Arrigo Barnabé

Arrigo Barnabé

Born: September 14, 1951
in Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
Arrigo Barnabé (Londrina, September 14, 1951) is a Brazilian composer, singer, pianist and actor. His recognition by the general public came right away with his first album, Clara Crocodilo, in 1980, when it was received by the press as the biggest novelty in Brazilian music since Tropicália.

Movies for Arrigo Barnabé...

O Homem Crocodilo
Title: O Homem Crocodilo
Character: Homem Crocodilo
Released: November 4, 2023
Type: Movie
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What I've Never Lost
Title: What I've Never Lost
Character: Self
Released: September 8, 2022
Type: Movie
A feature documentary on the life of Alzira Espíndola and her impact and influence on different generations of Brazilian music. From her origins on Mato Grosso do Sul to her breakthrough as a instrumentist and composer in São Paulo, the movie explores her life, work and ventures with partners such as Itamar Assumpção, Ney Matogrosso and her sister Tetê Espíndola with irreverence and erudition.
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The City of Abysses
Title: The City of Abysses
Released: July 2, 2021
Type: Movie
Maya is accompanied by Glória, her best friend, who promises that she will always be with her, into a clandestine appointment. Both trans women, Maya wants silicone, but a timely intervention leads her to change her mind. When they leave, it’s Christmas night and it’s pouring rain. They take refuge in a bar, owned by a Nigerian refugee named Kakule. Bia also takes refuge there, fed up with constant fights with her boyfriend. And so their paths cross.
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Passagem Secreta
Title: Passagem Secreta
Character: Rui
Released: January 23, 2021
Type: Movie
Alice is forced to move alone to a small town, where she meets a new group of friends. While breaking into an amusement park to rescue one of her classmates, Alice discovers secrets about her identity and must make choices.
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Ostinato
Title: Ostinato
Character: Self
Released: January 22, 2021
Type: Movie
A documentary about the creative process of Arrigo Barnabé
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Light in the Tropics
Title: Light in the Tropics
Released: February 25, 2020
Type: Movie
A film like a monument: Luz nos Trópicos is a tribute to the rich greens of the Amazon and the forests of New England in winter, celebrating the indigenous peoples of continental America and flowing as a film as freely as a winding river.
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Title: História Secreta do Pop Brasileiro
Released: October 11, 2019
Type: TV
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Amigo Arrigo
Title: Amigo Arrigo
Character: Self
Released: June 16, 2019
Type: Movie
The art of Arrigo Barnabé, one of the pillars of the São Paulo experimental music scene during the 80's and author of critically acclaimed albums such as "Clara Crocodilo" (1980) and "Tubarões Voadores" (1984).
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Saudade
Title: Saudade
Character: Self
Released: October 11, 2017
Type: Movie
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Nervos de Aço
Title: Nervos de Aço
Character: Joel
Released: September 22, 2016
Type: Movie
Private eye Peixoto tries to hunt down hunk Sebastian and gets more involved in the case than he expected. Brazilian musical comedy inspired by the Film Noir genre and re-interpreting the old sambas of famous composer Lupicinio Rodrigues into a gay universe.
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Trilogia dos Carnavais: 25 Anos de Carreira ou de Lápide
Title: Trilogia dos Carnavais: 25 Anos de Carreira ou de Lápide
Character: Himself
Released: August 30, 2016
Type: Movie
In a concert recorded at Estúdio 24P in 2016, Rogério Skylab celebrates 25 years of musical career performing songs from his Carnaval Trilogy series of albums. Featuring guest musicians Arrigo Barnabé, Fausto Fawcett and Tavinho Paes.
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Night
Title: Night
Released: November 24, 2014
Type: Movie
During one night, a woman walks through Rio de Janeiro, and hears the music around: jazz, rock, eletronica...
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A Primeira Missa ou Tristes Tropeços, Enganos e Urucum
Title: A Primeira Missa ou Tristes Tropeços, Enganos e Urucum
Character: Pirate
Released: October 16, 2014
Type: Movie
On set, in the middle of the Atlantic Forest, a stressed film director begins another day of filming, reproducing the celebration of the first mass in Brazil. Suddenly three strange agents emerge from the forest and abruptly interrupt the scene. Authoritarians, they confiscate the filmed negatives. The paranoid director grumbles: "Are they from the government?". The execution of the film is compromised. Will the director in trouble be able to complete his film?
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Mr. Sganzerla: Os Signos da Luz
Title: Mr. Sganzerla: Os Signos da Luz
