Babu Santana

Babu Santana

Born: December 10, 1979
in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Alexandre da Silva Santana (born December 10, 1979), known professionally as Babu Santana, is a Brazilian actor. Born in Vidigal, Rio de Janeiro, Santana acted in plays at school since his 12 years and joined the theater group "Nós do Morro" when he was 17. His first roles in films were in 2002 when he acted in "City of God" and "Something in the Air". He's the winner of two Grande Otelos, the greatest award of Brazilian cinema and a former participant in reality TV show Big Brother Brasil.

Movies for Babu Santana...

A Festa de Léo
Title: A Festa de Léo
Released: May 23, 2024
Type: Movie
The film is set in Morro do Vidigal, one of the most famous favelas in Rio de Janeiro. Rita needs to give her son Léo a party that means a lot to her. But on the day of the party, she discovers that all the money for the event, which she had been saving for months, was stolen by Dudu. From this disappointment, Rita, who works at the beach, needs to race against time to make Léo's party possible and save Dudu's life. To do this, she will need the help of her friends.
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Title: Perfect Love
Character: Padre Severo
Released: March 20, 2023
Type: TV
A story about love and its different manifestations, told through the little boy Marcelino in search of his biggest dream: to meet his mother. Inspired by a famous book, the plot takes place in the 1940s.
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Rule 34
Title: Rule 34
Character: André
Released: January 19, 2023
Type: Movie
Simone is a young law student who studies criminal law and advocates for women's rights. On her free time, she's a cam girl that makes live sexual performances on the Internet. One night, she watches a video that awakens her interest in BDSM-related activities, leading her into a series of conflicts dominated by violence and eroticism.
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Os Suburbanos: O Filme
Title: Os Suburbanos: O Filme
Character: Wellington
Released: October 6, 2022
Type: Movie
Driver Jeferson is the biggest fan of pagode and is willing to do anything to make his dream of being a singer come true, even cleaning the pool of the owner of the record label. After a premonition, he composes a song and sets up his plans for future internet success. However, he ends up getting involved with his boss's wife, at the same time that he discovers that he will be a father for the first time.
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O Vampiro Que Pensa Vozes
Title: O Vampiro Que Pensa Vozes
Character: Psiquiatra
Released: July 14, 2022
Type: Movie
Maurino (Marcelo Mac) suffers from auditory hallucinations and thinks he is a vampire, even though he is terrified of blood. After a conversation with Doctor Edvar (Babu Santana), Maurino suffers another psychotic crisis and decides to walk the streets of Lapa with his favorite machete, talking to the voices that keep echoing inside his head. Your biggest concern is thinking you're listening to people's thoughts.
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Quatro Amigas Numa Fria
Title: Quatro Amigas Numa Fria
Character: Aílton
Released: May 19, 2022
Type: Movie
Dani is about to get married and travels with three other friends to Bariloche for her bachelorette party. The girls expect a fun and peaceful trip, but when they arrive in the Argentine city, things start to go wrong and the group has to make do: Karen forgets to book a place and, from there, the situation only gets worse. Together, they will need to find practical solutions to their problems and experience completely unexpected adventures.
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Intervenção
Title: Intervenção
Released: December 26, 2021
Type: Movie
Larissa competed for the Rio Military Police in search of the ideal of “protecting the citizen”.
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Title: Jogo de Duplas
Released: December 10, 2021
Type: TV
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Era Uma Vez Babu
Title: Era Uma Vez Babu
Released: November 20, 2021
Type: Movie
An experiment of poetic fiction involving the personality of an important actor in an abstract vision, that goes through past, present and future.
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Title: Central de Bicos
Character: Manteiguinha
Released: September 13, 2021
Type: TV
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Title: Jojo Nove e Meia
Released: June 17, 2021
Type: TV
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Falas Negras
Title: Falas Negras
Character: Muhammad Ali
Released: November 20, 2020
Type: Movie
The special features 22 real testimonials from people like Mandela, Martin Luther King and Marielle Franco, who fought racism and freedom in favor of justice.
