Dira Paes

Dira Paes

Born: June 30, 1969
in Abaetetuba, Pará, Brazil
Ecleidira Maria Fonseca Paes (Abaetetuba, June 30, 1969), better known as Dira Paes, is a Brazilian actress and presenter. Known for her versatility, she has won several awards, including a notable twelve Grande Otelo nominations, winning as best actress in 2013, three Guarani Awards, two APCA Awards, two Brazil Quality Awards, an Extra Award, as well as three Kikitos from the Gramado and five Candangos from the Brasília Festival.

Movies for Dira Paes...

Tributo: Laura Cardoso
Title: Tributo: Laura Cardoso
Released: March 8, 2024
Type: Movie
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Ó Paí, Ó 2
Title: Ó Paí, Ó 2
Character: Psilene
Released: November 23, 2023
Type: Movie
Experience Roque's routine years after the first movie. Joana's tenement is still full of parties, gossip and confusion. The neighborhood prepares for the Iemanjá party, while dealing with the controversies of the neighbors.
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Title: Pipoca da Ivete
Released: July 24, 2022
Type: TV
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Title: Especial LED - Luz na Educação
Character: Reporter
Released: June 29, 2022
Type: TV
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Title: Relatos do Front: A Outra Face do Cartão Postal
Character: Narrator
Released: May 27, 2022
Type: TV
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Pureza
Title: Pureza
Character: Pureza
Released: May 19, 2022
Type: Movie
"Pureza" tells a story of a mother, Pureza, who goes in search of her son, Abel, disappeared after leaving for the mining in the Amazon.
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Title: Pantanal
Character: Filó (Filomena Aparecida)
Released: March 28, 2022
Type: TV
After the mysterious disappearance of his father, Joventino, the cowboy José Leôncio becomes a wealthy farm owner in Pantanal. Over twenty years have passed and, bitter-hearted because of his father vanishing and the escape of his wife to Rio de Janeiro with his baby, José Leôncio has the chance to make amends with the boy, now a young man raised in the big city with very different values and habits than his own.
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Venice
Title: Venice
Character: Rita
Released: June 17, 2021
Type: Movie
Reencountering the only man she ever loved is Gringa’s dream. She is the owner of a brothel in the interior of Brazil and even though she is blind and very sick, she insists on fulfilling her last wish: to go to Venice to apologize to the lover she abandoned decades ago. To take her to the Italian city, Tonho, Rita and the other girls who work for Gringa come up with a fantastic plan with help from a circus troupe.
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Title: We Are Five
Character: Alice
Released: November 12, 2020
Type: TV
In this coming- of-age series, five friends are reunited after six years without seeing each other. They are entering adulthood and dealing with conflicts of different natures, but common to a generation that is skeptical about the future, relationships and people. Amid reflection on the choices and the destiny they have decided upon for their lives, together they feel stronger to face what is to come.
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Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
Title: Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
Character: Self
Released: October 22, 2020
Type: Movie
In 1965, a year after the military coup in Brazil, an oasis of freedom opened in the country's capital. The Brasília Film Festival: a landmark of cultural and political resistance. Its story is that of Brazilian cinema itself.
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O Filme da Minha Vida
Title: O Filme da Minha Vida
Character: Alvarina
Released: September 4, 2020
Type: Movie
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Title: Que História é Essa, Porchat?
Character: Self
Released: August 6, 2019
Type: TV
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Divine Love
Title: Divine Love
Character: Joana
Released: June 27, 2019
Type: Movie
In 2027 Brazil, civil servant Joana mainly deals with divorce cases. As a member of a branch of evangelical Christians known as the Divino Amor group, she uses her position to offer a kind of physical therapy to couples who want to separate. Although Joana and her husband Danilo regularly consummate their marriage, neither her constant prayers nor any other methods of assistance seem to be able to fulfill their desire for a child.
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Title: Verão 90
Character: Janaína Guerreiro
Released: January 29, 2019
Type: TV
A romantic comedy revolving around the life of three former child stars that wish to relive their fame after the end of their childhood musical group, Magic Bunch. Now in the fun-filled 90's, fate reunites the trio formed by Manu and the brothers João and Jerônimo. It also brings back the love between the aspiring young actress and João, as well as the rivalry between their disagreeing mothers. At the same time, fueled by his dubious character and jealousy towards the new couple, Jerônimo will do anything to bring back his days of glory, even if it means jeopardizing his own family.
