Chacrinha
Biography: José Abelardo Barbosa de Medeiros (Surubim, 30 de setembro de 1917 — Rio de Janeiro, 30 de junho de 1988), o Chacrinha, foi um grande comunicador de rádio e televisão no Brasil, como apresentador de programas de auditório, enorme sucesso dos anos 1950 aos 1980. Foi o autor da célebre frase: "Na televisão, nada se cria, tudo se copia"1 . Em seus programas de televisão, foram revelados para o país inteiro nomes como Roberto Carlos, Perla, Paulo Sérgio e Raul Seixas, entre muitos outros23 . Desde a década de 1970 era chamado de Velho Guerreiro, conforme homenagem feita a ele por Gilberto Gil que assim se referiu a Chacrinha numa conhecida letra de canção que compôs chamada "Aquele Abraço".
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: September 30, 1917
Deathday: June 30, 1988
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A Public Opinion
1967-01-01
A Public Opinion
Overview: Documentary about middle-class people in Rio de Janeiro, in the 1960s, when Brazil was going through a hard period in its history, with the military coup and the following dictatorship. Interviews with people in the street disclose their fears, aspirations and political alienation.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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At Midnight I'll Slay my Uncle
2023-09-18
At Midnight I'll Slay my Uncle
Overview: When the nephew needs to spend a day at his uncle's house, he realizes in the worst way that he is no longer the same, he is much worse than normal, he has become a patriot, in the worst definition of the type.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2023-09-18
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Essa Gostosa Brincadeira a Dois
1974-07-15
Essa Gostosa Brincadeira a Dois
Overview: A couple do everything in order to stay together, against their families' wish.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1974-07-15
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Tropicália: 50 Anos
2017-11-04
Tropicália: 50 Anos
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Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2017-11-04
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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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007½ no Carnaval
1966-03-01
007½ no Carnaval
Overview: British secret agent 007½ is sent to Rio de Janeiro to recover the plans stolen from a new metal alloy. His contact is a taxi driver, who ends up being murdered by enemy agents.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1966-03-01
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Hello, Hello, Terezinha!
2009-10-29
Hello, Hello, Terezinha!
Overview: Hello, Hello, Terezinha! is a feature-length documentary about the country's biggest communication phenomenon. Politically incorrect, radical, renewing, Chacrinha changed Brazilian television forever and expressed a Brazil that was around it, but was not perceived. The film tells the great adventure of Abelardo Barbosa through the eyes of the presenter. It gathers the nuclei of its constellation - chacretes, fledglings and artists who passed through its programs - to identify their individualities and their emotions.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2009-10-29
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Paixão de um Homem
1972-12-25
Paixão de um Homem
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Genres: Drama Action Music
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1972-12-25
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The Delights of Life
1974-01-01
The Delights of Life
Overview: Young writer sells a soap-opera script to a TV network and manages to place his girlfriend in an important role.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1974-01-01
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Axé: Music of a People
2017-01-19
Axé: Music of a People
Overview: Originally from Bahia and considered today one of the most globalised musical movements in the world, Axé is a musical rhythm that carries in its essence a good part of all the musical and cultural syncretism of Bahia. The documentary brings together interviews and archive images outlining the birth of Axé.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2017-01-19
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Rio À Noite
1961-05-22
Rio À Noite
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Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1961-05-22
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Aventuras de um Paraíba
1982-01-01
Aventuras de um Paraíba
Overview: Young guy from the poor Northeast region of Brazil comes to Rio de Janeiro to try his luck. Naturally, he is faced with many adversities along the way.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1982-01-01
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O Milagre - O Poder da Fé
1979-03-12
O Milagre - O Poder da Fé
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1979-03-12
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Já Não Se Faz Amor Como Antigamente
1976-12-07
Já Não Se Faz Amor Como Antigamente
Overview: Film in three segments. In the first, father is suspicious about his son's masculinity. The second one shows a Don Juan-like guy who, at church for his own wedding, cannot remember who the bride might be. In the third, a rich husband tries to find the tattooed man he saw escaping through his wife's bedroom window.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1976-12-07
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Leila Diniz
1987-11-01
Leila Diniz
Overview: The life of Brazilian actress Leila Diniz.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1987-11-01
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Pobre Príncipe Encantado
1969-01-05
Pobre Príncipe Encantado
Overview: Wanderley, a young and dreamy Army parachutist, arrives in Teresópolis, a resort mountain town, to enjoy his holidays with his father, a housekeeper for a rich family. Wandering around the woods, he meets Débora, an extremely good-looking girl, but doesn't reveal his true identity, saying only he was a Prince Charming in search of a Sleeping Beauty.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1969-01-05
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Em Busca do Su$exo
1970-12-10
Em Busca do Su$exo
Overview: Willing to do anything to succeed in an artistic career, and roused by her own mother, the TV go-go girl Zelinda tries to seduce the director of the studio where she works.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1970-12-10
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Carnaval Barra Limpa
1967-06-05
Carnaval Barra Limpa
Overview: The Syndicate of Brazilian Thieves tries to steal the world's greatest diamond, owned by the international star Iraya, who comes to spend the carnival in Rio. Interpol kicks in.
Genres: Comedy Music Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1967-06-05
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How Are You, Well?
1968-01-01
How Are You, Well?
Overview: Two fanatical Flamengo fans get drunk after a defeat of time; a voyeurist peers at his neighbor's nakedness with binoculars; a suburbanite kills his wife over a chicken; an ambitious father makes money from his daughter who pretends to see the virgin Mary; a loving couple desperately seeks to satisfy their sexual desires; a priest tries to extort more alms from his parishioners; a married man, to survive, poses as a transvestite on a boat; a suburbanite prepares to sing on the Chacrinha show! Anything can happen in this film!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1968-01-01
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Três Colegas de Batina
1961-09-12
Três Colegas de Batina
Overview: The project of urbanization of a shantytown is endangered by lack of money. To get the necessary sum, three friars start to sing in plain clothes, incognito, also recording records and doing shows in nightclubs.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1961-09-12
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Fênix
1980-01-01
Fênix
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1980-01-01
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Intimacy
1976-01-26
Intimacy
Overview: Guia de Filmes indicates: "melodrama addressing the massification of large urban centers and the contradictions of consumer society and advertising. It is the first independent production by the firm of Vera Fischer and Perry Sales, and also, the first film directed by Englishman Michael Sarne in Brazil; however, he retired before completion and the film was finished by Perry Salles, marking his directorial debut ".
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1976-01-26
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Chacrinha: Eu Vim para Confundir e Não para Explicar
2021-01-28
Chacrinha: Eu Vim para Confundir e Não para Explicar
Overview: Chacrinha's legacy on TV and excerpts from his personal life are revealed through testimonials and archive images, which tell the story behind the cameras, the behind the scenes that consolidated a new way of communicating Brazil and the facets of a man who is one of the most interesting contemporary characters on the national cultural scene.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2021-01-28
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Virou Bagunça
1961-02-07
Virou Bagunça
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Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1961-02-07
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Linguagem do Teatro
Linguagem do Teatro
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
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