Milton Gonçalves

Milton Gonçalves

Born: December 9, 1933
Died: May 30, 2022
in Monte Santo de Minas, Brazil
Milton Gonçalves (December 9, 1933 – May 30, 2022) was a Brazilian actor. He's one of the most famous black actors in Brazil, having collaborated twice with acclaimed director Hector Babenco.

Gonçalves started his career in São Paulo, in an amateur group. As he moved to a professional group, he met Augusto Boal, who was looking for an actor to play an old black man. Joining Boal's Teatro de Arena, Milton Gonçalves found an open environment for political, philosophical and artistic discussion, where he was not discriminated for his race.

Gonçalves wrote four plays, one of which was staged by the Teatro Experimental do Negro and directed by Dalmo Ferreira. "There I learnt everything I know about Theater. It was fundamental for my comprehension of the world."

A Black Movement activist, Milton Gonçalves tried a political career, in the 1990s, as a candidate to Rio de Janeiro state governorship.

Father of actor Maurício Gonçalves, he is married to Oda Gonçalves since 1966.

Movies for Milton Gonçalves...

Juntos A Magia Acontece 2
Title: Juntos A Magia Acontece 2
Character: Orlando
Released: December 19, 2021
Type: Movie
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Hermanoteu na Terra de Godah: O Filme
Title: Hermanoteu na Terra de Godah: O Filme
Released: November 25, 2021
Type: Movie
Hermanoteu is a young shepherd boy who, enlightened by the "Divine Light", travels to the land of Godah to free the people from the oppressive hands of cruel tyrants. A comedy based on the hugely successful play "Hermanoteu in the Land of Godah" by the Brazilian theater company "The Best of the World".
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Pixinguinha: Um Homem Carinhoso
Title: Pixinguinha: Um Homem Carinhoso
Character: Alfredo Vianna
Released: November 11, 2021
Type: Movie
The life of legendary Brazilian musician Alfredo da Rocha Vianna Filho, better known as Pixinguinha.
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Title: A Woman's Fate
Character: Gasparian
Released: March 8, 2021
Type: TV
"A Woman’s Fate” is about the story of three women who are stuck to social patterns that prevent them from being happy. Stella, after fifty years of marriage, notices she has given up on dreams to be the woman behind a “great man” and for motherhood. In an act of courage, she decides to get a divorce. Her daughter Lívia is a famous psychologist that, to try to make her jealous and manipulative husband happy, gives up on great opportunities. Cléo is a survivor who struggles against adversities imposed by her social life and does everything to maintain her mother’s happiness. Searching for their freedom, their dilemmas and relationships cross paths throughout the story, making each one of them reinvent themselves and discover their overcoming skills, learning that it is never too late to have control over their own lives.
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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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Juntos a Magia Acontece
Title: Juntos a Magia Acontece
Character: Orlando
Released: December 25, 2019
Type: Movie
The death of the matriarch on Christmas eve provokes a crisis that makes the family review attitudes and give a new meaning to the date.
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Carcereiros: O Filme
Title: Carcereiros: O Filme
Character: Dr. Louveira
Released: November 28, 2019
Type: Movie
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Aperto
Title: Aperto
Character: Agenor (fase 3)
Released: November 8, 2019
Type: Movie
What is the most valuable thing you keep in your memory box?
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Pressed, Ripped Apart
Title: Pressed, Ripped Apart
Character: (archive footage)
Released: June 6, 2019
Type: Movie
What does Brazilian cinema tell us? What does Brazilian cinema tell us about black actresses and actors? ‘Pressed, Ripped Apart’ makes use of archival sources to retrieve the trajectory of black actresses and actors who, between absences and delimited presences, between the fallacy of a racial democracy – based on the harmony among Brazil’s diverse identities – and erasure of identity, strain the history of Brazilian audiovisual and above all, our own history.
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Memórias do Grupo Opinião
Title: Memórias do Grupo Opinião
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 15, 2019
Type: Movie
Follows the story of Opinião, a theatre group created in 1964 during the early Brazilian dictatorship period to oppose the government through artistic performances. Considered the first left-wing response to the dictatorship, the group gathered now famous Brazilian artists such as Nara Leão, Maria Bethânia, João do Vale and Millôr Fernandes.
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Mussum: Um Filme do Cacildis
Title: Mussum: Um Filme do Cacildis
Character: Self
Released: April 4, 2019
Type: Movie
The trajectory of musician and comedian Mussum as vocalist of the group "Os Originais do Samba" and later in cinema and TV as a member of "Os Trapalhões", a group that revolutionized the way of making humor on Brazilian television.
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Title: Crashing Into the Future
Character: Eliseu
Released: July 31, 2018
Type: TV
The Sabino Machado family, their slaves and entourage spend years frozen in the ocean after a shipwreck in 1886. They wake up gradually, one by one, and must learn to deal with the technology and the human idiosyncrasies of the present times. Among cultural and temporal shocks, "the frozen ones" encounter improbable friendships, romances and greedy people, while fighting prejudices that not even time was able to eradicate.
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All Paulos in the World - Paulo José
Title: All Paulos in the World - Paulo José
Released: October 14, 2017
Type: Movie
"All Paulos in the World" is a cinematographic essay about Paulo José, one of the greatest artists in Brazil, in the year in which he turns 80 years-old.