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The Age of Water
Title: The Age of Water
Character: Self
Released: July 19, 2018
Type: Movie
The film warns us about the world's water crisis and the international greed for the Amazon Forest, the largest fresh water reservoir on the planet. In addition to concentrating 20% of the world's drinking water, the Amazon is the region with the greatest chance of maintaining its water sources in the next decades, thanks to the humidity of its forest.
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Encantados
Title: Encantados
Character: Cotinha
Released: December 7, 2017
Type: Movie
The real-life story of Zeneida, a girl who moves to a farm with her mother and finds herself having an unusual connection with a forest spirit.
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Clara Estrela
Title: Clara Estrela
Character: Narradora
Released: October 17, 2017
Type: Movie
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Lino
Title: Lino
Character: Janine (voz)
Released: September 7, 2017
Type: Movie
Lino works as an entertainer at children's parties, but he can't stand the way children treat him, making fun of him because he works in a cat's costume. Determined to change his life, he visits a wizard, but the magic doesn't work in the right way, and he wakes up as a big cat.
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Whirlpool
Title: Whirlpool
Character: Toninha
Released: February 9, 2017
Type: Movie
Luzimar cycles each day to and from work at the local cotton mill in his hometown of Cataguases, Minas Gerais, Brazil. He is a hard-working man, trying to make the most of what he has. One day, his childhood friend Gildo reappears, driving a fancy car and boasting of his successful life in São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo. As the two sit down for a beer, memories, regrets and old resentments slowly resurface.
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Title: Velho Chico
Character: Beatriz
Released: March 14, 2016
Type: TV
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Orphans of Eldorado
Title: Orphans of Eldorado
Character: Florita
Released: October 11, 2015
Type: Movie
A man returns to his hometown and resumes a dangerous old affair...
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Mulheres no Poder
Title: Mulheres no Poder
Character: María Pilar
Released: August 27, 2015
Type: Movie
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O Segredo dos Diamantes
Title: O Segredo dos Diamantes
Character: Mãe de Ângelo
Released: December 18, 2014
Type: Movie
Ângelo arrives at his grandmother's house in Minas Gerais. There, a small chest full of coins and an enigma were discovered, supposedly left by a priest who, 200 years earlier, would have hidden a handful of diamonds.
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Title: The Party
Character: Rosa Nolasco
Released: July 14, 2014
Type: TV
A glamorous reception at businesswoman Angela Mahler's mansion attracts high society: businessmen, powerful women, and bons vivants looking for some fun. Unexpectedly, a body is found in the pool and what was a party, becomes a crime scene. Thus begins a frantic hunt for the murderer. Trapped inside the house and in the investigators' crosshairs, all the guests are suspects. The story occurs over a 24-hour period in a web of suspense, ambition, ulterior motive and uncontrollable passion.
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Title: Doomed
Character: Celeste Cavalcanti
Released: January 6, 2014
Type: TV
Leandro is a sommelier with a penchant for women and fine wine. After seducing his boss’s wife, he is taken by surprise by the true love he feels for the married couple’s daughter, Antônia, which makes him doubt his convictions and plunge madly into a torrent of passion. When Jaime becomes aware of his wife’s infidelity, his fury coincides with the disappearance of the sommelier. Was it a planned escape or a crime of passion? The uncertainty only increases the suspense in this explosive mixture of action, romance and mystery.
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Os Amigos
Title: Os Amigos
Character: Maju
Released: August 21, 2013
Type: Movie
Théo goes to the funeral of his childhood best friend. Then, memories return.
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Title: Brave Woman
Character: Lucimar Ribeiro
Released: October 22, 2012
Type: TV
A moving tale of courage and resilience in the struggle for freedom – this is the role that life has cast for headstrong Morena in Brave Woman. Raised in a poor neighborhood in the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, this tough and humble woman will spare no effort to protect her family and gain her independence.
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Along the Way
Title: Along the Way
Character: Rosa
Released: August 10, 2012
Type: Movie
To escape past traumas, a truck driver João decides to leave his hometown behind and travel cross the country. Alone and lonely he drives all over Brazil until João discovers hiding in his truck a motherless boy looking for his father. Reluctantly, João agrees to take the boy to the nearest town and, during the trip, he finally finds the courage to face his past.
