Nelson XavierFilmography

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Narradores de Jave

Actors: Nelson Xavier, Nelson Dantas, Matheus Nachtergaele, Gero Camilo, José Dumont

2003
Girl From Rio

Actors: Hugh Laurie, Vanessa Nunes, Santiago Segura, Lia Williams, Patrick Barlow

Synopsis: A mild-mannered banker finds himself living out his wildest dreams, only to wake up to a major dilemma in a continent-hopping comedy. Raymond (Hugh Laurie) is a British bank clerk who doesn't much care for his job, and whose marriage to Cathy (Lia Williams) has hit a rut. It would appear Cathy Read More

2001
Testamento

Actors: Nelson Xavier, Maria Ceica, Chico Diaz, Karla Leal, Zeze Motta

Synopsis: Cape Verde author Germano Almeida wrote the novel (Mr. Napumoceno's Last Will and Testament) that provides the source for this Portuguese-Brazilian-Cape Verdean-French-Belgium co-production. After a wealthy, unmarried businessman dies and the will is read, his nephew learns that he receives Read More

4/30/99
At Play in the Fields of the Lord

Actors: Tom Berenger, Aidan Quinn, Kathy Bates, John Lithgow, Daryl Hannah

Synopsis: In a remote branch of the Brazilian Amazon, Americans Lewis (Tom Berenger) and Wolf (Tom Waits) are stranded when their plane runs out of gas. They are kept company by an evangelist missionary (John Lithgow) and his wife (Darryl Hannah). The preacher and his followers want to preach to the Read More

12/6/91
Moon over Parador

Actors: Richard Dreyfuss, Raul Julia, Sonia Braga, Jonathan Winters, Fernando Rey

Synopsis: Jack Noah (Richard Dreyfuss) is all actor: Self-possessed, obsessive, vulnerable, and an addict for praise, his soul burns with "the craft." Having just finished a grade-Z straight-to-cable crime thriller in the fictional South American country of Parador, he gets the ultimate acting challenge Read More

9/9/88
Rei Do Rio

Actors: Nuno Leal, Nelson Xavier, Milton Concalves, Amparo Grisales

Synopsis: In an off-beat comedy drama where the lines between good and bad are blurred into broad swathes of gray, Tucan (Nuno Leal) and his buddy win the state lottery with unpredictable results. Tucan uses his cruzeiros to establish himself as Rio's presiding crime boss and after many a shady deal is Read More

1986
O Magico E O Delegado

Actors: Nelson Xavier, Maria Silvia

Synopsis: The economic and social conditions of a small and remote Brazilian town are featured in this well-wrought story that can easily be understood as standing for a much broader picture. The police chief in the town is also the only judge and censor of the townspeople and their media, and one day his Read More

1985
O Bom Burgues

Actors: Jose Wilker, Betty Faria, Jardel Filho, Anselmo Vasconcelos

Synopsis: This political thriller is set against the background of actual turmoil in Brazil in the 1970s, so viewers familiar with that time and place in history will get the most out of O Bom Burgues. Lucas (José Wilker) is a banker with clandestine leftist sympathies who is embezzling money from the bank Read More

1984
Gabriela

Actors: Sonia Braga, Marcello Mastroianni, Antonio Cantafora, Paulo Goulart, Nelson Xavier

Synopsis: Gabriela was based on Jorge Armado's novel Gabriela, Clove and Cinammon, which also served as the source of a typically steamy Brazilian TV soap opera. Set in 1925 (when the novel was first published), the film stars Marcello Mastrioanni as Nacib, a bartender in the Bahian village of Parati. When Read More

1983
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands

Actors: Sonia Braga, Jose Wilker, Mauro Mendonca, Dinorah Brillanti, Nelson Xavier

Synopsis: Based on the novel by Jorge Amado, this Brazilian comedy follows the strange events that befall Doña Flor (Sonia Braga) after she is left a widow by the death of her wild, irresponsible husband. (He died after another wanton night of carousing) Attempting to marry more wisely the second time Read More

1977
A Queda

Crew: Director

Actors: Nelson Xavier, Lima Duarte, Isabel Ribeiro, Maria Silvia, Hugo Carvana

Synopsis: When a construction worker falls to his death due to a deliberate laxness in safety regulations, the construction foreman's son-in-law attempts to get some compensation from the construction company for the man's widow. Instead, he runs into obstruction after obstruction. This impassioned Read More

1976
Soledade

Actors: Ney Sant'anna, Nelson Xavier, Jofre Soares, Emmanoel Cavalcanti

Synopsis: A homeless drifter arrives in the territory controlled by a large landowner. The drifter, who has a son and a daughter, both almost grown, is given work by the landowner. Meanwhile, the landowner's son has fallen in love with the drifter's daughter, though he marries another. After that marriage Read More

1976
A Rainha Diaba

Actors: Milton Goncalves, Odette Lara, Stepan Nercessian, Nelson Xavier

Synopsis: A black homosexual transvestite is the mob leader in the slums of Rio de Janeiro in this Brazilian film. He casually slices open the faces of challengers with a razor, and his mob tortures a girl with a cigarette and a razor. One faction of the mob is trying to overthrow this frightful figure and Read More

1975
Os Deuses E Os Mortos

Actors: Norma Bengell, Othon Bastos, Itala Nandi, Nelson Xavier, Rui Polanah

Synopsis: This violent feature concerns the cacao wars of Brazil in the 1920s. Gods symbolically come to life and interact with the humans who perpetuate the murderous bloodbaths. This film was one of two official entries for Brazil at the 1970 Berlin Film Festival and it illustrates the troubles of both Read More

1970
E Simonal

Actors: Carlos Kroeber

Synopsis: This documentary covers the popular Brazilian singer Wilson Simonal. He delivers a series of songs in this feature that appears to be a promotional advertisement. Zany situations give a dose of comedy to this otherwise pedestrian effort. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide Read More

1970
Os Fuzis

Actors: Nelson Xavier, Maria Gladys

Synopsis: In the northeastern region of Brazil, local farmers are unable to grow sufficient crops on their arid land. When a holy man arrives and claims that his "sacred" ox will bring them rain if they follow where it leads, the naive peasants believe him. They follow the mystical creature to a nearby Read More

1964