Maitê Proença

Maitê Proença

Born: January 28, 1958
in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Maitê Proença Gallo is a Brazilian actress and writer.

Proença has worked on Brazilian telenovelas, films and plays. Her role in the telenovela Dona Beija was her first major TV success in Brazil, Portugal and some 50 other countries where it was shown.

Proença has written two books. Her first book, Entre ossos e a escrita, published in 2005, contained the best of her essays. The second book, Uma Vida Inventada, sold 100,000 copies in Brazil and was exported to Portugal. She has also written two plays one of which, As Meninas, won her several prizes. She has a column in the Brazilian magazine Época.

Proença has been a TV host for Video Show (1983), Programa de Domingo (1987) and Saia Justa (2006/2007). In 2006, Proença wrote her first theater play, Achadas e Perdidas. In 2002, she made her debut as a theater producer with the play Buda.

In 2009, due to controversial remarks on the Brazilian TV show Saia Justa, Proença prompted public outrage in Portugal and was accused of being Lusophobic, though she has since affirmed numerous times her love for Portugal. She has since denied the accusation and recorded several apologies, as well as issuing one on her official blog. Proença emphasized that despite the misunderstanding, she is of recent Portuguese ancestry and likes Portugal and the Portuguese. For about a week, the affair was discussed or reported on several Portuguese television networks and major newspapers.

Movies for Maitê Proença...

