José Lewgoy

Dünyanın en heyecan verici şehrine hoş geldiniz... Rio de Janeiro! Brezilya'nın en ateşli kasabasının yaramazlığı, Michael Caine, Joseph Bologna Valerie Harper ve Demi Moore'un da bulunduğu ateşli oyuncu kadrosuyla bu çılgın romantik komedide.

Luis Molina ve Valentin Arregui, Güney Amerika'daki bir hapishanede hücre arkadaşıdırlar. Trans bir birey olan Luis, ahlaksız davranışlardan suçlu bulunmuş, Valentin ise siyasi bir mahkûmdur. Luis gerçeklikten kaçmak için romantik filmler icat ederken, Valentin içinde bulunduğu durumu aklından çıkarmamaya çalışır. Birlikte geçirdikleri zaman boyunca iki adam birbirlerini anlamaya ve saygı duymaya başlarlar.

Takıntılı derecede bir opera sever olan Fitzcarraldo, Peru'nun küçük bir şehrinde bir opera binası inşa etmek ister. Fakat bunu başarmak için önce kauçuk işinde bir servet kazanması gerekir. Bu amaç dahilindeki planında büyük bir nehir botunu yerli Kızılderili'lerle birlikte küçük bir dağdan geçirmek vardır. Konusunu gerçek bir hikayeden alan bu film yönetmenine Cannes Film Festivali'nde en iyi yönetmen ödülünü kazandırmıştır.

Korkulan haydut Cobra Verde (Klaus Kinski), bir plantasyon sahibi tarafından kölelerini denetlemesi için tutulur. Plantasyon sahibi, Cobra Verde'nin genç kızlarıyla yattığından şüphelendikten sonra onun ortadan kaybolmasını ister. Fakat onu öldürmeyip, Afrika'ya yollar. Bölgedeki tek beyaz olan Cobra Verde kendisini işkencenin ve aşağılanmanın kurbanı olarak bulur. Evinden çok uzakta olan Cobra Verde artık delirmenin eşiğindedir.

Assis Chateaubriand'ın romantize edilmiş hayatını anlatan filmde, ünlü medya patronu adeta tutkularının ve başarılarının yargılandığı bir mahkemede sanık sandalyesinde...

Policarpo 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.

The eccentric members of a wealthy Brazilian family each go through personal torment, debauchery and intense guilt. The father has made a fortune in the slaughterhouse business and ignores the feelings of his wife and his workers. When the mother threatens to leave, the father begs for her to stay and continue the hollow charade of their marriage for the sake of social appearances.

Jack Noah, film çekmek için gittiği hayali Güney Amerika ülkesi olan Paradorda hiç beklemediği bir başka iş teklifi alır. Aslında ondan istenen yine oyunculuk yapmasıdır; ama bu kez kameralara karşı değil, normal hayatta oynaması gerekmektedir. Jackten istenen, öldüğü herkesten gizlenen diktatörün yerine geçmesi ve diktatörlerine bağlı koca bir ulusu bu yalana inandırmasıdır.

The Amazon rain forest, 1979. The crew of Fitzcarraldo (1982), a film directed by German director Werner Herzog, soon finds itself with problems related to casting, tribal struggles and accidents, among many other setbacks; but nothing compared to dragging a huge steamboat up a mountain, while Herzog embraces the path of a certain madness to make his vision come true.

A cleaner accidentely stills a secret formula and get mistaken for the heir prince of an old kingdom.

A photo-journalist goes to Brazil to investigate a savage crime boss. She becomes infatuated with the story.

A lady killer tracked by the police, takes refuge at a psychiatrist's home, and the doctor tells him three stories, to convince him that crime does not pay

Hayali bir Latin Amerika ülkesinde, Eldorado’da, idealist ve anarşist şair ve gazeteci Paulo Martins, halk yardakçısı vali Felipe Viera ve muhafazakâr cumhurbaşkanı Porfirio Diaz’a karşı mücadele eder ve devrimciler tarafından desteklenir. Bir tarafta egemen olanlar, toprak sahipleri, ekonomik ya da siyasal gücü ele geçirenler, öte yanda da ezilenler, yanıltılan, sömürülen, boyun eğen ya da başkaldıranlar... Brezilya’da 1964 Martında ordu solcu başkanı devirip diktatörlük kurduktan birkaç yıl sonra (1967) çekilmiş olan “Trans Halindeki Ülke”, böyle bir darbe hiç direnişle karşılaşmadan, nasıl bu kadar çabuk yerleşebilir mi diyor acaba?

Documentary discussing the life and work of José Lewgoy, one of the most important Brazilian actors of all times.

Paulo is a rich lawyer who has a happy and comfortable family life, with his kid and very loyal to his wife. But when he finds out that the woman is cheating on him with his business partner and best friend, he decides to execute a perfect plan that involves murdering both and easily getting away with murder. However, Paulo's plans are about to be ruined due to some unpredictable factors involving powerful people, plenty of money, the kidnap of his son and a tenacious inspector following his steps.

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 backwards and forward. The various pasts – the 60s, the 80s, the 2000s – comment on each other in a way that sheds light on Bressane’s themes and obsessions, which become increasingly apparent and finally, a whole idea of cinema reveals itself to the curious and patient viewer. Will Bressane, from now on, rework The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus when he makes another film? Is this his latest beginning? Why not, for the eternally young master maverick seems to embark on a maiden voyage with each and every new film!