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Title: Anitta Dentro da Casinha
Character: Self
Released: May 14, 2020
Type: TV
Nothing for this woman! Anitta is back, with her new show, made entirely from home, where she presents, directs, sings, dances and who knows what! After all, with our diva anything can happen.
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Title: Run For Your Lives
Character: Nanico
Released: January 27, 2020
Type: TV
In this romantic comedy, life links together the fate of three completely different women, after witnessing the murder of a judge during a hurricane in Cancun. To stay safe, Kyra, Alexia and Luna have to give up their lives and start over with new identities on a witness protection program. Packed with romance and new experiences, the struggle for survival will make them question their dreams and loves they had until that point.
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Title: Que História é Essa, Porchat?
Character: Self
Released: August 6, 2019
Type: TV
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Coffee with Cinnamon
Title: Coffee with Cinnamon
Character: Ivan
Released: January 25, 2018
Type: Movie
Five friends drink beer and chat at Violeta's house. Bit by bit, their stories of love, loss and suffering are told, revealing the acts of love and friendship that helped them through the hardest times of their lives.
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Bandeira de Retalhos
Title: Bandeira de Retalhos
Released: January 21, 2018
Type: Movie
Vidigal Hill, 1977. A runaway group of bandits engage in a complex love triangle in the brink of the news that the corrupt Rio de Janeiro mayor decided to make everyone move out of Vidigal, aided by police forces.
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How Do You See Me?
Title: How Do You See Me?
Released: November 24, 2017
Type: Movie
How Do You See Me? is a Brazilian documentary feature that entwines both experienced actors and beginners to explore the hardships and the happiness that are inherent to the job when detached from the glam and glitz of the gossip industry, creating a diverse and comprehensive mosaic of what it means to be an actor in Brazil, a country so full of contradictions. The film brings forward a reality that the masses usually don't get to know: the men and women moved by a deep passion for acting and touching people. With Julio Adrião, Matheus Nachtergaele, José Celso Martinez, Cássia Kis, Nanda Costa, Babu Santana, Luciano Vidigal and Letícia Sabatella, among others.
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Praça Paris
Title: Praça Paris
Character: Pastor
Released: October 10, 2017
Type: Movie
Camila is a Portuguese therapist who works at Rio de Janeiro State University, where she attends Glória, the university's elevator operator. Throughout the sessions, Camila faces a very violent reality, since Glória was raped by her own father as a child and her brother Jonas is a dangerous bandit that is in prison. Increasingly frightened by the reports she hears, she feels threatened at the same time that Glória sees her as essential in her life.
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Rio Mumbai
Title: Rio Mumbai
Character: Marcão
Released: June 21, 2017
Type: Movie
Nelson, a skeptical and disillusioned journalist, is having strange experiences. The old scientist who lives in his building tries to convince him that these events are linked to an old study of time travel. Nelson's wife Maria receives a logbook that reveals a timeless communication between them.
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Title: Lady Night
Character: Self
Released: April 10, 2017
Type: TV
No talkshow Lady Night, Tatá Werneck recebe celebridades para um bate-papo com muitas brincadeiras e bom humor. Entre os convidados estão Bruna Marquezine, Anitta, Sandy, Tiago Iorc e muito mais!
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In Dog's Words
Title: In Dog's Words
Character: Santana
Released: March 17, 2016
Type: Movie
São Paulo, 2007. Santana works as a dogcatcher, picking up stray animals. He is a friendly guy, averse to trouble, who has always kept violence away from the doorsteps of his home. One day, he catches a very big dog in a school. Some days later, comes the animal's owner: Babyface, a sociopath ex-cop. The man is furious, considering his dog to be "kidnapped", and demands immediate restitution of his pet. But the dog is not coming back: according to the law, the animal was put to sleep. In a misunderstanding, Babyface argue with Santana, blaming him for his pet's death. From this moment on, Santana's life will be completely changed.