Peréio, Eu Te Odeio!
Title: Peréio, Eu Te Odeio!
Released: September 29, 2023
Type: Movie
23 years in the making, “Pereio, Eu Te Odeio!” is a documentary on Brazilian living legend Paulo Cesar Pereio, an irreverent and controversial actor and public figure, as told by the testimonies of friends, family and society members who hate him.
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Em Busca de Carlos Zéfiro
Title: Em Busca de Carlos Zéfiro
Character: Reading
Released: October 5, 2020
Type: Movie
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Title: Good Morning, Verônica
Character: Diana
Released: October 1, 2020
Type: TV
While hunting for a dating-site predator, an underused cop discovers a husband and wife with a horrific secret — and a web of conspiracy hiding it.
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Bio
Title: Bio
Released: August 24, 2017
Type: Movie
The film tells the story of a man who was born in 1959 and died in 2070, told by people who knew him and somehow contributed to his trajectory.
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À  Beira do Abismo me Cresceram Asas
Title: À Beira do Abismo me Cresceram Asas
Released: February 5, 2017
Type: Movie
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Title: The Fault is Cabral's
Character: Herself
Released: July 19, 2016
Type: TV
Five great names from the Brazilian stand up, from different regions of the country, come together to share everyday matters and the particular characteristics of Brazilians in a comical, acidic and fun way.
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My Hindu Friend
Title: My Hindu Friend
Character: Debora
Released: October 22, 2015
Type: Movie
Diego is a film director who, when he is told that he has a malignant disease which could be fatal, marries his girlfriend of many years, says goodbye to his friends and begins a routine of long days of treatment in hospital. While learning to live with the pain and also conversing with death, he meets a Hindu boy who is a fellow patient and who becomes his friend. But one day the boy disappears. Diego is discharged, but his life has changed forever. His marriage fails and, living alone, he begins to wonder whether he may in fact be dying and no one has told him. He tries to find out what happened to his Hindu friend, and eventually meets another woman.
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Title: Forever and Ever
Character: Kitty Santana
Released: November 3, 2014
Type: TV
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Primeiro Dia de um Ano Qualquer
Title: Primeiro Dia de um Ano Qualquer
Character: Consuelo
Released: November 29, 2013
Type: Movie
On the first day of the year, multiple characters meet in a sumptuous country house nearside Rio de Janeiro. From dawn till dusk, they all face their crisis and limitations, and search for a meaning for their lives.
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Title: Gabriela
Character: Dona Sinhazinha Guedes Mendonça
Released: June 18, 2012
Type: TV
Naïve and provocative Gabriela is a raggedy migrant worker who arrives in town to mesmerize all with her playful and simple, yet raw sensuality. Set in 1925, the story unravels in Ilhéus, a quiet northeastern coastal city thriving with cocoa crops and aspirations for progress, even though the traditional ways still rule.
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Elvis & Madona
Title: Elvis & Madona
Character: Soraya
Released: September 23, 2011
Type: Movie
Elvis & Madona is a romantic comedy that deals with an unusual subject in a delicate and realistic way: a love story between young lesbian Elvis and a transvestite Madona. The story takes place in Copacabana, neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro. The screenplay comprehends a full array of human types and, by following the journey of both protagonists, illustrates the conflicts generated by the evolution of behavior and custom. It is a modern and agile picture, and its soundtrack will follow the latest musical trends. Nevertheless, it is essentially a love story, proving that love can exist in any situation.
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Title: Passione
Character: Stela Gouveia
Released: May 17, 2010
Type: TV
Passíone is a Brazilian telenovela that originally aired on Rede Globo from May 05, 2010 to January 14, 2011. Is created and written by Sílvio de Abreu. The plot has the actors Fernanda Montenegro, Tony Ramos, Mariana Ximenes, Reynaldo Gianecchini, Carolina Dieckmann, Rodrigo Lombardi, Marcello Antony, Larissa Maciel, Werner Schünemann, Mayana Moura and Aracy Balabanian in the leading roles. Replacing Viver a Vida, it premiered in May 05, 2010 and ended its run in January 14, 2011 consisting of 209 episodes.
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Title: Três Irmãs
Character: Walquíria Pascolli
Released: September 15, 2008
Type: TV
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Whatever Happened to Dulce Veiga?
Title: Whatever Happened to Dulce Veiga?
Character: Dulce Veiga
Released: June 27, 2008
Type: Movie
Dulce Veiga is an actress and singer who was successful for a short period of time that mysteriously disappeared. Caio, a writer and journalist, publishes a chronicle recounting his memories of Dulce Veiga, which generates a huge response. Meanwhile, the journalist becomes increasingly obsessed with the personality of the daughter of Dulce, which is a beautiful girl with a man's mannerisms.
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Barros - A Lagoa
Title: Barros - A Lagoa
Character: Dra. Rafaela Dantas
Released: January 1, 2008
Type: Movie
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Sal de Prata
Title: Sal de Prata
Character: Estrela de Cinema
Released: September 23, 2005
Type: Movie
After her boyfriend's death, a successful executive finds some unfinished scripts in the dead man's computer, and decides to make a film of them. Her relationship with the world of movie-making is going to change her life.
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Underground Game
Title: Underground Game
Character: Mercedes
Released: April 1, 2005
Type: Movie
To find the woman of his life, man makes a game up: he enters a subway train wagon, picks a woman he likes and waits to see whether she's going to take the same course and connections as he. If she is, he tries to make contact.
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Title: Shades of Sin
Character: Vera Campos Sodré (Verinha)
Released: January 26, 2004
Type: TV
A Maranhense young woman and a carioca tourist photographer fall for each other and get separated by destiny and a woman obsessed with his family's fortune.
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Viva Sapato!
Title: Viva Sapato!
Character: Caroline
Released: May 17, 2003
Type: Movie
