Wagner Moura

Wagner Moura

Born: June 27, 1976
in Rodelas, Bahia, Brazil
Wagner Maniçoba de Moura (born June 27, 1976) is a Brazilian actor, director and musician. Critically considered one of the protagonists of current Brazilian cinema. He is internationally recognized for the role of Pablo Escobar in the TV series Narcos and Nationally known for the role of Captain Nascimento in the TV movie Tropa de Elite and Tropa de Elite 2: The Enemy Now is Another. He started doing theater in Salvador, where he worked with renowned directors, such as Fernando Guerreiro and Celso Júnior, and soon had some participation in films. In 2003, he starred in Deus é Brasileiro and O Caminho das Nuvens, besides having a prominent role in Carandiru, which propelled him to the main scene of Brazilian cinema. He continued starring in national feature films, including the blockbusters Tropa de Elite and Tropa de Elite 2, with the famous character Captain / Colonel Nascimento. In 2007, he was the antagonist of the soap opera Paraíso Tropical, being praised for his performance by both the public and critics.

Movies for Wagner Moura...

Angicos
Title: Angicos
Character: Paulo Freire
Released: September 5, 2024
Type: Movie
The film “Angicos”, which deals with the story of Paulo Freire and his literacy program in the small town in the interior of Rio Grande do Norte, had the script completed by director Felipe Hirsch, according to journalist Mônica Bergamo.
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Civil War
Title: Civil War
Character: Joel
Released: April 10, 2024
Type: Movie
In the near future, a group of war journalists attempt to survive while reporting the truth as the United States stands on the brink of civil war.
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Title: Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Character: Other John
Released: February 1, 2024
Type: TV
Meet the Smiths: two lonely strangers, John and Jane, who have given up their lives and identities to be thrown together as partners – both in espionage and in marriage.
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Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Title: Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Character: Wolf (voice)
Released: December 7, 2022
Type: Movie
Puss in Boots discovers that his passion for adventure has taken its toll: He has burned through eight of his nine lives, leaving him with only one life left. Puss sets out on an epic journey to find the mythical Last Wish and restore his nine lives.
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De Quanta Terra Precisa o Homem?
Title: De Quanta Terra Precisa o Homem?
Character: Ele mesmo
Released: October 20, 2022
Type: Movie
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The Gray Man
Title: The Gray Man
Character: Laszlo Sosa
Released: July 13, 2022
Type: Movie
When a shadowy CIA agent uncovers damning agency secrets, he's hunted across the globe by a sociopathic rogue operative who's put a bounty on his head.
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Title: Shining Girls
Character: Dan Velazquez
Released: April 28, 2022
Type: TV
Years after a brutal attack left her in a constantly shifting reality, Kirby Mazrachi learns that a recent murder is linked to her assault. She teams with veteran reporter Dan Velazquez to understand her ever-changing present—and confront her past.
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My Uncle José
Title: My Uncle José
Character: José (Voice)
Released: June 14, 2021
Type: Movie
It begins in 1983 in Salvador city, with the attack against José, an ex-member of a left-wing political group. Meanwhile, his nephew Adonias is worried about an assignment his teacher has given him. Consequently, Adonias has to deal with his family's suffering, conflicts at school, and the anguish of having to write his school essay.
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Marighella
Title: Marighella
Character: (voice)
Released: January 29, 2021
Type: Movie
Afro-Brazilian poet and politician, the legendary Carlos Marighella. Driven to fight against the erosion of civil and human rights following the CIA-backed military coup of 1964 and the brutal, racist right-wing dictatorship that followed, the revolutionary leaves behind his wife and son to take up arms, becoming a notorious enemy to the power structure.
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There's a Monster in My Kitchen
Title: There's a Monster in My Kitchen
Character: Narrator
Released: October 22, 2020
Type: Movie
A jaguar's forest home is being burned to grow animal feed for the meat industry. If we don't act, more precious habitats will be destroyed, Indigenous Peoples could lose their homes, and we'll lose the fight against climate change. Narrated by Narcos star Wagner Moura and designed by Cartoon Saloon, Monster tells the story of how industrial meat is wreaking havoc on forests across South America.
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Wasp Network
Title: Wasp Network
Character: Roque
Released: January 29, 2020
Type: Movie
Havana, Cuba, 1990. René González, an airplane pilot, unexpectedly flees the country, leaving behind his wife Olga and his daughter Irma, and begins a new life in Miami, where he becomes a member of an anti-Castro organization.