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Title: The Big Catch
Character: Cristovão Souza Damião
Released: June 6, 2017
Type: TV
In this romantic police comedy, after a luxury hotel is robbed by four of its employees, the lives of all people involved are turned upside down. With different motivations, they will do all they can not to be discovered, bringing all sorts of conflicts into the hotel. The confusion escalates when the detective trying to solve the case falls in love with one of the robbers, unaware he is one.
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Jovem aos 50 - A História de Meio Século da Jovem Guarda
Title: Jovem aos 50 - A História de Meio Século da Jovem Guarda
Character: Narrador
Released: March 23, 2017
Type: Movie
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Pitanga
Title: Pitanga
Character: Self
Released: September 23, 2016
Type: Movie
This documentary investigates the aesthetic, political and existential trajectory of emblematic Black Brazilian actor Antônio Pitanga. His career spans over five decades, and he has worked with iconic Brazilian filmmakers Glauber Rocha, Cacá Diegues and Walter Lima Jr. He was a prominent figurehead and outspoken activist during the Brazilian dictatorship, a period of unrest in Brazilian cinema. "Pitanga" deep dives into the world of Antônio and the history of Brazil. The documentary was directed by his daughter Camila Pitanga, one of widely recognised faces in Brazilian television and cinema right now. The film is also a poem, and a tender ode to fatherhood.
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Pelé: Birth of a Legend
Title: Pelé: Birth of a Legend
Character: Waldemar de Brito
Released: May 6, 2016
Type: Movie
The life story of Brazilian football legend, Pele.
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Meus Dois Amores
Title: Meus Dois Amores
Character: Monsenhor Fidélis
Released: February 19, 2015
Type: Movie
Manuel is a crafty cowboy and swindler who lives to serve his two great loves – his fiancée Das Dô, and his mule Beija-fulô – and his business of selling unsound horses to suckers. The killer Targino arrives in town looking for a horse. Thinking that he is being clever, Manuel sells a sick horse to the assassin. Targino swears that he is going to kill Manuel, and dishonor Das Dô’s reputation after he’s dead. Under pressure, Manuel calls on the magic of Toniquinho das Pedras to protect his body. However, the witchdoctor demands the mule Beija-fulô as payment. Manuel, sees himself in the dilemma between having to choose between his fiancée Das Dô, and the mule, Beija-fulô.
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Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: As Noivas de Copacabana - O Filme
Title: Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: As Noivas de Copacabana - O Filme
Released: January 20, 2015
Type: Movie
Adaptation of the series shown in 1992. A sequence of crimes in the same style intrigue: a man walks with a woman on the beach; she dresses as a bride and is brutally strangled in the middle of the act of love. To prove the authorship of the crimes is the great challenge of detective França.
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The Adventures of the Red Plane
Title: The Adventures of the Red Plane
Released: December 30, 2014
Type: Movie
A film about imagination, in which the protagonist goes on internal journeys around the world, overcoming fears and making new discoveries.
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Title: Lili a Ex
Character: Ancelmo de Monteiro Costa
Released: September 24, 2014
Type: TV
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The Duel: A Story Where Truth Is Mere Detail
Title: The Duel: A Story Where Truth Is Mere Detail
Character: Governador
Released: August 21, 2014
Type: Movie
Commander Vasco Moscoso de Aragão entertains the small town of Periperi with the stories of his many adventures travelling around the world as a captain of the merchant navy. Stubborn Chico Pacheco is the only one in town who doesn't believe his tales.
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Title: Tainted
Character: Juvenal
Released: April 11, 2014
Type: TV
After three years locked up for a crime he didn’t commit, former police officer André Câmara is back on the streets working as a bounty hunter and determined to prove his innocence. Gripping, south American sizzler charting the action from the mean streets of Brazil to the bedrooms of the law enforcers.
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Giovanni Improtta
Title: Giovanni Improtta
Character: Ozires
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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Dossiê 50: Comício a Favor dos Náufragos
Title: Dossiê 50: Comício a Favor dos Náufragos
Released: January 1, 2013
Type: Movie
Journalist Geneton Moraes Neto interviews Brazilian international players who lost to Uruguayan national team in the finals of the World Cup 1950 in Maracanã stadium.
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Title: Side by Side
Character: Afonso Nascimento
Released: September 10, 2012
Type: TV
Winner of the International Emmy Award for Best Telenovela, "Side by Side" focuses on two women of different origins and social classes. The brave Isabel, daughter of a former slave and in love with the capoeira player Zé Maria; and Laura, descendant from a wealthy family and destined to an undesired marriage to Edgar. In addition to an unshakable friendship, the two share the same purpose in life: the conquest of freedom in the conservative society of Rio de Janeiro of the early 20th century.
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Billi Pig
Title: Billi Pig
Character: Roberval
Released: March 2, 2012
Type: Movie
The aspiring actress Marivalda, her husband Wanderley, a bankrupt insurance broker and a false priest do their best to get along in life. But they end up in the hands of a drug boss, whose daughter they promised to save the life of, hit in a shooting at a party in São Cristóvão. A huge cash reward is at stake and now all three have to chase the promised miracle.
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Federal Bank Heist
Title: Federal Bank Heist
Character: Pastor
Released: July 22, 2011
Type: Movie
"The Baron" wanted to commit the perfect heist involving 3 tons of money and no violence. For this he would need the right people willing to get 1 million dollars to take part in this job. Based on true events, in 2005, 168,000,000 Brazilian Real (almost 80,000,000 US dollars) were stolen from a Brazilian Central Bank (Federal Reserve), making it the biggest peace-time robbery in history. It was perhaps the most audacious bank heist ever.
