Paulo Gracindo
Biography: Pelópidas Guimarães Brandão Gracindo, better known as Paulo Gracindo, (Rio de Janeiro, July 16, 1911 – Rio de Janeiro, September 4, 1995) was a Brazilian actor, radio host and television presenter.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: July 16, 1911
Deathday: September 04, 1995
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Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
1997-01-01
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
Overview: "Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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Estrela da Manhã
1950-08-24
Estrela da Manhã
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1950-08-24
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BLABLABLÁ
1968-01-01
BLABLABLÁ
Overview: The tensions experienced by three different people during the military dictatorship in Brazil: a politician, a revolutionary and a common citizen.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1968-01-01
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Face To Face
1967-01-01
Face To Face
Overview: The story of a civil servant who lives with his elderly mother. Falling in love with a corrupt politician's young and rich daughter, he abandons himself to crazy and violent situations.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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Everything's Alright
1978-10-23
Everything's Alright
Overview: Middle-class family reform their apartment, and the noise, the contact with the workers and strange occurrences turn what was supposed to be a trivial matter into a trip to hell.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1978-10-23
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The Deceased
1965-09-22
The Deceased
Overview: After visiting a fortune teller, Zulmira is informed that a blonde woman will threaten her peace. After talking to her husband Toninho, she suspects that her cousin Glorinha may be that blonde.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1965-09-22
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Exu-Piá, Coração de Macunaíma
1986-01-26
Exu-Piá, Coração de Macunaíma
Overview: The hero without character is back. Here, two Macunaímas encounter with one mission in common which is to leave the place they're currently living: one is running away from the deforestation in the Amazon while the other got tired of living in heaven and wants to return to his land.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1986-01-26
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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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Copacabana Fools Me
1969-03-10
Copacabana Fools Me
Overview: Marquinhos is in his early 20s and lives in Copacabana with his petits bourgeois parents and older brother. He doesn't have a job, he doesn't go to school, he just lives on the spur of the moment, watches TV, plays soccer on the beach by day and goes out with his mates by night. He meets Irene, a 40 year-old woman and they have a love affair that is going to change his life - for a while.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1969-03-10
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Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
1967-01-01
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
Overview: Originally produced for German TV, Improvised and Purposeful is a firsthand look at the "Cinema Novo" movement (otherwise known as the 'Brazilian New Wave'). Director Joaquim Pedro de Andrade focuses on six Cinema Novo filmmakers working in Rio in 1967.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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Depois do Transe
2006-01-01
Depois do Transe
Overview: The documentary "Depois do Transe" covers the entire process of creating the masterpiece "Entranced Earth", which was released and awarded at the Cannes Film Festival in 1967. "Entranced Earth" charmed the world and won great admirers such as filmmaker Martin Scorsese and the writer Marguerite Duras, who at the time considered a "fabulous filmic opera."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2006-01-01
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Before, the Summer
1968-05-26
Before, the Summer
Overview: A middle-aged man builds a summer house in Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro. Married to a beautiful woman, father of two and successful career, the house is a symbol of his personal achievements. But as the wind, the salt and the sand threaten to invade the breaches of the house, their marriage begins to crumble. And like a bad omen, a mysterious murder takes place in the vicinity.
Genres: Drama Crime Romance
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1968-05-26
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Outlaw Love
1979-03-12
Outlaw Love
Overview: Police investigator Galvão is pursuing two trails, one professional and one personal. While he looks for a serial killer, he also searches for his estranged daughter, Sandra, whom he kicked out of the house. Lives intersect when the serial killer, Toninho, befriends Sandra, now an exotic dancer and prostitute living and working in the seamy underside of late 1970s Rio.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1979-03-12
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Um Certo Dorival Caymmi
2002-01-02
Um Certo Dorival Caymmi
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2002-01-02
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24 Hours of Dream
1941-09-25
24 Hours of Dream
Overview: An unlucky woman checks in a hotel pretending to be a French baroness so she can have 24 hours of dream before comitting suicide.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1941-09-25
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Tarzan and the Great River
1967-09-01
Tarzan and the Great River
Overview: Tarzan is summoned to Brazil by an old friend to stop an evil tribal cult from destroying native villages and enslaving the survivors. The Lord of the Jungle is accompanied on his quest by a pretty blonde doctor, a boy and a grizzled sea captain.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-09-01
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Onde Estás, Felicidade?
1939-04-17
Onde Estás, Felicidade?
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Genres: Drama Romance Music
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1939-04-17
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The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
2023-01-30
The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
Overview: For this behemoth, Bressane took his opera omnia and edited it in an order that first adheres to historical chronology but soon starts to move backwards and forward. The various pasts – the 60s, the 80s, the 2000s – comment on each other in a way that sheds light on Bressane’s themes and obsessions, which become increasingly apparent and finally, a whole idea of cinema reveals itself to the curious and patient viewer. Will Bressane, from now on, rework The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus when he makes another film? Is this his latest beginning? Why not, for the eternally young master maverick seems to embark on a maiden voyage with each and every new film!
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2023-01-30
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Está Tudo Aí!
1939-02-27
Está Tudo Aí!
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1939-02-27
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João Ninguém
1936-01-01
João Ninguém
Overview: João Ninguém is a humble composer who made the waltz "Sonhos Azuis" as a gift to his girlfriend on her birthday. To give it to her, he asked for help from a friend, but on the way, an accident happens and puts at risk not only the relationship, but also João's life and career.
Genres: Drama Music Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1936-01-01
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Tererê Não Resolve
1938-03-05
Tererê Não Resolve
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1938-03-05
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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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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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Copacabana Palace
1962-11-03
Copacabana Palace
Overview: For three days at the Copacabana Palace in Rio de Janeiro, amorous cross-fertilizations are intertwined with petty tricks against the backdrop of the famous carnival festivities. Three (sympathetic) accomplices are beaten to a punch in the hotel vault; three charming stewardesses are looking for entertainment, but their three Carioca host, musicians Tom Jobim, Luiz Bonfá, and João Gilberto, are married; a man, separated from his wife, wants to catch her in the act of adultery.
Genres: Crime Comedy Adventure Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1962-11-03
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O Dia É Nosso
1941-11-17
O Dia É Nosso
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1941-11-17
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Salário Mínimo
1970-12-14
Salário Mínimo
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1970-12-14
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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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Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado
2009-11-19
Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado
Overview: The life of a famous Brazilian film and television actor, including testimonials from people who knew him and worked with him, as well as excerpts from films and videos in which he acted.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2009-11-19
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Trancado por Dentro
1989-01-18
Trancado por Dentro
Overview: The paraplegic Bóris stays at home with the beautiful young woman Cacau, while his wife Ivette goes to the movie theater. When Cadú, the boyfriend of Cacau, unexpectedly arrives in the apartment, a night of sex, sadism and violence happens. When Ivette returns, the fantasies of a sick mind are disclosed in a surprising end.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1989-01-18
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