Catalina Bonakie

Catalina Bonakie

Born: May 15, 1918
Died: October 22, 2005

Movies for Catalina Bonakie...

Red Shoe Diaries 8: Night of Abandon
Title: Red Shoe Diaries 8: Night of Abandon
Character: Vovo (archive footage)
Released: November 11, 1998
Type: Movie
Night of Abandon: A wild blissful night in Brazil during Carnival. Liar's Tale: A burned out photojournalist's obsession with a high-class call girl awakens her ability to feel again. In the Blink of an Eye: A passionate boxer seduces a happily married woman.
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Carlota Joaquina, Princess of Brazil
Title: Carlota Joaquina, Princess of Brazil
Character: Açafata 1
Released: January 6, 1995
Type: Movie
The life of Carlota Joaquina, the Spanish infanta who met the prince of Portugal when she was only 10 years old and was immensely disappointed with her future husband.
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Title: Red Shoe Diaries
Character: Vovo
Released: June 27, 1992
Type: TV
Jake takes out an ad in the newspaper after the suicide of his unfaithful fiancée, in an effort to understand the reasons for the betrayal. By soliciting the secret diaries of other women, he hopes to find some reconciliation with the truth.
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The Fifth Monkey
Title: The Fifth Monkey
Character: Old Lady at Dinner
Released: October 5, 1990
Type: Movie
When Cunda, a man living deep in the Brazilian rainforest, is bitten by a snake, he has a hallucination of four chimpanzees. Once he recovers, he is shocked to find the four chimpanzees waiting for him at home, and, believing them to be special, decides to take them to the city in order to sell them.
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Stelinha
Title: Stelinha
Character: Proprietária
Released: January 1, 1990
Type: Movie
A young rock singer meets his childhood heroine, a famous singer who is now wallowing in alcohol and sex.
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Jardim de Alah
Title: Jardim de Alah
Character: Velhinha
Released: January 2, 1989
Type: Movie
An overlook at the southern Rio de Janeiro neighborhoods, from the perspective of one of its most well-known places: Jardim de Alah, a group of squares on the middle of neighborhoods Ipanema and Leblon. There, people of different social classes interact together - workers who live in the Cruzada de São Sebastião building and the local bourgeois class who live in fancy condos. There, the rich and the poor unite in the same spirit.
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Trama Familiar
Title: Trama Familiar
Released: August 14, 1986
Type: Movie
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Fulaninha
Title: Fulaninha
Released: February 5, 1986
Type: Movie
Movie director in his forties and in existential crisis falls in love with an unknown teen girl he sees walking down the streets, without knowing she's the daughter of the woman he's having a relationship with.
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A Cobiça do Sexo
Title: A Cobiça do Sexo
Released: August 1, 1983
Type: Movie
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Bar Esperanza
Title: Bar Esperanza
Released: May 19, 1983
Type: Movie
A group of eccentric people gather at a popular bar in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro. Among its costumers, we find Ana, an actress, and her husband Zeca, a writer in crisis about his work.
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A Mulher Sensual
Title: A Mulher Sensual
Character: Mãe de Marina
Released: December 20, 1981
Type: Movie
Famous soap opera actress finds out her sexuality after breaking up with her former boyfriend, an important TV executive.
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O Sequestro
Title: O Sequestro
Released: November 23, 1981
Type: Movie
A robber breaks into a house in the Santa Teresa district of Rio de Janeiro and kidnaps the family's youngest son. Based on a true kidnapping that happened in Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, whose victim, Carlinhos, has never been found to this day.
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Bonitinha mas Ordinária
Title: Bonitinha mas Ordinária
Released: March 12, 1981
Type: Movie
The youngest daughter of a rich man has been raped by five black men in the slums of Rio de Janeiro, and her father arranges her marriage to one of his employees in order to save the family’s honor.
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Family Album
Title: Family Album
Character: Heloísa
Released: March 5, 1981
Type: Movie
Follows the decadence of an incestuous oligarch family in a rural Brazilian household through the years during the early 20th century.
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Bye Bye Brazil
Title: Bye Bye Brazil
Character: Viúva
Released: February 8, 1980
Type: Movie
