. Once their bodies remain unburied due to the general strike, they decide to claim to the local authorities the right of being buried. The Major Vivaldino Brazão, the judge Quintiliano do Vale, the "Colonel" Tibério Vacariano and the local sheriff are not able to force the workers to return to their normal activities, so the dead citizens disclose dark secrets about corruption of the leaders and the dwellers. Once they are corpses, they are not subject to the laws of the living and they can freely speak about the sordid hidden secrets.
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Title: Pátria Minha
Character: Waldomiro Bezerra de Quental
Released: July 18, 1994
Type: TV
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Title: O Mapa da Mina
Character: Vicente Rocha
Released: March 29, 1993
Type: TV
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Title: Anos Rebeldes
Character: Dr. Salviano
Released: July 14, 1992
Type: TV
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.
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Title: Mundo da Lua
Character: Orlando Silva
Released: October 6, 1991
Type: TV
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 Nunes on her radio.
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Kiss 2348/72
Title: Kiss 2348/72
Released: October 1, 1990
Type: Movie
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.
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Title: Rainha da Sucata
Character: Saldanha
Released: April 2, 1990
Type: TV
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Title: Mandala
Character: Túlio Silveira
Released: October 12, 1987
Type: TV
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Vianinha
Title: Vianinha
Released: September 14, 1987
Type: Movie
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Title: Helena
Character: Walter Scott
Released: May 4, 1987
Type: TV
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Title: Cambalacho
Character: Jerônimo Machado (Gegê)
Released: March 10, 1986
Type: TV
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Por Incrível que Pareça
Title: Por Incrível que Pareça
Character: Líder dos Grevistas
Released: January 2, 1986
Type: Movie
A man who works at a nuclear plant is contaminated by radioactivity. On the way to the hospital, the ambulance has an accident, and the man's head disappears. Lost and free from its body, the head goes through many adventures.
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The Next Victim
Title: The Next Victim
Character: Guido Andreolli
Released: May 10, 1983
Type: Movie
A TV reporter tries to find out who is killing prostitutes in a São Paulo neighbourhood.
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Title: Sol de Verão
Character: Caetano Spina
Released: October 11, 1982
Type: TV
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Title: Jogo da Vida
Character: Manoel Vieira de Souza (Seu Vieira)
Released: October 26, 1981
Type: TV
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They Don't Wear Black Tie
Title: They Don't Wear Black Tie
Character: Otávio
Released: September 28, 1981
Type: Movie
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.
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Gaijin: A Brazilian Odyssey
Title: Gaijin: A Brazilian Odyssey
Character: Enrico
Released: February 20, 1980
Type: Movie
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.
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Asa Branca: A Brazilian Dream
Title: Asa Branca: A Brazilian Dream
Character: Toninho
Released: January 7, 1980
Type: Movie
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.
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Diário da Província
Title: Diário da Província
Released: May 26, 1978
Type: Movie
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O Jogo da Vida
Title: O Jogo da Vida
Character: Perus
Released: June 17, 1977
Type: Movie
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.
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As Três Mortes de Solano
Title: As Três Mortes de Solano
Released: November 11, 1976
Type: Movie
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.
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Teatro Brasileiro: Novas Tendências
Title: Teatro Brasileiro: Novas Tendências
Released: January 1, 1975
Type: Movie
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Title: A Muralha
Character: Leonel Olinto
Released: July 9, 1968
Type: TV
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.
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Primeira Chance
Title: Primeira Chance
Character: Narrador
Released: January 1, 1963
Type: Movie
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The Grand Moment
Title: The Grand Moment
Character: Zeca
Released: December 3, 1958
Type: Movie
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.