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Sergio
Title: Sergio
Character: Sérgio Vieira de Mello
Released: January 28, 2020
Type: Movie
A sweeping drama set in the chaotic aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq, where the life of top UN diplomat Brazilian Sérgio Vieira de Mello hangs in the balance during the most treacherous mission of his career.
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Title: The Kelly Clarkson Show
Character: Self
Released: September 9, 2019
Type: TV
Kelly Clarkson presents the biggest newsmakers and names in film, television and music; as well as emerging new talent and everyday people who are beacons of hope in their communities.
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Title: Narcos: Mexico
Character: Pablo Escobar
Released: November 16, 2018
Type: TV
See the rise of the Guadalajara Cartel as an American DEA agent learns the danger of targeting narcos in 1980s Mexico.
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Into the Amazon
Title: Into the Amazon
Character: Cândido Rondon (voice)
Released: January 9, 2018
Type: Movie
A documentary re-telling of the remarkable and dangerous journey taken by President Theodore Roosevelt and legendary Brazilian explorer Cândido Rondon into the heart of the South American rainforest to chart an unexplored tributary of the Amazon.
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The Magnificent 8
Title: The Magnificent 8
Character: Self
Released: October 9, 2017
Type: Movie
On a Sunday, the actors Maria Ribeiro, Fernanda Torres, Wagner Moura, Carolina Dieckmann, Sophie Charlotte, Mateus Solano, Alexandre Nero and Du Moscovis have lunch at one of their houses. The occasion gives way to an incredibly sincere debate on the art of acting, the profession and, above all, the doubts about love and life.
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Life in Gray
Title: Life in Gray
Character: Himself
Released: October 8, 2017
Type: Movie
A faux documentary about the ongoing social, political and economical crisis in Brazil, where the government cuts the colors of Rio de Janeiro, turning the city black and white.
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Exodus: Where I Come from Is Disappearing
Title: Exodus: Where I Come from Is Disappearing
Character: narrador
Released: October 9, 2016
Type: Movie
Observational documentary about people as refugees and asylum seekers in many geographical locations such as Germany, Brazil, Western Sahara, Myanmar, Cuba, South Sudan.
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Title: Chelsea
Character: Self
Released: May 11, 2016
Type: TV
It's not her first talk show, but it is a first of its kind. Ideas, people and places that fascinate her, all in her unique style.
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Title: Narcos
Character: Pablo Escobar
Released: August 28, 2015
Type: TV
A gritty chronicle of the war against Colombia's infamously violent and powerful drug cartels.
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Title: Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Character: Self
Released: August 2, 2015
Type: TV
Some of this year's most talked about talent open up about the challenges and triumphs of creating critically acclaimed series and performances.
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Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Carga Pesada: A Grande Viagem - O Filme
Title: Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Carga Pesada: A Grande Viagem - O Filme
Character: Pedrinho
Released: April 24, 2015
Type: Movie
Bino advises Pedro to get married, but he is reluctant until Rosa calls him and arranges a meeting in Fortaleza. Along the way, adventures chase truck drivers.
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Trash
Title: Trash
Character: José Angelo
Released: October 9, 2014
Type: Movie
Set in Brazil, three kids who make a discovery in a garbage dump soon find themselves running from the cops and trying to right a terrible wrong.
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Rio, I Love You
Title: Rio, I Love You
Character: Gui (segment "Inútil Paisagem")
Released: September 12, 2014
Type: Movie
The third episode of the Cities of Love franchise, Rio, I Love You is an anthology, created by 10 visionary directors from across the globe. The story line of each segment focuses on an encounter of love in a different neighborhood of the city, demonstrating the distinctive qualities and character of that location. The film serves to bridge gaps between cultures, educating and entertaining the audience, while celebrating unique and universal expressions of love.
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Futuro Beach
Title: Futuro Beach
Character: Donato
Released: May 1, 2014
Type: Movie
Donato fails in his attempt to save a drowning man, and meets one of the man's friends. He decides to start his life over, but pieces of his past keep coming after him.
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Title: Serra Pelada: A Saga do Ouro
Character: Lindo Rico
Released: January 21, 2014
Type: TV
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Bald Mountain
Title: Bald Mountain
Character: Lindo Rico
Released: October 18, 2013
Type: Movie
In 1980, best friends Juliano and Joaquin join the gold rush at Serra Pelada, Bald Mountain, a mountain town near the mighty Amazon river. As the town grows in numbers, it also sees an explosion in violent crime and pollution. Soon the friends' dreams of hitting the jack pot are shattered. Winner of the 2014 Cinema Brazil Grand Prize.