The Caravana Rolidei rolls into town with the Gypsy Lord at the mike: he does magic tricks, the erotic Salomé dances, and the mute Swallow performs feats of strength. A young accordion player is completely enamored of Salomé, and he begs to come along. The Gypsy Lord shrugs, and the accordionist and his pregnant wife, Dasdô, join the troupe.
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As Borboletas Também Amam
Title: As Borboletas Também Amam
Released: December 15, 1979
Type: Movie
Monica, a naive schoolgirl from a suburb of Rio de Janeiro, meets Virginia, a former neighbor, now living in Copacabana. Influenced by her, she decides to take on a double life: in the morning she is the suburban girl, in the afternoon she attends a brothel in the South Zone. One day she meets Flávio, a friend and eventual lover of Virginia. Flávio falls in love with the purity of Monica and wants to drive away her friends, for considering Virginia a bad company for her beloved.
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Os Foragidos da Violência
Title: Os Foragidos da Violência
Released: December 15, 1979
Type: Movie
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Maneco, o Super Tio
Title: Maneco, o Super Tio
Released: November 25, 1979
Type: Movie
Maneco takes his nephews to spend his holidays at his grandfather's place. But the old scientist discovered a way to travel in time and got lost in the year 1926. Maneco and the boys will try to bring him back.
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Denúncia Vazia
Title: Denúncia Vazia
Released: September 10, 1979
Type: Movie
An elderly couple decides to commit suicide after receive a eviction order. The first short-film of Adélia Sampaio, the first black woman in Brazil to direct a feature film.
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The Claudia Case
Title: The Claudia Case
Character: Flávia's grandmother
Released: August 26, 1979
Type: Movie
Based on the true events that took place in the 70s, in Rio de Janeiro. The body of beautiful girl Cláudia Lessin Rodrigues, actress Márcia Rodrigues's sister, was found in the seashore. After Police investigation, it was found she had been murdered on a party by a rich industrialist's son and his socialite hairdresser buddy, after much sex, alcohol and drugs, specially Mandrax (methaqualone). She'd probably resisted being raped and the killers threw away the body in the water. One of the guys tried to escape flying to Switzerland.
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Parceiros da Aventura
Title: Parceiros da Aventura
Character: Dona Iaiá Garcia
Released: June 10, 1979
Type: Movie
Rio de Janeiro crooks rove about, performing petty tricks to survive, and get involved with a woman who steals cars.
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Teu Tua
Title: Teu Tua
Released: January 1, 1979
Type: Movie
A comedy divided in four episodes, set in different time periods, each starring a different couple, yet all facing the same issue: marital jealousy.
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Se Segura, Malandro!
Title: Se Segura, Malandro!
Released: August 26, 1978
Type: Movie
Paulo Otávio is the host of a pirate radio station on the slums of Rio de Janeiro. He struggles to mantain the station working, since the only help he's got comes from news reporter Calói. Their story goes beyond as the city starts to face a crime wave.
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Fish in a Barrel
Title: Fish in a Barrel
Character: Velha da pensão
Released: October 31, 1977
Type: Movie
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.
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The Vampire of Copacabana
Title: The Vampire of Copacabana
Character: Vizinha
Released: December 20, 1976
Type: Movie
Carlos and Suely are a normal couple. He has some extramarital adventures and she's a standard housewife. During a Carnival, when he goes out wearing a vampire costume, Suely decides to follow a friend's advice and go for it. On Ash Wednesday, he finds her with an odalisk costume on and happier than usual.
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Feminino Plural
Title: Feminino Plural
Released: March 1, 1976
Type: Movie
"Seven women on motorcycles, through Via Dutra, go to the Baixada Fluminense, a microcosm of Brazil. Diving into the memory and questioning the behavior imposed on women, they seek to rescue the strength of the feminine. The new woman, born in the Brazilian land, incorporates the Amazons and Santa Guerreira. At his side, the new man, more loose and creative. Closing the cycle, the initial road is resumed. " (HBH / QC)
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Pedro Bó, o Caçador de Cangaceiros
Title: Pedro Bó, o Caçador de Cangaceiros
Released: January 1, 1976
Type: Movie
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O Monstro de Santa Tereza
Title: O Monstro de Santa Tereza
Released: December 15, 1975
Type: Movie