Jô Soares

Jô Soares

Born: January 17, 1938
Died: August 5, 2022
in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Movies for Jô Soares...

Luiz Melodia - Within the Heart of Brazil
Title: Luiz Melodia - Within the Heart of Brazil
Released: April 13, 2024
Type: Movie
A sound and visual journey that portrays the life and work of singer and composer Luiz Melodia. The Poet of Estácio himself tells us, in the first person, his trajectory as a black boy born on the hill until his transformation into one of the greatest artists in the history of MPB. The film also features an unpublished collection made available by Jane Reis, his wife and businesswoman.
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Our Dream: A Rio De Janeiro Funk Story
Title: Our Dream: A Rio De Janeiro Funk Story
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 21, 2023
Type: Movie
The life story of Claudinho e Buchecha, greatest icons and most successful duo of the Brazilian funk melody in all time, showing how the rhythm and poetry of the periphery conquered Brazil.
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Title: Xuxa, O Documentário
Character: Self (Archive footage)
Released: July 13, 2023
Type: TV
Maria da Graça Xuxa Meneghel, about to celebrate her 60th birthday and more than 40 years in the business, looks back at all the important moments in her life and career. Successes and disappointments, fights and love, she retraces her entire trajectory.
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The Boys from Brazil: Rise of the Bolsonaros
Title: The Boys from Brazil: Rise of the Bolsonaros
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: August 30, 2022
Type: Movie
This documentary tells of the extraordinary rise of Jair Bolsonaro, from relative obscurity to the ultimate seat of South American power. Told through intimate interviews with some of those closest to him including his eldest son Flávio, former government ministers, as well as his opponents, explore Bolsonaro’s brilliant yet ruthless journey to the presidency, with high-stakes drama, guns and God.
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Outcast Rockstar
Title: Outcast Rockstar
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: April 8, 2021
Type: Movie
The life and career of Brazilian singer Chorão, Charlie Brown Jr's frontman. The story of one of the most important rock stars in Brazil, from testimonies about his personal and professional life and archival footage. Beginning in the early 1990s, when his band released their first album and hit the radio stations, Chorão lived two intense decades of national and international success, full of controversial moments, until his premature death in 2013.
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Com a Palavra, Arnaldo Antunes
Title: Com a Palavra, Arnaldo Antunes
Character: Self
Released: October 19, 2018
Type: Movie
From his origins as a poet to his success as a singer and composer, Arnaldo Antunes revisits the most remarkable moments of his career.
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Lygia, Uma Escritora Brasileira
Title: Lygia, Uma Escritora Brasileira
Released: November 23, 2017
Type: Movie
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Giovanni Improtta
Title: Giovanni Improtta
Character: Ivan
Released: May 18, 2013
Type: Movie
Giovanni Improtta is a criminal who wants to climb the social ladder and become a law-abiding citizen. To achieve it, he commits some more crimes He is betrayed, and ends up under the spotlight of the media and the radar of the police, falsely charged for murder.
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Desagradável
Title: Desagradável
Released: May 11, 2013
Type: Movie
Some people seem to have come into the world to confuse, annoy, swim against the current, like the guys from Gangrena Gasosa, the first and only Sarava Metal band of the universe. "Desagradável" covers all the 23 years of the band. A special reunion of people that stirred the underground scene of 90's until today. All the legends detailed in a film that will show the most shameful chapters in history of Brazilian Rock. Jello Biafra, Jão and João Gordo, BNegão, Marcelo D2, Anjo Caldas, Dado Villa-Lobos, Rafael Ramos, Fabio from Garage, Marcos Bragatto, Tom Leão, Pedro Só, Adilson Pereira, Larry Antha and the former members (more than 15!) recalls the regrettable moments that Sarava Metal happened in their lives. Archive images, photos and videos to prove, once for all, that "Home Saint makes miracles too".
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Zéfiro Explícito
Title: Zéfiro Explícito
Released: September 1, 2012
Type: Movie
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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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Daquele Instante em Diante
Title: Daquele Instante em Diante
Character: Self (archive footage)
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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Ele é o Espetáculo: José Vasconcelos
Title: Ele é o Espetáculo: José Vasconcelos
Character: Himself
Released: September 24, 2009
Type: Movie
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Mamonas Forever
Title: Mamonas Forever
Character: Himself (archive footage)
Released: July 4, 2009
Type: Movie
In less than ten months, the music band Mamonas Assassinas went from being completely unknown to becoming one of the biggest phenomena in Brazilian music. Irreverent, intelligent, sarcastic and creative, the band took over Brazil and sold two million albums in just six months. Never-before-seen footage and interviews from family, friends, producers, and musicians tell the band’s story, their challenges, their rise to fame, and the tragic aeroplane accident that killed all its members in 1996.
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Owner of the Story
Title: Owner of the Story
Character: Himself
Released: October 1, 2004
Type: Movie
