Daniel Filho

Daniel Filho

Born: September 30, 1937
in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Responsible for triggering an aesthetic revolution in Brazilian TV during the 1970s, he became a Midas of popular cinema in Brazil during the 2000s. He created one blockbuster after another, many adapted from the theatre. The "Se Eu Fosse Você" (If I Were You) franchise (2006-09), featuring Tony Ramos and Gloria Pires - famous for their soap opera roles, sold more than 9 million tickets.

Movies for Daniel Filho...

Just Another Christmas
Title: Just Another Christmas
Character: Seu Pedro
Released: December 3, 2020
Type: Movie
After taking a very nasty fall on Christmas Eve, grinchy Jorge blacks out and wakes up one year later, with no memory of the year that has passed. He soon realizes that he’s doomed to keep waking up on Christmas Eve after Christmas Eve, having to deal with the aftermath of what his other self has done the other 364 days of the year.
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Golden Mouth
Title: Golden Mouth
Character: Newspaper Clerk
Released: December 14, 2019
Type: Movie
After his death, infamous Rio de Janeiro mob boss Golden Mouth (named after his all-golden teeth) gets multiple accounts of his life told to the press by his former lover.
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Rindo à Toa: Humor Sem Limites
Title: Rindo à Toa: Humor Sem Limites
Character: Self
Released: November 9, 2018
Type: Movie
A portrays of the period in which Brazilian humor had fewer limits (1986-2003), free from military dictatorship.
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What are you Laughing At? Humour and Dictatorship
Title: What are you Laughing At? Humour and Dictatorship
Character: Self
Released: November 9, 2018
Type: Movie
Even with all the brutality in the Brazilian dictatorial period, many artists presented themselves as a resistance, using their talent and creativity as a way to trick the censorship.
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Duas de Mim
Title: Duas de Mim
Character: Daniel Filho
Released: September 28, 2017
Type: Movie
Suellen (Thalita Carauta) is a cook who works hard to keep her little son, her younger sister and her mother alone. One day, your dreams come true: she splits in two. Her copy, identical physically, has different personality, being much more extroverted and courageous. The idea would be to divide the tasks with the other one, but soon Suellen realizes that the look-alike has plans of its own, and decides to betray the original.
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Till Luck Do Us: Part 3
Title: Till Luck Do Us: Part 3
Character: Elias Barelli
Released: December 31, 2015
Type: Movie
After waking from a coma, Tino learns his future in-laws have given him a high-powered financial job, for which he is woefully unqualified.
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O Amuleto
Title: O Amuleto
Character: Herminio
Released: May 28, 2015
Type: Movie
Moçambique beach in Florianópolis, have a lot of unsolved murders cases. One day, Diana, Alex, Paulinho and Marcinha went to a party in the forest. In the next day, three teenagers are found death. Diana is the only survivor, but she doesn't remember what happen. The only thing that will help to solve the case is the videos recorded with their cell phones.
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Muita Calma Nessa Hora 2
Title: Muita Calma Nessa Hora 2
Character: Pai de Tita
Released: April 4, 2014
Type: Movie
When Mari produces a music festival in Rio de Janeiro, she invites friends Tita, Aninha and Estrella to join her for another wild adventure.
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Eu Não Faço a Menor Ideia do Que Eu Tô Fazendo com a Minha Vida
Title: Eu Não Faço a Menor Ideia do Que Eu Tô Fazendo com a Minha Vida
Character:
Released: December 20, 2013
Type: Movie
Clara doesn't know what she wants to do with her life, until one day she meets Guilherme who helps her to find her own path.
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Federal Bank Heist
Title: Federal Bank Heist
Character: Advogado
Released: July 22, 2011
Type: Movie
"The Baron" wanted to commit the perfect heist involving 3 tons of money and no violence. For this he would need the right people willing to get 1 million dollars to take part in this job. Based on true events, in 2005, 168,000,000 Brazilian Real (almost 80,000,000 US dollars) were stolen from a Brazilian Central Bank (Federal Reserve), making it the biggest peace-time robbery in history. It was perhaps the most audacious bank heist ever.