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Elysium
Title: Elysium
Character: Spider
Released: August 7, 2013
Type: Movie
In the year 2159, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. Secretary Rhodes, a hard line government official, will stop at nothing to enforce anti-immigration laws and preserve the luxurious lifestyle of the citizens of Elysium. That doesn’t stop the people of Earth from trying to get in, by any means they can. When unlucky Max is backed into a corner, he agrees to take on a daunting mission that, if successful, will not only save his life, but could bring equality to these polarized worlds.
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Title: A Menina Sem Qualidades
Character: Alex's Father
Released: May 27, 2013
Type: TV
In a middle-class school the story of the relationship between two young students, Ana and Alex, develops. A passion relationship, addiction and friendship that escapes the standards and at the same time is the translation of how young people today relate, among them, with other generations, with the institutions and social rules.
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Father’s Chair
Title: Father’s Chair
Character: Theo Gadelha
Released: January 20, 2012
Type: Movie
Theo is living the good life in an upscale Brazilian neighborhood. He’s a hardworking doctor, husband, and father. However, Theo has chosen his career over his family, and little by little he discovers that his world is crumbling around him. His beloved mentor and surrogate father is dying, and his wife announces that she wants a divorce. Yet nothing prepares him for the day when he comes home to discover that his 15-year-old son, Pedro, has disappeared. Theo takes to the road in search of his son. In a journey that leads him throughout Brazil, Theo discovers what really matters to him. Searching for his missing son, Theo finds himself.
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The Man from the Future
Title: The Man from the Future
Character: Zero
Released: September 2, 2011
Type: Movie
Zero is a brilliant scientist, but unfortunate because 20 years ago was publicly humiliated and lost in college Helena the love of his life. One day, an accidental experience with one of his inventions makes him travel in time, more precisely, to the past. After the chance to change his story, Zero returns to this totally changed.
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VIPs
Title: VIPs
Character: Marcelo
Released: March 25, 2011
Type: Movie
Marcelo leaves his family and moves to Mato Grosso do Sul, where he learns how to fly airplanes by himself watching the pilots. One day, he responds the call of a drug dealer and uses his boss' plane to help the man to transport his cargo. He is hired by the drug lord to work transporting drugs in his airplanes. When he is arrested by the Federal Police, he does not rat his gang and the leader of the cartel gives a large amount of money as a bonus and asks him to leave the gang since he is known by the police. Marcelo uses the money to promote a party in the Carnival of Recife pretending to be the son of the owner of the Gol (a Brazilian air flight company). He lures the high-society, including the television presenter Amaury Jr. Marcelo is arrested again and is sent to prison. During a rebellion, he uses his leadership to present the claims of the prisoners and help to control the situation.
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VIPs: Histórias Reais de um Mentiroso
Title: VIPs: Histórias Reais de um Mentiroso
Character: Self
Released: October 26, 2010
Type: Movie
The infamous anti-hero Marcelo Nascimento da Rocha is one of the greatest Brazilian con artists ever that has lured several persons with his schemes. The director and writer Mariana Caltabiano proposes to write his biography and to make a documentary about his life, and she is also lured by the swindler that discloses his rise and fall.
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Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
Title: Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
Character: Tenente-Coronel Nascimento
Released: October 8, 2010
Type: Movie
After a bloody invasion of the BOPE in the High-Security Penitentiary Bangu 1 in Rio de Janeiro to control a rebellion of interns, the Lieutenant-Colonel Roberto Nascimento and the second in command Captain André Matias are accused by the Human Right Aids member Diogo Fraga of execution of prisoners. Matias is transferred to the corrupted Military Police and Nascimento is exonerated from the BOPE by the Governor.
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Romance
Title: Romance
Character: Pedro
Released: November 14, 2008
Type: Movie
During a remake of the play Tristan and Isolde, actors Peter and Ana fall in love. While the characters live an idealized love, the interpreters are living a true story, which they try to spice it up with the intensity of the fiction.
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Blackout
Title: Blackout
Character: Marcelo
Released: August 11, 2008
Type: Movie
At the end of a tough workweek an assistant congressman and his friend go to an abandoned room in the Capitol building to relax and smoke a joint. While trying to unwind the assistant congressman complains about his job. He is doing all he can to cover up his boss' scandalous sex affair but nothing seems to be working. "Things can't get any worse", he proclaims. . . but they do!
