Américo Taricano
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Chão Bruto
1958-01-01
Chão Bruto
Overview:
Genres: Action
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1958-01-01
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The Inheritance
1970-11-05
The Inheritance
Overview: An experimental adaptation of Hamlet to Brazil's rural areas. Farmer's son returns home after his father's death and can't stand the thought of his mother marrying his uncle.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1970-11-05
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Conceição
1960-06-14
Conceição
Overview:
Genres: Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1960-06-14
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Virgin Boys From Ipanema
1973-05-25
Virgin Boys From Ipanema
Overview: Young Daniel is dying to lose his virginity, but his love life is completely messed up. His father, seeing this, invites a cousin from São Paulo to help his son become a stallion. However, the cousin's arrival only ignites the boy's fire, who can't even see the beach girls.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1973-05-25
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O Dia do Gato
1987-03-15
O Dia do Gato
Overview: Gato is an experienced thief who breaks into a doctor's house with two cronies for a complicated plan: "sell" the guy's Mercedes to several buyers, as if the car were his, and pocket the thousands of dollars that "buyers" give as input.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1987-03-15
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O Bordel: Noites Proibidas
1980-01-01
O Bordel: Noites Proibidas
Overview: André is the powerful owner of an illegal casino and popular gambling ("Jogo de Bicho") on the streets. His gang is in war against the gang of Fiore that is trying to steal the gambling establishments of André. When the prostitute Margot sees her old friend and ex-con Sarja working as a waiter in the casino where she tricks clients, she invites him to stay with her in her apartment. When André, who is gay, sees the handsome Sarja, he falls in love with his employee that becomes his protégée. Meanwhile, Sarja and Margot plot to steal the high stakes on St George's Day and they invite André's henchman Lobão and two gangsters to participate in the heist. Meanwhile Fiore also plots to steal André's money with his gang.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1980-01-01
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Loved and Abused
1976-03-25
Loved and Abused
Overview: Famous crime story writer puzzles police investigator when all the women he gets involved with get murdered.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller Horror
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1976-03-25
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O Pornógrafo
1970-11-22
O Pornógrafo
Overview: Wannabe gangster Miguel Metralha becomes editor of a fading pornographic magazine that faces difficulties with the savage competition of similar imported magazines. His fresh ideas reshape the magazine as a whole, which is good for business, but upset the magazine's owner, a rich and powerful woman.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1970-11-22
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Veneno
1952-11-26
Veneno
Overview: An employee of a glass factory suffers with his wife's contempt and starts to develop homicidal delusions about her. One night, he meets a singer which resembles his wife a lot and conjures up a plan.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1952-11-26
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Mord in Rio
1963-12-06
Mord in Rio
Overview: Barbara Leen owns a coffee export company based in Rio de Janeiro. The company has long since been infiltrated by smugglers, without Barbara knowing about it. The criminals are smuggling diamonds. Barbara's boyfriend is a journalist and tries to get to the bottom of the matter. But during his research he comes across more and more deaths. Eventually, however, he comes across the nightclub owner Leila and her lover Dumont. They appear to be the masterminds.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1963-12-06
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Obsessão Maldita
1974-04-15
Obsessão Maldita
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1974-04-15
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Cocky
1978-09-11
Cocky
Overview: Shy countryboy from Itu (a town in Brazil where everything is unusually big) is invited to work in the house of a rich woman, who ends up discovering the boy's hidden (and big) qualities...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1978-09-11
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