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Title: The Illusionist
Character: Salomão Hayalla
Released: July 12, 2011
Type: TV
The illusionist is mysterious, captivating and mesmerizes all those around him. But is he really a swindler or a man with extraordinary powers? This fascinating telenovela tells the story of seductive Herculano Quintanilha, who exerts significant influence over his great love Amanda, the Hayalla family and his friends. These and other enigmas can be found in The Illusionist, a telenovela where seduction is the great secret.
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Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado
Title: Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado
Character: Self
Released: November 19, 2009
Type: Movie
The life of a famous Brazilian film and television actor, including testimonials from people who knew him and worked with him, as well as excerpts from films and videos in which he acted.
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Peacetime
Title: Peacetime
Character: Doutor Penna
Released: August 14, 2009
Type: Movie
Rio de Janeiro, April 18, 1945. Brazil's foreign policy aligns closely with that of the United States and opens a brief period of democratic rule after the end of World War 2. For years, hundreds of people were arrested and tortured by the Vargas regime. But with the external pressure, several political prisoners gain freedom.
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The Man Who Bottled Clouds
Title: The Man Who Bottled Clouds
Character: Self
Released: July 28, 2008
Type: Movie
A host of personalities reminisce about the life and work of songwriter, lawyer, and congressman Humberto Teixeira — aka "Baião Doctor" — the author of such classic Brazilian popular songs as "Asa Branca". A musical film about the baião, a movement in Brazilian music in the 1940s and 1950s that was later snowed under by samba and bossa nova.
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As Mulheres no Cinema Brasileiro
Title: As Mulheres no Cinema Brasileiro
Character: Ele mesmo
Released: May 4, 2008
Type: Movie
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Crítico
Title: Crítico
Character: Self
Released: January 22, 2008
Type: Movie
Seventy critics and filmmakers discuss cinema around the conflict between the artist and the observer, the creator and the critic. Between 1998 and 2007, Kléber Mendonça Filho recorded testimonies about this relationship in Brazil, the United States and Europe, based on his experience as a critic.
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Title: Pages of Life
Character: Self
Released: July 10, 2006
Type: TV
Nanda must rethink her plansof studying in Amsterdam when she discovers she is pregnant. After losing the support of her boyfriend Léo, the young girl decides to return home, where she suffers a serious accident and dies.However, Helena, her doctor, is able to save her new-born twins: Francisco and Clara. Unfortunately, Clara suffers from Downs Syndrome. Helena feels a strong emotional tie to Clara and adopts her.Years later, the twins’father Léo, a young and wealthy businessman, returns to the scene, wanting to gain custody of the children.However, Helena and Alex fight to the end to retain guardianship of the twins, whom they have raised with such love.
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If I Were You
Title: If I Were You
Character: Homem no Banheiro
Released: January 6, 2006
Type: Movie
The publicist Claudio and the housewife and choral teacher Helena have been married for many years, but they do not understand and respect the feelings and view point of the partner. Claudio sees Helena as a shopper and "little teacher of a choral" and Helena sees Claudio as an insensitive and rough man. On the night before the fiftieth anniversary of Claudio, they changed places with each other.
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Darling Stranger
Title: Darling Stranger
Character: Alberto
Released: October 6, 2002
Type: Movie
On Alberto's birthday, his daughter Zezé gets engaged. But the party turns sour when he decides to expose his pain and regrets.
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Title: A Justiceira
Character: Salomão Garcia
Released: April 9, 1997
Type: TV
Diana is woman who lost her child for her Husband. A evil man behind a series of crime operations. Searching for her son, Diana is hired for a underground organization to fight crimes all over Brazil. Now, Diana has the meanings to locate her former husband and search for her son.
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Tieta of Agreste
Title: Tieta of Agreste
Character: Corretor
Released: August 30, 1996
Type: Movie
After being exiled for 26 years, Tieta returns to her native village in Bahia, bringing chaos and upheaving the local order.
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The Body
Title: The Body
Released: July 12, 1991
Type: Movie
Xavier, a pharmacist, lives peacefully in bigamy with his two women, Carmen and Beatriz, but the harmony breaks down when they find he has another lover, Monique, a nightclub dancer.