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Elite Squad
Title: Elite Squad
Character: Capitão Nascimento
Released: October 12, 2007
Type: Movie
In 1997, before the visit of the pope to Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento from BOPE (Special Police Operations Battalion) is assigned to eliminate the risks of the drug dealers in a dangerous slum nearby where the pope intends to be lodged.
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Ópera do Mallandro
Title: Ópera do Mallandro
Released: October 1, 2007
Type: Movie
The short tells the story of a boy who, in his last recovery test at school, has the task of writing a text in 15 minutes. During the creative process, the boy embarks on a musical universe full of characters and myths from the 80's revived in four musical numbers packed with reinterpretations of Sérgio Mallandro's hits.
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Basic Sanitation, the Movie
Title: Basic Sanitation, the Movie
Character: Joaquim
Released: July 20, 2007
Type: Movie
When they discover their town lacks funding for a sewage system, but does have a federal grant to make a movie, a group of villagers decide to make a sci-fi joint about a monster who lives in the building site of a septic tank.
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Ó Paí, Ó: Look at This
Title: Ó Paí, Ó: Look at This
Character: Boca
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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Title: Paraíso Tropical
Character: Olavo Novaes
Released: March 5, 2007
Type: TV
The search for a successor provokes the beginning of a clash between two young and talented executives of his group: Daniel Bastos, a lad of simple origins and excellent character, who is not only handsome and charming, but also intelligent and skilled, and Olavo Novaes, an ambitious and unscrupulous man who is ready to fight for the position, at any cost. To fight against Olavo‘s treacherous plans, Daniel will have the help of the sweet and sensitive Paula, a young lady raised as an only child who founds, on the eve of her mother‘s death, that she is adopted and has a family. What Paula does not know is that she has an identical twin sister, the wicked Taís, who is as ambitious and unscrupulous as the man who becomes her main ally, Olavo Novaes. Antenor, for his part, decides on having an heir when he meets the headstrong and honest Lúcia, a woman who will make this cold businessman find true love is and a real reason to live.
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The Machine
Title: The Machine
Character: Apresentador da TV
Released: April 26, 2006
Type: Movie
In Nordestina, a small town lost in the Brazilian badlands, young Karina dreams of becoming an actress and leaving to explore the world. Before losing his love, Dona Nazaré’s son, Antônio, takes the first step in a kamikaze crusade to bring the world to Karina. For that, Antônio leaves town and announces, in a TV show that he will set off on a sensational adventure: a trip into the future, starting from Nordestina’s square. A story where dreams contradict reality, geographical and political conditions threaten to block life, and love plays the part of the transforming element.
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Title: JK
Character: Young Juscelino
Released: January 3, 2006
Type: TV
For decades, doctor Juscelino Kubitschek enters politics and becomes president of Brazil.
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Desejo
Title: Desejo
Character: Atanásio
Released: September 28, 2005
Type: Movie
A journey into the psyche of Atanásio, a doorman in Copacabana, confused while attempting to understand his desires and aspirations.
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Lower City
Title: Lower City
Character: Naldinho
Released: May 16, 2005
Type: Movie
Best friends Deco and Naldinho co-own a cargo boat in Brazil's Salvador da Bahia. They give a ride to a sultry prostitute named Karinna, and soon both men fall prey to her considerable sexual charms, pushing the bounds of their friendship to the limit.
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Title: A Lua Me Disse
Character: Gustavo Bogari Prado
Released: April 18, 2005
Type: TV
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Nina
Title: Nina
Character: Cego
Released: January 28, 2004
Type: Movie
Psychological thriller larded with manga-like animations about the young, poor comic strip illustrator Nina, living with her mean landlady. She sinks further and further into a violent fantasy world.
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Miguel's Destiny
Title: Miguel's Destiny
Character: Jupará
Released: January 1, 2004
Type: Movie
This beloved Brazilian parody of Shakespeare in Love tells the story of Miguel's relentless furiculite. For better or worse, it is his aim to conquer every single ass in the county, right up to the toughest of them all: the governor's.
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Title: Sexo Frágil
Character: Edu / Magali
Released: October 17, 2003
Type: TV
Alex, Edu, Fred and Beto are four friends who live torn between the role of man in society and the need to be more sensitive. They try to understand the female head and put themselves in the place of the opposite sex. They appear to be very safe, but feel totally lost around safe, independent women.