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The Silver Cliff
Title: The Silver Cliff
Released: May 17, 2011
Type: Movie
Violeta is a married dentist on a normal working day. While listening to a message left on the cell she enters in despair. The message of her husband, Djalma, says he is leaving her and going to another city.
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The Two Deaths of Quincas Wateryell
Title: The Two Deaths of Quincas Wateryell
Character: Delegado Morais
Released: May 21, 2010
Type: Movie
Friends of the recently deceased Quincas take their pal's body on one last tour of his favorite spots in Brazil's Bahia.
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Segurança Nacional
Title: Segurança Nacional
Character: Presidente Dantas
Released: May 7, 2010
Type: Movie
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Amanhecer
Title: Amanhecer
Character: Pai
Released: January 1, 2010
Type: Movie
This short film portrays the last hours of a young man before assuming homosexuality. He struggles to tell his father that he is gay, but gets inspired from a conversation with friends.
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Chico e Amigos
Title: Chico e Amigos
Released: December 29, 2009
Type: Movie
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Flávio Rangel - O Teatro na Palma da Mão
Title: Flávio Rangel - O Teatro na Palma da Mão
Character: Self
Released: November 21, 2009
Type: Movie
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Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado
Title: Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado
Character: Self
Released: November 19, 2009
Type: Movie
The life of a famous Brazilian film and television actor, including testimonials from people who knew him and worked with him, as well as excerpts from films and videos in which he acted.
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Title: Força-Tarefa
Character: Coronel Caetano
Released: April 16, 2009
Type: TV
Força-Tarefa is a Brazilian television series directed by José Alvarenga Jr. and Mário Márcio Bandarra and written by Fernando Bonassi Marçal Aquino. The series aired two season since April 16, 2009 on Rede Globo.
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Em Quadro: A História de 4 Negros nas Telas
Title: Em Quadro: A História de 4 Negros nas Telas
Character: Self
Released: January 2, 2009
Type: Movie
A documentary that tells the history of 4 famous actors in Brazil.
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Title: A Favorita
Character: Deputado Romildo Rosa
Released: June 2, 2008
Type: TV
Donatela and Flora, two friends who became rivals. One of them committed a homicide and pretends to be innocent. There are two versions for the same story. Who, after all, is telling the truth? Donatela or Flora?
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A Ilha dos Escravos
Title: A Ilha dos Escravos
Character: Tesoura
Released: May 8, 2008
Type: Movie
After a violent civil war, D. Miguel, the last Portuguese absolutist king, is defeated by the liberals, led by his brother D. Pedro. In 1834 D. Miguel left for exile. His supporters don't give up on returning him to the throne. Willing to do anything they even try to use the slaves of the colonies. A mysterious emissary is sent to Cape Verde to prepare an uprising. But other reasons were behind his visit to the archipelago ....
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Xuxa in Girl's Dream
Title: Xuxa in Girl's Dream
Character: Diretor Severo
Released: December 27, 2007
Type: Movie
Kika, a math teacher, accidentaly becomes a child again after eating a magic cupcake. This leads her in a journey of self-discovery, while also helping Juju, a 10-year old girl chasing her dreams.
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Cobrador: In God We Trust
Title: Cobrador: In God We Trust
Character: Zinho
Released: November 15, 2007
Type: Movie
Adaptation and unification in a single story of several stories by the writer Rubem Fonseca, where the theme of violence in contemporary society is explored.
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A Meeting with Milton Santos
Title: A Meeting with Milton Santos
Character: Narrador
Released: August 17, 2007
Type: Movie
The film deals with the process of globalization based on the thought of geographer Milton Santos, who through his ideas and practices, inspires the debate about Brazilian society and the construction of a new world. Santos discusses his views on the importance of respecting difference and his belief that an alternative globalisation model could wholly enfranchise all citizens of the world. An illustrious presence in 20th century social sciences, the man dubbed as ‘geography’s philosopher’ eloquently elucidates a developing world perspective on the global age.
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Stay with Me Tonight
Title: Stay with Me Tonight
Character: Padre
Released: September 30, 2006
Type: Movie
The musician and writer of the comic book "Ghost with Heart of Stone" Eduardo meets the gorgeous Laura, who is engaged and close to her marriage, in a bookstore and immediately they fall in love for each other. Sooner they get married, and one night, Eduardo unexpectedly dies, but his soul does not move to the Third World. He meets the Ghost with Heart of Stone stranded in his house, stalking his beloved next door neighbor D. Mariana and he asks to the ghost how he can communicate and say farewell to Laura.
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Yansan
Title: Yansan
Character: Narrator
Released: July 14, 2006
Type: Movie
A re-imagining of the myth of Yansan, Shango and Ogum in a luminous, futuristic Japan.
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Title: Cobras & Lagartos
Character: Jair dos Santos
Released: April 24, 2006
Type: TV
Is it possible that in a world ruled by appearance, there is room for loyalty, ethics, true love, honesty and solidarity? Is it possible, today, when unrelenting consumption is a way of life, to find someone who equates more value to being rather than having? Cobras & Lagartos is an urban tragic comedy, modern and humanist, that deals with two increasingly different worlds: one which values loyalty and solidarity and the other, where the seduction of superfluity and the power of money reign.
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Title: Sinhá Moça
Character: Pai José
Released: March 13, 2006
Type: TV
Monarchists and republicans meet in Araruna, a small fictional town in the interior of São Paulo, in 1886. The novel portrays the love story of the beautiful and wealthy Sinhá Moça - daughter of the slave, Barão Ferreira de Araruna, and sweet and submissive Mother Candida - , with the young abolitionist lawyer Dr. Rodolfo Fontes - son of Dr. Fontes, and the housewife Inêz. Together, they face the difficulties in the campaign for the abolition of slaves.
