Luis Miranda

Luis Miranda

Born: December 15, 1969
in Santo Antônio de Jesus, Bahia, Brazil

Movies for Luis Miranda...

A Dog's Will 2
Title: A Dog's Will 2
Released: December 25, 2024
Type: Movie
Future Brazilian film of 2024, based on the 1955 play Auto da Compadecida by Ariano Suassuna. It is a continuation of O Auto da Compadecida from 2000.
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Great Sertão
Title: Great Sertão
Character: Zé Bebelo
Released: June 6, 2024
Type: Movie
Driven by fierce action, dynamic intensity, and unique language this epic thriller reinvents the 1965 classic film adaptation of the 1956 novel “Grande sertão: veredas” by João Guimarães Rosa. In the concrete jungles of lawless futuristic Brazil, enemies spout slam poetry in duels as their movements remind us of parkour. The adrenaline rush breaks into three timelines: the past introduces teenager Riobaldo and handsome Diadorim, the present depicts a bloody clash and reveals sexual identities, and the future exposes Riobaldo’s deal with the devil.
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Ó Paí, Ó 2
Title: Ó Paí, Ó 2
Character: Dr. Alfeu
Released: November 23, 2023
Type: Movie
Experience Roque's routine years after the first movie. Joana's tenement is still full of parties, gossip and confusion. The neighborhood prepares for the Iemanjá party, while dealing with the controversies of the neighbors.
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Slam
Title: Slam
Character: Roberto
Released: June 22, 2023
Type: Movie
Samuca is only 17 years old and discovers that his girlfriend Alicia is pregnant. The news comes to light at a not very favorable moment in Samuca's life, just when he thought everything was going very well. For having committed the same "slam" as his mother Melina, having a son at the same age as she had him, Samuca feels pressured. Themes such as teenage pregnancy and questions about life gain visibility and are unfolded throughout the plot.
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Title: Encantado's
Character: Eraldo
Released: November 18, 2022
Type: TV
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Bem-Vinda a Quixeramobim
Title: Bem-Vinda a Quixeramobim
Character: Doutor Alexandre
Released: October 13, 2022
Type: Movie
Aimée is a millionaire influencer who has all her family's assets blocked, except for a farm in the countryside of Ceará that she inherited from her grandfather. She leaves for the hinterland in an attempt to sell the property, but ashamed of the new reality, she invents that she will take a "sabbatical period" for a year. Thus, she will have to deal with her new life and sustain the lie on social media.
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Dissonantes
Title: Dissonantes
Character: Ohio
Released: June 23, 2022
Type: Movie
A broke guitarist rents his studio to Loly, his musical pupil, and is confronted by his convictions.
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Redenção de Ogum
Title: Redenção de Ogum
Character: Tiago
Released: March 15, 2022
Type: Movie
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O Auto da Boa Mentira
Title: O Auto da Boa Mentira
Character: Norberto ("Disney")
Released: April 29, 2021
Type: Movie
In four stories inspired by humorous tales by Ariano Suassuna, each created based on phrases by the poet from Paraíba, we meet Helder, Fabiano, Pierce and Lorena, living different situations where, ironically, the lie is always the protagonist.
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Title: Dani-se
Released: March 5, 2021
Type: TV
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Carlinhos & Carlão
Title: Carlinhos & Carlão
Character: Evaristo
Released: August 6, 2020
Type: Movie
Carlão is a prejudiced man who works in a car dealership with Cadinho, Zeca and Antunes. In conversations between them, Carlão always boasts of being the greatest soccer and mechanics savvy, all amidst macho and homophobic jokes. When Evaristo is the target of such verbal assaults, he pursues him and locks him in a magic locker. From there comes Carlinhos, a homosexual alter ego that takes over Carlão's body when night comes.
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L.O.C.A. – Liga das Obsessivas Compulsivas por Amor
Title: L.O.C.A. – Liga das Obsessivas Compulsivas por Amor
Character: Edson
Released: April 10, 2020
Type: Movie
Manoela is journalist in her thirties who faces love and professional crises. In an unexpected incident, she gets to know Helena, who takes her to a support group for women who love too much or are excessively jealous: the League of those who are Obsessive-Compulsive for Affection (L.O.C.A., Brazilian slang for "crazy"). The therapist seems to be an extremely mature and structured psychologist. Manoela sees this group as a chance to write an incredible article about the current female roles and wishes.
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Title: Que História é Essa, Porchat?
Character: Self
Released: August 6, 2019
Type: TV
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Lima Barreto ao Terceiro Dia
Title: Lima Barreto ao Terceiro Dia
Character: Lima Barreto
Released: January 11, 2019
Type: Movie
On the last days of his life, while succumbing to alcoholism in a hospital, famed writer Lima Barreto chronicles his trajectory story as a black, poor writer living in Brazilian society between monarchy's dying days and early years of republic with its countless social problems, which formed the basis of his many novels.
