Joel Barcellos
Joel Dias Barcellos, better known as Joel Barcelos (Vitória, November 27, 1936 – Rio das Ostras, November 10, 2018), was a Brazilian actor, having also worked as a screenwriter and director. In some films, he was credited as Joel Martins.
He was a very active actor in New Cinema, especially in the 1960s. He received the Candango Award for Best Actor at the Brasília Festival for his performance in Jardim de Guerra, in 1968. He was also elected 'Best Supporting Actor' by the same award when acting in Kiss 2348/72. Despite preferring cinema, he also played roles on television, mainly in miniseries.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.547 |
| Birthday | 1936-11-27 |
| Place of Birth | Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil |
| Also Known As | Жуэл Барселлус, Joel Martins, |
1997
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
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"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
1976
The Agony
8.1/5
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
The Conformist
7.7/661
A weak-willed Italian man becomes a fascist flunky who goes abroad to arrange the assassination of his old teacher, now a political dissident.
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The Conformist
1996
Olhos de Vampa
2.2/2
A beautiful woman is found dead, with a peach in her mouth, a bite in her butt and without blood in the body. When other women are found dead in the s...
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Olhos de Vampa
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
1982
The Secret of the Mummy
4.5/14
A mad scientist attempts to bring an ancient Egyptian mummy back to life.
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The Secret of the Mummy
1982
Rio Babilonia
5.3/16
A public relations man is invited to guide an American millionaire during his stay in Rio de Janeiro. He gets involved in the most bizarre situations,...
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Rio Babilonia
1971
L'inchiesta
0/0
The events of Giuliano Sartori, correspondent from Genoa for a newspaper in the capital, involved in a complicated investigation set in a psychiatric...
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L'inchiesta
1964
The Guns
7.4/27
A group of armed soldiers is sent to the Northeast of Brazil in an attempt to stop a famine-struck population from invading and stealing a food deposi...
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The Guns
1965
The Dare
7.7/10
Passively facing the repression imposed by military dictatorship in Brazil in the 60s, a journalist gets into a personal crisis, aggravated by his lov...
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The Dare
1977
Anchieta, José do Brasil
6/7
Life and death of the jesuit who fought for the peaceful relationship between colonists and the indigenous peoples of Brazil.
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Anchieta, José do Brasil
1993
Brasília - A Última Utopia
0/0
Six episodes set in and focusing on the history of Brasília, the capital of Brazil. Episode list: A Paisagem Natural (dir. Vladimir Carvalho), O Sina...
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Brasília - A Última Utopia
1968
Garden of War
6.9/7
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
1969
Tropico
0/1
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Tropico
1983
Corações a Mil
3.8/4
University teacher investigates the life of a famous Brazilian musician, trying to discover the secret of mass communication through his songs and per...
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Corações a Mil
2012
A Dama do Estácio
6.8/4
Zulmira is an old mistress who lives in the neighborhood of Estacio, in Rio de Janeiro. One day she wakes up obsessed with the idea of dying. All she...
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A Dama do Estácio
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
1977
Encarnação
0/0
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Encarnação
1976
Feminino Plural
0/0
"Seven women on motorcycles, through Via Dutra, go to the Baixada Fluminense, a microcosm of Brazil. Diving into the memory and questioning the behavi...
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Feminino Plural
1967
Proezas de Satanás na Vila de Leva-e-Traz
6.6/5
In the village of Leva-e-Traz, the discovery of a oil field is responsible for a mass evasion of the townspeople. Left are the old and incapable for t...
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Proezas de Satanás na Vila de Leva-e-Traz
1974
Sagarana: O Duelo
5.5/2
Unable to endure the idea that he would go without punishment, a criminal's victim chases him the length and breadth of Brazil for a showdown.
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Sagarana: O Duelo
1969
Copacabana Fools Me
7/3
Marquinhos is in his early 20s and lives in Copacabana with his petits bourgeois parents and older brother. He doesn't have a job, he doesn't go to sc...
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Copacabana Fools Me
1967
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
7.5/10
Originally produced for German TV, Improvised and Purposeful is a firsthand look at the "Cinema Novo" movement (otherwise known as the 'Brazilian New...
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Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
1969
Memories of Helen
0/0
Couple whose marriage is at stake delve into the past, with the help of a diary and some home movies. In these movies, Helena, the woman's suicidal fr...
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Memories of Helen
1997
The Naked Man
5.2/16
Writer Sílvio Proença needs to travel to São Paulo in order to promote his new book. At the airport, he meets a group of old mates. With the boarding...
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The Naked Man
1966
The Big City
5.5/4
In search of a better life, Luzia leaves the Northeast of Brazil and goes to Rio de Janeiro, looking for her fiance who went first to pave their way....
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The Big City
2014
Plano B
8/1
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Plano B
1988
Soul's Boundary
5/1
The story of two brothers who are trying to farm in the Brazilian Amazon.
