Movie Name |
Character |
Release Date |
Overview |
Compasso de Espera |
Jorge de Oliveira |
1973-01-01 |
Jorge de Oliveira is an Afro-Brazilian poet who works in a publicity agency in São Paulo. Torn between his rich white lovers and his black family and… |
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Soul in the Eye |
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1973-01-01 |
Inspired by Black Panther Eldridge Cleaverâ€s book Soul on Ice and dedicated to John Coltrane, Soul in the Eye marks the beginning of Black Brazilian… |
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Cinco Vezes Favela |
(segment “Pedreira de São Diego”) |
1962-01-01 |
Five segments about the hardships faced by people living in slums on hills in Rio de Janeiro…. |
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Proezas de Satanás na Vila de Leva-e-Traz |
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1967-12-14 |
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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Black Goddess |
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1978-01-01 |
A Deusa Negra is a love story that spans two centuries. In 18th century Yorubaland, Prince Oluyole is taken prisoner in the course of internecine war… |
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Brutos Inocentes |
João Capataz |
1974-11-20 |
A drama in the amazonian country…. |
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Referências |
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2006-01-01 |
… |
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A Menina e o Estuprador |
Pedro |
1982-01-01 |
In São Paulo, Vanessa who is normally spoiled rotten, is neglected and rejected by her mother, practically raised alone by her butler and driver Pedr… |
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5x Favela, Now by Ourselves |
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2010-08-25 |
The project ‘5 x slum, now by ourselves’ gathered over 80 young people from Rio’s favelas (slums), selected through workshops, script and filmmaking t… |
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Pureza Proibida |
Chico |
1975-04-26 |
Baby is found by nuns, who raise her inside the convent. When she grows up, she moves to a fishing village and gives up religious life when she falls … |
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República da Traição |
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1970-01-01 |
European couple arrive at the Republic of Maraguaya with a strange mission. But the involvement with a local man, whom they hire as an employee, will … |
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O Papel e o Mar |
João Cândido |
2012-11-14 |
The film narrates the imaginary encounter between João Cândido, leader of Revolta da Chibata and a paper picker and writer Carolina Maria de Jesus, … |
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A Compadecida |
Jesus |
1969-01-22 |
… |
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Grande Sertão |
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1965-01-01 |
Cowboy Riobaldo is attracted to same sex Diadorim, not knowing that “he” is a girl dressed in man’s clothes. After Diadorim’s father is killed, she sw… |
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Memória Viva |
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1987-12-17 |
… |
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Exu Rei – Abdias do Nascimento |
Himself |
2017-10-18 |
The African deity that brought in Brazil Together with the blacks, Exu is known as the orixá of communication, the guard of the streets and the human… |
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El Justicero |
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1967-04-13 |
A shockingly irreverent follow-up to the rural austerity of Barren Lives, dos Santos†Godardian social satire owes more than a nod to the self-consc… |
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True Brazil |
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1968-12-08 |
In the late 1960s, Thomas Farkas imported equipment suitable for direct sound, and released a collection of documentaries called “Brasil Verdade” (“Tr… |
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O homem que sabia javanês |
Africano |
2004-06-16 |
… |
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O Engano |
Amante |
1967-01-01 |
… |
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Veja & Ouça – Maria Baderna no Brasil |
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2004-02-01 |
In 1850 the Italian dancer Maria Baderna arrives at Brazil, her fame and the scandals she provokes turns her name in a common expression. The film use… |
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Natal da Portela |
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1988-02-19 |
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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A Guerra dos Pelados |
Vitorino |
1970-01-01 |
In 1913, in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil, the Government gives some lands to a foreign railway company, giving rise to revolt by the former own… |
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In Evil Hour |
Carmichael |
2006-02-02 |
The old servant and chronicler Dom Sabas tells how his desolate South American town is the scene of a ruthless power struggle. The landowning Assis fa… |
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Ganga Zumba |
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1963-04-16 |
The life of a runaway slave who founded the Quilombo dos Palmares, an outlaw community of Brazilian slaves…. |
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Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo |
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1967-01-01 |
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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Garden of War |
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1968-09-23 |
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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O Homem Nu |
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1968-03-04 |
A man gets locked naked outside of his apartment…. |
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Quilombo |
Stone Man |
1984-06-03 |
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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Ana, a Libertina |
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1975-09-01 |
… |
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Giselle |
Jorge |
1980-03-05 |
Sexy girl seduces all the members of her family. She indirectly causes the failure of his father’s marriage, for her stepmother falls in love with her… |
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The Suns of Easter Island |
Helvio |
1972-08-23 |
Six people find a mysterious mark in the center of their left hand and all independently go to Easter Island in hopes to uncover the mystery…. |
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The Godless Bandit |
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1969-01-01 |
… |
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Oswaldo Cruz, o Médico do Brasil |
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2003-01-02 |
… |
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The Forest |
Procópio |
2002-11-01 |
Young man, of Portuguese nobility ascendancy, starts working in a rubber plantation in the Amazon, in 1912, and falls in love with pretty Yayá, a mar… |
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Entranced Earth |
Repórter |
1967-05-08 |
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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The Palace of Angels |
Embaixador |
1970-05-25 |
Bárbara, a French girl living in São Paulo, and two friends decide to transform a little apartment into a luxury bordello, “The Palace of Angels”, s… |
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Daughters of the Wind |
Marquinhos (velho) |
2005-09-16 |
É uma lÃrica história de redenção amorosa entre irmãs, mães e filhas, em uma pequena cidade do interior de Minas Gerais, onde os fantasmas da e… |
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The Girl from Ipanema |
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1967-05-26 |
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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Sagarana: O Duelo |
Demônio |
1974-08-26 |
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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Parceiros da Aventura |
Motorista da greve |
1979-06-10 |
… |
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