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Um Uísque Antes... e Um Cigarro Depois (1970)
Character: N/A
A compilation of three stories charged with sexual tension: A man taking revenge on a friend who got involved with his cheating wife, a woman being abandoned by her boyfriend and couple taking things in bed a bit too far.
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Entre o Amor e o Cangaço (1965)
Character: N/A
Joviano is about to get married, but he has to give up his marriage to avenge the death of his father, murdered by Colonel Eufrásio. The colonel wanted to force Joviano's father to sell his lands, and started a bloody battle moved by refusal. Now he has to decide between his fiancée's love and revenge for his father.
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Cristo de Lama (1967)
Character: N/A
The story of Antônio Francisco Lisboa, the famed Brazilian sculptor and architect born in the 17th century who became known as "Aleijadinho".
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Sol Sobre a Lama (1963)
Character: Valente
A poor community in Salvador organizes a resistance against the destruction of the Água de Meninos street market.
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Lampião, Rei do Cangaço (1963)
Character: N/A
The story of how a quarrel between families set poor farmer Virgulino Ferreira da Silva on the path to become Lampião, the greatest leader of the cangaceiros - bandits who roamed the Northeast of Brazil until the late 1930s.
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Um Homem Tem de Ser Morto (1973)
Character: N/A
Hasting, the right hand of Simon, the president of the Organization, has run for the elections, feeling the regime won't survive much longer. With no popular support, Simon gets elected by fraud. Hasting, now persecuted, is forced into exile. From his exile, through multiple armed attempts, he tries to reclaim his rightful position.
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Tocaia no Asfalto (1962)
Character: Deputado Ciro
A gunman is hired to kill a corrupt politician. However, the agreement is canceled. Despite being a hired killer, the man takes his job seriously and prefers to go to the end.
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Mudar de Vida (1967)
Character: Adelino
After completing his military service in the Angolan War of Independence, Adelino goes back to the Portuguese fishing village he calls home, only to find that the woman he loves has married his brother. Overcome by bitterness, he sets off to find work in the countryside where he meets Albertina, a free-spirited young woman who challenges him to change his life.
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Bebel, Garota Propaganda (1967)
Character: Marcelo
Poor and beautiful girl is hired by a sales promoter to advertise a new brand of soap. The success is immediate, but the need for a new face hinders her way to stardom.
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Menino de Engenho (1966)
Character: Juca
After being orphaned, a boy is raised by his grandfather and uncles, rich rural landowners, on a sugarcane plantation where he grows up, studies, learns about politics, love and disillusionment.
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O Santo Milagroso (1966)
Character: Dito
A pastor and a priest compete for the religious leadership of the population of a small town. When the pastor tries to prevent his sister's involvement with the sacristan, he accidentally starts the rumor that the church houses a miraculous statue of St. Francis.
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Redenção (1959)
Character: Nilton
Two young farmers are visited by a stranger who wants to spend the night.
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O Pagador de Promessas (1962)
Character: Bonitão
Zé is a very poor man whose most prized possession is his donkey. When his donkey falls terminally ill, Zé makes a promise to Saint Bárbara: If his donkey recovers, he will carry a cross - like Jesus - all the way from his city to Saint Bárbara's church, in the state capital. Upon the recovery of his donkey, Zé leaves on his journey. He makes it to the church, but the priest refuses to accept the cross once he discovers the context of Zé's promise.
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Garota Dourada (1984)
Character: Águia
In a beautiful coastal retreat, a seductive young woman ignites a rivalry between two surfers vying for her affection. One of them is trying to move on from a past love, but when she unexpectedly reappears, he finds himself torn.
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Bahia de Todos os Santos (1961)
Character: Manuel
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, during the dictatorship of Getúlio Vargas. Outlaw Tonio is involved in a conflict between strikers and the police. His mistress tries to keep him from his companions, but he steals her belongings to help the persecuted. Dissatisfied, she denounces him, compromising him politically.
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Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol (1964)
Character: Manoel
Wanted for killing his boss, Manuel flees with his wife Rosa to the sertão, the barren landscape of Northern Brazil. Thrust into a primordial violent region, Manuel and Rosa come under the influence and control of a series of frightening figures.
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A Grande Feira (1961)
Character: Rony
The naive sailor Ron arrives in Bahia to visit the famous Água dos Meninos street market. There, however, he is passed behind by the prostitute Maria, lover of the bandit Chico Diabo, who stabs him. He, however, can't forget her.
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Anjos e Demônios (1969)
Character: Henrique
A young woman and her lover draw an unsuspecting lawyer into their plan to kill her rich uncle and stay with his fortune.
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Dedé Mamata (1988)
Character: N/A
Dede (Guilherne Fontes) is a Brazilian teen who lives with his middle-class grandparents who are members of the local communist party. When his grandmother dies, his grandfather's health soon fades to the point where he can't speak or walk. The local party officials ask Dede to continue to family tradition and take over his grandfather's position of social authority, but when Dede is introduced to cocaine by his best friend Alpino (Marcos Palmeira), the attraction to drugs is more appealing to him than political activism.
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A Idade da Terra (1980)
Character: Revolutionary Christ
Drawing inspiration from a poem penned by Castro Alves, this film vividly captures the political, cultural, and intellectual climate of Brazil during the late 1970s. At its core, the story revolves around four distinctive embodiments of Christ's image: a black man, a soldier, an Indian, and a guerrilla fighter. These courageous individuals, hailed as the harbingers of doom in the tupiniquim lands, valiantly combat the insatiable avarice and oppressive "civilizing" brutality propagated by the formidable John Brahms—a foreign exploiter devoid of morals.
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