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Soul's Boundary
1973
O Picapau Amarelo
10/1
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O Picapau Amarelo
1978
Stop 88
6/1
Residents of the city of Parada 88, contaminated in 1994 due to the explosion of a chemical industry reactor, live in plastic tunnels, the only way of...
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Stop 88
1967
The Girl from Ipanema
6.2/5
Chronicles the life of a 17 year-old girl living in the upper-class Rio de Janeiro neighbourhood of Ipanema. Márcia lives a life of parties and spend...
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The Girl from Ipanema
1965
The Deceased
7.2/26
After visiting a fortune teller, Zulmira is informed that a blonde woman will threaten her peace. After talking to her husband Toninho, she suspects t...
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The Deceased
1974
France, Incorporated
3.9/10
In the year 2222, a former drug dealer is kept in a state of hibernation. Reanimated, he tells his story. Leader in the narcotics market, his situatio...
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France, Incorporated
1974
Ovelha Negra, Uma Despedida de Solteiro
5/4
João, a playboy, spends his last day as a single in a resort hotel, where he seduces a teenager and gets involved with the casino singer.
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Ovelha Negra, Uma Despedida de Solteiro
1978
Batalha dos Guararapes
0/0
In the early 17th century, the Dutch have occupied Bom Jesus village, the last native stronghold in the Pernambuco captaincy. An adventurer, João Fern...
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Batalha dos Guararapes
1977
Virgin on the Hill
3/2
Ring whose previous owner was a prostitute with supernatural powers causes double personality in a young woman about to marry. After some time, her fa...
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Virgin on the Hill
1982
Fire Light
5.1/4
Biography of a Brazilian dancer who lived on an island and practiced nudism when it was forbidden by law.
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Fire Light
1984
Amenic - Entre o Discurso e a Prática
10/1
A couple of filmmakers facing difficulties to make a film in the midst of an economic crisis, affecting the relationship between them.
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Amenic - Entre o Discurso e a Prática
1963
The Beggars
0/0
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The Beggars
1993
Sant'Anna dos Pescadores
0/0
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Sant'Anna dos Pescadores
1987
Images of the Unconscious
7/5
In hopes of unraveling the causes and cure for various forms of insanity, a psychiatrist in Brazil created the Museum of Images from the Unconscious i...
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Images of the Unconscious
1967
Entranced Earth
7.3/112
Eldorado, a fictitious country in America, is sparkling with the internal struggle for political power. In the eye of this social convulsion, the jade...
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Entranced Earth
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
1974
A Man and His Cage
5.5/4
The painter Tino, in professional and political crisis, receives a telegram from his mother-in-law, Selma, announcing her return from Europe. After hi...
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A Man and His Cage
1990
Kiss 2348/72
6.8/6
Worker Norival's life turns upside down when he is caught kissing his co-worker Catarina during work hours. He is fired for just cause and faces the h...
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Kiss 2348/72
1988
Sonhei com Você
0/0
Milionário and José Rico are robbed of their money and their fans' enthusiasm. But a female truck driver is out to help them.
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Sonhei com Você
1962
Cinco Vezes Favela
7.5/8
Five segments about the hardships faced by people living in slums on hills in Rio de Janeiro.
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Cinco Vezes Favela
1965
My Home Is Copacabana
6.6/7
Homeless children in the slums of Rio are driven out of their temporary shelters by ruthless gangsters in this somber drama. The kids survive by shini...
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My Home Is Copacabana
2012
Aperana Street 52
5.2/4
In his film Rua Aperana 52 Júlio Bressane describes the invention of a landscape, the topology of a corner of Rio de Janeiro. The film consists of a s...
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Aperana Street 52
1982
Insônia
0/0
A three-episode anthology film based on short stories by Brazilian writer Graciliano Ramos.
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Insônia
1977
Di Cavalcanti Di Glauber
6.19/21
This controversial film from director Glauber Rocha records the funeral of his friend, major Brazilian painter Emiliano Di Cavalcanti.
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Di Cavalcanti Di Glauber
1971
Rua Descalça
0/0
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Rua Descalça
1980
Crônica À Beira do Rio
0/0
Rio de Janeiro is a city of very well defined contrast between the seafront, narrow, where the rich live and very close, the hills with their slums, w...
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Crônica À Beira do Rio
1962
Pedreira de São Diogo
10/2
Men work in a quarry on the edge of a hill where a slum is located, of which they are residents. The slope is blown up, advancing to the land near the...
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Pedreira de São Diogo
1968
Journey to the End of the World
9/3
During a flight, passengers confront their aspirations, frustrations, fears, wishes and fears, mixing up reality and fiction.
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Journey to the End of the World
1971
Tatu Bola
0/0
Expedito, after being abandoned by his parents, became Zefa's adopted son until he became a man and started earning his living as an independent fishe...
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Tatu Bola
Presença de Marisa
0/0
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Presença de Marisa
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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