
Fernando Torres
Actor · 1927 – 2008 · Guaçuí, Espírito Santo, Brazil
Fernando Monteiro Torres (Guaçuí, November 14, 1927 – Rio de Janeiro, September 4, 2008) was a Brazilian actor, director and producer of theater, film and television. Torres was married since 1952 to actress Fernanda Montenegro, with whom he had two children: filmmaker Cláudio Torres and actress Fernanda Torres.
Movies14
Movie7.0DramaThe story of two radically different men thrown together in a Latin American prison cell. One is Valentin, a journalist being tortured for his political beliefs. The other is Molina, a gay window-dresser who fills their lonely nights by spinning romantic fantasies drawn from memories of old movies.
Kiss of the Spider Woman
1985 · 353 votes
Movie5.2DramaRomanceIn the 19th century, a country girl is seduced by a young doctor who's staying at her house for a few days, caring for her, and tries to hide the forbidden romance from her father, who disapproves of the relationship.
Movie5.0DramaAfter Cláudia, haunted by her husband’s death on a car crash, starts a romance with another man, she starts receiving threatening letters.
O Descarte
1973 · 2 votes
Movie6.0DramaAfter marrying everyday man Zózimo, Engraçadinha, who had been through intense sexual experiences as a teenager, settles to live a quiet and normal life. As the years go by, her teenage daughter's behaviour seems to call back Engraçadinha's own teenage days.
Engraçadinha Depois dos Trinta
1966 · 2 votes
Movie5.4ComedyMiddle-class family reform their apartment, and the noise, the contact with the workers and strange occurrences turn what was supposed to be a trivial matter into a trip to hell.
Movie7.0DramaFantasyCélio Rocha believes he was assigned by God Himself a difficult mission: to persuade his childhood friend Otávio Sabóia, a corrupt entrepeneur in the construction business, to give away all his possessions to the poor.
Movie6.6DramaFantasyA young girl named Marcela lives with her dad, Jose, a lighthouse keeper, and old Daniel on an island. The only contact the girl has with the world outside her home is by a boat with four sailors that pays a visit to the island in order to take them supplies. Daniel, who not only protects her from her dad's strictness but also teaches her how to be literate, is her source of tenderness. Her dad thinks she should be away from the world - though she wishes she could spend a few days in town. Then one day, as she has her first period and becomes a woman, she starts feeling sexuality through the blowing wind, which she talks to.
Movie6.1DramaFour love stories which portray a wide gamut of emotions and desires against the backdrop of Rio de Janeiro. "Elephant's Stomp" : the story of a highway patrol officer who is infatuated with a mulatto dancer at a local nightclub. "Drao" : a publicity man and a boutique owner who face a crises in their marriage. "You Are Beautiful" : two homeless teenagers seek love amidst their personal misery. "Samba of the Great Passion" : a book maker who is charmed and captivated by the voice of a female singer coming from a building across the street. Characters in search of love in order to escape from the boredom, loneliness and helplessness of their lives.
Movie10.0AdventureMusicJerry is a tutor at an orphanage. On the first day of vacation, the boys go to the beach with Professor Teobaldo and find a skeleton and a treasure map. Word spreads and a rush for gold begins. On the one hand, Jerry and Neyde, television colleagues; on the other, the director of the station, Indalécio, and his lover Aphrodite; finally, the evil Rock Trombada, in the company of scientist Bertini and Daniel. On Treasure Island, the three camps promote mutual sabotage. After many confusions, Trombada flees with the treasure to the ship's cemetery but they are surrounded by the boys and Indalécio. It's the final war. But it is Jerry who will take the wealth in order to improve the situation at the orphanage.
Em Busca do Tesouro
1967 · 1 votes
Movie4.0ComedyAnxious to please his boss, Roberto agrees to host the chief's lover in his own home, unaware of the problems this could cause among his family.
