Joana Fomm

Joana Fomm

Born: September 14, 1939
in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Movies for Joana Fomm...

Boil
Title: Boil
Released: January 19, 2023
Type: Movie
Three ghosts are trapped in a house and haunt each new resident in order to finish their mission on Earth so they can move on to the next life. That is until a couple of architects move to the place and decide to renovate it, revitalizing it. However, they end up discovering that the mansion was the site of an old concert hall called "Fervo" and go through a series of misunderstandings with the ghosts played by Rita Von Hunty, Gabriel Godoy and Renata Gaspar.
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Por onde anda Makunaíma?
Title: Por onde anda Makunaíma?
Character: Herself
Released: November 19, 2020
Type: Movie
Searching for Makunaima is a cultural and historical account of the most Brazilian character there is in fiction. The film begins with Makunaima, one of the founding myths of the native people from the border between Brazil-Venezuela-Guiana, first captured in the writings of the German ethnographer Koch-Grünberg at the beginning of the 1910s. With interviews in Portuguese, German, Spanish, and in the indigenous languages Macuxi and Taurepang, Searching for Macunaima reclaims this amazing character who represents Brazil in many ways (from literature to cinema to theatre) and remains relevant to date.
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Title: As Vilãs Que Amamos
Released: March 17, 2019
Type: TV
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New Amsterdam
Title: New Amsterdam
Character: Aunt Leontina
Released: December 16, 2017
Type: Movie
The arrival of the West Indian Companies to Natal in the XVII century is just the beginning of this violent story that pushes Bernarda and her family to run away from the city and from the invasion. In the Potengi Mill she meets the foreman's son Rafael and they immediately discover a passionate love. It will give them the force to try to survive during those violent years triggered by Jacob Rabbí, a German assigned by Prince John Maurice of Nassau to command the conquest.
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Title: Apocalipse
Character: Teresa Santero
Released: November 21, 2017
Type: TV
A mysterious and spiritual portrayal of one of the most intense and controversial stories in the Holy Bible: the end of the world.
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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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Como Se Tornar o Pior Aluno da Escola
Title: Como Se Tornar o Pior Aluno da Escola
Character: Professora de Matemática
Released: October 12, 2017
Type: Movie
Bernadinho and Pedro are students and face the classic tasks of fulfilling school obligations, taking good grades, being well behaved and complying with school rules, increasingly elaborated thanks to director Ademar. Frustrated, Pedro ends up finding a diary of how to cause chaos in school without being caught, which leads the two friends to follow the tips of the notebook.
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Title: Under Pressure
Character: Irmã Graça
Released: July 25, 2017
Type: TV
Inside a chaotic emergency room in Rio de Janeiro, a team of doctors are torn between their internal personal conflicts, the difficulties of the profession and the surprising dramas behind each patient‘s history, in a heroic attempt to save lives...See more
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Title: Magnifica 70
Character: Lúcia Souto
Released: May 24, 2015
Type: TV
A man bored with his reality, works in the São Paulo government censorship department, is married to Isabel, but falls in love with Dora Dumar, an actress of the films he has the obligation to censor.
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Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: O Pagador de Promessas - O Filme
Title: Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: O Pagador de Promessas - O Filme
Character: Marli
Released: January 9, 2015
Type: Movie
Adaptation of the series shown in 1988. The humble farmer Zé do Burro makes a promise to Santa Bárbara to save his donkey Nicolau from death. The payment is to carry a heavy cross from the interior of Bahia to a church in Salvador. When you reach the steps of the church, with injured shoulders, you have to deal with the incomprehension of a conservative priest.
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O Gerente
Title: O Gerente
Released: January 22, 2011
Type: Movie
A bank manager has a secret. He is compelled to bite society women hands.
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Title: As Cariocas
Character: Dona Denise
Released: October 19, 2010
Type: TV
"The Cariocas", a series in ten stand-alone episodes, tells the story of ten modern-day women against the beautiful backdrop of Rio de Janeiro and its stunning urban landscapes. Our protagonists are uninhibited, adulterous, vindictive, suicidal, envious, brides, betrayed, deluded. Women with distinct beauty and quaint peculiarities, each one has a particular way of life.
