Luiz Carlos Lacerda
Also Known As: Luís Carlos Lacerda
Biography: Luiz Carlos Lacerda de Freitas (Rio de Janeiro, July 15, 1945) is a Brazilian film director known for For All: Springboard to Victory (1997), Leila Diniz (1987) and O Princípio do Prazer (1979).
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Birthday: July 15, 1945
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Leila Para Sempre Diniz
Overview: A documentary that presents home movies and several excerpts of known films of famous actress Leila Diniz. Friends of the late actress, tragic killed on a plane crash in 1972, discuss about her life, her work and her legacy in Brazilian culture.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-07-23
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Tropclip
Overview: Enterprising youths live many adventures when they decide to start a business specializing in making video clips for rock groups.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1985-07-29
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Fire Light
Overview: Biography of a Brazilian dancer who lived on an island and practiced nudism when it was forbidden by law.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1982-04-05
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The Amulet of Ogum
Overview: An ubiquitous folk singer narrates the tale of a young boy, who apparently becomes immune to gunfire after his mother arranges for him to have an amulet bearing Ogum's blessings. As time goes by, he becomes a valuable member of a mobster's hit-team, but ends up joining a group of people who resist his original employers.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1974-05-21
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Parceiros da Aventura
Overview: Rio de Janeiro crooks rove about, performing petty tricks to survive, and get involved with a woman who steals cars.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1979-06-10
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Torquato, Imagem da Incompletude
Overview: A reflection on the works and thinking of the last years of production by Torquato. Such as the magazine "Navilouca", the film "Terror da Vermelha", the column "Geleia Geral" and the controversial Cinema Novo X Marginal, among other passages important aspects of Brazilian culture in the 60s and 70s.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2020-12-16
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Rio de Topless
Overview: Topless muse in Rio de Janeiro, Ana Paula Nogueira uses the ban on bare breasts and her story to debate freedom and feminism in the city that exported thongs and which has the false reputation of being libertarian.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2020-01-01
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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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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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Dib
Overview: Documentary that addresses, through the testimony of directors and actors, the work of Dib Lutfi, considered one of the greatest photographers of Brazilian cinema.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1997-01-02
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Lampião da Esquina: Lighting Up Brazilian Press
Overview: Inspired by the US paper “Gay Sunshine”, in April of 1978 appeared in Brazil – during the dictatorship – the newspaper “O Lampião”, depicting the point of view of gays on various issues, including sexuality. A group of journalists and writers from Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo joined the project, fueling a publication that paved the way for the press at the time, addressing controversial issues at the period, such as racism, abortion, drugs and prostitution.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2016-08-18
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Cinema in 7 Colors
Overview: Cinema in 7 Colors traces an historical panorama of how the queer people were portrayed in the Brazilian silver screens, from its origin in the chanchadas of the 1950s up to the present day. The film investigates the origins of the prejudices, stereotypes, as well as the importance of the identification with constructive representations of these characters.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2008-06-09
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O Cortiço
Overview: This adaptation of a classic Brazilian novel focuses on the relations of charismatic characters within a tenement.
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Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1978-04-21
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The Alienist
Overview: Father Simão Bacamarte arrives in the small town of Serafim to investigate a certain phenomenon of madness.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1970-09-21
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How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
Overview: Brazil, 1594. The Tupinambás natives are friends of the French and their enemies are the Tupiniquins, friends of the Portuguese. A Frenchman is captured by the Tupinambás, and in spite of his trial to convince them that he is French, they believe he is Portuguese. The Frenchman becomes their slave, and maritally lives with Seboipepe.
Genres: Comedy Adventure History
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1971-06-01
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República dos Assassinos
Overview: In 1970, the Esquadrão da Morte (Death Squad)' crimes for the refinement of violence provoked a wave of reactions throughout the country. The photos of the victims, adorned by the skull, symbol of the group, caused an uncomfortable indignation. This is the story of Mateus Romeiro, the most famous of the policemen, who was part of the Homens de Aço (Steelmen) group, one of the factions in which the squadron was divided.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1979-11-11
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Gente Fina é Outra Coisa
Overview: Tadeu, a poor lad from the Northeast of Brazil, comes to Rio de Janeiro to try his luck. His good looks and education win him the favor of rich people. In his spare time, he becomes the favorite among lonely and rich ladies. Soon he gets involved in trouble.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1977-09-26
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Branded For Life
Overview: A true friendship develops between Jojô, a prostitute Rosa, and the young Eduardo, who survive on the streets of Rio de Janeiro. Everything goes well until ambition takes over the trio, causing friends to aim for bigger goals, planning a big assault that could cost them their lives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1977-11-24
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Critic
Overview: Seventy critics and filmmakers discuss cinema around the conflict between the artist and the observer, the creator and the critic. Between 1998 and 2007, Kléber Mendonça Filho recorded testimonies about this relationship in Brazil, the United States and Europe, based on his experience as a critic.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2008-01-22
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Lúcio Cardoso
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1993-01-01
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House 9
Overview: In the 1970s, in the midst of a military dictatorship, composer Jards Macalé and filmmaker Luiz Carlos Lacerda (Bigode) shared a house in Rio de Janeiro - which became a center of convergence for musicians, filmmakers and writers, and where they performed classic films and songs of Brazilian culture.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2011-01-01
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