Eu Transo, Ela Transa
1972 · 4 votes
- Movie10.0Drama
Marília e Marina
1976 · 1 votes
Movie6.9DramaHistoryThe real story of the failed attempt of an independence coup by a group of intellectuals and rich men during Brazil's colonial days, from its beginning to the execution of Tiradentes.
Movie8.0ComedyThe adventures of a peaceful and infatuated man, who tries to identify the man who killed his sweetheart, an unconventional young woman who used to receive "guests" at home, calling them her cousins.
Golias Contra o Homem das Bolinhas
1969 · 1 votes
Movie9.0AdventureMusicJerry - A Grande Parada
1967 · 1 votes
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TV8.0ComedyOs Trapalhões was a Brazilian comedy group and also a Brazilian television series created by Wilton Franco. Its members were Dedé Santana, Zacarias, Mussum and their leader Didi Mocó, that was played by Renato Aragão. The name Trapalhões is derived from the Portuguese verb atrapalhar, which means the opposite of helping, to do something the wrong way or to Those that confuse. The name is translated "Tramps" in English DVD subtitles. It was aired by Rede Globo from 1977 to 1999. On March 18, 1990, Zacarias died due to respiratory failure, but the group and the series didn't come to an end until July 29, 1994, when Mussum died due to an unsuccessful heart transplant.
TV6.8SoapDramaQuinzinho and João Victor are identical twins separated at birth, unaware of each other's existence. The brothers eventually draw closer, guided by their instincts.
TV6.7SoapDramaA mature and successful woman, Helena becomes involved with Edu, who is twenty years her junior. She battles prejudice in order to live her love, but their romance fizzles out when she realizes that her daughter Camila has also fallen in love with him. Her dilemma grows even worse when she discovers that the girl has leukemia. Helena must disclose the real identity of Camila‘s father in order to try and find a compatible bone marrow donor. In order to save her, she decides to give up her new love and have another baby with her daughter‘s father.
TV7.0SoapDramaSimplesmente Maria
1970 · 1 votes
TV9.0SoapDramaSétimo Sentido
1982 · 6 votes
TV7.5SoapDramaSantos Dumont's daughter, Marisa Dumont, known as Zazá, flies over the Eiffel Tower in a replica of the 14 Bis. During one of her flights, she decides to find guardian angels to protect her seven children.
Zazá
1997 · 2 votes
TV6.7ComedySoapNonô Corrêa, a character inspired by Molière's "The Miser", is the story's protagonist. The orphan Zezinho crosses paths with Nonô and wins the neurotic gentleman's heart.
Amor com Amor Se Paga
1984 · 3 votes
TV7.0SoapDramaThe young and rich Patricia, daughter of Ambassador André Dumont's first marriage, is in love with and reciprocated by Luiz Carlos, a poor boy, son of the family's maid, Isolda. Whoever doesn't like to see her with the maid's son is her stepmother, Renata Dumont, André's wife. Renata is an ambitious woman who hides her humble origins and a secret from the past that unites her with Isolda. Career, she married the diplomat André, from a traditional family, with whom she had a son, Lipe.
TV7.0SoapDramaDez Vidas
1969 · 1 votes
TV9.0SoapDramaThe central theme of the soap opera is the struggle for political control in the interior of Bahia between the two most powerful *coronéis* (landowning bosses) of the cocoa region: Sinhô Badaró and Horácio da Silveira. Virgílio, an ambitious lawyer, is summoned to the town by Colonel Horácio but ends up becoming involved with Ester, the colonel's wife. Captain João Magalhães is a card sharp who poses as a military engineer, successfully deceiving the entire town. He falls in love with Sinhô Badaró's daughter, Donana. By the end of the story, he reveals that he had only gotten close to the Badarós out of opportunism. After numerous clashes with Sinhô Badaró, Colonel Horácio secures political power in the town of Ferradas, with the acknowledgment of the local population.
Terras do Sem Fim
1981 · 1 votes
- TV10.0SoapComedy
A Gordinha
1970 · 1 votes