A light-hearted and high-spirited story, full of spice, sensuality and romance, Viva Zapato tells the tale of Dolores, a beautiful Cuban dancer who decides to leave her failing marriage and open a restaurant by the beach with her aunt from Brazil. When her aunt sends her a pair of shoes instead of the money to start up the restaurant, she angrily sells the useless gift for spare change. Her dream fades away - until she discovers that the money was hidden in the heel. The zany search for the shoes begins, as she follows the footsteps through the lively streets of Havana, running into the quirky, colorful characters that bring Viva Zapato and Dolores' dream.
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The Forest
Title: The Forest
Character: Dona Yayá
Released: November 1, 2002
Type: Movie
Young man, of Portuguese nobility ascendancy, starts working in a rubber plantation in the Amazon, in 1912, and falls in love with pretty Yayá, a married woman.
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Title: Saia Justa
Released: April 17, 2002
Type: TV
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Bufo & Spallanzani
Title: Bufo & Spallanzani
Character: Delfina Delamare
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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The Inheritance
Title: The Inheritance
Character: Atriz no Funeral
Released: June 8, 2001
Type: Movie
Reunited for their mother’s funeral, four sisters – Selma, Regina, Laura and Lúcia – find themselves forced to divide much more than an apartment in Copacabana. While dividing the articles, the sisters compare options, destinies, lifestyles, and expectations. The turbulent sale of the apartment represents a turning point in their lives: they know they have never been so deeply involved as accomplices, or as sisters.
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Tolerância
Title: Tolerância
Character: Márcia
Released: October 1, 2000
Type: Movie
Julius is a photographer working as a men's magazine photo retoucher. His wife, Marcia, is a criminal lawyer who defends Teodoro, a squatter accused of murder. For years they had a quiet wedlock. However, Marcia gets involved with her client, and as revenge, Julius sleeps with Ana Maria, a friend of their daughter Guida. From this episode on, their lives are no longer the same.
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Title: Vila Madalena
Character: Eugênia Junqueira
Released: November 8, 1999
Type: TV
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Paixão Perdida
Title: Paixão Perdida
Character: Anna Rondi
Released: January 15, 1999
Type: Movie
A paralized twelve year boy watches his womanizer dad seduce his baby sitter.
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A Hora Mágica
Title: A Hora Mágica
Character: Lyla Van
Released: July 3, 1998
Type: Movie
In the 1950s, while radio is slowly being surpassed by television as the leading broadcast medium, Tito Balcárcel, a voice actor, becomes romantically involved with Lúcia, a fan of his who drags him into a mysterious crime plot.
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Title: Torre de Babel
Character: Clara Soares
Released: May 25, 1998
Type: TV
The former expert in fireworks, José Clementino gets a job as a bricklayer in the construction of a magnificent shopping center, one of the many works carried out by the construction engineer, César Toledo. During the feast of the ridge, where engineers and workers gather to celebrate the laying of the slab work, Clementino's wife flirts with several men. At one point, when he gives for the missing woman, Mason goes looking for her and is in a far corner of the building having sex with two men. Overcome with rage, Clementino kills his wife and one of the men paddle strokes. The family hears the screams and Toledo contains Clementino, with the help of a group of workers. Shocked by the violence of the employee, the employer called the police, and even later, an indictment against him at trial. His testimony is crucial to the conviction of Clementino, to discover their terrible crimes and audacious, which is a court suspicious.
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Vox Populi
Title: Vox Populi
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
A man is accused of shooting his wife and her lover but as we find out. It wasn't her lover...
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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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Title: A Vida Como Ela É...
Character: Magda
Released: March 31, 1996
Type: TV
Adaptations of 40 short stories of brazilian playwright Nelson Rodrigues, written between 1951 and 1961. The stories were considered scandalous at the time as Rodrigues used immoral characters and black humor to satirize the hypocrisy and repression in people's daily lives.
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Title: A Vida Como Ela É...
Character: Viúva de Carvalhinho
Released: March 31, 1996
Type: TV
Adaptations of 40 short stories of brazilian playwright Nelson Rodrigues, written between 1951 and 1961. The stories were considered scandalous at the time as Rodrigues used immoral characters and black humor to satirize the hypocrisy and repression in people's daily lives.
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Title: A Vida Como Ela É...
Character: Jandira
Released: March 31, 1996
Type: TV
Adaptations of 40 short stories of brazilian playwright Nelson Rodrigues, written between 1951 and 1961. The stories were considered scandalous at the time as Rodrigues used immoral characters and black humor to satirize the hypocrisy and repression in people's daily lives.
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Title: A Vida Como Ela É...
Character: Geralda
Released: March 31, 1996
Type: TV
Adaptations of 40 short stories of brazilian playwright Nelson Rodrigues, written between 1951 and 1961. The stories were considered scandalous at the time as Rodrigues used immoral characters and black humor to satirize the hypocrisy and repression in people's daily lives.
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Title: Sai de Baixo
Released: March 31, 1996
Type: TV
It follows the lives of the members of a dysfunctional family, their maid and the doorman of the apartment building in which they lived.
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Title: A Vida Como Ela É...
Character: Solange
Released: March 31, 1996
Type: TV
Adaptations of 40 short stories of brazilian playwright Nelson Rodrigues, written between 1951 and 1961. The stories were considered scandalous at the time as Rodrigues used immoral characters and black humor to satirize the hypocrisy and repression in people's daily lives.
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Title: A Vida Como Ela É...
Character: Nora
Released: March 31, 1996
Type: TV
Adaptations of 40 short stories of brazilian playwright Nelson Rodrigues, written between 1951 and 1961. The stories were considered scandalous at the time as Rodrigues used immoral characters and black humor to satirize the hypocrisy and repression in people's daily lives.
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Title: A Vida Como Ela É...
Character: Neuza
Released: March 31, 1996
Type: TV