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Crô em Família
Title: Crô em Família
Character: Dorothy
Released: September 6, 2018
Type: Movie
Already famous, at the top of his career, owner of his own school of etiquette, Crô sees himself alone and without a family. Lonely and vulnerable, he ends up living at the whim of supposed family, Orlando, Marinalva, Luane and Nando, whose intentions are far from the best. With the inseparable Geni, Magda and Jurema by his side, Crô will embark on an adventure to find his true family while constantly avoiding the venom of the top columnist Carlota Valdez.
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Title: Mister Brau
Character: Lima
Released: September 22, 2015
Type: TV
Follows the unconventional lives of a Brazilian pop artist who got out of the streets to reach stardom and his manager-wife-choreographer.
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The Second Mother
Title: The Second Mother
Character: Antônio Jardineiro
Released: June 4, 2015
Type: Movie
After leaving her daughter Jessica in a small town in Pernambuco to be raised by relatives, Val spends the next 13 years working as a nanny to Fabinho in São Paulo. She has financial stability but has to live with the guilt of having not raised Jessica herself. As Fabinho’s university entrance exams approach, Jessica reappears in her life and seems to want to give her mother a second chance. However, Jessica has not been raised to be a servant and her very existence will turn Val’s routine on its head. With precision and humour, the subtle and powerful forces that keep rigid class structures in place and how the youth may just be the ones to shake it all up.
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Title: Zorra
Released: May 9, 2015
Type: TV
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Title: Passionais
Character: Martín
Released: October 31, 2014
Type: TV
In each episode, a story unfolds about how a couple's passion turned sour, as love succumbed to jealousy, hate and even crime.
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Entreturnos
Title: Entreturnos
Character: Valcir
Released: September 12, 2014
Type: Movie
Beto is a bus conductor married to Gilda, who longs to have a child. When Beto gets closer to Leia, owner of his favorite bar, he meets Valcir, a newcomer who completes the love triangle that results in pregnancy. Amid the difficulties in dealing with this situation, the characters run through the city and find out more about themselves as they learn to confront their personal conflicts.
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Aos Ventos que Virão
Title: Aos Ventos que Virão
Character: Nego de Rosa
Released: July 24, 2014
Type: Movie
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Title: Now Generation
Character: Dorothy Benson
Released: May 5, 2014
Type: TV
The genius Jonas Marra (Murilo Benício, from Brazil Avenue) has attained what few others have — a rich and famous celebrity of the digital world in Silicon Valley and the owner of Marra International, a respected technology conglomerate. But behind his image of a successful businessman lies another person shrouded in conflict and mystery.
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Trampolim do Forte
Title: Trampolim do Forte
Character: Reverendo
Released: December 20, 2013
Type: Movie
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De Pernas pro Ar 2
Title: De Pernas pro Ar 2
Character: Mano Love
Released: December 28, 2012
Type: Movie
Alice owns a network of sex shops and workaholic who, in trying to reconcile the harsh routine of work and family life, suffers nervous breakdown, she is forced by her husband to go to spa. Precisely at this time, appears unique opportunity to expand its business in New York. Using fun gimmicks, risks his health, leaves spa party there with family to ride, but actually in order to facilitate their professional interests. In trying to reconcile the agendas, engage in hilarious situations and mistakes that culminate in the possible separation of the couple.
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O Diário de Tati
Title: O Diário de Tati
Character: Seu Neves
Released: August 24, 2012
Type: Movie
Tati is a typical teenager, unable to learn mathematics, but very intelligent when creating plans to escape the punishment of the mother. During the summer, she needs to hide that she has to do math classes to improve her grades, conquer Zeca, the most popular boy in school and also care for the heartache of her mother, who wants to try to find a new love.
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Homens de Bem
Title: Homens de Bem
Character: Ulisses
Released: December 29, 2011
Type: Movie
Ciba (Rodrigo Santoro) is an independent investigator who works together with the police. A typical fallible hero who struggles with strong personal issues, while preventing crime and injustice. His partner, Deputy Ulisses (Luis Miranda), is a well-meaning professional who recognizes the difficulty in securing his function using only common artifacts, and Ciba's unofficial contact is of utmost importance for the progress of his investigations.
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Amanhã Nunca Mais
Title: Amanhã Nunca Mais
Released: November 11, 2011
Type: Movie
Walter is an absent father and husband who works in a hospital without time for his family. His redemption happens when his wife sends him to the birthday cake for her daughter, but she does not know is that during the return trip home, the impossible will happen so that everything goes wrong.
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Screen
Title: Screen
Released: August 25, 2011
Type: Movie
In a movie theater, a man wakes up and looks at the screen. "What's that?", he asks his girlfriend. "A movie", she replies. Is it?
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Onde Está a Felicidade?
Title: Onde Está a Felicidade?
Character: Amigo no Jantar
Released: August 19, 2011
Type: Movie
Teodora discovers that her husband was having a virtual relationship and enters a crisis, which results in the loss of her job as a presenter of a culinary program. Disillusioned, she decides to hit the road and sets out on a journey of self-discovery, walking the Way of Santiago de Compostela, in Spain.