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Title: Rainha da Sucata
Character: Renato Maia
Released: April 2, 1990
Type: TV
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Title: O Sexo dos Anjos
Character: Teófilo Muniz
Released: September 25, 1989
Type: TV
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Title: Que Rei Sou Eu?
Character: Bergeron Bouchet / André Barral
Released: February 13, 1989
Type: TV
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Title: Vale Tudo
Character: Rubinho
Released: May 16, 1988
Type: TV
Fátima Accioly is a young, callous woman who wants to be rich and successful at any price. After selling her family's house in the country, she heads to Rio and gets to know dress man César who is unscrupulous himself. Meanwhile, her mother Raquel stays behind without home and money, but finally tries to find her daughter in the big city. Both women come in contact with the rich Roitman family which changes their lives forever.
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The Story of Fausta
Title: The Story of Fausta
Character: João
Released: May 15, 1988
Type: Movie
Fausta is a survivor who dreams of building a house on land she's buying on the installment plan. Meanwhile she lives in a one-room tin-roofed hovel with her idle husband, João, and she works as a maid. Through it all she's a scourge, arguing, jeering and being jeered, but also displaying the spirit and energy of her idol, Tina Turner.
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Vianinha
Title: Vianinha
Released: September 14, 1987
Type: Movie
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Subway to the Stars
Title: Subway to the Stars
Released: June 2, 1987
Type: Movie
In this highly stylized Brazilian drama a sax player fondly remembers one wonderful night spent with his life's love and decides to find her again. He embarks upon a quest through the wild streets of Rio to find her. Along the way he meets an assortment of odd urban underworld characters.
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Tanga (Deu no New York Times?)
Title: Tanga (Deu no New York Times?)
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
The dictator of a small Caribbean island receives the New York Times daily, sent by a nephew. Through the newspaper, he gets in touch with the world. Guerrilla groups try to neutralize this information system.
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Mirror of Flesh
Title: Mirror of Flesh
Character: Jairo 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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Quilombo
Title: Quilombo
Character: Fernão Carrilho
Released: June 3, 1984
Type: Movie
Quilombo dos Palmares was a real-life democratic society, created in Brazil in the 17th century. This incredibly elaborate (and surprisingly little-known) film traces the origins of Quilombo, which began as a community of freed slaves. The colony becomes a safe harbor for other outcasts of the world, including Indians and Jews. Ganga Zumba (Toni Tornado) becomes president of Quilombo, the first freely elected leader in the Western Hemisphere. Naturally, the ruling Portuguese want to subjugate Zumba and his followers, but the Quilombians are ready for their would-be oppressors. The end of this Brave New World is not pleasant, but the followers of Zumba and his ideals take to the hills, where they honor his memory to this day. Writer/director Carlos Diegues takes every available opportunity to compare the rise and fall of Quilombo with the state of affairs in modern-day Brazil.
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Bar Esperanza
Title: Bar Esperanza
Character: Arnaldo
Released: May 19, 1983
Type: Movie
A group of eccentric people gather at a popular bar in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro. Among its costumers, we find Ana, an actress, and her husband Zeca, a writer in crisis about his work.
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Title: Parabéns pra Você
Character: Mendonça
Released: February 16, 1983
Type: TV
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The Kiss
Title: The Kiss
Character: Amado Pinheiro
Released: June 1, 1981
Type: Movie
When a pedestrian is hit by a bus, the simple clerk Arandir runs and kisses the moribund in a gesture of sympathy and unconditional pure love. Opportunist photographer Amado Pinheiro witnesses the scene and sees the opportunity to sell newspaper and, together with the despicable and abusive chief of police Cunha, accuses Arandir of homosexuality.
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Elis Regina Carvalho Costa
Title: Elis Regina Carvalho Costa
Character: Self
Released: October 3, 1980
Type: Movie
After the great success of the Rio season of her show Saudades do Brasil, Elis Regina made this special with Globo. In a circus-inspired stage, she sings Alô, Alô, Marciano by Rita Lee and Roberto de Carvalho; O Bêbado e a Equilibrista by João Bosco and Aldir Blanc; and O Que Foi Feito (de Vera) by Milton Nascimento and Fernando Brant, amongst others.