Adaptations of 40 short stories of brazilian playwright Nelson Rodrigues, written between 1951 and 1961. The stories were considered scandalous at the time as Rodrigues used immoral characters and black humor to satirize the hypocrisy and repression in people's daily lives.
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Title: A Vida Como Ela É...
Character: Clara
Released: March 31, 1996
Type: TV
Adaptations of 40 short stories of brazilian playwright Nelson Rodrigues, written between 1951 and 1961. The stories were considered scandalous at the time as Rodrigues used immoral characters and black humor to satirize the hypocrisy and repression in people's daily lives.
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Title: A Vida Como Ela É...
Character: Senhorinha
Released: March 31, 1996
Type: TV
Adaptations of 40 short stories of brazilian playwright Nelson Rodrigues, written between 1951 and 1961. The stories were considered scandalous at the time as Rodrigues used immoral characters and black humor to satirize the hypocrisy and repression in people's daily lives.
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Title: A Vida Como Ela É...
Character: Dalila
Released: March 31, 1996
Type: TV
Adaptations of 40 short stories of brazilian playwright Nelson Rodrigues, written between 1951 and 1961. The stories were considered scandalous at the time as Rodrigues used immoral characters and black humor to satirize the hypocrisy and repression in people's daily lives.
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Title: A Vida Como Ela É...
Character: Osvaldina
Released: March 31, 1996
Type: TV
Adaptations of 40 short stories of brazilian playwright Nelson Rodrigues, written between 1951 and 1961. The stories were considered scandalous at the time as Rodrigues used immoral characters and black humor to satirize the hypocrisy and repression in people's daily lives.
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Sixteen-Oh-Sixty
Title: Sixteen-Oh-Sixty
Released: October 3, 1995
Type: Movie
Rich executive being threatened by a burglar who had been caught trying to steal his mansion hires a hitman to kill him in prison. But another man is killed instead, leaving a widow and three kids. Full of remorse, he tries to help the family, taking everyone home. Soon, conflicts arise from the impossible coexistence of such contrasting families under the same roof.
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Title: Cara & Coroa
Character: Heloísa Souto Brandão
Released: July 24, 1995
Type: TV
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Title: Young Hearts
Character: Daniela Amorim
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: Contos de Verão
Character: Pâmela Tomé
Released: April 20, 1993
Type: TV
Cabral is a writer who decides to spend his summer writing a series about love stories. It is then that he begins to look back over his life and his works. He is married to Glorinha, a woman twenty years younger than him, with whom he has a daughter, the young Samanta. Glorinha dreams of having a second child, but Cabral rejects the woman's desire, creating a stalemate between the two.
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Title: Felicidade
Character: Helena de Sousa
Released: October 7, 1991
Type: TV
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Title: El mirador
Character: Self
Released: August 22, 1991
Type: TV
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Title: O Sorriso do Lagarto
Character: Ana Clara
Released: June 4, 1991
Type: TV
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Kiss 2348/72
Title: Kiss 2348/72
Character: Catarina
Released: October 1, 1990
Type: Movie
Worker Norival's life turns upside down when he is caught kissing his co-worker Catarina during work hours. He is fired for just cause and faces the hardships of the labor lawsuit he filed against the company.
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Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor
Title: Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor
Released: August 17, 1989
Type: Movie
Pedro, a poor Portuguese immigrant, comes to Brazil to try to change his life, but ends up getting in trouble. He falls in love with the wife of one of his best friends and marries her; soon after, she cheats on him.
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Kuarup
Title: Kuarup
Character: Maureen
Released: June 2, 1989
Type: Movie
This epic Brazilian film was based on the equally epic novel by Antonio Callado. Set between 1954 and 1964, the film's focus is the saga of Jesuit priest Nando. Fed up with civilization, he ventures deep into Amazon country to live with and work among the Xingu Indians.
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Title: O Salvador da Pátria
Character: Professora Clotilde Ribeiro
Released: January 9, 1989
Type: TV
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Title: Sassaricando
Character: Camila Varela
Released: November 9, 1987
Type: TV
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The Lady from the Shanghai Cinema
Title: The Lady from the Shanghai Cinema
Character: Suzana
Released: July 19, 1987
Type: Movie
Former athlete enters an old cinema in São Paulo's decadent city centre and meets an intriguing and mysterious woman, very much like the leading lady on the film. He gets involved with her and her problems and in no time is being accused of a crime.
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Brasa Adormecida
Title: Brasa Adormecida
Released: August 15, 1986
Type: Movie
Rich girl travels with her fiancé (a cousin) to the family farm, where they're going to marry. But finds another cousin in love with her who does everything to hamper the wedding.
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Sexo Frágil
Title: Sexo Frágil
Character: A-N-A
Released: August 15, 1986
Type: Movie
To get money and produce the play in which his girlfriend acts, an unemployed actor dresses up as a woman and falls in love with a millionaire widower.
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Title: Dona Beija
Character: Dona Beija (Ana Jacinta de São José)
Released: March 31, 1986
Type: TV
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Marquesa de Santos
Title: Marquesa de Santos
Released: August 21, 1984
Type: Movie
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Title: Guerra dos Sexos
Character: Juliana de Alcântara Pereira Barreto
Released: June 6, 1983
Type: TV
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Title: Elas por Elas
Character: Ieda
Released: May 10, 1982
Type: TV
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Title: Jogo da Vida
Character: Carla Barros
Released: October 26, 1981
Type: TV
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Prova de Fogo
Title: Prova de Fogo
Character: Mãe Sandra
Released: May 25, 1980
Type: Movie
As soon as Mauro, an Administration student, discovers a strong vocation for mediumship, he drops everything to go deeper and dedicate himself to Umbanda, a religion he embraces so strongly that it makes him give up his studies. Determined to open his own spiritist center, Mauro moves to the countryside.