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Rat Fever
Title: Rat Fever
Character: Amiga de Zizo
Released: June 22, 2012
Type: Movie
Zizo, a radical and anarchist poet living in a marginal quarter of Recife in the north eastern state of Pernambuco, distributes his social angst-filled thoughts through a publication named Febre do Rato, and spews poetry to anyone who’d listen. Our character always revolves within the universe that he has created around himself. A very particular world, in which satisfying the unfortunate is a mixture of a kind of benefit with high dose of malice.
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E Aí... Comeu?
Title: E Aí... Comeu?
Character: Leila
Released: June 22, 2012
Type: Movie
The real first comedy about love.
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Title: As Brasileiras
Character: Cleonice Cunha
Released: February 2, 2012
Type: TV
After the breakthrough success of 'The Cariocas', the spin-off 'The Brazilians - The Women' embraces all the diversity of Brazil and its women. Powerful, fragile, funny, protective, beautiful, talented, insightful, and especially unique; they all have a certain charm. No matter what their birthplace, age, lifestyle or preference, these remarkable women have one thing in common: they are Brazilian. Brilliantly witty and entertaining, every independent episode provides an exclusive look at the life experiences of the women who inspire everyone.
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Southwest
Title: Southwest
Character: Conceição
Released: October 13, 2011
Type: Movie
In a Brazilian coastal village where everything seems motionless, Clarice grasps her life in a single day, unlike those she meets and who are living this day like any other. She tries to understand her obscure reality and the destiny of the people around her in a circular time that haunts and disorients.
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Title: Looks & Essence
Character: Celeste Souza Fonseca
Released: August 22, 2011
Type: TV
Griselda is a tough, hard-working handywoman who managed to raise her three children on her own. She struggles to make ends meet but after winning the lottery tensions rise as people inevitably show their true value. With plenty of romance and intrigue this incredibly rich and fun telenovela brings together the true values of friendship, love, and family.
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We're Together
Title: We're Together
Character: Leonora
Released: June 3, 2011
Type: Movie
A sensitive drama located in São Paulo, Brazil, about a young doctor who gets involved with two men and a homeless community at the same time.
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Ribeirinhos do Asfalto
Title: Ribeirinhos do Asfalto
Released: January 9, 2011
Type: Movie
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Até a Vista
Title: Até a Vista
Character: Aneci
Released: January 1, 2011
Type: Movie
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Matinta
Title: Matinta
Character: Valquíria
Released: December 7, 2010
Type: Movie
A little fisher village in Brazilian Amazon. Without aparent reason, the dweller start falling ill. Would it be a witchcraft? Felício looks desperatelly for the cure to save the life of his wife.
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Title: Ti Ti Ti
Character: Marta Moura
Released: July 19, 2010
Type: TV
Brazilian telenovela based on the 1985 telenovela of the same name.
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Chico e Amigos
Title: Chico e Amigos
Released: December 29, 2009
Type: Movie
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The Dead Girl's Feast
Title: The Dead Girl's Feast
Character: Diana
Released: June 12, 2009
Type: Movie
"The Dead Girl's Feast" narrates the story of Santinho, a young man who has been exalted to the position of a saint in a remote riverine community of the upper Amazonas state, after performing a “miracle” upon the suicide of his own mother. The film seeks to be an intimate picture of the ones who are involved in this sect and of the infinite human capacity of “fabricating” faith and seeking for some sense in the horrifying experience of death.
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Title: India: A Love Story
Character: Norma Almeida "Norminha"
Released: January 19, 2009
Type: TV
The daughter of a traditional, rich Indian family falls in love for a Dalit, and "untouchable" man.
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Esse Homem vai Morrer - Um Faroeste Caboclo
Title: Esse Homem vai Morrer - Um Faroeste Caboclo
Released: August 30, 2008
Type: Movie
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O Afeto Que Se Encerra Em Nosso Peito Juvenil
Title: O Afeto Que Se Encerra Em Nosso Peito Juvenil
Released: November 9, 2007
Type: Movie
Personal records of characters of the student movement, of the youth's cultural activity, song. poetry, and theatrical plays made by militants in the past.
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Ó Paí, Ó: Look at This
Title: Ó Paí, Ó: Look at This
Character: Psilene
Released: March 30, 2007
Type: Movie
During the Carnival in the historical site of Pelourinho, Salvador da Bahia, we follow the lives of the tenants of a falling-to-pieces tenement house who try to get by using creativity, irony, humor, and music.
