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Uma História de Futebol (1998)
Character: Seu Landão
Based on Zuza's testimony, the plot narrates the final of the Julio Ramalho Cup, a lowland soccer championship, in 1950. To face the rival team, Zuza had his friend Dico, later nicknamed Pelé.
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A Causa Secreta (1994)
Character: N/A
Theater director asks his actors for a research on human cruelty and misery in Brazil, while trying to raise funds for his next production, a play based on a story by Machado de Assis, "A Causa Secreta" (The Secret Cause). The troupe oblige and go around town witnessing long lines in National Health Services, inhuman conditions in public hospitals and poor people being constantly humiliated. They find people are becoming indifferent to human suffering.
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Através da Janela (2000)
Character: Drugstore owner
Selma, a retired nurse, is an extremely loving mother for his son Raimundo, in an almost incestuous relationship. One day, she becomes aware of some changes in her son's behavior. At first, she thinks it may be some girlfriend. But soon she learns it's something else.
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Mil e Uma (1996)
Character: N/A
Alice faces a lot of trouble to make a film about artist Marcel Duchamp. She randomly chooses musician Antônio for the main part, and ends up having an affair with him.
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Ímpar Par (2005)
Character: Senhor Cliente
Amidst feet coming and going, colors and violin strings, the shoemaker of a small village searches for the perfect pair, in a fable of love and shoes.
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Como Fazer um Filme de Amor (2004)
Character: Atendente no Banco/ Garçom/Motorista de Táxi
Laura and Alan fall in love, but have to deal with the strange death of Alan's wife and with a rival, Lilith, who wants to break their relationship. At the same time, a narrator gives lessons on how to make a love story movie, exposing all clichés on that kind of film.
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Olhos de Vampa (1996)
Character: Night Club Host
A beautiful woman is found dead, with a peach in her mouth, a bite in her butt and without blood in the body. When other women are found dead in the same modus-operandi, the police gives the nickname of "Vampa" to serial killer. Detective Leôncio is assigned to investigate the murder together with fetishist photographer Oscar. Without any lead, they decide to follow a sexy and popular night-club dancer on the streets of São Paulo, trying to identify possible suspects.
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Tudo Bem no Natal Que Vem (2020)
Character: Tio Victor
After taking a very nasty fall on Christmas Eve, grinchy Jorge blacks out and wakes up one year later, with no memory of the year that has passed. He soon realizes that he’s doomed to keep waking up on Christmas Eve after Christmas Eve, having to deal with the aftermath of what his other self has done the other 364 days of the year.
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Os Matadores (1997)
Character: Delegado
Two hit men, a veteran and a beginner, chatter in a bar on Brazil-Paraguai border, while waiting for their victim to appear.
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Chama a Bebel (2024)
Character: Seu Juca
Bebel is a young woman in a wheelchair who lives with her mother and grandfather in the countryside. To continue her studies, she ends up moving to a big city, where new adversities become part of her life. At school, her involvement in environmental issues quickly leads her to a certain leadership role. However, a powerful local tycoon does not like this environmental activism in his region at all.
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Uma Pitada de Sorte (2022)
Character: Lorenzo
Pérola is a children's party entertainer who dreams of becoming a renowned chef. She just hasn't gone out yet to fulfill her dream because of wanting to please her mother and family, but her "bit of luck" comes when she is approved to be an assistant to a famous chef on a television show, who, in addition to being famous and successful, is extremely handsome (and seductive), which makes the job easier.
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Anjos da Noite (1987)
Character: Leger
Many exotic characters meet in São Paulo night, looking for love and adventure: Malu, a model; Mauro, a drag queen; Teddy, a hustler; Guto, a gay reporter; and Marta, an actress.
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Desmundo (2002)
Character: João Couto
The story of Orisbela, a young and religious woman who comes from Portugal to Brazil to marry Francisco de Albuquerque, a rude sugar-cane plantation owner, in 1570.
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Jenipapo (1995)
Character: Amigo do Cristo
Henry Czerny plays American journalist Michael Coleman, a strung-out expatriate writing for a Brazilian newspaper. His professional obsession is Father Stephen Louis, a mildly popular and charismatic priest who has been the major political opponent of the greedy and ruthless landowners of the Bahia region. Mysteriously, the usually outspoken Father Louis has been silent for three months. With the Brazilian Congress about to vote on a major land-redistribution bill that could potentially tip the balance of power even further, Father Louis’s support of the peasants and his condemnation of the landowners is more important than ever. Coleman sets out alone for the politically unstable Bahia region to capture a highly anticipated interview with the elusive priest.
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Uma História Ilustrada (2018)
Character: Narrator
This short documentary explores how the Ilustrada section of the Folha de S. Paulo newspaper had to fight back against censorship from the military dictatorship in Brazil after Lourenço Diaféria, one of its columnists, published an article criticising the patron of the Brazilian army, Duque de Caxias.
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Ed Mort (1997)
Character: Silva (voice)
A detective is hired by a mysterious woman to find her missing husband, a master of disguises, and important industry executive.
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Quanto Vale ou É por Quilo? (2005)
Character: Delegado Batista
Free adaptation of Machado de Assis's short story "Pai Contra Mãe", having some of Nireu Cavalcanti's 18th Century chronicles as inspiration, the film traces parallels between life in during the slavery period and in modern Brazil.
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Beijo 2348/72 (1990)
Character: Pedrão
Worker Norival's life turns upside down when he is caught kissing his co-worker Catarina during work hours. He is fired for just cause and faces the hardships of the labor lawsuit he filed against the company.
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Fogo e Paixão (1989)
Character: N/A
A bus tour to São Paulo’s touristic spots bumps into several strange people.
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A Via Láctea (2007)
Character: N/A
A modern love story set in Sao Paulo about Heitor, a writer and literature professor, and Julia, a theatre student turned veterinarian. A fight over the telephone propels Heitor into a journey through the chaotic city streets to reconcile with Julia. Their personal history unfolds against the backdrop of the city and its people in a series of events representing the struggle between poetry and science.
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Ana: Uma adaptação da série Reis (2025)
Character: ELI
Even the love of her husband couldn't ease the pain of being barren and enduring the affronts of her rival. Until, embittered, Anna prayed to the Lord and made a vow.
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El viaje (1992)
Character: N/A
A young man living in a cold southern village in South America, decides to start a trip looking for his father. By doing this he discovers unexpected facts about his Latin American essence.
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Romance (1988)
Character: N/A
After a man dies under mysterious circumstances, his girlfriend and his gay lover deal with his death in different ways.
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