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Xuxinha and Guto Against the Space Monsters
Title: Xuxinha and Guto Against the Space Monsters
Character: Euclides Arquimedes (voice)
Released: December 23, 2005
Type: Movie
With the help from his little guardian angel, Xuxinha, a 7-year old boy called Guto faces the terrible garbage eating monsters from the planet XYZ in the first-ever animated Xuxa film.
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Title: Tecendo o Saber
Character: presidente da empresa
Released: October 3, 2005
Type: TV
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Daughters of the Wind
Title: Daughters of the Wind
Character: Zé das Bicicletas
Released: September 16, 2005
Type: Movie
É uma lírica história de redenção amorosa entre irmãs, mães e filhas, em uma pequena cidade do interior de Minas Gerais, onde os fantasmas da escravidão e do racismo acentuam os dramas de forma sutil e poderosa.
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What Is It Worth?
Title: What Is It Worth?
Released: May 20, 2005
Type: Movie
Free adaptation of Machado de Assis's short story "Pai Contra Mãe", having some of Nireu Cavalcanti's 18th Century chronicles as inspiration, the film traces parallels between life in during the slavery period and in modern Brazil.
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História de Amor
Title: História de Amor
Released: April 28, 2005
Type: Movie
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Xuxa and The Treasure of the Lost City
Title: Xuxa and The Treasure of the Lost City
Character: Hélio Hipólito
Released: December 10, 2004
Type: Movie
Deep in the Amazon rain forest, there is a lost subterranean city. The place was built by Vikings who crossed the Atlantic Ocean and ventured up the Amazon River, and shelters a mysterious treasure. In order to find the secret location, Bárbara and the children Riacho and Manhã will have to face many challenges. Vicious snakes and dangerous pendulum blades are only the beginning of our heroes' adventures.
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Acquária
Title: Acquária
Character: Závos
Released: December 12, 2003
Type: Movie
The planet Earth is devastated by the lack of water. Desert and arid, left this place few living beings , who had to adapt to the new bioma.2 Isolated in small communities , living separated...
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Title: Celebridade
Character: Self
Released: October 13, 2003
Type: TV
A successful businesswoman in the music industry sees her life fall apart after a young and mysterious woman starts work as her secretary. The scheming girl is totally obsessed by the famous businesswoman and she tries to steal everything from her, including her career.
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Garrincha: Lonely Star
Title: Garrincha: Lonely Star
Character: uncredited
Released: July 8, 2003
Type: Movie
The life of Brazilian soccer player, Garrincha, considered to be one of the greatest players of all time, with his uniquely original style. He had arched legs, a passion for women and booze. Also had a much talked extramarital affair with singer Elza Soares and died in relative decadence. The movie focuses on his zenith, from 1953 until the World Championship and the Rio Regional Championship, in 1962.
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Carandiru
Title: Carandiru
Character: Chico
Released: March 21, 2003
Type: Movie
When a doctor decides to carry out an AIDS prevention program inside Latin America’s largest prison: the Casa de Detenção de São Paulo - Carandiru, he meets the future victims of one of the darkest days in Brazilian History when the State of São Paulo’s Military Police, with the excuse for law enforcement, shot to death 111 people. Based on real facts and on the book written by Dráuzio Varella.
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As Alegres Comadres
Title: As Alegres Comadres
Character: Padre Arnaldo
Released: January 1, 2003
Type: Movie
Scoundrel João Fausto, a former Portuguese officer, arrives in Tiradentes,in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Using his status of former Imperial Court member, he tries to become lover of both ms. Lima and ms. Rocha, with the intention of taking their money.
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Title: Pastores da Noite
Character: Cônego
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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Bufo & Spallanzani
Title: Bufo & Spallanzani
Character: Delegado Ferreira
Released: October 19, 2001
Type: Movie
Ivan Canabrava is a writer, turned insurance ivestigator who investigates mysterious deaths involving Bufo Marinus. Bufo Marinus is a frog poison causing catalepsy in humans, simulating death, enabling grand insurance fraud and other crimes. Ten years later, now as a successful writer, similar characters possibly using Bufo Marinus reappear and create an intricate plot full of surprises.
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Title: A Grande Família
Character: Otávio
Released: March 29, 2001
Type: TV
The daily lives of a typical Brazilian middle-class family, that are always very close and tries, in their way, to survive the financial and relationship difficulties.
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Denying Brazil
Title: Denying Brazil
Character: Himself
Released: November 20, 2000
Type: Movie
A documentary film about the taboos, stereotypes, and struggles of black actors in Brazilian television "soaps". Based on his own memories and on a sturdy body of research evidence, the director analyses race relations in Brazilian soap operas, calling attention to their likely influence on Brazilian African-Americans' identity-forming processes.
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Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion
Title: Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion
Character: Saxofonista (voz)
Released: April 21, 2000
Type: Movie
The film tells the story of an intuitive, adventurous man who loved his country and being Brazilian. This man fought to be loyal to himself. His music is a transparent portrait of his genius, intuition, freedom, adventure and passion for Brazil.
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Orfeu
Title: Orfeu
Character: Inácio
Released: April 21, 1999
Type: Movie
Orfeu is a popular composer from a samba school. He lives in the favela and falls madly in love when he meets Euridice, a newcomer to the neighborhood. But the local drug boss Lucinho stands between them and will drastically change both their lives.