A 50 year-old woman who analyses her past. She pictures herself when she was 20 years old and she re-creates the story of her life through a game of innumerous possibilities. What if she wouldn't have gone to that ball? What if... instead of meeting the man of her life, with whom she married and had kids, she would have called a girlfriend and they went to the theater? What would be her destiny? What would have happened? In the plot the present talks to the past. A young woman projects her future in a fascinating game between memories and desires.
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The Xango from Baker Street
Title: The Xango from Baker Street
Character: Desembargador
Released: September 27, 2001
Type: Movie
Rio de Janeiro, 1886. A precious Stradivarius violin presented to Emperor Dom Pedro II is stolen. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are called to solve the case.
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Title: Programa do Jô
Character: Apresentador
Released: April 3, 2000
Type: TV
Programa do Jô is a Brazilian late-night talk show broadcast by Rede Globo since April 3, 2000. It is shown after the late-night news bulletin, Jornal da Globo. The program is hosted by Brazilian comedian, author and musician Jô Soares, and follows the format of American talk shows such as Late Show with David Letterman. It began its life as Jô Soares Onze e Meia in 1988 on SBT. Following Jô Soares' return to Globo in 2000, the show was renamed as Programa do Jô, retaining the same format and late-night time slot. The show usually features interviews with 3 guests and a live musical performance. Usually, if one of the guests is a musician or band, they return to perform at the end of the show. There are also occasions when the first guest stays on to continue the interview past the first commercial break, in which case the show only features 2 interviews. In most cases, the interviews are longer and more in-depth than those on Letterman's show.
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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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Saturday
Title: Saturday
Character: Homem da casa de máquinas
Released: April 6, 1995
Type: Movie
On a Saturday morning, an advertising crew arrives at a decadent old building downtown São Paulo to shoot a TV commercial. And then everything goes wrong, beginning with a broken elevator
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Title: Jô Soares Onze e Meia
Released: July 4, 1989
Type: TV
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Hidden City
Title: Hidden City
Character: Riperti
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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Loucuras, o Bumbum de Ouro
Title: Loucuras, o Bumbum de Ouro
Released: January 2, 1979
Type: Movie
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O Pai do Povo
Title: O Pai do Povo
Released: December 11, 1976
Type: Movie
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Tangarella - A Tanga de Cristal
Title: Tangarella - A Tanga de Cristal
Character: Erasmo
Released: December 11, 1976
Type: Movie
Cinderella spoof. During the carnival, in Rio de Janeiro, rich farmer meets lovely girl in a ball, but at midnight she flees, leaving behind her breechcloth, part of her costume. The man in love tries to find her all around town.
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Amante Muito Louca!
Title: Amante Muito Louca!
Character: Diretor
Released: May 1, 1973
Type: Movie
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Title: Globo Gente
Character: Self - Host
Released: April 17, 1973
Type: TV
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Title: Satiricom
Released: April 2, 1973
Type: TV
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Nenê Bandalho
Title: Nenê Bandalho
Released: December 11, 1971
Type: Movie
The police mobilize their resources to capture Nenê Bandalho and, while he tries to escape, he remembers some of his life's most important episodes.
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The Woman of Everyone
Title: The Woman of Everyone
Character: Doktor Plirtz
Released: October 24, 1969
Type: Movie
Ângela Carne e Osso (Angela Meat and Bone), a young nymphomaniac, lives surrounded by delinquents, and exerts intense allure on them, dominating them all with her erotic power.
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Hitler in the Third World
Title: Hitler in the Third World
Released: January 1, 1968
Type: Movie
Paranoia, guilt, misery, and technology in the developing country. A fragmented narrative, distorted frames, shouts, and noises. The Nazis take over São Paulo: prison and torture of revolutionaries, a samurai lost in chaos, locked lovers, a dictator and his bunch. Considered one of the most influential films of the marginal period.
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Tudo Legal
Title: Tudo Legal
Released: December 11, 1960
Type: Movie
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Vai Que é Mole
Title: Vai Que é Mole
Character: Bolinha
Released: January 1, 1960
Type: Movie
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O Homem do Sputnik
Title: O Homem do Sputnik
Character: Espião da CIA (como Joe Soares)
Released: August 21, 1959
Type: Movie
UFO falls on a hillbilly's hencoop and he tries to sell it. Soon international missions are sent to the place, for there's a suspicion it might be the famous Russian satellite, the Sputnik.
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Pé na Tábua
Title: Pé na Tábua
Released: January 1, 1957
Type: Movie
Petrônio drives a bus and his friend Cabeleira is a ticket collector. When Petrônio's sister needs money to do a surgery they get involved with a film production company, where a psychopath is trying to be the protagonist of the movie.
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Remix em Pessoa
Title: Remix em Pessoa
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie