Grande Otelo
Grande Otelo, pseudonym of Sebastião Bernardes de Souza Prata OMC (Uberlândia, October 18, 1915 – Roissy-en-France, November 26, 1993), was a Brazilian actor, comedian, singer, producer and composer. He was an artist in Rio's casinos and in the so-called revue theater, he participated in several successful Brazilian films, including the famous chanchadas in the 1940s and 1950s, which he starred in in partnership with the comic Oscarito, and the film version of Macunaíma, made in 1969. He is often cited as one of the most important actors in Brazilian history.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.919 |
| Birthday | 1915-10-18 |
| Place of Birth | Ubêrlandia, MInas Gerais, Brazil |
| Also Known As | Grande Othelo, Grande Othello, Гранди Отелу, Grande Otello, |
2020
Searching for Makunaima
0/0
Searching for Makunaima is a cultural and historical account of the most Brazilian character there is in fiction. The film begins with Makunaima, one...
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Searching for Makunaima
1997
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
0/0
"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."
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Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
1982
Fitzcarraldo
7.642/772
Fitzcarraldo is a dreamer who plans to build an opera house in Iquitos, in the Peruvian Amazon, so, in order to finance his project, he embarks on an...
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Fitzcarraldo
1981
Noel por Noel
6/1
Homage to the great Brazilian samba songwriter Noel Rosa (1910-1937).
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Noel por Noel
1969
Alibi
5/1
Three friends meeting after the absence of one of them for 15 years out of the country. This sudden gathering give them the opportunity to examine the...
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Alibi
1976
The Agony
7.8/6
Cropped hair, a rosemary branch behind the ear, yellow shirt of shiny satin, he's behind the wheel of his car when passing by a woman who walks by the...
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The Agony
1970
Em Ritmo Jovem
0/0
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Em Ritmo Jovem
1969
Macunaima
6.9/80
Born a fully grown black man in a village in the Brazilian jungle, Macunaíma later magically transforms into a white man before making an adventure-fi...
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Macunaima
1993
It's All True
7.6/16
A documentary about Orson Welles's unfinished three-part film about South America.
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It's All True
1978
A Noite dos Duros
0/0
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A Noite dos Duros
1952
I Loved a Bookie
6.3/3
Intent on offering his fiancée a better life, countryman heads for Rio de Janeiro in search of a place in the sun...
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I Loved a Bookie
1975
O Rei do Baralho
5.7/3
In a movie studio, the actors are getting made up and the crew is waiting to begin shooting the film. Grande Otelo, the bungling "king of the deck", a...
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O Rei do Baralho
1957
Rio, Zona Norte
8.2/33
A talented songwriter of sambas is forced to face the social injustices of the city around him.
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Rio, Zona Norte
1974
Getúlio Vargas
4.2/3
Documentary on one of Brazil's most controversial personalities: Getúlio Vargas, an ex-president.
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Getúlio Vargas
1970
A Familia do Barulho
6/3
A dysfunctional family, composed of a prostitute and two gay men, one strong and the other fragile and stupid, lives a routine life in Rio de Janeiro....
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A Familia do Barulho
1997
It's All Brazil
6.2/4
A film essay about Brazil discovered through Orson Welles' eyes during the shooting of It's All True.
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It's All Brazil
1950
Aviso aos Navegantes
6.5/2
In Buenos Aires, Frederico hides in a ship going to Rio de Janeiro to travel for free. But Azulão, the cook, finds him and blackmails him into working...
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Aviso aos Navegantes
1952
Carnaval Atlântida
7.3/6
Movie producer Cecílio B. de Milho is intent on filming an epic about Helen of Troy, while some of the crew would rather turn it into a musical comedy...
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Carnaval Atlântida
1954
Matar ou Correr
7.3/4
"High Noon" spoof. Kid Bolha and Ciscocada, two clumsy swindlers, arrive at a violent Old West town called Citydown where, by mistake, one of them is...
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Matar ou Correr
1957
A Baronesa Transviada
5.8/4
Manicurist finds out she's the daughter of a rich baroness, and inherits her fortune. Now, she'll have to fight her mother's parents, with help from s...
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A Baronesa Transviada
1956
Depois Eu Conto
0/0
Zé da Bomba dreams of being rich, and his neighbour dreams of being an artist and having an affair with him.
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Depois Eu Conto
1957
De Pernas Pro Ar
0/0
A street vendor and a servant theater, newly unemployed, accidentally swap their briefcases trinkets for one of three bandits who just rob a bank. The...
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De Pernas Pro Ar
1986
It's Not All True
6.6/5
Orson Welles goes to Brazil to shoot his documentary It's All True.
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It's Not All True
1949
Também Somos Irmãos
7.8/2
Renato and Miro are black brothers raised by a white family in an old mansion in Rio de Janeiro. Renato, a graduated lawyer, has always looked for dig...
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Também Somos Irmãos
1988
Natal da Portela
7.2/3
Biography of one of the legendary names in the Samba genre of Brazilian music. Although he could hardly dance or play an instrument, he became one of...
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Natal da Portela
1977
Lucio Flavio
7.1/34
The story of a famous Brazilian bandit in the early 1970s and his fight against a paramilitary organization known as the Death Squad.
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Lucio Flavio
1969
A Doce Mulher Amada
0/0
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A Doce Mulher Amada
2024
Othelo The Great
0/0
A beautifully told story using archival footage to explore the life of Grande Otelo, a groundbreaking Black Brazilian actor. Overcoming poverty and ra...
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Othelo The Great
1949
Carnaval no Fogo
0/0
A gang, leaded by the unknown and mysterious Anjo, robs a jewelry and schedules a meeting in the Copacabana Palace Hotel, in Copacabana. The identific...
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Carnaval no Fogo
1990
Welles' Language
6/1
Orson Welles acted in Brazilian culture and music by deeply researching Brazil's historical geology, consciously completing a legendary cultural missi...
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Welles' Language
1971
Se Meu Dólar Falasse
5/1
Bums find $15,000 in trash, but the money belonged to criminals.
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Se Meu Dólar Falasse
1961
O Dono da Bola
6/2
Young man participates in TV contests to help the girl he loves using the money he expects to win.
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O Dono da Bola
1960
Vai Que é Mole
4/1
A group of scoundrels want to make it by planning hoaxes.
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Vai Que é Mole
1957
Pé na Tábua
0/0
Petrônio drives a bus and his friend Cabeleira is a ticket collector. When Petrônio's sister needs money to do a surgery they get involved with a film...
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Pé na Tábua
1959
Mulheres à Vista
5/2
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Mulheres à Vista
1959
Pistoleiro Bossa Nova
5/4
Two friends are looking for a quiet place where they can rest awhile. Soon they find the town they'd chosen to go is far from quiet. In fact, it's rul...
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Pistoleiro Bossa Nova
1959
Garota Enxuta
0/0
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Garota Enxuta
1961
Um Candango na Belacap
0/0
During the inauguration of Brasília, Brazil's brand new capital city, singer and ballerina Gilda hides in a working-class night club to escape from an...
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Um Candango na Belacap
2022
Katharsys
0/0
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Katharsys
1958
É de Chuá!
5/1
The film narrates the adventures of the trickster Juca Moleza in the carnival while he has to deal with the consequences of the scams he applied to pe...
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É de Chuá!
1975
Chinese Viola
5.7/6
The rare short film presents a curious dialogue between filmmaker Julio Bressane and actor Grande Otelo, where, in a mixture of decorated and improvis...
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Chinese Viola
1962
Assault on the Pay Train
8/28
Based on true events in Rio de Janeiro, in 1960, when a gang having the infamous outlaw Tião Medonho as a leader performed a sensational railroad hold...
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Assault on the Pay Train
1975
Aventuras d'um Detetive Português
0/0
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Aventuras d'um Detetive Português
1994
Cachoeiro em Três Tons
0/0
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Cachoeiro em Três Tons
1986
Exu-Piá, Coração de Macunaíma
0/0
The hero without character is back. Here, two Macunaímas encounter with one mission in common which is to leave the place they're currently living: on...
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Exu-Piá, Coração de Macunaíma
1987
Jubiabá
5.2/6
Jubiabá is a French-Brazilian film based on the homonymous novel by Jorge Amado. The film tells the story of the interracial love between the daughte...
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Jubiabá
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
2005
Othelo
0/0
Carlos Sebastião Prata Filho watches, for the first time, an interview given in 1963 by his father: Grande Othello. Alongside his four children, Grand...
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Othelo
2019
Não Nasci para Deixar meus Olhos Perderem Tempo
0/0
The fading of composer Zé Keti’s career. The sad portrait of Brazilian Congress closed in 1977. The pain of a mother who lost her 15-year old daughter...
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Não Nasci para Deixar meus Olhos Perderem Tempo
1982
The Brazilwood Man
4.8/9
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...
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The Brazilwood Man
1965
Samba
2.6/13
Singer Laura Monteiro (Montiel) is murdered by her old protector João Fernandes de Oliveira (Giachetti), who has found out her love affair with Assis...
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Samba
1984
Quilombo
6.857/14
Quilombo dos Palmares was a real-life democratic society, created in Brazil in the 17th century. This incredibly elaborate (and surprisingly little-kn...
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Quilombo
1976
Bahia
5.3/3
The adventures of Otalia, a strangely innocent young Brazilian prostitute who has just arrived in Salvador, Bahia. Though her belongings are stolen fr...
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Bahia
1959
Os Três Cangaceiros
6/1
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Os Três Cangaceiros
1959
Entrei de Gaiato
5/1
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Entrei de Gaiato
1983
Parahyba Mulher Macho
4.5/3
Account an important part of the history of Brazil, through its main character, Anayde Beiriz a poet, journalist and revolutionary and libertarian tea...
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Parahyba Mulher Macho
1971
O Barão Otelo no Barato dos Bilhões
4.8/5
João-Sem-Direção knows Carvalhaes that proposes a blow to him. John does not accept the proposal, but ends up earning a hefty cash in the game.
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O Barão Otelo no Barato dos Bilhões
1957
Metido a Bacana
7/1
Tired of royalty, the prince of Araquelândia switches identities with a popcorn maker look-alike so he can enjoy Rio de Janeiro's carnival alongside h...
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Metido a Bacana
1975
Assim Era a Atlântida
7.5/3
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Assim Era a Atlântida
1977
The Force of Xango
4/1
Tonho Tiê really likes living free, playing capoeira and drinking. During Carnival he meets beautiful Zulmira; they pledge love and projects for many...
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The Force of Xango
1978
A Noiva da Cidade
0/0
When Daniela, a famous actress, decides to return to her hometown to reconnect with a simpler lifestyle, local politicians decide to exploit her influ...
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A Noiva da Cidade
1962
The Cosmonauts
6.2/4
After the success of the first Brazilian space mission, a scientist intends to accomplish an even more audacious feat. His goal is to launch into spac...
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The Cosmonauts
1977
Sweet Thieves
7/5
After assaulting a Hollywood film crew, a group of residents of a community in Rio de Janeiro decided to produce a film that would express the reality...
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Sweet Thieves
1963
Quero Essa Mulher Assim Mesmo
0/0
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Quero Essa Mulher Assim Mesmo
1967
Doomed Lovers
0/0
The legend of Tristan and Isolde is one of the most beautiful love epics ever conceived. Richard Wagner, in a famous opera, had already tarnished its...
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Doomed Lovers
1980
Asa Branca: A Brazilian Dream
6.5/4
Story of a modest but talented soccer player for an obscure club in a small Brazilian town who comes to São Paulo and reaches stardom.
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Asa Branca: A Brazilian Dream
2019
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
0/0
Follows the story of Opinião, a theatre group created in 1964 during the early Brazilian dictatorship period to oppose the government through artistic...
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Memórias do Grupo Opinião
1967
A Rose for Everyone
4.5/2
A vivacious woman tries to please all of her lovers but finds she can't handle the jealousy that erupts among them.
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A Rose for Everyone
1954
Paixão nas Selvas
0/0
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Paixão nas Selvas
1943
Moleque Tião
0/0
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Moleque Tião
1961
O Homem Que Roubou a Copa do Mundo
0/0
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O Homem Que Roubou a Copa do Mundo
1965
Crônica da Cidade Amada
0/0
Eleven small stories, loving chronicles about Rio de Janeiro and its people, written by some of the best Brazilian writers of the time.
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Crônica da Cidade Amada
1958
Mujeres de fuego
2/1
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Mujeres de fuego
1974
The Star Rises
6/1
A veteran popular singer remembers her early days before fame as a humble woman who faced many obstacles in order to achieve fame, notoriety and make...
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The Star Rises
1957
Com Jeito Vai
7/1
Two new recruits at a fire station headquarter engage in a competition between two sergeants in personal rivalry
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Com Jeito Vai
1954
Malandros em Quarta Dimensão
0/0
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Malandros em Quarta Dimensão
1973
O Negrinho do Pastoreio
0/0
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O Negrinho do Pastoreio
1952
Barnabé, You Are Mine
0/0
A cleaner accidentely stills a secret formula and get mistaken for the heir prince of an old kingdom.
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Barnabé, You Are Mine
1976
Ladrão de Bagdá
0/0
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Ladrão de Bagdá
1976
Tem Alguém na Minha Cama
0/0
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Tem Alguém na Minha Cama
1968
The Outsiders
0/0
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The Outsiders
2023
Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
7/1
For six decades, the cinema of Nelson Pereira dos Santos has projected Brazil into the eyes of the world. Precursor of Cinema Novo, Nelson was, more t...
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Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
1958
...E o Bicho Não Deu
5/1
While trying to break an "animal game" gambling scheme, Det. Bartolomeu hits his head, and the gamblers convince him that he is one of them. But every...
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...E o Bicho Não Deu
1948
É com Este que Eu Vou
0/0
A hard working man goes to São Paulo to look for his twin brother unaware that he's famous for his lazyness.
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É com Este que Eu Vou
1952
Três Vagabundos
0/0
A scientist swaps the mind of banker and an idiot by accident.
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Três Vagabundos
1939
Onde Estás, Felicidade?
0/0
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Onde Estás, Felicidade?
2023
The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
9/3
For this behemoth, Bressane took his opera omnia and edited it in an order that first adheres to historical chronology but soon starts to move backwar...
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The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
1988
Abolition
6.7/7
In 1988, the centenary of abolition of slavery in Brazil, Zózimo Bulbul made this powerful historical analysis of racial issues in his country. This d...
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Abolition
1953
A Dupla do Barulho
0/0
Tonico and Tião are two vaudevillian artists who travel across Brazil in search of fame and success. A crisis hits the duo when Tião gets tired of bei...
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A Dupla do Barulho
1986
Brasa Adormecida
5/4
Rich girl travels with her fiancé (a cousin) to the family farm, where they're going to marry. But finds another cousin in love with her who does ever...
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Brasa Adormecida
1987
Black Fragments of Samba - Zezé Motta, The Enchanted Woman
0/0
The life and work of Zezé Motta.
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Black Fragments of Samba - Zezé Motta, The Enchanted Woman
1989
Jardim de Alah
0/0
An overlook at the southern Rio de Janeiro neighborhoods, from the perspective of one of its most well-known places: Jardim de Alah, a group of square...
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Jardim de Alah
1943
Tristezas Não Pagam Dívidas
0/0
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Tristezas Não Pagam Dívidas
1991
A Embaixatriz do Samba
7/1
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A Embaixatriz do Samba
1949
... E O Mundo Se Diverte
5/1
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... E O Mundo Se Diverte
1968
Massacre no Supermercado
5/3
Employees on a local supermarket plot an epic heist for robbing the place's vault, but things start to go wrong when they notice a police detective on...
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Massacre no Supermercado
1939
Family Football
0/0
Professor Leônidas Jau is an enemy of football, and in conferences and articles he throws all his hatred against the sport. Friendenreich, his son, ho...
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Family Football
1983
Fala Mangueira!
0/0
A documentary on the influence that carnival has on the daily life of the Mangueira hill in Rio de Janeiro. It follows the manufacture of the carnival...
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Fala Mangueira!
1990
Boca de Ouro
7/1
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Boca de Ouro
1943
Samba em Berlim
0/0
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Samba em Berlim
1971
Sebastião Prata, ou Bem Dizendo, Grande Otelo
0/0
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Sebastião Prata, ou Bem Dizendo, Grande Otelo
1987
Running Out of Luck
5.75/4
A rock singer goes to Brazil to shoot a video, but winds up getting kidnapped and enduring a number of seemingly bizarre and hilarious events.
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Running Out of Luck
1991
Troca de Cabeça
0/0
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Troca de Cabeça
1976
Carioca Tigre
0/0
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Carioca Tigre
1971
O Donzelo
0/0
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O Donzelo
1947
Luz dos Meus Olhos
6/1
Roberto is blind and tunes pianos, isolated from the world and hurt by having abandoned his promising career as a pianist due to the accident that too...
