Leonardo Medeiros
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Biography: Leonardo Wilson de Medeiros (Rio de Janeiro, November 20, 1964) is a Brazilian actor, winner of three best actor awards at the Brasília Festival. Medeiros also accumulates nominations for a Grande Otelo, two Guarani Awards, an ACIE Award, and a Quality Brazil Award. He is known for his work on television and his dramatic roles in independent films.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Birthday: November 20, 1964
Age: 60 years old
Gender: Male
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The Boy Who Killed My Parents
Overview: Based on one of the most shocking and gruesome murder cases in Brazil, the film presents de Suzane von Richthofen's point of view of the events that led to the death of her parents.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2021-09-24
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Budapeste
Overview: José Costa is a Brazilian ghost writer. Returning from a ghost writers convention his airplane is rerouted to Budapest. His life is also rerouted when he meets Krista and with her help, learns "the only language in the world which, according to the tongue-wagers, the devil respects.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2009-05-14
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To the Left of the Father
Overview: In 1940s São Paulo, Pedro’s tasked to retrieve his estranged brother André. André’s departure stems from a domineering father, an overly affectionate mother, and Pedro’s jealousy over the father’s favoritism. Further complicating matters is André’s unconventional relationship with their sister, Ana.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2001-10-29
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December
Overview: Caio is 40 years old and lives in the Rio de Janeiro's countryside, where he owns a scrap-metal yard. On Christmas' Eve, he goes to the capital to visit his family and friends. Finally he will be able to meet a man he has not seen for a long time: himself.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2008-11-21
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Not by Chance
Overview: Enio is a middle-aged man who lives in solitude after a failed relationship. Pedro, 30, dates Teresa, who is moving to her home. He inherited a carpentry from his father and a taste for the pool. When a traffic accident crosses the parallel trajectories of the two, the imponderable imposes itself and the uncontrol begins.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2007-06-07
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Playing in the Dark
Overview: A revolutionary, fighting against dictatorship in Brazil, is wounded in a gun-fight with the police, and is isolated in another man's apartment, where he meets a young woman who will change his life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2004-11-25
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Nove Crônicas para um Coração aos Berros
Overview: In a mosaic of human relationships and day-to-day situations, men and women of different ages feel a pressing need to reinvent themselves. As they cross each other's paths, they all are at a turning point in their lives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2012-10-19
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Anita & Garibaldi
Overview: Giuseppe Garibaldi (Gabriel Braga Nunes), 32 years old, commander of the republican rebels that invade Laguna, Santa Catarina, during the Farrapos War (1835 - 1845), finds his soul mate in Anita (Ana Paula Arósio), 18 years old, wife of local shoemaker. Between passion and battles, they will define the course of their lives and influence the course of the revolution.
Genres: History Romance
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2013-12-06
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In Evil Hour
Overview: The old servant and chronicler Dom Sabas tells how his desolate South American town is the scene of a ruthless power struggle. The landowning Assis family, reduced to a widow and son, tries to hold out against the young, despotic mayor. No less effective then actions are anonymous rumors and accusations, which often stir the inhabitants' moves.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2006-02-02
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Body
Overview: São Paulo, today. Bones are found in an anonymous grave and sent to the morgue. The coroner Artur deals with actresses and extremists. A body gets preserved for more than thirty years. An identity is searched...
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2007-08-28
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Getulio
Overview: The movie depicts the political crisis that led to the suicide of president Getúlio Vargas, in the 19 days that preceded August 24, 1954. The crisis began with the attempted assassination of journalist and politician Carlos Lacerda in August 5, 1954, at rua Toneleros, Rio de Janeiro, in which Major Vaz was assassinated instead. Investigations pointed to Gregório Fortunato, chief of Vargas' personal guard, as the orderer of the frustrated assassination. This incident was one of the most importants in the history of Brazil.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2014-05-01
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5 Frações de uma Quase História
Overview: An obsessive photographer crazy for female feet; a man that projects himself on situations he sees on TV; a simple public officer that receives a proposal from a corrupt Judge; a slaughter in a marriage crisis and a broken heart secretary that dreams to get married. These five characters will have their lives changed from a hot weekend.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2007-07-04
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Simples Mortais
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Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2011-11-23
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A Violent Dose of Anything
Overview: Pedro has taken the road and he does not know where he is going. Lucas does not know it either. After meeting at a roadside café, they travel through the Brazilian Savannah seeking for a violent dose of anything.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2013-09-22
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Nossa Vida Não Cabe Num Opala
Overview: The father of a family of lower middle class of São Paulo dies. But he did not realize this and starts to watch the reactions of his children and the collapse of the fragile family structure. Based on a novel of Mário Bortolotto.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2008-08-15
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What Is It Worth?
