Bete Mendes

Bete Mendes

Born: May 11, 1949
in Santos, São Paulo, Brazil

Movies for Bete Mendes...

Introdução à Música do Sangue
Title: Introdução à Música do Sangue
Character: Ernestina
Released: August 8, 2015
Type: Movie
In the interior of Brazil, between the archaic and the contemporary world, a family lives its anguish in an atmosphere of desire and repression. Based on an argument by a master of the psychological introspection novel, the writer Lucio Cardoso.
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Vazio Coração
Title: Vazio Coração
Released: November 1, 2013
Type: Movie
Hugo Kari is a famous singer who decides to take a break from his schedule to find his father, ambassador Mário Menezes. Together, they try to adjust a relationship shattered by time and conflict.
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Mário Lago
Title: Mário Lago
Released: October 5, 2013
Type: Movie
Life and work of brazilian actor, poet and songwriter Mário Lago.
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Title: Caribbean Flower
Character: Olívia Soares
Released: March 11, 2013
Type: TV
Cassiano, an air force pilot, and Ester, a tourist guide, fall madly in love at a young age. Their love grows throughout the years until they fall victim to a treacherous plot carried out by Alberto. This unscrupulous friend, who secretly loves the young woman, creates a plan to get rid of his rival. After being assigned by Alberto to deliver diamonds in the Caribbean, Cassiano suddenly disappears and is presumed dead. While Cassiano falls prey to dangerous Dom Rafael, Alberto takes the opportunity to comfort Ester and, fulfilling his evil plan, they marry.Cassiano, who remained in captivity for years, manages to escape with the help of a fellow prisoner named Duque and, pretending to be a tourist, reaches Brazil. Now he wants to square accounts with his former friend and reclaim Ester’s love.
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Title: Gabriela
Character: Florzinha dos Reis
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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Bete & Deise
Title: Bete & Deise
Character: Herself
Released: January 27, 2012
Type: Movie
Van Oldenborgh's practice explores social relations through an investigation of gesture in the public sphere. Bete & Deise brings about a meeting between veteran telenovela actress and political activist Bete Mendes and Deise Tigrona, one of the most powerful voices in Baile funk, whose song Injeção was the basis for M.I.A.'s Bucky Done Gun.
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Title: Insensato Coração
Character: Zuleica Alencar
Released: January 17, 2011
Type: TV
Insensato Coração is a Brazilian telenovela that first aired on Rede Globo in 2011.
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Aparecida - O Milagre
Title: Aparecida - O Milagre
Character: Júlia
Released: December 17, 2010
Type: Movie
Marcos Resende is a cold and crisis man command MetalNobre company. Mark lost his faith in God when her father, Antonio, died in the construction of the Basilica of Our Lady of Aparecida. He had asked the day before to Our Lady Aparecida cleats for him to play in a team and his father would buy them. Mark is separated from wife and Sonia have feuds with son Lucas, in addition to keeping a bad emotional relationship with Beatriz, an official of the company and his mother, Julia. After a misunderstanding, Lucas suffers a serious motorcycle accident. Then Mark revive its history and living with his father. And when he turns to Julia, she reveals the mysterious grace of his family.
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Title: Watercolors of Love
Character: Maria da Piedade Batista Azevedo Conti (Piedade)
Released: April 13, 2009
Type: TV
This is the story of a young couple, Dafne and Gabriel, who are separated by her grandfather Jaques, a millionaire who couldn’t handle that his granddaughter was in love with a poor guy. After an accident, Jacques is presumed dead and leaves his business to Dafne, but on the sole condition that she marries. Judith, her grandfather‘s stepdaughter, takes over the business temporarily and schemes to pair Dafne with her brother Nicholas in order to consolidate her claim. Dafne and Gabriel meet again when his unkown daughter decides to find her father, but discover that a passion is only completed when one fulfills the other‘s dream.
