Mário Lago
Biography: Mário Lago OMC (Rio de Janeiro, November 26, 1911 — Rio de Janeiro, May 30, 2002) was a Brazilian lawyer, poet, radio host, composer, writer and actor. Author of popular sambas such as "Ai! que saudade da Amélia" and "Atire a Primeira Pedra", both in partnership with Ataulfo Alves, he became popular between the 1940s and 1950s.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: November 26, 1911
Deathday: May 30, 2002
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Na Onda do Iê-Iê-Iê
1966-03-01
Na Onda do Iê-Iê-Iê
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Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1966-03-01
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The Priest and the Girl
1966-03-28
The Priest and the Girl
Overview: In a small town in Minas Gerais, the arrival of a young priest causes a commotion in the conservative atmosphere of the place, aggravated by the sudden attraction this priest feels for a beautiful girl. This forbidden love affair soon turns into an unbridled passion.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1966-03-28
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The Brave Warrior
1968-11-22
The Brave Warrior
Overview: Young congressman Miguel Horta represents a party that is directly opposed to the present government. He slyly switches parties in order to gain favor with those in power, seriously compromising his own ideals and ethics in the process.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1968-11-22
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Balança Mas Não Cai
1954-01-14
Balança Mas Não Cai
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1954-01-14
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The Heirs
1970-09-15
The Heirs
Overview: An allegory about Brazil's history and the struggle for power since the 1930 Revolution until the advent of the TV.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1970-09-15
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Incredible, Fantastic, Extraordinary
1969-01-01
Incredible, Fantastic, Extraordinary
Overview: Based on a radio show that was broadcast for 11 years (1947-1958) and ended only when the host and creator, the genius Henrique Foreis "Almirante" Domingues, had a stroke. There were hundreds of horror stories, supposedly true, sent by listeners from all corners of the country, radiophoned and broadcast by Rádio Tupi in Rio de Janeiro. It became a book in 1951 (reissued in 1984), a film in 1969 and a TV show in 1994-1995, broadcast by the extinct Rede Manchete.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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Pedro Diabo Loves Rosa Meia Noite
1969-01-01
Pedro Diabo Loves Rosa Meia Noite
Overview: Unhappy with what he'd got from life, Pedro Diabo becomes a dread outlaw, whom the police is looking for. In his life of crime, he has the love and support of a strange woman, Rosa Meia-Noite, chorus girl who likes to wear rich costumes in Carnival Balls.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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Não Nasci para Deixar meus Olhos Perderem Tempo
2019-07-10
Não Nasci para Deixar meus Olhos Perderem Tempo
Overview: The fading of composer Zé Keti’s career. The sad portrait of Brazilian Congress closed in 1977. The pain of a mother who lost her 15-year old daughter run over by a car. The Brazilian Presidents since Castelo Branco. Characters and settings registered through the keen and sensitive perspective of photographer Orlando Brito, in a career spanning 50 years as a professional. From the political sidelines to the lives of Brazilians from the interior, Brito recalls experiences and discusses the role of the photographer and the pain of registering someone’s grief.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2019-07-10
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Entranced Earth
1967-05-02
Entranced Earth
Overview: Eldorado, a fictitious country in America, is sparkling with the internal struggle for political power. In the eye of this social convulsion, the jaded journalist Paulo Martins opposes two equally corrupt political candidates: a pseudopopulist and a conservative. In this context, Paulo is torn between the madness of the elite and the blind submission of the masses. But, in this complex tropical reality, nothing really is what it seems to be.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1967-05-02
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Impressões do Brasil
1987-04-19
Impressões do Brasil
Overview: "Impressões" rescues the history of the Brazilian press since 1808, when the "Correio Brasiliense" clandestinely reached Rio de Janeiro after being edited in London by Hipólito José da Costa, and spans until 1986. It's the first documentary to depict the history of the Brazilian journalistic press.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1987-04-19
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On Borrowed Time
1968-11-26
On Borrowed Time
Overview: During the Brazilian military government, journalist Estêvão is sent from Rio de Janeiro to Brasilia to cover the important statement of a minister, but takes the opportunity to deliver incriminating documents to another one.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1968-11-26
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Assassinato em Copacabana
1962-05-26
Assassinato em Copacabana
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Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1962-05-26
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História de Um Crápula
1965-05-26
História de Um Crápula
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Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1965-05-26
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S. Bernardo
1972-06-01
S. Bernardo
Overview: The story of Paulo Honório, a poor ploughman who becomes a rich farmer. Obsessed by his desire to get even richer, he doesn't pay much attention to his wife, Madalena, a teacher who reacts against his tyrannical ways.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1972-06-01
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A Maestrina Chiquinha Gonzaga
1999-05-07
A Maestrina Chiquinha Gonzaga
Overview: Documentary about the life of one of the greatest composers in the history of Brazilian music. Pianist, composer and conductor, Chiquinha Gonzaga was ahead of her time and revolutionized the customs of a sexist society.