Released: May 24, 2012
Type: Movie
A documentary on prolific underground Brazilian filmmaker Rogério Sganzerla.
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Light in Darkness: The Return of Red Light Bandit
Title: Light in Darkness: The Return of Red Light Bandit
Released: May 13, 2012
Type: Movie
Jorge, bastard child of the infamous Red Light Bandit, decides himself to pursuit a life of crime after meeting with his father, who has been incarcerated for the last 30 years.
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Daquele Instante em Diante
Title: Daquele Instante em Diante
Character: Self
Released: July 5, 2011
Type: Movie
This film documents in depth the life and artistic trajectory of the musician and poet Itamar Assumpção. He was one of the pillars of a moment of Brazilian popular music that was conventionally called "Vanguarda Paulista". Starting from extensive research which resulted in more than 250h of images and a dive into the personal universe of this incredible artist, Itamar comes up with a poetic, intuitive plot where facts and testimonies speak louder than preconceived ideas.
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The Impassive Muse
Title: The Impassive Muse
Character: narrador
Released: April 30, 2011
Type: Movie
In "The Impassive Muse", Adrine is of Armenian descent and has OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder). Edivaldo is from Pernambuco and suffers from immobilizing absence seizures which make him stand as still as a statue. Adrine is married to Adilson, a brutalized man who do not bear to be touched by the woman. Edivaldo wants to marry Gladis, unlikely aspirant to the fashion world. Adrine don't want to be noticed. Edivaldo need to 'be somedbody' to win back his bride. One morning, the lives of Edivaldo and Adrine cross because of ripe orange. Among historical monuments, sculptures, people of different backgrounds and dreams, Edivaldo and Adrine share a journey of recognition and acceptance without imagining that what they live, in fact is the oldest and necessary of the stories: a love story.
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Desmundo
Title: Desmundo
Character: Músico
Released: November 8, 2002
Type: Movie
The story of Orisbela, a young and religious woman who comes from Portugal to Brazil to marry Francisco de Albuquerque, a rude sugar-cane plantation owner, in 1570.
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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 Body
Title: The Body
Released: July 12, 1991
Type: Movie
Xavier, a pharmacist, lives peacefully in bigamy with his two women, Carmen and Beatriz, but the harmony breaks down when they find he has another lover, Monique, a nightclub dancer.
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Angels of the Night
Title: Angels of the Night
Character: Pianista
Released: April 27, 1987
Type: Movie
Many exotic characters meet in São Paulo night, looking for love and adventure: Malu, a model; Mauro, a drag queen; Teddy, a hustler; Guto, a gay reporter; and Marta, an actress.
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It's Not All True
Title: It's Not All True
Character: Orson Welles
Released: August 22, 1986
Type: Movie
Orson Welles goes to Brazil to shoot his documentary It's All True.
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Hidden City
Title: Hidden City
Character: Anjo
Released: June 8, 1986
Type: Movie
After seven years in jail, Anjo meets up with his former accomplice, now head of a criminal organization. The former detainee finds himself embroiled with an underworld star, Shirley Sombra, and finds enmity with a corrupt police officer.
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Infinita Tropicália
Title: Infinita Tropicália
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
Tropicália was a Brazilian cultural movement that occurred between 1967 and 1968, inspired by Oswald de Andrade's anthropophagic ideals, pop art and the concretism. Twenty years later, this film revisits the movement and shows that Tropicalismo will never die.
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The Peephole of Love
Title: The Peephole of Love
Released: November 13, 1981
Type: Movie
Innocent girl starts working as a secretary in an office. Soon she finds out a hole in the wall through which she can see the action in the next apartment, where a prostitute meets her bizarre clients.
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The Story of Clara Crocodile
Title: The Story of Clara Crocodile
Released: October 1, 1981
Type: Movie
Transposition of Arrigo Barnabé's song "Clara Crocodilo" to film, with cartoon visuals. Clara Crocodilo is considered to be the public enemy #1, and he's waiting his execution at a state penitentiary. Meanwhile, the Radio Interferência eloquently narrates his story. Some strange characters come forth and even some voodoo rituals are performed to help the anti-hero. He manages to escape and disappears in the dark alleys of the city.
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Title: Grandes Nomes
Character: Self
Released: March 7, 1980
Type: TV