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Vestido de Noiva
Title: Vestido de Noiva
Released: November 10, 2006
Type: Movie
While in the hospital, after being run over, Alaíde thinks about her life, specially after the moment she'd found the diary of Madame Clessy, in the house where her family had moved in, which was a former bordello.
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Title: Pages of Life
Character: Irmã Natércia
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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Brasília 18%
Title: Brasília 18%
Character: Francisca Gonzaga
Released: April 21, 2006
Type: Movie
A star medical examiner is called to Brasília, the administrative capital of Brazil, to confirm the identity of a beautiful, young congressional aide's dead body. But his scientific rigor soon leads him to details of a multi-layered political scandal.
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Title: Seus Olhos
Character: Edite
Released: May 18, 2004
Type: TV
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Title: A Casa das Sete Mulheres
Character: Dona Ana Joaquina Gonçalves da Silva
Released: January 7, 2003
Type: TV
When the men go to war, the women also battle. This tale takes place in the XIX century, during a terrible civil war. Italy’s revolutionary leader Garibaldi must choose between two loves: a sweet aristocratic lady or a brave woman who leaves her husband to accompany him into battle. This super-production recounts the saga of women who do not go to war but must bear pain, solitude and new passions while their husbands and fathers fight the battles.
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A Cobra Fumou
Title: A Cobra Fumou
Released: July 9, 2002
Type: Movie
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Title: Sítio do Picapau Amarelo
Character: Dona Benta
Released: October 12, 2001
Type: TV
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Title: Aquarela do Brasil
Character: Olga
Released: August 22, 2000
Type: TV
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Title: Brida
Character: Diva
Released: August 11, 1998
Type: TV
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Title: The King of The Cattle
Character: Donana
Released: June 17, 1996
Type: TV
In the struggle for land a vicious feud erupts between two men, who commit their families to a war without truce. Over two generations they are moved by love and by hatred in this epic saga of love for the land.
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Title: Quatro por Quatro
Character: Fátima de Almeida Pasquim
Released: October 24, 1994
Type: TV
A traffic accident causes four women's destinies to intertwine. In the series, the four enter a pact of revenge against the men who hit them and caused them to suffer. Auxiliadora struggled to help her husband Alcebíades prosper, but when he leaves her for a younger woman, is thrown out of the house. The shy Tatiana was engaged to Fortunato, who failed to show up at their wedding. The Babalu hurricane caught mechanic Raí in bed with another woman. Abigail, a preppy psychologist who is struggling in a failing marriage, decides superficially to continue it but revolts against her husband, Gustavo, who humiliates her in public at a congress. Gustavo has custody of Ângela, a girl who longs to know her true father, Bruno. Her mother died in the childbirth, traumatizing him.
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Title: Memorial de Maria Moura
Character: Antonia Moura
Released: May 17, 1994
Type: TV
Adapted from the homonymous work by Rachel de Queiroz, it presents the saga of a woman against female submission in nineteenth-century patriarchal society.
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Title: O Mapa da Mina
Character: Carmem Simeone Rocha
Released: March 29, 1993
Type: TV
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Title: Anos Rebeldes
Character: Carmem
Released: July 14, 1992
Type: TV
Mini series about the 1960s in Rio de Janeiro, when a politically engaged student falls in love with a left wing journalist's daughter who doesn't care for politics. The romance follows 15 years of Brazilian history, since President João Goulart deposition by military reactionary forces, until the first signs of restoration of democracy, in the 1980s.
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Title: Lua Cheia de Amor
Character: Emília
Released: December 3, 1990
Type: TV
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ABC of a Strike
Title: ABC of a Strike
Character: Self
Released: February 15, 1990
Type: Movie
ABC of a Strike captures the 1979 metal workers strikes outside of São Paulo. The footage sat untouched until after the death of highly-regarded director Leon Hirszman in 1987, by which time the material had a new relevance. The gripping film captures the negotiations between the labor unions and the factory bosses and shows the birth of the region’s Worker’s Party, as well as the emergence of its charismatic leader, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Rising from extreme poverty, Lula gained national prominence as a union activist during the late 70s and early 80s. After being jailed during his time as a union leader, he eventually becomes Brazil’s president from 2003 to 2010.
