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Actors: Nuno Leal Maia, Antonio Abujamra
Synopsis: An enormous tidal wave destroys Rio de Janeiro. This Brazilian fantasy chronicles the lives of the survivors. The story centers on Dionysus, a middle-aged man who was detained in a strange asylum. He is fixated upon the legend of Penelope. Occasionally dives into the submerged city. Eventually Read More
Actors: Jose Wilker, Tarcisio Meira, Nuno Leal Maia, Rogério Samora
Synopsis: The life of the "banker" (Rogerior Samora)of an illegal gambling syndicate is the focus of this high-profile Brazilian production. Though these syndicates for the game jogo do bicho operate in ways very much resembling the U.S.'s mafioso, from the banker's perspective, the only thing of Read More
Actors: William Hurt, Raul Julia, Sonia Braga, Jose Lewgoy, Nuno Leal Maia
Synopsis: Political prisoner Valentin Arregui (Raul Julia) and homosexual pederast Luis Molina (William Hurt) share a Brazilian prison cell in this fantastical drama from the book by Manuel Puig. Sensitive and flamboyant, Molina helps pass the time by recounting memories from one of his favorite films, a Read More
Actors: Alvamar Tadei, Andrea Beltrao, Ariel Coelho, Bene Nunes, Cole
Synopsis: This vampire story by Brazilian director Ivan Cardoso is interspersed with humor and nuanced with a 1950s look. A group of young women are performing in a nightclub act called "The Seven Vampires" at a respectable and (apparently) prosperous hotel. While they are play-acting in the beginning Read More
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
Actors: Vera Fischer, Nuno Leal Maia, Rubens W. Correa, Zaira Zambelli
Synopsis: This melodrama about adultery, jealousy, and power struggles inside and outside a dysfunctional family was adapted from the play of the same name by Nelson Rodriguez. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide Read More
Actors: Gloria Pires, Nuno Leal Maia
Synopsis: A Brazilian police official has been sent to a remote area of the country (in the state of Goias) on some undercover mission, and along the way a beautiful female member of one of Brazil's native tribes befriends him, and at one point, saves his life. They become very close -- until they reach the Read More
Actors: Nuno Leal Maia
Synopsis: Based on the true case of Francisco da Cost Rocha, who killed two women in a 10-year period, this chilling drama tells the fictional story of Antonio (Nuno Leal-Maia), who murders a prostitute in cold blood and then makes no effort to escape or to hide his crime. When he is picked up by the police Read More
Actors: Katia D'Angelo, Roberto Bonfim, Nuno Leal Maia, Jonas Bloch
Synopsis: This engaging crime drama is based on an actual incident that occurred in Brazil. Claudia is a young girl who is murdered because of her supposed knowledge of the activities of well-known mobsters. Other fictional murders are thrown in to add to the plot as the action takes place in high society Read More
Actors: Sonia Braga, Nuno Leal Maia, Jorge Doria, Paulo Cesar Pereio, Paulo Villaca
Synopsis: In this sequel to Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands, Sonia Braga stars as a new wife who copes with her sexual frustration by sleeping with strangers she picks up on buses. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More
Actors: Marcia Rodrigues, Ney Sant'anna, Nuno Leal Maia
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