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Title: The Suburban People
Character: Wellinton
Released: July 6, 2015
Type: TV
A resident of the Rio de Janeiro suburb, Jefinho works in a van and dreams of being famous. He is passionate about pagode music and sees his life changing when his video clip hits the internet.
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A Culpa é do Neymar
Title: A Culpa é do Neymar
Character: Jair
Released: July 1, 2015
Type: Movie
A typical kid from the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro starts to support the team that his idol, Neymar, plays for. To his father, this is an unforgivable betrayal.
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Title: I Love Paraisópolis
Character: Jávai
Released: May 11, 2015
Type: TV
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Title: Tim Maia: Vale o Que Vier
Character: Tim Maia
Released: January 1, 2015
Type: TV
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Title: Fred & Lucy
Character: Vieira
Released: November 5, 2014
Type: TV
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Tim Maia
Title: Tim Maia
Character: Tim Maia
Released: October 30, 2014
Type: Movie
Biopic of Brazilian singer Tim Maia, from his childhood in Rio de Janeiro until his death at age 55, including his passage by the US, where he discovers a new style of music and is arrested for theft and drug possession.
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Elite Cup
Title: Elite Cup
Character: Jamba
Released: April 18, 2014
Type: Movie
Police officer Jorge Capitão is a competent BOP captain and a Brazilian idol. But after he saved Argentina's greatest ace from a kidnapping, on the eve of the World Cup, he ended up becoming the nation's number 1 public enemy. Expelled from the corporation and discredited by the people, Captain must relearn how to work as a team to avoid an attempt on the Pope in the final of the tournament. That's when the sex shop manager Bia Alpinistinha, a medium and her very crazy mother, enters the scene.
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Julio Sumiu
Title: Julio Sumiu
Character: Orlando Caolha
Released: January 10, 2014
Type: Movie
Rio de Janeiro, in the period in which the Police Pacification Units (PPUs) were beginning to be deployed in the city. Edna (Lilia Cabral) is the mother of Julio (Pedro Nercessian) and Silvio (Fiuk). One day she wakes up desperate to see that Julio just disappeared!
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Memories They Told Me
Title: Memories They Told Me
Character: João Tavares
Released: June 26, 2013
Type: Movie
A group of friends, who resisted the military dictatorship, and their children will face the conflict between the daily life of today and the past when one of them is dying.
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AE-Autoexposure
Title: AE-Autoexposure
Character: Pai do Thiago
Released: November 9, 2012
Type: Movie
After a shooting assignment, Henrique is mugged by two armed motor-bikers who steal his camera and speed off. Seconds later, he watches both get hit by a pickup truck driven by a self-appointed avenger, someone weary of feeling defenseless against the urban violence, and who decided to take action. Henrique recovers his stolen equipment and leaves, feeling avenged. But he goes back to find the memory card, with the photos, lost during the crash. From that moment, he is trapped in a situation where he is now the criminal for failing to rescue a victim, who had been his aggressor. Going from the murder scene to the police station, and then to the emergency ward of the public hospital, he attempts to clear himself.
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Love is All
Title: Love is All
Character: Babão
Released: September 30, 2011
Type: Movie
A family with financial difficulties has a brilliant idea: to make their daughter Lindinha get pregnant of the famous singer Ivan Cláudio to inherit a lot of money and get them out of the choke. They plan the right day that the girl should go out with the star and begin to follow his performance schedule. They just didn't count with one thing: the jealous Jennifer, wife of Ivan, who will not let this story cheap.
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Não Se Pode Viver Sem Amor
Title: Não Se Pode Viver Sem Amor
Character: Miguel
Released: May 6, 2011
Type: Movie
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Os Normais 2
Title: Os Normais 2
Character: Policial no Hospital
Released: August 28, 2009
Type: Movie
After thirteen years of engagement, the boring sex life of Rui and Vani is limited to one intercourse every other week. They decide to seek excitement with a threesome and they decide to invite Vani's cousin Silvinha to participate late night, but an accident interrupts their game. Rui and Vani unsuccessfully spend the night searching for for companion of a bisexual woman.