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A Grande Família: O Filme
Title: A Grande Família: O Filme
Character: Marina
Released: January 26, 2007
Type: Movie
For forty years, the public functionary and family man Lineu and his beloved wife Nenê celebrate their first date going to the same ball where Lineu borrowed the jacket his competitor Carlinhos. In the present days, Lineu feels uncomfortable when his colleague Pacheco dies and goes to the doctor for health examination. When the result of his tomography arrives, his doctor says that he had seen some blur in his lungs and with that report he would give the correct diagnosis. Lineu steals the document afraid of having a tumor, but he believes he will die sooner. Meanwhile, Nenê meets Carlinhos in the supermarket where he is the manager and invites him to have dinner with her family. Lineu hides his concerns to Nenê, and his attitudes in the dinner misguide Nenê, and she believes Lineu has a lover and does not love him anymore
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Bog of Beasts
Title: Bog of Beasts
Character: Bela
Released: December 12, 2006
Type: Movie
A man falls in love with a teenage girl, who is exploited by her own grandfather, who sometimes takes her to a gas station to show her naked to whomever pays him some money.
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Mulheres do Brasil
Title: Mulheres do Brasil
Character: Júlia
Released: March 10, 2006
Type: Movie
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Two Sons of Francisco
Title: Two Sons of Francisco
Character: Helena Siqueira de Camargo
Released: August 19, 2005
Type: Movie
The story of Francisco, a very simple and poor man whose dream was to see his children become country music stars, and who made all the efforts to make it happen.
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Incuráveis
Title: Incuráveis
Released: July 14, 2005
Type: Movie
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Celeste e Estrela
Title: Celeste e Estrela
Character: Celeste Espírito Santo
Released: February 17, 2005
Type: Movie
Paulo Estrela (Fábio Nassar) is a film critic who is at the airport waiting for Celeste (Dira Paes). Meanwhile, she tells receptionist Salete (Ana Paula Arósio) how she met Celeste Espírito Santo. She is a beginner filmmaker, who found Estrela in film courses and was highly awarded for her work as a short filmmaker. Now, she plans to make her debut as a feature film director and counts on the critic's help to raise funds for production.
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My Uncle Killed a Guy
Title: My Uncle Killed a Guy
Character: Cléia
Released: December 12, 2004
Type: Movie
Eder (Lázaro Ramos) is arrested after confessing the murder of a man. Duca (Darlan Cunha), a 15 years old boy who is Eder's nephew, wants to prove the innocence of his uncle, he's sure that his uncle confessed the crime to protect his girlfriend, Soraya (Deborah Secco), ex-wife of the deceased. Duca also wants to win the heart of Isa (Sophia Reis), a classmate who seems more interested in his best friend, Kid (Renan Gioelli). To be able to prove his theory, Duca gets help from Isa and Kid.
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Title: A Diarista
Character: Solineuza
Released: April 13, 2004
Type: TV
It shows the life and problems of Marinete, a cleaning lady with a short temper. She always ends up depending on her friends, who are distracted by any stupid thing and leave her to solve things on her own.
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Noite de São João
Title: Noite de São João
Released: June 10, 2003
Type: Movie
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Title: Pastores da Noite
Character: Raimunda
Released: November 26, 2002
Type: TV
The Night Shepherds universe is inhabited by prostitutes, priests, rogues, saint's parents and street vendors. For a very Brazilian people who fight every day for survival and only rely on the solidarity spirit and friendship of each other. The seductive Cabo Martim, the romantic Curió, the noble Massu, the artful Foot of Wind and the Jesuit master live their adventures in four independent episodes, which are completed in their poetry and the strength of each story.
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Lua Cambará - Nas Escadarias do Palácio
Title: Lua Cambará - Nas Escadarias do Palácio
Released: November 20, 2002
Type: Movie
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Mango Yellow
Title: Mango Yellow
Character: Kika
Released: August 14, 2002
Type: Movie
In a poor neighborhood in Recife, the lives of exotic and bizarre characters entwine in a bar and in a very low-budget hotel. The queer Dunga works in the hotel and has a crush on the butcher Wellington that is married with the religious Kika and has an affair with his mistress Dayse. The sick necrophiliac Isaac owns a yellow Mercedes Benz and wants to have sex with Lígia that owns of Bar Avenida.
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Louise's Wedding
Title: Louise's Wedding
Character: Luzia
Released: June 8, 2001
Type: Movie
Two women, from opposite worlds, Louise and her maid Luzia, both share a passion for music and finding the perfect man. What can happen during a luncheon where the tastes of both women coincide and clash, while in the presence of two desirable men?
