Antônio Fagundes
Also Known As: Antonio Fagundes
Biography: Antônio da Silva Fagundes Filho (Rio de Janeiro, April 18, 1949), better known as Antônio Fagundes, is a Brazilian actor, director, producer, screenwriter and voice actor. Considered one of the most recognized and prolific actors in Brazil, Fagundes gained notoriety for his performances on screen and stage. Fagundes has received numerous awards throughout his career spanning more than five decades, including four APCA Awards, two Molière Awards, two Quality Brazil Awards, and two Press Trophies, in addition to receiving nominations for two Grande Otelo Awards and four Guarani Awards.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Birthday: April 18, 1949
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Gender: Male
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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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God Is Brazilian
Overview: God decides to take a vacation, but first He has to find a saint who can rule the universe while He's away. So He goes to the Northeast of Brazil, where He believes there's a very good man for the job. As soon as He comes down to Earth, a young man comes along to help on His quest.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2003-01-31
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70 Anos Esta Noite
Overview: With the participation of great stars of television drama, the documentary promotes an emotional journey through the great moments of soap operas, celebrating its seven decades on Brazilian TV.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2021-12-21
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Owner of the Story
Overview: A 50 year-old woman who analyses her past. She pictures herself when she was 20 years old and she re-creates the story of her life through a game of innumerous possibilities. What if she wouldn't have gone to that ball? What if... instead of meeting the man of her life, with whom she married and had kids, she would have called a girlfriend and they went to the theater? What would be her destiny? What would have happened? In the plot the present talks to the past. A young woman projects her future in a fascinating game between memories and desires.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2004-10-01
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Bossa Nova
Overview: After a chance encounter on the elevator, the lives of Mary Ann, a widowed English teacher, and Pedro, a recently divorced man, intersect against the hot backdrop of Rio de Janeiro.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-02-18
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The Lady from the Shanghai Cinema
Overview: After meeting a beguiling woman in a movie theater, a realtor becomes embroiled in a mysterious plot involving murder, double identities and movies.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1987-07-19
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Achados e Perdidos
Overview: A retired cop becomes the prime suspect in the murder of a prostitute.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2007-04-19
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A Mulher do Meu Amigo
Overview: Thales, a successful businessman, is in crisis with his profession. He is married to the rich and spoiled Renata, and works with her father, the powerful businessman Augusto. One day, while on vacations at the home of his friends Rui and Pamela, Thales decides that will stop working. This unusual decision affects the lives of everyone around him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2008-11-21
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A Noite dos Duros
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1978-10-14
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Ponto Final
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-08-01
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Fernanda e Nathalia - Amigas de uma Vida
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2023-07-29
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Go Ahead, Brazil!
Overview: Mid-1970s. When the military regime's "economic miracle" and the victory of the Brazilian football team on the World Cup serve as a distraction for the persecution of opposition leaders by the political police of the dictatorship. Under this context, Jofre Godoi da Fonseca, an alienated middle-class man, is mistaken for Sarmento, a political activist he met at an airport prior to his assassination. He is then arrested for being "subversive".
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1982-04-01
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Barbosa
Overview: Thirty-eight years after the 1950 World Cup, a man went back in time to prevent the goal that defeated Brazil, destroyed his childhood dreams and ended goalkeeper Barbosa's career.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1988-06-23
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Paixão Perdida
Overview: A paralized twelve year boy watches his womanizer dad seduce his baby sitter.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1999-01-15
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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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Tchau, Amor
Overview: An unemployed radio worker obsessed with suicide meets a rich brat.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1983-06-11
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God Is Still Brazilian
Overview: God needs to return to Earth when celestial beings rebel against humanity and decide to launch another meteor to exterminate life on the planet.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
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When I Was Alive
Overview: After losing his job and the end of his marriage, Júnior returns to his father's house. But that is not his childhood house anymore. His old room has been rented by a young woman and the place feels unwelcome and oppressive. Júnior develops and obsession for his family history, as strange things start happening in the house.
Genres: Thriller Horror Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2014-01-31
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Besame Mucho
Overview: The story of two couples - Xico and Olga, Tuca and Dina - through 20 years of friendship, from adolescent dreams to maturity frustrations. They meet in a small town in the State of São Paulo, but one of the couples decides to try their luck in the big city. As background, the political events in the 60's and 70's, and how they affect their lives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1987-01-01
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Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion
Overview: The film tells the story of an intuitive, adventurous man who loved his country and being Brazilian. This man fought to be loyal to himself. His music is a transparent portrait of his genius, intuition, freedom, adventure and passion for Brazil.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2000-04-21
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O Tronco
Overview: Vicente, a tax collector, is sent to a distant region to defy the dominion of Melo, a powerful landowner. When Melo's henchmen burn down the collector's office building, the government retaliates by deploying soldiers, overseen by Carvalho, a hard-headed judge. Carvalho orders the soldiers to invade Melo's land, which prompts the start of a full-blown war.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1999-11-25
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Angels of the Night
Overview: Many exotic characters meet in São Paulo night, looking for love and adventure: Malu, a model; Mauro, a drag queen; Teddy, a hustler; Guto, a gay reporter; and Marta, an actress.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1987-04-27
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Gaijin: A Brazilian Odyssey
Overview: Based on fact, this is the story of the struggles of Japanese immigrants who traveled to and settled in Brazil looking for a better life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1980-02-20
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Elas São do Baralho
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1977-12-07
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Maldito Benefício
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
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The Next Victim
Overview: A TV reporter tries to find out who is killing prostitutes in a São Paulo neighbourhood.