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Domingos
Title: Domingos
Character: (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 2009
Type: Movie
A look into the life and mind of Brazilian playwright and filmmaker Domingos Oliveira through his daily activities and artistic deeds.
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Title: Bang Bang
Character: Miriam Viridiana McGold
Released: October 3, 2005
Type: TV
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What Is It Worth?
Title: What Is It Worth?
Character: Maria Amélia
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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Title: Agora é Que São Elas
Character: Dinorá Silveira
Released: March 24, 2003
Type: TV
The synopsis was loosely inspired by an argument by Paulo José called Cidade das Formigas. It was based on what happened in the city of Formiga, in Minas Gerais, where women work for large clothing manufacturers in the country. In Formiga Real, women guarantee a large part of their families' livelihood with this work.
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Copacabana
Title: Copacabana
Character: Rita
Released: July 6, 2001
Type: Movie
Moments before turning 90 years of age, Alberto remembers his life, lived in Copacabana, a neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro. The film is a comedy about old age nowadays, with Copacabana as a background.
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Title: Porto dos Milagres
Character: Rita Vieira
Released: February 5, 2001
Type: TV
Porto dos Milagres is a Brazilian telenovela that was produced and aired by TV Globo from 5 February to 29 September 2001, totaling 203 chapters. It was written by Aguinaldo Silva and Ricardo Linhares and loosely based on two works written by Jorge Amado - The Dead Sea and the discovery of America by the Turks. Had Philip collaboration Miguez, Maria Elisa Berredo, Nadotti Nelson and Gloria Baker, directed by Fabricio Mamberti and Luciano Sabino. Director general Mark and Robert Paul Naar, co-directed by Fabricio Mamberti and Luciano Sabino. Had the direction of core Marcos Paulo.
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Who Killed Pixote?
Title: Who Killed Pixote?
Character: Iracema
Released: November 1, 1996
Type: Movie
The true story of the boy who became famous when he was cast for the main part on the Brazilian film Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco (1981). After the film was over, he tried to work as an actor on other projects, with little success. As time went by, he got involved with crime.
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Title: Explode Coração
Character: Clarete
Released: November 6, 1995
Type: TV
Explode Coração is a Brazilian telenovela that was produced by Rede Globo and aired between November 6, 1995 and May 4, 1996, with a total of 155 chapters. Written entirely by Glória Perez and directed by Ary Coslov, Gracie and Carlos Araújo Júnior, production had general direction and core Dennis Carvalho, and was the 51st "of eight novel" the state broadcaster. Ricardo Macchi, Edson Celulari and Teresa Seiblitz play the leading roles in a plot centered on the love triangle formed by the protagonists and addressing the culture of the gypsies in Brazil.
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Title: Young Hearts
Character: Maria Cleonice Soares (Dona Cléo)
Released: April 24, 1995
Type: TV
Malhação is a Brazilian television series for the teenage audience. The soap started in 1995, and was set in a fictional Gym Club called Malhação on Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro. Through the years the location varied slightly. Although the name of the soap remains the same, it is now set in the Múltipla Escolha High School.
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Title: Vamp
Character: Carmen Maura
Released: July 15, 1991
Type: TV
Vamp is a Brazilian telenovela produced and displayed at the time of 19 hours by Rede Globo, July 15, 1991 to February 8, 1992 in 179 chapters.
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Vai Trabalhar Vagabundo II: A Volta
Title: Vai Trabalhar Vagabundo II: A Volta
Released: January 2, 1991
Type: Movie
Exiled in Acapulco, the bon vivant Dino cheats a rich widow into financing his coming back to Brazil. To avoid getting caught, he hides in a coffin. His fake burial is celebrated in high style and it doesn't take long before he starts getting himself into weird situations.