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Title: Zorra Total
Character: Campelo
Released: March 25, 1999
Type: TV
Zorra Total is a Brazilian television comedy broadcast by Globo Network. It was launched on March 25, 1999 and has aired on Saturdays, at 10p.m., ever since May 1999. The show is a sketch comedy show. It is the audience leader on its slot.
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Dona Flor and Her 2 Husbands
Title: Dona Flor and Her 2 Husbands
Character: Padre Clemente
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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Four Days in September
Title: Four Days in September
Released: October 1, 1997
Type: Movie
Fernando, a journalist, and his friend César join terrorist group MR8 in order to fight Brazilian dictatorial regime during the late sixties. Cesare, however, is wounded and captured during a bank hold up. Fernando then decides to kidnap the American ambassador in Brazil and ask for the release of fifteen political prisoners in exchange for his life.
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Napomuceno's Will
Title: Napomuceno's Will
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
Nopumoceno, the most successful businessman in the Cabo Verde archipelogo, is an ambitious, clever opportunist, known during his lifetime as "eternity single". However, he is then discovered by his illegitimate daughter to have gotten his fortune and his women in unorthodox and incredible ways
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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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O Homem Nu
Title: O Homem Nu
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
Writer Sílvio Proença needs to travel to São Paulo in order to promote his new book. At the airport, he meets a group of old mates. With the boarding canceled due to a strong storm, the group goes to the apartment of Marialva, daughter of one of Proença's friends. Seduced by Marialva's music and charms, Proença spends the night there, where he wakes up the next day, completely naked. Still groggy from his hangover, he goes to pick up the bread left outside the apartment; that's when the wind closes the door and leaves him naked outside.
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Uma Professora Muito Maluquinha
Title: Uma Professora Muito Maluquinha
Character: Mosqueteiro
Released: December 1, 1996
Type: Movie
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Title: Decadência
Character: Jovildo Siqueira
Released: September 5, 1995
Type: TV
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Title: História de Amor
Character: padre
Released: July 3, 1995
Type: TV
Helena is a sweet, honest, sensitive and a warrior woman who faces the premature pregnancy of her daughter Joyce, who in turn is abandoned by her boyfriend, the irresponsible Caio. The biggest problem is the girl's father, Assunção, Helena's ex-husband, who does not accept the situation. Lonely and alone, Helena awakens a passion for the endocrinologist Carlos Alberto, and has her feelings matched. But Carlos is committed to the possessive Paula. The girl's parents, Zuleika and Rômulo, anxiously await their daughter's wedding with Carlos, who will save the family from financial decay. But Carlos is the type of man that women don't really forget. Even married to Paula and in love with Helena, he is still harassed by ex-wife Sheyla, who is not satisfied with having lost him and dreams of a rapprochement.
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O Alienista
Title: O Alienista
Released: July 23, 1993
Type: Movie
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Kickboxer 3: The Art of War
Title: Kickboxer 3: The Art of War
Character: Sergeant
Released: June 11, 1992
Type: Movie
Kick-box champion David Sloan arrives in Rio de Janeiro for an exhibition fight. He and mentor Xian take pity on Brazilian rascal Marcos Coasta, an urchin who offers guide services but routinely steals from tourists for himself and his older sister Isabella. David is shocked when he sees how his Argentinian opponent Marcelo needlessly abuses a courteous local sparing partner. That's the doing of his evil US manager, Lane. He has nasty plans to force David to cheat and runs a white slavery racket.
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Title: Você Decide
Character: Alberto Nunes
Released: April 8, 1992
Type: TV
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The Memory Thread
Title: The Memory Thread
Character: Narrator
Released: December 31, 1991
Type: Movie
A panorama of the Brazilian black experience, starting with the figure of the semi-illiterate popular artist and employee of a salt mine Gabriel Joaquim dos Santos.
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Title: Felicidade
Character: Batista
Released: October 7, 1991
Type: TV
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Only One Survived
Title: Only One Survived
Character: Francisco
Released: October 27, 1990
Type: Movie
Four buddies set out on a three-week deep-sea fishing holiday in the Amazon and run into trouble.
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Title: Araponga
Character: Zé dos Couves
Released: October 15, 1990
Type: TV
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The Fifth Monkey
Title: The Fifth Monkey
Character: Judge
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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Wild Orchid
Title: Wild Orchid
Character: Flavio
Released: December 22, 1989
Type: Movie
A woman lawyer becomes mesmerized by a self-made millionaire during an encounter in Rio setting off a series of erotic encounters.
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Moon Over Parador
Title: Moon Over Parador
Character: Carlo
Released: September 9, 1988
Type: Movie
Little known actor, Jack Noah, is working on location in the dictatorship of Parador at the time the dictator dies. The dictator's right hand man, Roberto, makes Jack an offer he cannot refuse.. to play the dictator. Jack's acting skills fool the masses but not close friends and employees of the dictator.
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Natal da Portela
Title: Natal da Portela
Character: Natal da Portela
Released: February 19, 1988
Type: Movie
Biography of one of the legendary names in the Samba genre of Brazilian music. Although he could hardly dance or play an instrument, he became one of the main composers of Portela, an important Samba "school" in Rio de Janeiro.
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Title: Mandala
Character: Apolinário Santana
Released: October 12, 1987
Type: TV
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Subway to the Stars
Title: Subway to the Stars
Character: Freitas
Released: June 2, 1987
Type: Movie
In this highly stylized Brazilian drama a sax player fondly remembers one wonderful night spent with his life's love and decides to find her again. He embarks upon a quest through the wild streets of Rio to find her. Along the way he meets an assortment of odd urban underworld characters.