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Chronically Unfeasible
Title: Chronically Unfeasible
Released: August 10, 2000
Type: Movie
Filmed over a five-year period, Chronically Unfeasible dissects Brazilian problems, using six people who meet in a restaurant in São Paulo as models to illustrate political, sociological and economic disparities between Brazil's upper and lower classes.
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Vida e Obra de Ramiro Miguez
Title: Vida e Obra de Ramiro Miguez
Released: January 1, 2000
Type: Movie
A painter is found dead with a gun in his hand, in his shabby studio in Lapa, a bohemian district in Rio de Janeiro. A brief note is published on a newspaper and, from then on, he becomes a national sensation.
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Title: Força de um Desejo
Character: Palmira
Released: May 10, 1999
Type: TV
Força de um Desejo is a Brazilian telenovela produced by Globo TV and was shown in the schedule of 18 hours between May 10, 1999 and January 29, 2000, in 226 chapters. It was written by Gilberto Braga and as collaborators with Alcides Nogueira Marques, Lilian Garcia, Eliane Garcia, Philip Miguez and Mark Silver and directed by Mauro Mendonça Filho, Carlos Araújo, Fabricio Mamberti and João Camargo, with production of the core Marcos Paulo. Featured Malu Mader, Fábio Assunção, Cláudia Abreu, Marcelo Serrado, Selton Mello, Nathália Timberg, Lavínia Vlasak, Isabel Fillardis and Denise Del Vecchio in leading roles.
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Castro Alves - Retrato Falado do Poeta
Title: Castro Alves - Retrato Falado do Poeta
Released: January 1, 1999
Type: Movie
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Dona Flor and Her 2 Husbands
Title: Dona Flor and Her 2 Husbands
Character: Celeste
Released: August 31, 1998
Type: Movie
The 20 episode miniseries edited into a 141 minute TV film. The beautiful Flor marries Vadinho and soon finds out he's spending all their money on gambles and has mistresses all over the city. Vadinho suddenly dies while partying during Carnival, and Flor, left helpless and full of debts, ends up marrying Teodoro, who's the exact opposite of her late husband.
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Anahy de las Misiones
Title: Anahy de las Misiones
Character: Luna
Released: November 25, 1997
Type: Movie
Told by gauchos from Brazil, Argentina and Uruguai, the legend says that Anahy de las Missiones wandered around the Plata Basin during the time of Cisplatina War (1825-1828), stealing the dead.
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Corisco & Dadá
Title: Corisco & Dadá
Character: Dadá
Released: September 2, 1996
Type: Movie
Cruel and brave Brazilian outlaw called Corisco, living in the backcountry in the Northeast, an arid region, rapes 12-year-old Dadá, who becomes his woman, following him and his gang. Although they were supposed to fight against social injustice, they terrorized the small villages along their way.
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Title: Araponga
Character: Nininha
Released: October 15, 1990
Type: TV
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Corpo em Delito
Title: Corpo em Delito
Released: February 6, 1990
Type: Movie
During the Brazilian military dictatorship, a doctor forged autopsy reports to hide the victims of the regime.
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Land
Title: Land
Character: Maria
Released: July 22, 1987
Type: Movie
The Amazonian jungle, Brazil, 1987. Ruthless landowners are evicting peasants from their land. The peasants look to the priest for help, and are contemplating taking up arms. A stranger arrives who provides an answer to their plight.
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The Dolphin
Title: The Dolphin
Character: Corina
Released: June 19, 1987
Type: Movie
According to an Amazonian legend, every month, during the full moon, a Brazilian fishing village receives a mysterious guest: the Boto, who transforms into a human to seduce and be loved by women and hated by men. One of her conquests is the daughter of a fisherman, who has a son with the Boto. He constantly reappears to seduce her, and even when she marries, he continues to look for her. This provokes the ire of the husband, who wants to kill him anyway.
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The Emerald Forest
Title: The Emerald Forest
Character: Kachiri
Released: June 22, 1985
Type: Movie
For ten years, engineer Bill Markham has searched tirelessly for his son Tommy who disappeared from the edge of the Brazilian rainforest. Miraculously, he finds the boy living among the reclusive Amazon tribe who adopted him. And that's when Bill's adventure truly begins. For his son is now a grown tribesman who moves skillfully through this beautiful-but-dangerous terrain, fearful only of those who would exploit it. And as Bill attempts to "rescue" him from the savagery of the untamed jungle, Tommy challenges Bill's idea of true civilization and his notions about who needs rescuing.