João Miguel — Actor (9)

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Eden (2012)
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other title: Éden
Rio de Janeiro, 2012. 30 year-old Karine, 8 months pregnant, loses her husband in a senseless murder. She and her brother almost die, but are saved by Pastor Naldo, an evangelical pastor from the Church of Eden. Karine carries within her the conflict of salvation via the church or via the birth of her child.

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Jardim das Folhas Sagradas (2011)
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A história de Bonfim, um gerente de banco, negro, baiano, que tem sua vida virada pelo avesso com a revelação de que precisa abrir um terreiro de candomblé. Bonfim vive o desafio do conflito entre tradição e contemporaneidade, numa cidade onde a natureza foi profundamente ferida, confrontos religiosos se acerram e não faltam manifestações de preconceito racial. É uma história contada não com a visão de um observador, mas do ponto de vista e repertório de quem está dentro dela.

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Ex-It (2011)
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other title: Ex Isto
Freely inspired by the work Catatau, by Paulo Leminski, the plot begins with the historical hypothesis imagined by the poet from Curitiba: “What if René Descartes had come to Brazil with Maurício de Nassau?” The film materializes this hypothesis and joins the father of modern philosophy in his journey through the tropics. Under the effect of hallucinatory herbs, he investigates questions revolving around geometry and optics in the face of an absolutely strange world. Known for his famous sentence “I think, therefore I am”, Descartes faces his doubt towards phenomena reason doesn’t explain. René, Renatus, Re born.

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Estomago 2: The Cookfather (2024)
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other title: Estômago II: O Poderoso Chef / Estômago II
Sequel to the award-winning 2007 film, Stomach 2 tells the tasty and bloody dispute between a faction leader and an Italian boss for control of the prison where they are held and the privilege of being served by the talented cook Raimundo Nonato

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Along the Way (2012)
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other title: À Beira do Caminho
To escape past traumas, a truck driver João decides to leave his hometown behind and travel cross the country. Alone and lonely he drives all over Brazil until João discovers hiding in his truck a motherless boy looking for his father. Reluctantly, João agrees to take the boy to the nearest town and, during the trip, he finally finds the courage to face his past.

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Pacarrete (2019)
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阿伦·戴伯通 / Allan Deberton actor: Marcélia Cartaxo / 马西莉亚·卡尔塔舒 …
other title: 痴梦芭蕾 / 芭卡瑞特
Russas, a small town in northeastern Brazil, is the home of Pacarrete, a grumpy retired dance teacher who dreams of getting a big shot and starring at a dance spectacle for the whole town to see. She's close to fulfilling that dream, but not without overcoming a few impediments along the way.