Erotic comedy divided in three episodes.

A scientist swaps the mind of banker and an idiot by accident.

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 even.

RY A revolution breaks out in a South American country while its cruel dictator is on a trip to France. The rebels have made careful plans to blow up the dictator's private plane as he returns, but at the last second he changes plans and travels on a commercial flight. The rebels then must make a difficult decision: they must either blow up a flight filled with innocent passengers, or else allow the dictator to return home and take brutal reprisals against the leaders of the uprising.

After the funeral of her father Arnaldo, who committed suicide, Engraçadinha confesses to the priest the motives. On the engagement party of her cousin Sílvio with Letícia, Engraçadinha seduces him in the library, and later she ends her engagement with Zózimo and lies to Letícia, telling that she is pregnant. Letícia decides to tell Arnaldo what happened, and he says that the child can not be born. He exposes dirty secrets to Engraçadinha, and a tragedy is announced.

Os 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.

Set in the 19th century, the novel tells the story of an impossible romance. Inácio, a young man from a traditional family, falls in love with Esther, the owner of the most famous brothel in the Court.

Inspired on Jorge Amado's romance "Tieta do Agreste", the plot is set on the fictional city of Santana do Agreste, at Brazil's northwest, and has as main theme Tieta's life turnarounds. Twenty-five years after being chased out of town by her father Zé Esteves, she returns to her home town seeking revenge against everyone who mistreated her and laugh at her face in the past.

Childhood friends Cidinha and Leda follow opposite paths, but envy the life the other has chosen. Belo's love and custody of their daughter lead them into a competition.

The 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.

1950'lerin sonunda Belo Horizonte: Saygın bir ailenin kızı olan Hilda, düğün gününde damadını kilisede bırakıp doğruca şehrin genelev bölgesine gider. “Hilda Furacão” adıyla şehrin en ünlü fahişesi olur. Her şey yolunda gidebilirdi, ta ki aziz olduğu söylenen genç rahip adayı Birader Malthus'a âşık olana dek. Ancak genç adam, en küçük günaha bile tahammülü olmayan muhafazakâr rahip Peder Nelson'ın katı öğretisi altındadır. Malthus'un eski dostu, komünist muhabir Roberto (hikâyenin asıl yazarı), Hilda'nın bu radikal değişiminin ardındaki gerçek nedenleri ortaya çıkarmak için onunla röportaj yapmaya çalışınca işler daha da zorlaşır. Bu arada orta sınıf, Brezilya siyasetindeki “sol tehdit”ten dehşete düşmüştür.

After an accident, Marcela arrives in São Paulo and decides to assume a new identity. Torn between love, she plunges into a world that is not her own.

Brava Gente was a television series aired by TV Globo in Brazil between 2000 and 2003, initially as a special year-end. The program was adapted from stories and national stories, and plays by famous playwrights, screenwriters and signed by a number represented by several actors and actresses. The genres of the stories varied each week with the style of each director or author. Brava Gente in the stories ranged from comedies and dramas. In all 53 episodes were shown, broadcast on Tuesday nights.

A down-on-her-luck former inmate tries to reconnect with her daughter--to the objections of her sister who raised the girl, meets a millionaire, and transforms into a strong woman, returning to society at Dancin' Days nightclub's opening.

A poor young woman, unhappy with her inevitable destiny as a suburban housewife, gets a job as a nanny for a wealthy family and falls in love with her employer's brother, using every trick to win him over and ultimately become the lady of the mansion. .

The 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.

Facing a financial crisis, Guilherme receives an ultimatum: he must pay his overdue rent within 24 hours or face eviction from the Copacabana apartment—located in Rio de Janeiro's South Zone—where he lives with his family: his wife Joana, his children Kika, Beto, and Tatá, and his father Olavo. Left with no other option, they move into a large house in São Cristóvão (in the North Zone) lent to them by Joaquim, a Portuguese friend. The family struggles to adapt to the suburban neighborhood and cope with their lack of money. To overcome the crisis, Guilherme becomes a partner in Joaquim's auto repair shop.

Pedro da Maia, meets a beautiful woman called Maria Monforte with whom he gets married despite his father's objection. The marriage produces a son, Carlos Eduardo, and a daughter. Some time later, Maria Monforte falls in love with Tancredo and runs away to Italy with him, taking her daughter along. When Pedro finds out, he goes with his son to his father's house where he commits suicide. Carlos stays at his grandfather's house and is educated by him. Carlos, becomes a doctor and opens his own office. Later he meets a gorgeous woman, Maria Eduarda. The two fall in love and have dozens of nights together. Eventually Carlos finds out later that Maria lied to him about her past and he starts fearing the worst. In the end, Carlos finds out that Maria is his sister. He informs her that they are siblings and that they cannot live like this anymore. Carlos, to forget his tragedies, goes for a trip around the world.

São Paulo, 1945. A tenement in the Bixiga neighborhood centralizes the plots and characters. The cheerful Lalá is a former prostitute who got along with a senator of the Republic, her lover, who, when he died, left her in an excellent financial situation, since she had a daughter with him, Marialina. Lalá is courted by the simple Italian Antônio Sapateiro, a mature man in love with her. The Portuguese Manoel Vitor loves the Jewish Ruth, but her parents forbid dating because of religion.

Romantic and dreamy, Eliana works at a five-star hotel and becomes involved with unrequited love, a bumbling gang, and a complex police story.

The 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.