Genres: Documentary History Music
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1999-05-07
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Cuidado! Espião Brasileiro em Ação!
1966-12-21
Cuidado! Espião Brasileiro em Ação!
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Genres: Comedy Thriller
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1966-12-21
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Desesperato
1968-03-17
Desesperato
Overview: Directed by Sérgio Bernardes Filho, "Desesperato" tells the story of a writer (Raul Cortez) who leaves his home to carry out literary research in the country's most obscure settings. Unhappy with the current national situation, the historian joins a guerrilla force with serious consequences.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1968-03-17
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Uma Luz na Estrada
1948-06-06
Uma Luz na Estrada
Overview: An adventure film...
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1948-06-06
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Café na Cama
1973-06-06
Café na Cama
Overview: In order to become an actress, young woman tries many jobs, but in all those places she finds a man trying to have sex with her.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1973-06-06
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Mulheres, Cheguei!
1959-02-03
Mulheres, Cheguei!
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1959-02-03
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O Homem de Areia
1982-10-15
O Homem de Areia
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1982-10-15
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Essa Gatinha é Minha
1966-12-21
Essa Gatinha é Minha
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Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1966-12-21
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The Shadow of Another
1950-10-27
The Shadow of Another
Overview: A drama about double personality
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1950-10-27
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Balada dos Infiéis
1970-11-30
Balada dos Infiéis
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1970-11-30
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Idolatrada
1983-12-05
Idolatrada
Overview: Luís celebrates his golden wedding anniversary with his wife Alice. After the party, when the couple recalls some of the moments they built, he reveals a secret: he had a great passion in the past.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1983-12-05
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Na Mira do Assassino
1967-01-01
Na Mira do Assassino
Overview: A common robber is turned into a killer when he discovers that his sister was sexually assaulted by a policeman. After his act of vengeance, the police force begins a man hunt which corners the man into the building of a district attorney of whom he takes hostage.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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Mário Lago
2013-10-05
Mário Lago
Overview: Life and work of brazilian actor, poet and songwriter Mário Lago.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2013-10-05
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Time of Violence
1969-01-01
Time of Violence
Overview: Wealthy banker Antônio witnesses the murder of a journalist, who got killed for exposing the activities of a gang of smugglers. After they find out about him, Antônio and his wife are both targeted and pursued by the criminals.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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The Monkey's Paw
1983-05-08
The Monkey's Paw
Overview: After being evicted, a family in serious financial difficulties moves into a tenement next to a cemetery. As soon as they settle in, they meet the neighboring couple who, upon learning of the financial problems of the newcomers, offer them a pact to be made through a magical amulet: the monkey paw.
Genres: Drama Horror TV Movie
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1983-05-08
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Stories Our Cinema Did (Not) Tell
2017-03-06
Stories Our Cinema Did (Not) Tell
Overview: Filled with raunchy laughs, this documentary compiles outrageous scenes from sex-comedies that shaped Brazil's "pornochanchada" boom of the 1970s.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2017-03-06
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MPB Especial: Mário Lago
1973-08-25
MPB Especial: Mário Lago
Overview: Mario Lago performing at TV Cultura in 1973.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-08-25
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Terra Violenta
1949-08-15
Terra Violenta
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Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1949-08-15
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La menor
1976-12-01
La menor
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1976-12-01
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Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: O Pagador de Promessas - O Filme
2015-01-09
Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: O Pagador de Promessas - O Filme
Overview: Adaptation of the series shown in 1988. The humble farmer Zé do Burro makes a promise to Santa Bárbara to save his donkey Nicolau from death. The payment is to carry a heavy cross from the interior of Bahia to a church in Salvador. When you reach the steps of the church, with injured shoulders, you have to deal with the incomprehension of a conservative priest.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2015-01-09
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Andança: Os Encontros e as Memórias de Beth Carvalho
2022-10-06
Andança: Os Encontros e as Memórias de Beth Carvalho
Overview: A documentary on the career of Beth Carvalho, the Brazilian singer who became a well known samba legend from the 1970s onwards, edited together from hundreds of hours of footage and audio files kept (and partially recorded) by Carvalho herself during her lifetime.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2022-10-06
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