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Cesium-137
Title: Cesium-137
Character: Maria
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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Title: Tieta
Character: Perpétua Esteves Batista
Released: August 14, 1989
Type: TV
Inspired on Jorge Amado's romance "Tieta do Agreste", the plot is set on the fictional city of Santana do Agreste, at Brazil's northwest, and has as main theme Tieta's life turnarounds. Twenty-five years after being chased out of town by her father Zé Esteves, she returns to her home town seeking revenge against everyone who mistreated her and laugh at her face in the past.
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Title: O Pagador de Promessas
Character: Marli
Released: April 5, 1988
Type: TV
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Title: Bambolê
Character: Fausta
Released: September 7, 1987
Type: TV
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Title: Roda de Fogo
Character: Telma Rezende
Released: August 25, 1986
Type: TV
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Rehearsal Time
Title: Rehearsal Time
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
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Title: Corpo a Corpo
Character: Lúcia Gouveia
Released: November 26, 1984
Type: TV
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Mirror of Flesh
Title: Mirror of Flesh
Character: Ana Almeida
Released: November 21, 1984
Type: Movie
A mirror bought in an auction changes the life of an executive and his wife. They become sexually aroused under the influence of the strange object, which belonged to a bordello in the past. Soon the friends who come to pay a visit also become affected by it.
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The Blue Horse
Title: The Blue Horse
Character: Mãe
Released: June 1, 1984
Type: Movie
Boy from a poor family loses his only asset: a colorless little horse that his imagination turns into a magical and colorful pretty stallion. To get his pet back, he leaves home and faces all dangers ahead with courage, getting involved in many adventures.
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Beijo na Boca
Title: Beijo na Boca
Character: Celeste's mother
Released: October 7, 1982
Type: Movie
Middle-class girl gets involved with a jealous drug dealer, who wants to kill all of her previous boyfriends.
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Title: Elas por Elas
Character: Natália Cardoso
Released: May 10, 1982
Type: TV
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Title: Brilhante
Character: Virgínia Sampaio
Released: September 28, 1981
Type: TV
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Title: Coração Alado
Character: Melissa Ribas Serrano
Released: August 11, 1980
Type: TV
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Erotic Stories
Title: Erotic Stories
Released: March 1, 1980
Type: Movie
Comedy in 4 segments. In "Arroz e Feijão" (Rice and Beans), owner of a boarding-house seduces her young countryboy tenant. In "As Três Virgens" (The Three Virgins) three spinsters are influenced by the behaviour of their teenager niece, whom they are lodging. In "O Arremate" (The Purchase) a colonist turns his virgin daughter in to a landowner, to have his debts forgiven. And, finally, in "Vereda Tropical" (Tropical Trail), a man becomes sexually obsessed by a watermelon, to the point of having sexual intercourse with it. The stories are based on prize-winner short stories, from a Playboy contest.
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Title: Os Gigantes
Character: Vânia Lucas
Released: August 20, 1979
Type: TV
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Title: Dancin' Days
Character: Yolanda de Souza Matos Pratini
Released: July 10, 1978
Type: TV
A down-on-her-luck former inmate tries to reconnect with her daughter--to the objections of her sister who raised the girl, meets a millionaire, and transforms into a strong woman, returning to society at Dancin' Days nightclub's opening.
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Marília e Marina
Title: Marília e Marina
Released: December 7, 1976
Type: Movie
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Um Brasileiro Chamado Rosaflor
Title: Um Brasileiro Chamado Rosaflor
Released: January 1, 1976
Type: Movie
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Vozes do Medo
Title: Vozes do Medo
Released: December 22, 1972
Type: Movie
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O Desconhecido
Title: O Desconhecido
Released: April 13, 1972
Type: Movie
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Os Desclassificados
Title: Os Desclassificados
Released: December 3, 1971
Type: Movie
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Fora das Grades
Title: Fora das Grades
Released: September 27, 1971
Type: Movie
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As Noites de Iemanjá
Title: As Noites de Iemanjá
Released: August 20, 1971
Type: Movie
Neglected wife tells husband about mysterious deaths occurred by the influence of Iemanjá, Afro-Brazilian deity, goddess of the waters
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Gamal, O Delírio do Sexo
Title: Gamal, O Delírio do Sexo
Released: December 14, 1970
Type: Movie
Symbolic film from the Underground Movement of Brazilian Cinema (Cinema Marginal) about a woman, three men and some apes. In the director's own words: “a fable where realism and logic have no place, and in which sex is a translation of all the tortures, circumstances and violent actions.”
