Paula Lavigne
Biography: Paula Mafra Lavigne (Rio de Janeiro, March 31, 1969) is a former Brazilian actress, producer and businesswoman.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: March 31, 1969
Deathday: N/A
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Subway to the Stars
1987-06-02
Subway to the Stars
Overview: In this highly stylized Brazilian drama a sax player fondly remembers one wonderful night spent with his life's love and decides to find her again. He embarks upon a quest through the wild streets of Rio to find her. Along the way he meets an assortment of odd urban underworld characters.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1987-06-02
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Banda de Ipanema — Folia de Albino
2002-01-01
Banda de Ipanema — Folia de Albino
Overview: A movie about Banda de Ipanema, one of Rio de Janeiro’s most traditional Carnaval blocks, and its founder Albino Pinheiro.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2002-01-01
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The Boys from Brazil: Rise of the Bolsonaros
2022-08-30
The Boys from Brazil: Rise of the Bolsonaros
Overview: This documentary tells of the extraordinary rise of Jair Bolsonaro, from relative obscurity to the ultimate seat of South American power. Told through intimate interviews with some of those closest to him including his eldest son Flávio, former government ministers, as well as his opponents, explore Bolsonaro’s brilliant yet ruthless journey to the presidency, with high-stakes drama, guns and God.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-08-30
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Talking Cinema
1986-12-11
Talking Cinema
Overview: A fragmented style, patchwork of interviews with Caetano Veloso's friends, mixed with conversations, thoughts, scenes of dance and literature excerpts.
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1986-12-11
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Lisbela and the Prisoner
2003-08-22
Lisbela and the Prisoner
Overview: Lisbela is a young woman who loves going to the movies. Leléu is a con man, going from town to town selling all sort of things and performing as master of ceremonies for some cheesy numbers, such as the woman who gets transformed into a gorilla. He gets involved with Linaura, a sexy and beautiful woman who happens to be the wife of the most frightening hitman of the place. The hitman finds out his wife's affair and goes after Leléu, who has to leave in a hurry. In another town, he meets and falls instantly in love with Lisbela, who is engaged to Douglas, a hillbilly who tries hard to pass for a cosmopolitan Rio de Janeiro dweller.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2003-08-22
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Sermões
1989-05-24
Sermões
Overview: Based upon the life story of Father Antonio Vieira, born in Lisbon in 1608 and deceased in Salvador, Bahia, in 1697. He's considered the first Brazilian writer and one of the most important aesthete of linguistic and of the Portuguese language of all times, a master in the art of metaphor, of verbal relations and analogy. He was persecuted and condemned by the Portuguese Court of Inquisition due to his position against native slavery, against the intolerance to the Jewish people and to the colonial politics of exploration.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1989-05-24
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Wandering Heart
2009-07-24
Wandering Heart
Overview: Wandering Heart intimately follows Caetano from São Paulo to New York and Japan, during the release of his first album recorded solely in English. It takes considerably more than a week-long series of shows at Carnegie Hall, accolades in the New York Times, or the admiration of friends like Pedro Almodóvar, David Byrne and Michelangelo Antonioni to make Caetano feel comfortable outside of Brazil.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2009-07-24
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Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Anos Dourados - O Filme
2015-01-23
Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Anos Dourados - O Filme
Overview: Adaptation of the series shown in 1986. Marcos and Lurdinha live in love in the 1950s. The young man is the son of separated parents and his mother, Glória, works as a cashier in a nightclub. The conservatism of the girl's family and the sexual repression of the time are factors that affect the couple's relationship.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2015-01-23
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