Luiz Linhares

Luiz Linhares


Died: April 20, 1995

Movies for Luiz Linhares...

Cesium-137
Title: Cesium-137
Released: October 10, 1990
Type: Movie
In 1987, in Goiânia, two paper collectors find a radioactive capsule and sell it to the owner of a junkyard. Once the capsule is opened, more than 250 people end up contaminated by the substance called Cesium 137, being the biggest radiological accident in the history of Brazil.
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Gabriela
Title: Gabriela
Character: Cel. Jesuíno Mendonça
Released: March 24, 1983
Type: Movie
In 1925, Gabriela, a poor, uneducated, yet charming woman becomes cook, mistress, and then wife of Nacib, a bar owner in Ilhéus, a small Brazilian coastal town run by the local colonels.
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The Brazilwood Man
Title: The Brazilwood Man
Character: Paulo Prado
Released: February 22, 1982
Type: Movie
Fantasy comedy about Brazilian writer Oswald de Andrade, one of the most important icons of Modernism in Brazil. In the film, Oswald is played by two actors: Ítala Nandi, as his feminine anima, and Flávio Galvão, as the masculine half.
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O Bandido Antônio Dó
Title: O Bandido Antônio Dó
Released: August 25, 1980
Type: Movie
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Everything's Alright
Title: Everything's Alright
Character: Pedro Penteado
Released: October 23, 1978
Type: Movie
Middle-class family reform their apartment, and the noise, the contact with the workers and strange occurrences turn what was supposed to be a trivial matter into a trip to hell.
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O Desconhecido
Title: O Desconhecido
Character: José Roberto
Released: October 9, 1978
Type: Movie
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Anchieta, José do Brasil
Title: Anchieta, José do Brasil
Character: Nóbrega
Released: July 22, 1977
Type: Movie
Life and death of the jesuit who fought for the peaceful relationship between colonists and the indigenous peoples of Brazil.
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Nem os Bruxos Escapam
Title: Nem os Bruxos Escapam
Released: December 15, 1975
Type: Movie
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Sagarana: O Duelo
Title: Sagarana: O Duelo
Character: Ator de mambembe
Released: August 26, 1974
Type: Movie
Unable to endure the idea that he would go without punishment, a criminal's victim chases him the length and breadth of Brazil for a showdown.
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The Conspirators
Title: The Conspirators
Character: Tomás Antônio Gonzaga
Released: January 5, 1972
Type: Movie
The real story of the failed attempt of an independence coup by a group of intellectuals and rich men during Brazil's colonial days, from its beginning to the execution of Tiradentes.
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The Heirs
Title: The Heirs
Character: Delegado Torturador
Released: September 15, 1970
Type: Movie
An allegory about Brazil's history and the struggle for power since the 1930 Revolution until the advent of the TV.
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The Red Light Bandit
Title: The Red Light Bandit
Character: Delegado Cabeção
Released: December 2, 1968
Type: Movie
Born and raised in the misery of Brazilian slums, Jorge becomes a luxury house burglar in São Paulo and gets nicknamed "The Red Light Bandit" by the sensationalist press. In addition to wearing a red flashlight, he talks to his hostages in an irreverent tone and makes bold breakthroughs to later spend the money extravagantly. His world is the decadent neighbourhood of Boca do Lixo.
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A Derrota
Title: A Derrota
Released: March 28, 1967
Type: Movie
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Um Diamante e Cinco Balas
Title: Um Diamante e Cinco Balas
Released: January 1, 1966
Type: Movie
A man arrives in Tocantins river, looking for fortune.
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The Dare
Title: The Dare
Character: Nestor
Released: July 9, 1965
Type: Movie
Passively facing the repression imposed by military dictatorship in Brazil in the 60s, a journalist gets into a personal crisis, aggravated by his love affair with an industrialist's wife, who doesn't want to leave her home because of her son
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A Família Lero-Lero
Title: A Família Lero-Lero
Released: September 14, 1953
Type: Movie
Aquiles Taveira is a civil servant harassed by his own family's financial demands. Tired of it, he decides to fake an embezzlement at his work and runs away to the seaside resort of Guarujá, where he manages to live peacefully, for too short a time.
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Sai da Frente
Title: Sai da Frente
Character: Bêbado
Released: June 25, 1952
Type: Movie
Isidoro Colepicula is a humble truck driver hired to transport some furniture from São Paulo to Santos, in his worn out truck he calls "Anastácio". Hiding among the pieces travels a bride who's trying to escape her own marriage. With his dog Coroné, he gets himself into many amusing situations, especially when the packed vehicle is left without brakes on a steep road, and he has to chase after it.