Overview: Free adaptation of Machado de Assis's short story "Pai Contra Mãe", having some of Nireu Cavalcanti's 18th Century chronicles as inspiration, the film traces parallels between life in during the slavery period and in modern Brazil.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2005-05-20
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A Vida ao Lado
Overview: Cecília is in love with her neighbor Ana, but Ana is trying to seduce Alberto. She ignores that he is about to commit suicide. In a day full of surprises, the three neighbors share the same experience: love.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2006-05-06
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Histórias de Alice
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2016-03-31
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The Dreamseller
Overview: A disillusioned psychologist tries to commit suicide until he strikes up a friendship with an unlikely saviour who teaches him a new way of living.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2016-12-08
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Sunstroke
Overview: In an empty city, scorched by the sun, the young and old confuse the fever of sunstroke with the delicate birth of passion. Like ghosts, they hover around buildings and endless flatlands in search of the ever elusive love. Inspired by 19th century Russian short stories, the plots weave and unravel together in the improbable city of Brasilia – a distorted mirror-image of the Soviet utopia – located in the heart of the Brazilian desert.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2010-03-26
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Birdwatchers
Overview: Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, the present. When a young Guarani-Kaiowá woman commits suicide, Nádio leads his community to form a protest camp on the borders of a local farm that sits on their ancestral burial ground.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2008-08-31
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Polícia Federal: A Lei é Para Todos - Os Bastidores da Operação Lava Jato
Overview: 2013. During Operation Bidone, the Federal Police seized a truck loaded with palm heart, which contained 697 kg of cocaine. The investigation falls on the team assembled by Ivan Romano, based in Curitiba and composed by Beatriz, Júlio and Ítalo. The traffic connections lead them to the dower Alberto Youssef and later to the former Petrobras director Paulo Roberto Costa, who reveals an immense structure involving builders and the government, in order to divert public money. As the investigation progresses, the group led by Ivan is increasingly approaching some of the country's most influential politicians.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2017-09-07
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Time and the Wind
Overview: Based on Érico Verissimo's literary trilogy, Time and the Wind follows 150 years of the Terra Cambará family and their opponents, the Amaral family. The struggles between the two families begin in the missions and lasts until the end of the 19th century. The film also features the period of formation of the state of Rio Grande do Sul and the dispute of territory between the Portuguese and Spanish crowns.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2013-09-28
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The Patient
Overview: The true story of Tancredo Neves, the first civilian president of Brazil after a 20-year military dictatorship, and the infamous hospitalization which led to his death before he ever managed to take office.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2018-09-13
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O Avental Rosa
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Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2018-08-16
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Wherever You Are
Overview: Open City Radio broadcasts the "Wherever You Are" program on a weekly basis, where people try to communicate with missing relatives and friends. Behind the scenes of the program several life stories cross and become.
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Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2018-06-16
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Wherever You Are (Short)
Overview: Waldir and Lucia find themselves when they were looking for someone else.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2003-12-01
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Kardec
Overview: The story of Allan Kardec, from his days as an educator to his contribution to the spiritist codification.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2019-05-16
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The Girl Who Killed Her Parents
Overview: Based on one of the most shocking and gruesome murder cases in Brazil, the film presents Daniel Cravinhos's point of view of the events that led to the death of Marísia and Manfred von Richthofen, his girlfriend’s parents.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2021-09-24
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Entre Nós
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Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2015-08-26
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