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Plastic City
Title: Plastic City
Released: March 14, 2009
Type: Movie
Yuda, a Chinese immigrant, and his adopted son Kirin, who he saved being eaten by a tiger in the jungle, stand at the head of a massive pirated goods operation that brings in both money and influence. But their empire is crumbling, as corrupt politicians and rival gangs seek to end their power in the city. Yuda is soon got arrested and his dedicated son tries his best to save not just the family business, but his father's reputation.
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Title: India: A Love Story
Character: paciente do Dr. Castanho
Released: January 19, 2009
Type: TV
The daughter of a traditional, rich Indian family falls in love for a Dalit, and "untouchable" man.
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Mais Uma História no Rio
Title: Mais Uma História no Rio
Character: Sargento Rodrigues
Released: September 26, 2008
Type: Movie
Rodolfo Guerra, a young man from the upper class of Rio de Janeiro, has his fancy imported car taken from him at gun point in front of his condo by two men. With the help of the alarm system installed in car and the police, he captures one of the suspects. He will find out that the suspect can also be the victim!
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Once Upon a Time in Rio
Title: Once Upon a Time in Rio
Character: Homem do CV
Released: July 25, 2008
Type: Movie
Situated just above the awe-inspiring Ipanema beach in Rio is the Cantagalo slum. Every day, floods of Cantagalo residents make their way down the mountain, only to disappear into their surroundings as part of the invisible working-class that cleans apartments, works in restaurants, and sells food along the scenic, sun-drenched shores. Young Dé (Thiago Martins) is just such a man. Dé lives with his mother Bernadette (Cyria Coentro) in a cramped Cantagalo apartment, selling hot dogs on the beach in order to make the rent. His brother Beto was killed when Dé was just a young boy, and his adopted brother Carlão (Rocco Pitanga) has been jailed for a robbery that he didn't commit. One day, while working on the beach, Dé meets Nina (Vitória Frate). Nina is the only child of a successful lawyer named Evandro (Paulo César Grande), who's none to happy to discover that his daughter is dating a member of the lower class. How...
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Title: A Favorita
Character: dono da casa que Edivaldo, Greice e Céu foram morar
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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Maré, Our Love Story
Title: Maré, Our Love Story
Character: Dudu
Released: April 4, 2008
Type: Movie
Free adaptation of Romeo and Juliet translated to the harsh life in Favela da Maré, one of largest and most violent slums in Rio de Janeiro. Living in a slum divided between two rival gangs of drug traffickers, Analídia is the daughter of one of the gangs' leaders and Jonathan is a childhood friend of the other gang leader. Both study in a dance group situated exactly in the middle of the two territories, looking for solace in art.
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My Name Ain't Johnny
Title: My Name Ain't Johnny
Character: Police Officer
Released: January 4, 2008
Type: Movie
The true story of João Guilherme Estrella ("Johnny"), a young middle-class bon vivant who became a big-time cocaine dealer in Rio de Janeiro in the early 1990s.
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Cobrador: In God We Trust
Title: Cobrador: In God We Trust
Character: Pastor
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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Estômago: A Gastronomic Story
Title: Estômago: A Gastronomic Story
Character: Bujiú
Released: September 26, 2007
Type: Movie
In a dog-eat-dog world, Raimundo Nonato has found an alternative way to move ahead: he cooks. No matter what social strata this deceptively innocent young man inhabits, he hones his skills and sharpens his knives—and then he falls in love. Jorge's nimble comic fable provides a smartly constructed gastronomic allegory for ambition and survival.
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City of Men
Title: City of Men
Released: August 31, 2007
Type: Movie
Best buddies Acerola and Laranjinha, about to turn 18, discover things about their missing fathers' pasts which will shatter their solid friendship, in the middle of a war between rival drug gangs from Rio's favelas.
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The State of the World
Title: The State of the World
Character: (segment "Germano")
Released: June 16, 2007
Type: Movie
An omnibus project examining, well, the state of the world.
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Germano
Title: Germano
Released: May 24, 2007
Type: Movie
A short contemporary story about the crew of a small Brazilian fishing boat. Part of the anthology The State of the World.
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Baptism of Blood
Title: Baptism of Blood
Character: Carcereiro do DOPS
Released: April 20, 2007
Type: Movie
In São Paulo, in the late 1960s, the convent of the Dominican friars became a trench of resistance to the military dictatorship that governs Brazil. Moved by Christian ideals, frets Betto, Oswaldo, Fernando, Ivo and Tito came to support the guerrilla group Ação Libertadora Nacional, commanded by Carlos Marighella.
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Achados e Perdidos
Title: Achados e Perdidos
Character: Leão
Released: April 19, 2007
Type: Movie
Ex-cop Vieira is involved in the death of his lover , a prostitute who works in the streets of Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro. After her death, some strange things started to happen and Vieira is harassed at the same time by the police and some old bad guys from his past. Meanwhile, he is seriously involved with a young and pretty prostitute named Flor.
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Title: Paraíso Tropical
Character: Klebão
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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Memórias da Chibata
Title: Memórias da Chibata
Character: Alemão
Released: June 9, 2006
Type: Movie
Juca, a black kid, sees his friends and his mother being hit by his stepfather, without being able to do anything against it, but when he knows that he is the great-grandson of João Cândido, the leader of the sailors rebellion against the chibata hits adopted by Brazilian Navy till 1910, he takes an extreme attitude towards changing the course of his life.
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Title: Alma Gêmea
Character: um dos peões da fazenda que perseguem Serena
Released: June 20, 2005
Type: TV
A young woman is fated to relive the love of an earlier life. Separated by time, young Serena and botanist Rafael surmount all obstacles as they live a love that is stronger than fate itself. These challenges include the lovely but ambitious Cristina, who is obsessed by the rich botanist and driven nearly mad by her attempts to shatter their great love. A romantic comedy set in the 1940s, Soul Mate underscores the importance of love, family values and the ties of affection with a light touch and plenty of humor.
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Redeemer
Title: Redeemer
Character: Júnior
Released: September 10, 2004
Type: Movie
Célio Rocha believes he was assigned by God Himself a difficult mission: to persuade his childhood friend Otávio Sabóia, a corrupt entrepeneur in the construction business, to give away all his possessions to the poor.
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Almost Brothers
Title: Almost Brothers
Character: Pingão
Released: April 1, 2004
Type: Movie
The strange friendship between two men of opposite social classes. Miguel is a senator. His childhood friend Jorge is a major drug-dealer. In the 1970s, they meet in prison: Miguel was there for political reasons, and Jorge, as a common criminal.
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As Alegres Comadres
Title: As Alegres Comadres
Character: Pistola
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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Uma Onda no Ar
Title: Uma Onda no Ar
Character: Roque
Released: September 6, 2002
Type: Movie
Based on the true story of four friends who decide to install a communal pirate radio station called Rádio Favela in a shanty-town, to give voice to the outcasts' complaints.
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City of God
Title: City of God
Character: Grande
Released: August 30, 2002
Type: Movie
In the slums of Rio, two kids' paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer and the other a kingpin.
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Na Idade da Imagem ou Projeção nas Cavernas
Title: Na Idade da Imagem ou Projeção nas Cavernas
Released: April 18, 2002
Type: Movie
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Title: Big Brother Brasil
Character: Self - Housemate
Released: January 29, 2002
Type: TV
Brazilian version of the reality game show in which a group of houseguests live together 24 hours a day, isolated from the outside world but under constant surveillance with no privacy. Each week a guest is voted out of the house until only the winner remains.
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Welcome Maguila
Title: Welcome Maguila
Character: Maguila
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
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Kasa Branca
Title: Kasa Branca
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Dé, Adrianim and Martins are three black teenagers from Chatuba, Rio de Janeiro. When Dé receives the news that Almerinda, his grandmother, is in the terminal phase of Alzheimer's disease, he decides to enjoy the last days of her life together with his two best friends.