Cristina Aché
Biography: Maria Cristina Aché Cardoso Pinto (Rio de Janeiro, July 11, 1957) is a Brazilian film and television actress and producer.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: July 11, 1957
Deathday: N/A
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Known For
Embodiment of Evil
2008-08-08
Embodiment of Evil
Overview: Released from the Mental Health Wing of São Paulo State Penitentiary after forty years, the sadistic undertaker Zé do Caixão is back on the streets, haunted by ghostly visions and spirits of past victims but still set upon the goal that sent him to prison in the first place: finding a woman who can give him the perfect child.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2008-08-08
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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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Padre Cícero: Os Milagres de Juazeiro
1976-03-07
Padre Cícero: Os Milagres de Juazeiro
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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1976-03-07
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The Brazilwood Man
1982-02-22
The Brazilwood Man
Overview: Fantasy comedy about Brazilian writer Oswald de Andrade, one of the most important icons of Modernism in Brazil. In the film, Oswald is played by two actors: Ítala Nandi, as his feminine anima, and Flávio Galvão, as the masculine half.
Genres: Comedy History Fantasy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1982-02-22
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The Seven Kittens
1980-04-17
The Seven Kittens
Overview: Noronha is a low middle-class civil servant who lives with his frustrated wife Gorda and their three elder daughters. The youngest one, virginal Silene, is unexpectedly sent back home. Noronha discovers she has been expelled from boarding school for having killed a female cat and her seven newborns in a hysterical fit. Many dark family secrets will emerge from that episode leading to tragic events.
Genres: Horror Drama Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1980-04-17
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Noites do Sertão
1984-08-26
Noites do Sertão
Overview: The film shows the drama of the young and fragile Lalinha. After being abandoned by her husband, who ran away with another, the girl seeks comfort on the farm where the two in-laws live and the widowed father-in-law. There, the girl discovers a new world.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1984-08-26
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Areias Escaldantes
1985-10-17
Areias Escaldantes
Overview: In the near future, in the country of Kali, a group of young terrorists carry out robberies, kidnappings and murders under the orders of a mysterious big boss known as "Entity" and are pursued by the pompous and inefficient Special Police.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1985-10-17
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Naked Star
1984-01-01
Naked Star
Overview: An aspiring actress is hired to dub a recently deceased movie star in an upcoming erotic thriller. As the recording sessions go on, the voice actress finds herself slowly being influenced by the dead star’s presence.
Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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Summer Showers
1978-04-24
Summer Showers
Overview: 70-year-old widower living in a poor Rio de Janeiro suburb falls in love again when he finds a woman of approximately the same age.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1978-04-24
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Batalha dos Guararapes
1978-09-25
Batalha dos Guararapes
Overview: In the early 17th century, the Dutch have occupied Bom Jesus village, the last native stronghold in the Pernambuco captaincy. An adventurer, João Fernandes Vieira, sees himself in the middle of a conflict, torn between joining his friend Mauricio de Nassau alongside the ruling Dutch and siding with his lover Ana Paes in the fight to free his homeland.
Genres: Action History War
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1978-09-25
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Aguenta, Coração
1984-05-25
Aguenta, Coração
Overview: The relationship among three friendly couples turns upside down when two of the men get a job on TV. Their girlfriends leave them, looking for more action in their lives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1984-05-25
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Erotic Stories
1980-03-01
Erotic Stories
Overview: Comedy in 4 segments. In "Arroz e Feijão" (Rice and Beans), owner of a boarding-house seduces her young countryboy tenant. In "As Três Virgens" (The Three Virgins) three spinsters are influenced by the behaviour of their teenager niece, whom they are lodging. In "O Arremate" (The Purchase) a colonist turns his virgin daughter in to a landowner, to have his debts forgiven. And, finally, in "Vereda Tropical" (Tropical Trail), a man becomes sexually obsessed by a watermelon, to the point of having sexual intercourse with it. The stories are based on prize-winner short stories, from a Playboy contest.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1980-03-01
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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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Who's Afraid of Werewolves?
1975-02-24
Who's Afraid of Werewolves?
Overview: Two young men in search of adventure meet Iracema, a bride who's been left waiting at the church. They give her a ride on their jeep, until they find the most strange family: a couple with seven girls and a son. According to popular tradition, a man born after seven girls is bound to become a werewolf.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1975-02-24
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Conjugal Warfare
1975-05-01
Conjugal Warfare
Overview: Many stories revolving around a poor couple who, in spite of hating each other, still live together under the same roof.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1975-05-01
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Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
2021-10-28
Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
Overview: Conducted from interviews with personalities who lived with Leila Diniz (1945-1972), the documentary is a record of an era and, above all, it rescues the participation in Brazilian culture of the actress who opened the way for the sexual revolution during the dark years of the dictatorship.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2021-10-28
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O Filho do Chefão
1974-12-15
O Filho do Chefão
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1974-12-15
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Nem os Bruxos Escapam
1975-12-15
Nem os Bruxos Escapam
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1975-12-15
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The Jew
1996-01-16
The Jew
Overview: The story of Brazilian Antônio José da Silva, a jewish poet, playwright and lawyer living in the 18th Century Lisbon, who managed to avoid Inquisition by converting himself to Catholicism, after being tortured. But his fierce criticism of Portugal's élite led him to persecution and torture, becoming kind of a scapegoat.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1996-01-16
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Minha Vida Em Suas Mãos
2001-05-11
Minha Vida Em Suas Mãos
Overview: After being fired from his job and have his unemployment insurance money robbed, a young man decides to become a robber himself. While escaping authorities, he meets a female teacher of whom he takes hostage. Things get complicated when they fall in love with each other.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2001-05-11
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Os Primeiros Momentos
1973-05-06
Os Primeiros Momentos
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1973-05-06
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Doces Poderes
1997-11-17
Doces Poderes
Overview: A journalist is placed upon the management of a large broadcasting company to the capital of Brazil at the time of local elections. She must now face ideological and ethical questions, brought back by a left-wing former boyfriend and her own colleagues. At the same time, a free-lancer spy is sent by an obscure figure in politics to manipulate the elections and its media coverage.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1997-11-17
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Tropical Paths
1977-12-30
Tropical Paths
Overview: In the island of Paquetá, professor investigates the genital vocation of vegetables and fruits, maintaining sexual relations with a watermelon. In his experiences, he counts on the interlocution of an attentive student.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1977-12-30
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Mulheres de Cinema
1978-06-06
Mulheres de Cinema
Overview: Documentary on famous Brazilian actresses, female directors and the role of women in Brazilian film history.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1978-06-06
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Noite
1985-07-19
Noite
Overview: Somwhere in the city of Porto Alegre, a man who has lost his memory is questioned by a group of police officers about the barbaric murder of a socialite. Without recognizing himself in the documents he carries in his pocket, he wanders through the underworlds of the city in search of an answer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1985-07-19
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Deliciosas Traições do Amor
1975-10-06
Deliciosas Traições do Amor
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1975-10-06
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