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Italiani a Rio
Title: Italiani a Rio
Released: April 22, 1987
Type: Movie
A bank sends three prize-winning employees on a vacation to Rio.
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Title: Sinhá Moça
Character: Pai José
Released: April 28, 1986
Type: TV
Monarchists and Republicans confront themselves in Araruna, a small town in the interior of São Paulo, in 1886, two years before the promulgation of the Golden Law. Sinhá Moça's love story, daughter of Colonel Ferreira, Baron de Araruna, and a slave-boy, with the young Dr. Rodolfo, an active Republican abolitionist, faced with the difficulties of the campaign for the abolition of slaves. The two meet on the train, when Sinhá Moça, after completing her studies in the provincial capital, returns to Araruna. Like Rodolfo, she has abolitionist ideas and criticizes her father's attitudes, fighting for the defense of blacks. Sinhá Moça, together with Rodolfo and other abolitionists, invade the slave quarters at night and liberate the blacks, giving them to the abolitionist associations, which guide them towards freedom.
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Pedro Mico
Title: Pedro Mico
Released: December 11, 1985
Type: Movie
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Title: Tenda dos Milagres
Character: Mestre Lídio Corró
Released: July 29, 1985
Type: TV
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Kiss of the Spider Woman
Title: Kiss of the Spider Woman
Character: Pedro
Released: July 26, 1985
Type: Movie
The story of two radically different men thrown together in a Latin American prison cell. One is Valentin, a journalist being tortured for his political beliefs. The other is Molina, a gay window-dresser who fills their lonely nights by spinning romantic fantasies drawn from memories of old movies.
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Title: Roque Santeiro
Character: Promotor Lourival Prata
Released: June 24, 1985
Type: TV
In the tiny poor town of Asa Branca, in the middle of Brazilian Northeast, Roque Santeiro is worshiped as a saint. He was supposedly killed by a bandit, 18 years ago, trying to save the local church. After his disappearance, local leaderships such as landowner Sinhozinho Malta and mayor Florindo, took profit on that to control the humble population. They even make up a widow, Porcina, who should have married Roque secretly before his death. What they don't expect is that Roque is alive, and he's back to, allegedly, "save his people". Now Malta, Florindo, Porcina, and others must hold him down and explain the "truth" to their commoners, in a desperate attempt to save their own bottoms. Meanwhile, mysterious facts surround Asa Branca, such as a Werewolf, a film crew who are trying to shoot a movie about Roque's story, and violent murderers.
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Rei do Rio
Title: Rei do Rio
Character: Cacareco
Released: June 11, 1985
Type: Movie
Two friends get rich running an illegal gambling business. But soon they start to compete, and become rivals.
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Quilombo
Title: Quilombo
Released: June 3, 1984
Type: Movie
Quilombo dos Palmares was a real-life democratic society, created in Brazil in the 17th century. This incredibly elaborate (and surprisingly little-known) film traces the origins of Quilombo, which began as a community of freed slaves. The colony becomes a safe harbor for other outcasts of the world, including Indians and Jews. Ganga Zumba (Toni Tornado) becomes president of Quilombo, the first freely elected leader in the Western Hemisphere. Naturally, the ruling Portuguese want to subjugate Zumba and his followers, but the Quilombians are ready for their would-be oppressors. The end of this Brave New World is not pleasant, but the followers of Zumba and his ideals take to the hills, where they honor his memory to this day. Writer/director Carlos Diegues takes every available opportunity to compare the rise and fall of Quilombo with the state of affairs in modern-day Brazil.
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Title: Partido Alto
Character: Reginaldo
Released: May 7, 1984
Type: TV
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A Cobiça do Sexo
Title: A Cobiça do Sexo
Released: August 1, 1983
Type: Movie
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They Don't Wear Black Tie
Title: They Don't Wear Black Tie
Character: Bráulio
Released: September 28, 1981
Type: Movie
Otavio is an idealistic union leader trying to organize workers at a factory to resist the company's exploitative practices. His son, Tião, one of the employees, is more of a realist and doesn't want to risk losing his job by striking. This clash of perspectives puts the father and son at odds. Fortunately, Tião's mother, Romana, is on hand to act as a moderator between the two opinionated men.
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Title: Baila Comigo
Character: Otto Rodrigues
Released: March 16, 1981
Type: TV
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O Sol dos Amantes
Title: O Sol dos Amantes
Released: July 23, 1979
Type: Movie
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Parceiros da Aventura
Title: Parceiros da Aventura
Character: Bené
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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Na Boca do Mundo
Title: Na Boca do Mundo
Character: Turista
Released: January 22, 1979
Type: Movie
A black fisherman now working at a local gas station, Antônio lives at the small beach town of Atafona. His biggest ambition is to stash enough money to leave to a big city with his fiancee, a mix-raced girl who sells fresh crabs to locals and wishes for a better life. When a rich white woman from the high society arrives to spend a few days away after ending a failed marriage, Antônio soon bonds with her and begins to change his plans.
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Sweet Thieves
Title: Sweet Thieves
Character: Luquinha
Released: May 26, 1977
Type: Movie
After assaulting a Hollywood film crew, a group of residents of a community in Rio de Janeiro decided to produce a film that would express the reality of Brazil - with the theme of Inconfidência Mineira.
