
Paulão
Actor · 1952 – 2006 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Movies23
Movie5.3ComedyPolicarpo is a chauvinistic patriot, a major who tries to find solutions for Brazilian problems using only the resources of his own country. His visionary and idealistic temperament is behind his strange ideas about how to build a great nation.
Movie6.4DramaIn this highly stylized Brazilian drama a sax player fondly remembers one wonderful night spent with his life's love and decides to find her again. He embarks upon a quest through the wild streets of Rio to find her. Along the way he meets an assortment of odd urban underworld characters.
Movie5.6MusicAdventureA rock singer goes to Brazil to shoot a video, but winds up getting kidnapped and enduring a number of seemingly bizarre and hilarious events.
Running Out of Luck
1987 · 7 votes
Movie6.5HistoryComedyThe Spanish Infanta Carlota Joaquina is promised to D. João VI at the age of 10. Forced to leave for Portugal, Carlota suffers a great disappointment when she meets her promised prince. With the death of D. José, Carlota Joaquina and D. João VI inherit the Portuguese crown. However, frightened by the French Revolution and the approach of Napoleon's army, they decide to flee to their colony: Brazil.
Movie5.0AdventureComedyThe Robin Hood from the movie The Trapalhões and his pack ruin the plans of a farmer named João Climério. He wanted to take the lands of his deceased brother and leave his niece Catherine with nothing. During a showdown, Robin Hood is injured and needs to be replaced at the helm of the group. And then the funny confusions begin! As a substitute is chosen Zé Grilo, a modest and at the same time confused pawn, who in the end manages to unmask Climero and save the beautiful Catherine for which he has a passion. In this mission it is aided by the companion Willie and also by a magic wand and a protective pen, provided by an Indian sorcerer.
Robin Hood, O Trapalhão da Floresta
1974 · 13 votes
Movie10.0ComedyPiranha de Véu e Grinalda
1982 · 1 votes
Movie6.3DramaMusicPoor people who live in the slums in Rio de Janeiro decide to occupy an empty apartment building in the rich part of the city. Meanwhile, a rich girl falls in love with a poor composer. Based on the musical play "Pobre Menina Rica", by Vinícius de Moraes and Carlos Lyra.
Para Viver Um Grande Amor
1984 · 6 votes
MovieDocumentaryAfter being collected from the dressing room of the Candomblé center, Ana shares her desires, memories, dreams, and reflections with the viewer through a diary.
Atabaque Nzinga
2007
Movie4.5ComedyDramaYoung guy from the poor Northeast region of Brazil comes to Rio de Janeiro to try his luck. Naturally, he is faced with many adversities along the way.
Movie5.1ComedyDramaBiography of a Brazilian dancer who lived on an island and practiced nudism when it was forbidden by law.
Luz Del Fuego
1982 · 7 votes
Movie5.4RomanceComedyThe fairy tale story of Maria da Graça, a small town girl with big time dreams of becoming a singer, who moves to Rio de Janeiro to pursue her ambitions.
Movie7.1DramaMusicBiography 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 the main composers of Portela, an important Samba "school" in Rio de Janeiro.
Natal da Portela
1988 · 5 votes
- Movie5.5FamilyFantasy
Era Uma Vez...
1994 · 2 votes
Movie4.0DramaAn elderly commander takes his young lover, Milena, the daughter of an employee, to his beach mansion, leaving her in the care of the housekeeper, Letícia, who has sexual relations with the girl. On walks around the island, Milena meets a fisherman, Dimas, who will give her life a new direction. Over the weekend, the commander arrives with friends and throws a wild party; unsure of what to do, Milena accepts a ride in the red Mercedes of one of the guests and returns to the city.
Volúpia ao Prazer
1981 · 6 votes
Movie9.0DramaCondenada Por Um Desejo
1981 · 1 votes
Movie7.2DocumentaryThree lonely drifters follow different paths on the roads of northeastern Minas Gerais, Brazil. A film about the connections between walking and thinking, in which the ever-changing nature of things turns life into a place of mere passing.
Movie4.2ComedyDramaGrieved over the loss of their daughter, an elderly couple has decided do spend their vacation travelling around Europe. The cab driver who takes them to the airport, Leo, overhears their conversation and decides to profit from their situation: Leo convinces the couple's staff he's their nephew, and invites his friends and girlfriend over for a special summer. Things go awry when his friend Marcelo arrives with a bus full of teenagers, who believe the mansion is actually a summer camp.
- Movie6.0Drama
The story of two brothers who are trying to farm in the Brazilian Amazon.
Movie7.0ComedyAfter 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 of Brazil - with the theme of Inconfidência Mineira.
Movie4.2DramaSilvia, whose lover is a talking horse, is threatened by Scipio, her uncle and tutor, and by Marcus and Furius, advisers to the monarch, who aim to overthrow the daughter of the former Roman emperor. Scipio, as a strategy, wants to marry her to Marcus, but she refuses. The advisers, on the other hand, are simultaneously planning a coup against Scipio.
Movie9.0DramaCrimeRio de Janeiro crooks rove about, performing petty tricks to survive, and get involved with a woman who steals cars.
Parceiros da Aventura
1979 · 1 votes
Movie7.0DramaA true friendship develops between Jojô, a prostitute Rosa, and the young Eduardo, who survive on the streets of Rio de Janeiro. Everything goes well until ambition takes over the trio, causing friends to aim for bigger goals, planning a big assault that could cost them their lives.
- Movie9.0Comedy
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 squares on the middle of neighborhoods Ipanema and Leblon. There, people of different social classes interact together - workers who live in the Cruzada de São Sebastião building and the local bourgeois class who live in fancy condos. There, the rich and the poor unite in the same spirit.
Jardim de Alah
1989 · 1 votes
Series5
TV8.5SoapDramaKananga do Japão
1989 · 4 votes
TV7.3SoapDramaThe story begins with the arrival of millionaire Antônio Carlos Volpone in Brazil. After living in Cairo for 18 years, he returns to his homeland for two reasons: first, to clarify the murder of his father-in-law, Dr. Telles, of which he was accused; second, to get closer to his ex-wife Estela, now married to Orlando Aranha. The millionaire also attracts media attention, and reporter Amélia Bicudo decides to investigate his life. To mislead his enemies and move freely, Volpone uses numerous disguises: the executive Anabela Freire, the doctor Nilo Peixe, the industrialist Augusto Melo Sampaio, and the driver André Silva. With the help of his loyal secretary and friend, Mosca, he confronts his main rival, Orlando Aranha, and Renata, Orlando's sister, who holds secrets about the murder of Estela's father.
Um Sonho a Mais
1985 · 3 votes
TV10.0SoapDramaEugênio Fontes is a medical student striving for upward social mobility. His impoverished childhood left him with an inferiority complex that hinders him in both his career and his romantic life; consequently, his struggles and dreams are entirely focused on achieving financial security. Deeply conflicted, he feels unable to love his parents, Alzira and Ângelo, to whom he owes his education. While in medical school, Eugênio meets Olívia Miranda, and the two fall in love. However, he ultimately marries Eunice—a beautiful, wealthy young woman and the daughter of the industrialist Cintra. Through his marriage to Eunice, Eugênio secures a good job and gains influential connections, such as a friendship with Felipe Lobo, a respected architect and associate of his father-in-law. Yet, as time goes by, the young doctor begins to question his marriage.
Olhai os Lírios do Campo
1980 · 1 votes
- TVSoapDrama
Guerra Sem Fim
1993
TV8.6DramaDelegacia de Mulheres
1989 · 5 votes