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The Middle of the World
Title: The Middle of the World
Character: Romão
Released: September 12, 2003
Type: Movie
Romão, illiterate and unemployed, feels destiny drawing him on an odyssey to Rio de Janeiro in pursuit of a job and a decent life. A family of seven journeys 2,000 miles across the hinterlands of Brazil on bicycles. Along the way, the story explores the inner dynamics of a family facing a great challenge with the courage to pursue dreams.
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The Man of the Year
Title: The Man of the Year
Character: Suel
Released: August 1, 2003
Type: Movie
Maiquél has lost a bet and dyed his hair blond. This seemingly innocuous event triggers a head-on collision with destiny in which he goes from nobody to hero to outlaw — all in 24 hours.
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Title: Carga Pesada
Character: Pedrinho
Released: April 29, 2003
Type: TV
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Carandiru
Title: Carandiru
Character: Zico
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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God Is Brazilian
Title: God Is Brazilian
Character: Taoca
Released: January 31, 2003
Type: Movie
God decides to take a vacation, but first He has to find a saint who can rule the universe while He's away. So He goes to the Northeast of Brazil, where He believes there's a very good man for the job. As soon as He comes down to Earth, a young man comes along to help on His quest.
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The Three Marias
Title: The Three Marias
Character: Jesuíno Cruz
Released: August 2, 2002
Type: Movie
A mother, with her three daughters, exacts revenge on her former fiancé for killing her husband and sons.
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Behind the Sun
Title: Behind the Sun
Character: Matheus
Released: December 12, 2001
Type: Movie
Brazilian badlands, April 1910. Tonho is ordered by his father to avenge the death of his older brother. The young man knows that if he commits this crime, his life will be divided in two: the twenty years he has already lived and the few days he has left to live, before the other family avenges their son's death. He is torn between fulfilling his ancestral duty and rebelling against it, urged by his younger brother Pacu. That's when a tiny travelling circus passes through the vast badlands where Tonho's family lives.
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Woman on Top
Title: Woman on Top
Character: Rafi
Released: September 22, 2000
Type: Movie
Set to the intoxicating rhythms of Brazil, "Woman on Top" is a spicy, sexy comedy about the magic of food, love and music. Meet Isabella, a sultry enchantress born with the special gift of melting the palates and hearts of men everywhere. When she decides to break free from her rocky marriage and the stifling kitchen of her husband's restaurant in Brazil, she spirits off to San Francisco in pursuit of her dreams of a real culinary career.
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Rádio Gogó
Title: Rádio Gogó
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: Movie
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Borboletas
Title: Borboletas
Released: January 2, 1995
Type: Movie
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Title: Sinking Spring
Character: Manny Cespedes
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
Two lifelong friends from Philadelphia pose as DEA agents to rob a country house, but the small-scale grift quickly becomes a matter of life and death. The friends soon unravel as they find one of the biggest narcotics corridors on the East Coast.
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Secret Agents
Title: Secret Agents
Character: Marcelo
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
1977. In a Brazil tormented by the military dictatorship, Marcelo, a man in his forties fleeing a troubled past, arrives in the city of Recife where he hopes to build a new life and reconnect with his family. That's without taking into account the death threats that lurk and hover over his head.
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Last Night at the Lobster
Title: Last Night at the Lobster
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
The Red Lobster perched in the far corner of a run-down New England mall hasn't been making its numbers and headquarters has pulled the plug. But manager Manny DeLeon still needs to navigate a tricky last shift with a near-mutinous staff. All the while, he's wondering how to handle the waitress he's still in love with, what to do about his pregnant girlfriend, and where to find the present that will make everything better.
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Fall Risk
Title: Fall Risk
Character: David
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Set in Los Angeles, a young, gay woman named Dylan is in and out of the hospital with a life-changing diagnosis, but something isn't right with her partner, Emily. Dylan begins questioning her reality and everyone in it, until her best friend, Meredith, breaks her out of the rehabilitation center to confront the source of the deception.
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The Secret Agent
Title: The Secret Agent
Character: Marcelo
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Set in the late 1970s during the final years of Brazil’s military dictatorship, Marcelo, a university professor in his 40s is on the run. He travels from São Paulo to the seaside city of Recife during Carnival week, hoping to reunite with his son. But he soon finds out he has been tailed and spied on by neighbors in his new refuge, leaving him no possible escape from the tentacles of corruption.