Neville D'Almeida
A Brazilian filmmaker, screenwriter, actor, photographer and multimedia artist, involved with contemporary art, installations, art objects and performances, Neville Duarte Almeida was born in 1941 in the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte. Raised by a Methodist Christian family, he studied theater at the Scholastic Theatre of Minas Gerais and participated at the local Center of Film Studies, where he started to work as an filmmaker.
Some of his transgressive, avant-garde films were censored or banned by the Brazilian military dictatorship, after which he went on to directing films aimed to a more commercial approach. His 1978 film "Lady on the Bus", starring Sônia Braga, was a box-office champíon and still holds its place as the the third highest-grossing Brazilian film of all time.
| Known For | Directing |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 3.117 |
| Birthday | 1941-05-15 |
| Place of Birth | Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| Also Known As | Neville de Almeida, Neville Duarte D'Almeida, Neville D'Almeida, Neville Duarte, Neville Duarte de D'Almeida, |
1969
The Angel Was Born
6.3/11
Santamaria and Urtigo are two bandits on the run, one is white, the other black. Santamaria is a mystical visionary and believes in the imminent comin...
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The Angel Was Born
1985
Areias Escaldantes
4/2
In the near future, in the country of Kali, a group of young terrorists carry out robberies, kidnappings and murders under the orders of a mysterious...
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Areias Escaldantes
2003
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
5.8/8
Documentary about Brazilian filmmaker Glauber Rocha, one of the most important names in the Cinema Novo, with interviews with some of his friends and...
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Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
1968
Hunger for Love
5.2/9
An extended research tour of US university film programs introduced dos Santos to the American avant-garde filmmakers, among them Jonas Mekas and Stan...
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Hunger for Love
2008
Milagrez
0/0
Documentary on "Antonio das Mortes", Glauber Rocha's 1969 film.
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Milagrez
2016
Pitanga
5.6/5
This documentary investigates the aesthetic, political and existential trajectory of emblematic Black Brazilian actor Antônio Pitanga. His career span...
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Pitanga
1970
No Way, Spider
6/11
Spider, a banker, lives with three women. This tycoon is a caricature of Brazil's bourgeoisie, his trajectory is the starting point for an essay on th...
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No Way, Spider
2019
Neville D'Almeida: Chronicler of Beauty and Chaos
10/1
This film seeks to rescue the role of filmmaker Neville D'Almeida by using many rare images, numerous interviews, vast archival and audiovisual materi...
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Neville D'Almeida: Chronicler of Beauty and Chaos
1991
Killed the Family and Went to the Movies
5.3/15
In Rio de Janeiro, after an altercation with his father and mother, a young man named Bebeto kills his family and goes to a movie theater, where he wa...
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Killed the Family and Went to the Movies
1968
The Red Light Bandit
7.5/48
Born and raised in the misery of Brazilian slums, Jorge becomes a luxury house burglar in São Paulo and gets nicknamed "The Red Light Bandit" by the s...
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The Red Light Bandit
1985
Noite
2/1
Night falls when, in an elegant neighborhood of Porto Alegre, a socialite is brutally murdered. The entire police department act immediately to identi...
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Noite
1997
Razor in the Flesh
4.5/6
The story of three characters in a brothel room: the prostitute Neusa Sueli, the gigolo Vado and the homosexual Veludo speak of their lives and expose...
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Razor in the Flesh
1978
Horror Palace Hotel
6/2
An unusual look at 1978 Brasilia Film Festival and the politics that make certain films fashionable or not.
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Horror Palace Hotel
2005
A Miss e o Dinossauro
5/3
A short documentary on Belair, an independent Brazilian film company that lasted for only five months in 1970.
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A Miss e o Dinossauro
2005
A Marca do Terrir
2/1
Compilation of early Ivan Cardoso's films in Super 8, including "Nosferato no Brasil (Nosferato in Brazil)"
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A Marca do Terrir
1991
Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer?
0/0
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Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer?
2020
Os Espetaculares
6.8/27
An egotistical stand-up comedian fights with a spectator and gets fired. To be able to pay his son's pension, he decides to participate in a comedy gr...
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Os Espetaculares
2017
Redemption
5/2
A young woman travels to solve a matter of life or death. As she seeks to do what she needs, the city exposes itself with its curious characters.
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Redemption
2020
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
5/1
In 1965, a year after the military coup in Brazil, an oasis of freedom opened in the country's capital. The Brasília Film Festival: a landmark of cult...
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Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
1968
Garden of War
6.857/7
Edson is having an affair with a left-wing aspiring movie director during Brazil's military dictatorship years. He tries to get some easy money for he...
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Garden of War
2008
Ecos de Cannes
0/0
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Ecos de Cannes
1973
Cosmococa
0/0
In 1973, exiles from Brazil during the military dictatorship, artist Hélio Oiticica and filmmaker Neville D’Almeida lock themselves in an apartment in...
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Cosmococa
2013
Plínio Marcos — Nas Quebradas do Mundaréu
0/0
The theatrologist, actor, director and overall polemist Plínio Marcos gets his life traced through images of the many spectacles he has put on intervi...
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Plínio Marcos — Nas Quebradas do Mundaréu
1971
Mangue-Bangue
5.7/3
The quasi-fictional story of transgender sex workers living in Rio de Janeiro's swampy red light district, who are joined by a group of hippies and a...
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Mangue-Bangue
1968
BLABLABLÁ
6.6/11
The tensions experienced by three different people during the military dictatorship in Brazil: a politician, a revolutionary and a common citizen.
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BLABLABLÁ
2005
Luz-Lux-Lúcia
0/0
A documentary short on Glauber Rocha's mother Lúcia.
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Luz-Lux-Lúcia
1973
New York, 70s
0/0
Experimental short film, shot in Super 8.
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New York, 70s
1988
Moon Over Parador
5.7/76
Little known actor, Jack Noah, is working on location in the dictatorship of Parador at the time the dictator dies. The dictator's right hand man, Rob...
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Moon Over Parador
2017
Dunas do Barato
6/1
A rescue of the history of Ipanema beach in the 1970s, when the construction of a pier changed the landscape and created fertile soil for a generation...
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Dunas do Barato
2023
Peréio, Eu Te Odeio!
8/1
23 years in the making, “Pereio, Eu Te Odeio!” is a documentary on legendary Brazilian actor Paulo Cesar Pereio, an irreverent and controversial artis...
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Peréio, Eu Te Odeio!
2020
Torquato, Imagem da Incompletude
0/0
A reflection on the works and thinking of the last years of production by Torquato. Such as the magazine "Navilouca", the film "Terror da Vermelha", t...
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Torquato, Imagem da Incompletude
2006
Guará, Ladrão de Estrelas
0/0
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