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Trap.com
Title: Trap.com
Character: Pai Amâncio
Released: July 8, 2011
Type: Movie
Exposed by his girlfriend through a video on the Internet, Bruno tries to revive his reputation, but all he can do is get into a series of traps (Cilada, in Portuguese). Cilada.com is a comedy about love and betrayal that shows the power of the Internet to transform small intimacies and slips in fame and constraints globalized.
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Trap.com
Title: Trap.com
Character: Pai de Santo
Released: July 8, 2011
Type: Movie
Exposed by his girlfriend through a video on the Internet, Bruno tries to revive his reputation, but all he can do is get into a series of traps (Cilada, in Portuguese). Cilada.com is a comedy about love and betrayal that shows the power of the Internet to transform small intimacies and slips in fame and constraints globalized.
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Title: Batendo Ponto
Character: Jorge
Released: April 3, 2011
Type: TV
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Muita Calma Nessa Hora
Title: Muita Calma Nessa Hora
Character: Buba
Released: November 12, 2010
Type: Movie
Three young friends, Tita, Mari and Aninha decide to change their situations and travel to a beach place for a weekend. On the road, they meet Estrella, a hippie that wants a hide to try to find her unknown father. Together, they will live hilarious, absurd and moving situations. More than a change the air, they change themselves.
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Title: As Cariocas
Character: Margarete
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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Title: Junto & Misturado
Character: Multiple characters
Released: October 1, 2010
Type: TV
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The Two Deaths of Quincas Wateryell
Title: The Two Deaths of Quincas Wateryell
Character: Pé de vento
Released: May 21, 2010
Type: Movie
Friends of the recently deceased Quincas take their pal's body on one last tour of his favorite spots in Brazil's Bahia.
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Jean Charles
Title: Jean Charles
Character: Alex
Released: June 26, 2009
Type: Movie
The tragic true story of Jean Charles de Menezes, the innocent Brazilian shot dead by British police in 2005 at the height of the London terrorist alerts.
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My Name Ain't Johnny
Title: My Name Ain't Johnny
Character: Alcides
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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Faça Sua História
Title: Faça Sua História
Character: Maribel
Released: December 27, 2007
Type: Movie
Taxi driver Oswaldir (Stepan Nercessian) entertains his passengers with stories from his daily work. In the special, the taxi driver tells several cases to a passenger (Luiz Gustavo), such as the story of the manicurist Ivonete (Rita Guedes), a woman so stunning that she was called to be Miss Irajá and pose for the cover of a magazine. Despite all the praise she received, she didn't have a boyfriend. Until Haroldão (Ernesto Piccolo) appeared. He won her over with a beautiful line, but soon let her down.
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The Sign of the City
Title: The Sign of the City
Character: Sombra
Released: September 29, 2007
Type: Movie
Teca, a late-night radio show host, uses her astrological skills to help listeners who call in for advice. But her own life feels empty and lonely. One day she makes the acquaintance of her handsome new neighbour, Gil, only to find out he is married.
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O Amor do Palhaço
Title: O Amor do Palhaço
Released: July 6, 2005
Type: Movie
The end. Grete, beach personality from Canoa Quebrada, is dead. His story goes back in time, moments in his life reveal his trajectory until the moment he makes the fateful decision to leave Circo Maximo and venture out alone. The beginning of the end.
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Title: Sob Nova Direção
Character: Moreno
Released: April 18, 2004
Type: TV
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Insane Tuesday
Title: Insane Tuesday
Character: Dona Edith / Vovó Arminda / MC Dollar
Released: February 10, 2004
Type: Movie
Insane Tuesday debuted in São Paulo in 2001. The project was dedicated to the study of Brazilian comedy, to the transformation of actors into authors of their own characters and texts, and to the promotion of original productions of contemporary adult humor.
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Carandiru
Title: Carandiru
Character: Paulo Boca
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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Brainstorm
Title: Brainstorm
Character: Enfermeiro Marcelo
Released: June 22, 2001
Type: Movie
Neto is a middle class teenager living a normal life. After his father finds a marijuana cigarette on his pocket, he is sent to a mental institution, where he gets to know a completely absurd and inhumane reality in which people are devoured by a corrupt and cruel system.
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Domésticas
Title: Domésticas
Character: Abreu
Released: January 25, 2001
Type: Movie
Five maids in São Paulo are observed in this episodic, impressionistic film. The women interact with each other, ride busses, work, and have longings: Rai for a husband, Créo for her lost daughter, Roxane for a career in modeling. Quitéria is naive, a gull for thieves. Cida has a husband and also a lover. While each woman gets what she wishes for (more or less), it doesn't always make things better.
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Title: Grande Sertão: Veredas
Character: Zé Bebelo
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
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O Clube das Mulheres de Negócios
Title: O Clube das Mulheres de Negócios
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Set in an imaginary world where gender stereotypes are inverted, that is, women occupy positions of power while men are raised to be socially submissive. Emerging issues are addressed, not just machismo, but racism, classism and corruption, rooted in the patriarchal culture of Brazil and the world.
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Maldito Benefício
Title: Maldito Benefício
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
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A Sogra Perfeita 2
Title: A Sogra Perfeita 2
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Sequel to A Sogra Perfeita (2020).