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Luz dos Meus Olhos
1972
Cassy Jones, O Magnífico Sedutor
5.6/8
A tireless and incorrigible seducer looks for - and seems to find - the woman of his life.
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Cassy Jones, O Magnífico Sedutor
2008
A Paz é Dourada
0/0
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A Paz é Dourada
1949
O Caçula do Barulho
0/0
In a workshop there are six workers, the six are brothers. Enter the mother who asks them to rescue the seventh brother, the youngest, Luis. The broth...
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O Caçula do Barulho
1940
Laranja da China
0/0
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Laranja da China
1935
Noites Cariocas
0/0
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Noites Cariocas
1970
Não Aperta, Aparício
0/0
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Não Aperta, Aparício
1947
The World is a Tambourine
0/0
A Brazilian musical comedy
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The World is a Tambourine
1941
Black Diamonds
0/0
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Black Diamonds
1936
João Ninguém
0/0
João Ninguém is a humble composer who made the waltz "Sonhos Azuis" as a gift to his girlfriend on her birthday. To give it to her, he asked for help...
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João Ninguém
1978
As Aventuras de Robinson Crusoé
5/1
Robinson Crusoe spoof, with touches of Peter Pan. Shipwreck victim lands on a desert island, finds a friendly native and has to fight pirates whose le...
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As Aventuras de Robinson Crusoé
2022
The Welles Raft
0/0
The raft man Manuel Jacaré was swallowed by the sea when Orson Welles was filming It's All True in 1942. The fact evokes memories of the dictatorship...
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The Welles Raft
1975
Deixa, Amorzinho... Deixa
0/0
Dino and Dalmo are twin brothers. Dino is very shy, and the other, the opposite: a true Don Juan. When Dalmo dies, after being shot by a furious husba...
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Deixa, Amorzinho... Deixa
1944
Romance Proibido
9.5/1
The love misadventures of a teacher, a woman who gives up living in a big city in order to teach country children how to read and write.
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Romance Proibido
2019
Pressed, Ripped Apart
0/0
What does Brazilian cinema tell us? What does Brazilian cinema tell us about black actresses and actors? ‘Pressed, Ripped Apart’ makes use of archival...
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Pressed, Ripped Apart
1987
Black Fragments of Samba - Gilberto Gil, Serene Passion
0/0
Gilberto Gil talks with friends and share his thoughts, influences and reveal his impact on brazilian music and vision of the black people.
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Black Fragments of Samba - Gilberto Gil, Serene Passion
1976
O Flagrante
0/0
Five friends decide to enjoy Mardi Gras without their wives, leaving them home. But one of the wives doesn't accept this arrangement and tries to get...
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O Flagrante
1987
Black Fragments of Samba - Cariocas, The City Musicians
0/0
A brief history of origins of brazilian carioca samba and its types.
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Black Fragments of Samba - Cariocas, The City Musicians
1987
Black Fragments of Samba - Paulo Moura, Infinite Music
0/0
Brazilian multi-instrumentalist, composer and maestro, Paulo Moura, talks about his influences and show his passion for the samba.
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Black Fragments of Samba - Paulo Moura, Infinite Music
2009
Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado
5.8/2
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 fro...
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Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado
1949
Terra Violenta
0/0
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Terra Violenta
1981
Brasil
7.5/7
João Gilberto receives Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil and Maria Bethânia during the recording of his album Brasil.
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Brasil
2020
O Samba é Primo do Jazz
6/1
The documentary O Samba é Primo do Jazz will show the musical trajectory of Alcione Dias Nazareth, the great Brazilian interpreter, from her musical r...
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O Samba é Primo do Jazz
1971
Cômicos... + Cômicos...
0/0
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Cômicos... + Cômicos...
1945
Não Adianta Chorar
0/0
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Não Adianta Chorar
1978
Bloody Gold
0/0
The son of a millionaire who owns gold mines in Transopia, Africa, Antoine Leblanc, who lives in a mansion in Rio, one day receives a letter from his...
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Bloody Gold
1972
Semana de Arte Moderna
0/0
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Semana de Arte Moderna
2024
O Pó da Terra
0/0
A man gets his chance to interview art.
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O Pó da Terra
2014
Naked Eye
6/1
“Naked Eye” is a film-documentary of long-length of the artistic and existential universe of the singer Ney Matogrosso, which proposes to recreate thr...
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