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Lucio Flavio
Title: Lucio Flavio
Character: 132
Released: February 1, 1977
Type: Movie
The story of a famous Brazilian bandit in the early 1970s and his fight against a paramilitary organization known as the Death Squad.
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Carioca Tigre
Title: Carioca Tigre
Character: Macumbeiro
Released: October 8, 1976
Type: Movie
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Title: Pecado Capital
Character: Dr. Percival Garcia
Released: November 24, 1975
Type: TV
Carlão is a taxi driver who lives a drama of conscience after bank robbers on the run leave a suitcase with the stolen money in his car: he doesn't know whether to hand it over to the police, running the risk of being accused of being an accomplice in the robbery, or if you use the money to solve your problems.
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Ipanema, Adeus
Title: Ipanema, Adeus
Released: September 29, 1975
Type: Movie
Young and rich executive living in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, leaves his wife and kids behind and goes to Porto Seguro, Bahia, to try and live as a fisherman with his mistress.
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Title: Gabriela
Character: Filó
Released: April 14, 1975
Type: TV
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The Devil Queen
Title: The Devil Queen
Character: Rainha Diaba
Released: May 27, 1974
Type: Movie
Rio's criminal underworld is run by an unexpected boss: a femme Queen with a taste for power and violence. But heavy lies the crown: what Queen can trust her subjects, however fabulous? When she sets up a stoolie to take the fall for her boy, a plot against Her Majesty arises!
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Title: O Espigão
Character: Nonô Alegria das Gringas
Released: April 1, 1974
Type: TV
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Title: O Bem-Amado
Character: Zelão das Asas
Released: January 22, 1973
Type: TV
O Bem-Amado is a Brazilian telenovela that first aired on Rede Globo in 1973. It is based on a play by Dias Gomes called Odorico, o Bem-Amado ou Os Mistérios do Amor e da Morte, written in 1962. It was the first Brazilian color telenovela. It was shot in Rio de Janeiro. Broadcast by Rede Globo between January 22 and October 3, 1973.
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Title: Bandeira 2
Released: October 1, 1971
Type: TV
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As Quatro Chaves Mágicas
Title: As Quatro Chaves Mágicas
Character: Ladrão 1
Released: July 3, 1971
Type: Movie
Sad with her grandfather's death, Maria goes on vacation with her friend João on board a jeep. After being threatened by three thieves and helped by a Japanese traveler who opens their eyes to the mysteries of love, a pair gets lost in the forest and ends up at the home of a strange woman, who turns out to be a powerful witch Astarte. Realizing the danger they are in, Maria asks for help from the forest beings who teach her the secrets of the four magic keys: earth, air, fire and water. With these teachings, Maria leaves for the final confrontation against Astarte.
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Memoirs of a Strangler of Blondes
Title: Memoirs of a Strangler of Blondes
Character: Archive Footage
Released: January 1, 1971
Type: Movie
First film by Julio Bressane shot in exile, "Memoirs" is a film about a man who repeatedly kills the same type of woman in same places, the same way. Filmed on the streets of London.
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É Simonal
Title: É Simonal
Released: June 26, 1970
Type: Movie
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A Cama ao Alcance de Todos
Title: A Cama ao Alcance de Todos
Released: December 20, 1969
Type: Movie
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Macunaima
Title: Macunaima
Character: Jiguê
Released: September 3, 1969
Type: Movie
Born a fully grown black man in a village in the Brazilian jungle, Macunaíma later magically transforms into a white man before making an adventure-filled trip to the city of São Paulo. Once there, he becomes something of a dandy, falling in love with Ci, a revolutionary who dies in an accidental bombing. After robbing a ruthless industrialist, Macunaima returns to his village where he finds his newly acquired knowledge and possessions of little use.
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Máscara da Traição
Title: Máscara da Traição
Character: Severino
Released: August 29, 1969
Type: Movie
Couple of lovers want to steal the income of a popular soccer game, at Maracanã Stadium, in Rio de Janeiro.
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Os Raptores
Title: Os Raptores
Released: June 26, 1969
Type: Movie
Bruno is a physician whose license had been revoked, due to some ethical problems in the past. He gathers some criminals to kidnap the children of two powerful bankers. While the police faces contradictory evidence and clues, Bruno starts killing the other criminals, to keep the ransom for himself.
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The Angel Was Born
Title: The Angel Was Born
Character: Urtiga
Released: February 12, 1969
Type: Movie
Santamaria and Urtigo are two bandits on the run, one is white, the other black. Santamaria is a mystical visionary and believes in the imminent coming of a purifying angel. Urtiga, his inseparable companion, is a simple-minded and ingenious man who follows Santamaria around and participates in the crimes he commits. The two bandits take over a house after kidnapping its owner and his girlfriend.
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Sete Homens Vivos ou Mortos
Title: Sete Homens Vivos ou Mortos
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
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Pedro Diabo Loves Rosa Meia Noite
Title: Pedro Diabo Loves Rosa Meia Noite
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
Unhappy with what he'd got from life, Pedro Diabo becomes a dread outlaw, whom the police is looking for. In his life of crime, he has the love and support of a strange woman, Rosa Meia-Noite, chorus girl who likes to wear rich costumes in Carnival Balls.
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The Brave Warrior
Title: The Brave Warrior
Released: November 22, 1968
Type: Movie
Young congressman Miguel Horta represents a party that is directly opposed to the present government. He slyly switches parties in order to gain favor with those in power, seriously compromising his own ideals and ethics in the process.
