Luis Gustavo
Also Known As: Luis Gustavo, Luis Gustavo Sánchez Blanco, Luiz Gustavo, Luis Gustavo Sanchez Blanco, Луис Густаву, ルイス・グスタボ, 路易斯·古斯塔沃, 루이스 구스타보
Biography: Luis Gustavo Sánchez Blanco was a Spanish-Brazilian actor. Born in Gothenburg, Sweden, he was the son of a Spanish diplomat, Luis Amador Sánchez Fernández, working in Sweden, and Elena Blanco Castañera, a Spanish woman. He came to live in Brazil at four years old, when his father arrived in the country to become the Spanish ambassador. He started working as an assistant director at TV Tupi, accompanying his sister, the actress Helenita Sanches, appointed by Cassiano Gabus Mendes, the station's artistic director and his brother-in-law. Soon after, he had already participated in several films, telenovelas, and telethons until he starred as the eponymous anti-hero in the 1968 telenovela Albert, the Rockefeller. Since then he has consolidated his artistic career acting in several soap operas and films, mainly in comedy roles.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden
Adult: No
Birthday: February 02, 1934
Age: 91 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: September 19, 2021
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Romeo and Juliet Get Married

Overview: The tomboyish, outgoing Julieta is the daughter of a member of the Palmeiras soccer club board. She is constantly frustrated by what she sees as institutional bias against women in soccer. One day while watching her beloved Palmeiras, she is struck by a handsome man, Romeu, that she sees rooting for the Palmeiras' chief rivals, the Corinthians. After meeting the same man again in the middle of eye exam, Julieta and Romeu quickly become a couple. However, in order to avoid incurring the wrath of her parents, Romeu is forced to pretend to be an adoring Palmeiras fan, an increasingly difficult task for the die-hard Corinthiano.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2005-03-18
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Party Crashers

Overview: "Party Crashers" chronicles the amusing encounter between Marco Polo (Marcelo Adnet), a Copacabana trickster, and Beto (Eduardo Sterblitch), a shy and insecure man, on the New Year's Eve in Rio. Together they crash parties and create a lot of confusion in search of the beautiful Laura.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2012-11-30
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Amada Amante

Overview: A family leaves a small town in the state of São Paulo to move to Rio de Janeiro when the father gets a job promotion there. In Rio, everyone of them will fall prey to the city's sinful ways.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1978-06-01
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O Sobrado

Overview: Based on Erico Verissimo's masterpiece, O Sobrado follows the Terra-Cambará family during the siege imposed to their house by enemies due to political differences. As the siege goes, the family tensions start to show off.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1956-05-28
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Lenita - Traces of a Lady

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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2023-10-27
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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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Sede de Amar (Capuzes Negros)

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Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1978-02-11
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Casinha Pequenina

Overview: In colonial Brazil, rich farmer and owner of slaves is blackmailed by a lady; to get rid of the problem, he involves innocent countrymen in a diabolical plan.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1963-05-11
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Albert, the Rockefeller

Overview: Adaptation of the successful Brazilian TV series "Beto Rockefeller". Albert is a cunning poor man who pretends to be rich, using his congeniality and lack of morals to mix among rich people.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1970-01-01
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Sai de Baixo: O Filme

Overview: Based on the classic Brazilian television series that conquered audiences during Sunday night prime time on TV Globo, with improv that happens like in scenes of a play. The feature film’s structure maintains the members of a middle-class family from São Paulo, their maid, and the building’s doorman. It’s the return of iconic characters like Caco Antibes, Magda and Ribamar, and also new characters.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2019-02-21
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The Adventures of Mario Fofoca

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Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1983-03-10
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