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Summer Showers
Title: Summer Showers
Character: Geraldinho
Released: April 24, 1978
Type: Movie
70-year-old widower living in a poor Rio de Janeiro suburb falls in love again when he finds a woman of approximately the same age.
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Vida, Vida
Title: Vida, Vida
Released: January 1, 1977
Type: Movie
In Rio de Janeiro, a successful yet underpaid young accountant lives with his pregnant wife in small apartment in middle class neighborhood of Copacabana. Unsatisfied with their way of life, the couple decides to accept the offer of becoming housekeepers of a rich man's vacation residence in a beach town.
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Ana, a Libertina
Title: Ana, a Libertina
Released: September 1, 1975
Type: Movie
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O Casal
Title: O Casal
Released: May 22, 1975
Type: Movie
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Roleta Russa
Title: Roleta Russa
Character: Raul
Released: November 20, 1972
Type: Movie
Raul, a playboy, marries Sheila and hire Nina, a photographer, to take erotic snapshots of his wife. Nina acquires an interest on Sheila, and through a maid, investigates the couple's intimate life.
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As Quatro Chaves Mágicas
Title: As Quatro Chaves Mágicas
Character: Paulo, o irmão
Released: July 3, 1971
Type: Movie
Sad with her grandfather's death, Maria goes on vacation with her friend João on board a jeep. After being threatened by three thieves and helped by a Japanese traveler who opens their eyes to the mysteries of love, a pair gets lost in the forest and ends up at the home of a strange woman, who turns out to be a powerful witch Astarte. Realizing the danger they are in, Maria asks for help from the forest beings who teach her the secrets of the four magic keys: earth, air, fire and water. With these teachings, Maria leaves for the final confrontation against Astarte.
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The Heirs
Title: The Heirs
Character: Um Americano
Released: September 15, 1970
Type: Movie
An allegory about Brazil's history and the struggle for power since the 1930 Revolution until the advent of the TV.
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A Cama ao Alcance de Todos
Title: A Cama ao Alcance de Todos
Released: December 20, 1969
Type: Movie
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O Impossível Acontece
Title: O Impossível Acontece
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
Anthology comedy made by the director of "The Given Word" among other directors.
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Golden Mouth
Title: Golden Mouth
Character: Leleco
Released: May 3, 1963
Type: Movie
For his first in a long series of wildly imaginative literary adaptations, dos Santos reinvented Nelson Rodrigues' novel about a pathological gangster with solid gold teeth and a voracious appetite for women and power. Embracing radically modernist narrative techniques, Golden Mouth offers a splintered, refractive portrait of brutal masculinity that returns repeatedly to the same moment from different vantages, each time revealing unexpected perspectives on the brutal yet strangely charming criminal. Lurid and disturbing, Golden Mouth delivers a savage satire of marriage and class pretensions, revealing a similar venality at the corroded heart of the sanctimonious bourgeoisie, the moneyed elite and the working class as they all mercilessly claw their way up and down the rickety and ruthlessly hierarchical Brazilian social ladder. -Harvard Film Archive
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Esse Rio que Eu Amo
Title: Esse Rio que Eu Amo
Released: July 9, 1962
Type: Movie
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The Unscrupulous Ones
Title: The Unscrupulous Ones
Character: Vavá
Released: March 24, 1962
Type: Movie
Upon learning that his rich dad is on the brink of bankruptcy, spoiled Vavá summons his friend Jandir with a plan to get some quick cash: they will blackmail an uncle of Vavá by taking compromising photos of his lover, Leda.
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Mulheres & Milhões
Title: Mulheres & Milhões
Released: October 11, 1961
Type: Movie
Three men who never met each other are hired by a mysterious client to carry out a daring bank robbery.
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Eu Sou o Tal
Title: Eu Sou o Tal
Released: January 1, 1959
Type: Movie
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Tem Boi na Linha
Title: Tem Boi na Linha
Released: February 3, 1957
Type: Movie
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Fuzileiro do Amor
Title: Fuzileiro do Amor
Released: April 24, 1956
Type: Movie
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La Bréa
Title: La Bréa
Character: Himself - Interviewee
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Documentary about Brazilian actress Sandra Bréa.