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Title: Tieta
Character: Aída Pires
Released: August 14, 1989
Type: TV
Inspired on Jorge Amado's romance "Tieta do Agreste", the plot is set on the fictional city of Santana do Agreste, at Brazil's northwest, and has as main theme Tieta's life turnarounds. Twenty-five years after being chased out of town by her father Zé Esteves, she returns to her home town seeking revenge against everyone who mistreated her and laugh at her face in the past.
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Mulheres: Uma Outra História
Title: Mulheres: Uma Outra História
Character: Self
Released: June 14, 1988
Type: Movie
Filmed as Brazil was transitioning back into a democracy after over two decades of dictatorship, ‘Mulheres: uma outra história’ focuses on various aspects of women's participation in the Brazilian political scene and features interviews with some of the 23 women newly elected to the Constituent Assembly who managed to gain the approval of some of their proposals for the Brazilian Constitution which was being written at the time. The film features appearances from suffragist Carmen Portilho, who reminds viewers about the long history of struggle for women to earn the right to vote in the country, and Jandira Feghali and Benedita da Silva who would become some of the most influential political leaders in the country’s history.
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Title: O Tempo e o Vento
Character: Maria Valéria Terra
Released: April 22, 1985
Type: TV
It tells the story of the Camabará family for many generations, which were fundamental to the social and political formation of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The stories are remembered by Dona Bibiana, who remembers the life of her grandmother Ana, her husband, the Captain Rodrigo, his son Bolivar and his daughter-in-law Luzia.
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Muda Brasil
Title: Muda Brasil
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: March 18, 1985
Type: Movie
The documentary recalls the political reopening of the country, and narrates in detail the events that culminated in the election of Tancredo Neves as the first civilian president after 20 years of military dictatorship.
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Insônia
Title: Insônia
Released: January 1, 1982
Type: Movie
A three-episode anthology film based on short stories by Brazilian writer Graciliano Ramos.
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They Don't Wear Black Tie
Title: They Don't Wear Black Tie
Character: Maria
Released: September 28, 1981
Type: Movie
Otavio is an idealistic union leader trying to organize workers at a factory to resist the company's exploitative practices. His son, Tião, one of the employees, is more of a realist and doesn't want to risk losing his job by striking. This clash of perspectives puts the father and son at odds. Fortunately, Tião's mother, Romana, is on hand to act as a moderator between the two opinionated men.
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J.S. Brown, o Último Herói
Title: J.S. Brown, o Último Herói
Released: March 10, 1980
Type: Movie
João da Silva Brown, a resident of Salvador, has always been a fan of comics, movies and adventure series and superheroes. Once he learns about a course for detectives and decides to attend it. With his private detective degree, he sets up an office and places an ad in the newspaper. Now wearing a cape and hat, he waits in vain for customers.
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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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Title: O Rebu
Character: Sílvia
Released: November 4, 1974
Type: TV
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The Delights of Life
Title: The Delights of Life
Character: Eva
Released: January 1, 1974
Type: Movie
Young writer sells a soap-opera script to a TV network and manages to place his girlfriend in an important role.
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Title: A Volta de Beto Rockfeller
Character: Renata
Released: March 26, 1973
Type: TV
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Águias em Patrulha
Title: Águias em Patrulha
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
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Vítimas do Dia
Title: Vítimas do Dia
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
In the story, set in Rio de Janeiro, a pregnant woman will feel the desire to eat a certain fruit and will ask her husband to go buy it. When he is in the market, he will be the victim of a stray bullet. Meanwhile, at home, the girl will begin to give birth to her baby.
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Title: Espécie Invasora
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV