Xandó Batista

Xandó Batista

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The Brazilwood Man
Title: The Brazilwood Man
Released: February 22, 1982
Type: Movie
Fantasy comedy about Brazilian writer Oswald de Andrade, one of the most important icons of Modernism in Brazil. In the film, Oswald is played by two actors: Ítala Nandi, as his feminine anima, and Flávio Galvão, as the masculine half.
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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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Stories Our Nannies Don't Tell
Title: Stories Our Nannies Don't Tell
Character: Rei
Released: November 17, 1979
Type: Movie
Erotic spoof of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
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Rain Lovers
Title: Rain Lovers
Released: October 7, 1979
Type: Movie
A curious story: it rains whenever a couple of lovers meet. Against the weather forecast, it rains all over the city. And as the love grows, the stronger becomes the rain. Found by a television crew, they receive the title of "Rain Lovers", and their dates become public spectacles.
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A Noite dos Duros
Title: A Noite dos Duros
Character: Maracá
Released: October 14, 1978
Type: Movie
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A Casa das Tentações
Title: A Casa das Tentações
Released: September 29, 1977
Type: Movie
Saul and Mônica return to São Paulo after three years and find his family's colonial mansion abandoned, inhabited only by his old nanny, Bá, and his brother, Domício.
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O Sexualista
Title: O Sexualista
Released: April 28, 1977
Type: Movie
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Tiradentes, O Mártir da Independência
Title: Tiradentes, O Mártir da Independência
Released: April 4, 1977
Type: Movie
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O Seminarista
Title: O Seminarista
Character: Padre Confessor
Released: January 1, 1977
Type: Movie
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Fruto Proibido
Title: Fruto Proibido
Released: January 1, 1976
Type: Movie
Accused of raping and killing five women, Rodolfo is convicted of the crimes. The young man, however, pleads not guilty to all charges
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Chão Bruto
Title: Chão Bruto
Released: January 1, 1976
Type: Movie
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O Predileto
Title: O Predileto
Character: Onofre
Released: December 19, 1975
Type: Movie
Based on the novel "Totônio Pacheco", written by João Alphonsus. At the time of the decadence of the great farms of Minas Gerais, Totônio is a symbol of the golden age of state farms: old and accustomed to having all his wills obeyed. However, after moving to his son's home because of his wife's death and the resulting loneliness, he realizes that he has lost his job as a boss and is struggling to regain his prestige by moving to a brothel.
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Efigênia Dá Tudo Que Tem
Title: Efigênia Dá Tudo Que Tem
Released: August 31, 1975
Type: Movie
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Trote de Sádicos
Title: Trote de Sádicos
Released: January 1, 1974
Type: Movie
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Desafio à Aventura
Title: Desafio à Aventura
Released: April 6, 1972
Type: Movie
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O Corintiano
Title: O Corintiano
Character: Diretor do balé
Released: January 2, 1967
Type: Movie
Manuel is a fanatical barber for a São Paulo soccer team, Corinthians, and that's why he always gets into trouble with his neighbors and family.
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Title: O Ébrio
Character: Coronel Romualdo
Released: November 8, 1965
Type: TV
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The Kiss
Title: The Kiss
Character: Aprígio
Released: January 1, 1965
Type: Movie
When a dying man receives a kiss from a bereaved man who tries to save him, the man is jailed as a homosexual. He is released from jail, but his life has been ruined by the incident -- and the man eventually is killed by his own father-in-law. The kiss that resulted in the eventual persecution and death of the man is never shown in this plodding, downbeat drama.
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Mord in Rio
Title: Mord in Rio
Character: Norman Snyder
Released: December 6, 1963
Type: Movie
Barbara Leen owns a coffee export company based in Rio de Janeiro. The company has long since been infiltrated by smugglers, without Barbara knowing about it. The criminals are smuggling diamonds. Barbara's boyfriend is a journalist and tries to get to the bottom of the matter. But during his research he comes across more and more deaths. Eventually, however, he comes across the nightclub owner Leila and her lover Dumont. They appear to be the masterminds.
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O Preço da Vitória
Title: O Preço da Vitória
Released: October 5, 1959
Type: Movie
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Rebelião em Vila Rica
Title: Rebelião em Vila Rica
Released: January 1, 1957
Type: Movie
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Candinho
Title: Candinho
Character: Vicente
Released: March 25, 1954
Type: Movie
Candinho is a hillbilly who leaves the countryside, taking his donkey along, and goes to São Paulo, trying to find his mother.
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Luz Apagada
Title: Luz Apagada
Released: December 2, 1953
Type: Movie
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Uma Pulga na Balança
Title: Uma Pulga na Balança
Released: April 15, 1953
Type: Movie
Swindler in jail devises a scheme to blackmail the family of recently deceased people, threatening to tell supposedly incriminating facts about their dead relatives' lives.
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Nadando em Dinheiro
Title: Nadando em Dinheiro
Released: October 27, 1952
Type: Movie
Isidoro, a poor guy, suddenly becomes a millionaire, and gets into the most bizarre situations.
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Sai da Frente
Title: Sai da Frente
Released: June 25, 1952
Type: Movie
Isidoro Colepicula is a humble truck driver hired to transport some furniture from São Paulo to Santos, in his worn out truck he calls "Anastácio". Hiding among the pieces travels a bride who's trying to escape her own marriage. With his dog Coroné, he gets himself into many amusing situations, especially when the packed vehicle is left without brakes on a steep road, and he has to chase after it.
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Appassionata
Title: Appassionata
Released: May 26, 1952
Type: Movie
Sílvia Nogalis a concert pianist prefers her career to marriage. On the night when she performs "Appassionata" by Beethoven she receives news of the suicide of her husband, the master Walter Hauser.
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Angela
Title: Angela
Released: January 11, 1951
Type: Movie
A woman marries a gambler, thinking she could straighten him up, but he loses all their assets, even their own house, and tries to commit suicide. But one of the winners falls for his stepdaughter, and this could change the situation.