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The Man Who Bought the World
Title: The Man Who Bought the World
Released: September 16, 1968
Type: Movie
In a fictitious country, a civil servant receives the greatest inheritance in history (ten trillion dollars) and is confined by authorities to prevent a collapse of the world economy. But he manages to escape.
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O Homem Nu
Title: O Homem Nu
Released: March 4, 1968
Type: Movie
A man gets locked naked outside of his apartment.
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Mineirinho, Vivo ou Morto
Title: Mineirinho, Vivo ou Morto
Released: May 26, 1967
Type: Movie
Based on real-life Brazilian bandit "Mineirinho", the film follows the story of Zezé, a man falsely accused by sensasionalist press of being a high-caliber criminal who suddenly becomes one of the most wanted men of Rio de Janeiro.
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Em Busca do Tesouro
Title: Em Busca do Tesouro
Released: January 1, 1967
Type: Movie
Jerry is a tutor at an orphanage. On the first day of vacation, the boys go to the beach with Professor Teobaldo and find a skeleton and a treasure map. Word spreads and a rush for gold begins. On the one hand, Jerry and Neyde, television colleagues; on the other, the director of the station, Indalécio, and his lover Aphrodite; finally, the evil Rock Trombada, in the company of scientist Bertini and Daniel. On Treasure Island, the three camps promote mutual sabotage. After many confusions, Trombada flees with the treasure to the ship's cemetery but they are surrounded by the boys and Indalécio. It's the final war. But it is Jerry who will take the wealth in order to improve the situation at the orphanage.
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Na Mira do Assassino
Title: Na Mira do Assassino
Released: January 1, 1967
Type: Movie
A common robber is turned into a killer when he discovers that his sister was sexually assaulted by a policeman. After his act of vengeance, the police force begins a man hunt which corners the man into the building of a district attorney of whom he takes hostage.
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Jerry - A Grande Parada
Title: Jerry - A Grande Parada
Released: January 1, 1967
Type: Movie
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Cuidado! Espião Brasileiro em Ação!
Title: Cuidado! Espião Brasileiro em Ação!
Released: December 21, 1966
Type: Movie
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Toda Donzela Tem Um Pai Que é Uma Fera
Title: Toda Donzela Tem Um Pai Que é Uma Fera
Released: May 24, 1966
Type: Movie
General's daughter, who lives with her boyfriend without being married, gets in trouble when her conservative father decides to visit her. A friend decides to help them, but things only get worse.
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Paraíba, Vida e Morte de um Bandido
Title: Paraíba, Vida e Morte de um Bandido
Character: Bira
Released: March 10, 1966
Type: Movie
True story of a famous and violent Brazilian outlaw nicknamed "Paraíba". After being shot, Paraíba tries to hide inside a church, where he starts remembering episodes of his criminal life.
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Title: Rosinha do Sobrado
Character: Agenor
Released: August 3, 1965
Type: TV
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História de Um Crápula
Title: História de Um Crápula
Released: May 26, 1965
Type: Movie
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Title: Rua da Matriz
Released: April 26, 1965
Type: TV
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Grande Sertão
Title: Grande Sertão
Released: January 1, 1965
Type: Movie
Cowboy Riobaldo is attracted to same sex Diadorim, not knowing that "he" is a girl dressed in man's clothes. After Diadorim's father is killed, she swears revenge, being joined by Riobaldo in this mission.
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Procura-se Uma Rosa
Title: Procura-se Uma Rosa
Released: May 21, 1964
Type: Movie
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That World and Mine
Title: That World and Mine
Released: April 1, 1964
Type: Movie
The film follows two men living in a Rio de Janeiro slum: a black shoe-shiner and a white mill worker.
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Gimba, Presidente dos Valentes
Title: Gimba, Presidente dos Valentes
Released: June 22, 1963
Type: Movie
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Cat Skin
Title: Cat Skin
Character: Black Man Working
Released: May 7, 1962
Type: Movie
A few weeks before Carnival, slum boys organize huntings for stray cats, whose leather can be used in Samba percussion instruments, like the Tamborim, a small drum.
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Cinco Vezes Favela
Title: Cinco Vezes Favela
Character: (segment "Couro de Gato")
Released: January 1, 1962
Type: Movie
Five segments about the hardships faced by people living in slums on hills in Rio de Janeiro.
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Cidade Ameaçada
Title: Cidade Ameaçada
Released: June 8, 1960
Type: Movie
Based on true events, the film tells the story of Brazilian outlaw Promessinha, one of the most famous and feared criminals of his time, depicting his crimes and cruelty, until his death confronting the police.
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The Grand Moment
Title: The Grand Moment
Released: December 3, 1958
Type: Movie
On the day of his wedding, young man from a family of immigrants faces some problems to get the money needed for the last arrangements. The family do what they can in order to honour the great event, selling personal belongings and buying enough supplies for a decent party.
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Milton Gonçalves
Title: Milton Gonçalves
Character: Self
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
This biopic documents the life and work of one of Brazil’s most prolific artists: Milton Gonçalves. This actor and director are credited with more than sixty television titles, seventy movies and twenty plays. Known from classic full-length features like Macunaíma, They Don't Wear Black Tie and Kiss of the Spider Woman, his dramatic versatility also encompasses major Brazilian soap operas, including O Bem Amado and Roque Santeiro. With his talent, he overcame barriers faced by many Black performers in Brazil. An active on-screen and on-stage presence since the 1950s, his name is synonymous with the history of Brazilian television, theatre and cinema, making him a landmark talent in the performing arts world.