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As Gatinhas
Title: As Gatinhas
Released: October 25, 1970
Type: Movie
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The Palace of Angels
Title: The Palace of Angels
Character: Rose
Released: May 25, 1970
Type: Movie
Bárbara, a French girl living in São Paulo, and two friends decide to transform a little apartment into a luxury bordello, "The Palace of Angels", securing money and success, but some problems as well.
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Title: As Bruxas
Character: Sofia
Released: May 18, 1970
Type: TV
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Em Cada Coração um Punhal
Title: Em Cada Coração um Punhal
Released: March 12, 1970
Type: Movie
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Macunaima
Title: Macunaima
Character: Sofara
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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Um Sonho de Vampiros
Title: Um Sonho de Vampiros
Released: August 10, 1969
Type: Movie
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A Noite do Meu Bem
Title: A Noite do Meu Bem
Character: Dolores Duran
Released: December 20, 1968
Type: Movie
The life and times of Brazilian singer/songwriter Dolores Duran.
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A Vida Provisória
Title: A Vida Provisória
Character: Lívia
Released: November 26, 1968
Type: Movie
During the Brazilian military government, journalist Estêvão is sent from Rio de Janeiro to Brasilia to cover the important statement of a minister, but takes the opportunity to deliver incriminating documents to another one.
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O Homem Nu
Title: O Homem Nu
Character: Heloísa
Released: March 4, 1968
Type: Movie
A man gets locked naked outside of his apartment.
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Edu, Coração de Ouro
Title: Edu, Coração de Ouro
Character: Ellen
Released: January 22, 1968
Type: Movie
A volatile young man, Edu is a typical Rio de Janeiro middle-class kind, who flirts with multiple women at the same time. None of them, however, had managed to make him fall in love, until he met with mysterious Tatiana.
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Bebel, Garota Propaganda
Title: Bebel, Garota Propaganda
Character: Maria
Released: November 17, 1967
Type: Movie
Poor and beautiful girl is hired by a sales promoter to advertise a new brand of soap. The success is immediate, but the need for a new face hinders her way to stardom.
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Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
Title: Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1967
Type: Movie
Originally produced for German TV, Improvised and Purposeful is a firsthand look at the "Cinema Novo" movement (otherwise known as the 'Brazilian New Wave'). Director Joaquim Pedro de Andrade focuses on six Cinema Novo filmmakers working in Rio in 1967.
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All the Women in the World
Title: All the Women in the World
Character: Barbara
Released: February 2, 1966
Type: Movie
When womanizer Paulo meets a friend’s fiancée, she changes the way he looks at the opposite sex. He falls in love, and believes she is in fact all women in one. Because of that, he has to face an important decision: to go on with his old life, or embrace this special relationship and become a monogamous man.
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Crime de Amor
Title: Crime de Amor
Released: August 10, 1965
Type: Movie
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The Dead at the Phone
Title: The Dead at the Phone
Character: Lúcia
Released: April 19, 1963
Type: Movie
This story begins with Marcelo's funeral. His family, his fiancée Lúcia and three suspicious men are the only people accompanying the coffin. By night, at home, Rosa, Ricardo and Lúcia notice something strange: Marcelo's room has been completely ransacked. Suddenly, the phone rings. Rosa answers and hears the voice of her son who had just died. The shock is too strong for the poor lady, who dies of a syncope. To understand these sinister events, we have to go back three days...