Tonico Pereira — Actor (24)
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The Battle of Canudos (1997) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Guerra de Canudos
director: Sérgio Rezende actor: Cláudia Abreu / Marieta Severo …
other title: Guerra de Canudos
At the end of the 19th century, a poor family comes to the rural Canudos, a community led by Antônio Conselheiro, seen by many as a holy prophet. Their ways bother the powerful people of the region, and the newly founded Republic sends their army to destroy the settlement, which culminates in one of the bloodiest wars in the history of Brazil.
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The Patriot (1998) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Policarpo Quaresma, Herói do Brasil
director: Paulo Thiago actor: Paulo José / Giulia Gam …
other title: Policarpo Quaresma, Herói do Brasil / 波利卡波・夸雷斯马：巴西英雄 …
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.
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The Nutty Boy (1995) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Menino Maluquinho: O Filme
director: Helvécio Ratton actor: Samuel Costa / Patricia Pillar …
other title: Menino Maluquinho - O Filme / Die kleine Nervensäge …
The principal character in Helvécio Ratton's delightful film has been adapted from a book and comic created by the Brazilian cartoonist Ziraldo, and tells the tale of a happy-go-lucky 10-year-old child growing up in a city in the 60s.
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Memories of Prison (1984) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Memórias do Cárcere
director: Nelson Pereira dos Santos actor: Carlos Vereza / Glória Pires …
other title: Memórias do Cárcere / 獄中回憶 …
In the 1930s, novelist and politician Graciliano Ramos is accused of being a communist sympathizer. He is then arrested and sent to the Ilha Grande prison, where he experiences the disturbing treatment reserved for common prisoners.
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High Art (1991) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
A Grande Arte
director: Walter Salles actor: Peter Coyote / Amanda Pays …
other title: A Grande Arte / Exposure - Die hohe Kunst des Tötens …
Peter Mandrake, a North-American photojournalist becomes embroiled in South America's dangerous underworld of pimps, drug gangs and arms smugglers when he sets out to find the killer of a local call girl.
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In Evil Hour (2004) [Movie] IMDb Douban
In Evil Hour
director: Ruy Guerra actor: Leonardo Medeiros / Juliana Carneiro da Cunha …
other title: O Veneno da Madrugada / 恶时辰 …
A small town is stirred by anonymous notes delivered during the night, telling the secrets of its inhabitants.
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Cleopatra (2007) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Cleópatra
director: Júlio Bressane actor: Alessandra Negrini / Miguel Falabella …
other title: Cleópatra / 埃及艷后在巴西 …
The great battles are the backdrop for the unfolding of the Egyptian Queen's personal life. The strategy of Cleopatra is to seduce the Roman General Julius Caesar and Mark Antony to protect their civilization.
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Pitanga (2016) [Movie] TMDB Eggplant.place
Pitanga
director: Beto Brant / Camila Pitanga actor: Antônio Pitanga / Camila Pitanga …
This documentary investigates the aesthetic, political and existential trajectory of emblematic Black Brazilian actor Antônio Pitanga. His career spans over five decades, and he has worked with iconic Brazilian filmmakers Glauber Rocha, Cacá Diegues and Walter Lima Jr. He was a prominent figurehead and outspoken activist during the Brazilian dictatorship, a period of unrest in Brazilian cinema. "Pitanga" deep dives into the world of Antônio and the history of Brazil. The documentary was directed by his daughter Camila Pitanga, one of widely recognised faces in Brazilian television and cinema right now. The film is also a poem, and a tender ode to fatherhood.