Genres: Horror Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1983-05-10
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Our Lady Of Compassion
Overview: João Grilo is a backwoodsman who tries to get along at the expense of the powerful in the city, who pretend to be respectful of morals and good customs and hide their sins. But when a band of cangaceiros attacks the small town, everyone has to settle accounts with God and the Devil.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1969-01-22
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O Menino Arco-Íris
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Genres: Family
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1983-05-15
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Leila Diniz
Overview: The life of Brazilian actress Leila Diniz.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1987-11-01
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Heart and Guts
Overview: Financial problems in a religious school for girls force the government to interfere. While waiting in the conference hall to communicate the fact to the school administrators, the intervenor falls asleep and a crazy dream begins, involving teachers, students and strange characters.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1982-11-09
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The Body
Overview: Xavier, a pharmacist, lives peacefully in bigamy with his two women, Carmen and Beatriz, but the harmony breaks down when they find he has another lover, Monique, a nightclub dancer.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1991-07-12
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Jogo Duro
Overview: A former boxer is hired to take care of an empty house in the Pacaembu neighborhood in São Paulo. The property is for sale and its function is received when purchased. On the first night on the job, he discovers that a woman and a daughter are living clandestinely in one of the mansion's rooms.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1986-02-24
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Kiss 2348/72
Overview: Worker Norival's life turns upside down when he is caught kissing his co-worker Catarina during work hours. He is fired for just cause and faces the hardships of the labor lawsuit he filed against the company.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1990-10-01
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Alemão
Overview: Five undercover cops at Complexo do Alemão, one of Rio de Janeiro's most dangerous areas, have their covers blown by drug dealers. Arrested, they wait execution or to be rescued by police forces that would risk expose a larger operation.
Genres: Action Drama Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2014-02-07
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Eu Faço... Elas Sentem
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1976-12-20
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Eternamente Pagu
Overview: Eternamente Pagu is a biographical film about Patrícia Galvão, best known as Pagu, a Brazilian political, literary and artistic activist. An important figure of the Brazilian Modernism, Pagu was also a militant for the Brazilian Communist Party after she married writer Oswald de Andrade. She broke up with Andrade and, as a journalist was arrested by the Dictatorship of Getúlio Vargas. After she left prison, she abandoned Communism in favor of Trotskyist Socialism, married Geraldo Ferraz, and started a career as theatre director.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1987-05-12
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MMA - Meu Melhor Amigo
Overview: When Max, a former MMA world champion about to retire, discovers he has an 8-year-old autistic son, his life is turned upside down. Now, as he trains for one last opportunity to regain his world champion title, Max must deal with his new family and his father, from whom he has long been estranged.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2025-01-16
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Diário de Bordo de uma Viagem à Infância: Mundo da Lua, o Documentário
Overview: The series “Mundo da Lua”, produced by TV Cultura in the 90s in Brazil, returns in another logbook by Lucas Silva e Silva. The documentary “Diário de Bordo de uma Viagem à Infância” is the meeting of those who were in front of and behind the cameras, telling the backstage of the series, and also the fans who followed on TV.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2014-01-02
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Flávio Rangel - O Teatro na Palma da Mão
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2009-11-21
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Antonio Meliande - Pau pra toda obra
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2011-03-31
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The Great Mystical Circus
Overview: The story of five generations of the Austrian-Brazilian Knieps family, from the inauguration of their family-owned Great Mystical Circus in the 1910s up to the early 21st century, following both the family and the circus from their prime through to their decadence.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Romance
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2018-11-15
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Fica Comigo
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1998-02-13
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Doramundo
Overview: A series of murders begins to haunt Cordilheira, a small town near São Paulo, Brazil. The investigations show there is a love triangle involved.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1978-02-17
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No Coração dos Deuses
Overview: Following the clues of a map, a boy and some adventurers go into the forest in search of treasure from the pioneers, and end up going back two centuries in time, in search of the legendary Minas dos Martírios.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1999-03-08
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Boca do Lixo: A Bollywood Brasileira
Overview: A documentary on Boca do Lixo, a dowtown São Paulo square that became a tentpole for film distribution on the early 20th century, becoming, from the 1960s on, a production district for popular eroctic films and for avant-garde directors.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2011-04-13
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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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Night of the Female
Overview: On the eve of the premiere of a theatrical superproduction in the city of São Paulo, the assembly team performs the last dress rehearsal. But, mysteriously, the four leading actresses are poisoned. Now, the police will investigate each person related to the play to find out who caused the tragedy.
Genres: Drama Horror Thriller
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1976-11-22
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Em Nome da Segurança Nacional
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1985-03-15
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Contra a Parede
Overview: Less than three months before the presidential elections in Brazil, a renowned newscaster faces an explosive ethical conflict that involves his work at the head of his program and his personal relationship with two presidential candidates named as favorites in the polls.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2018-08-11
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A Soccer Story
Overview: Based on Zuza's testimony, the plot narrates the final of the Julio Ramalho Cup, a lowland soccer championship, in 1950. To face the rival team, Zuza had his friend Dico, later nicknamed Pelé.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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Um Casal de 3
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Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1984-06-13
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Vida, Vida
Overview: In Rio de Janeiro, a successful yet underpaid young accountant lives with his pregnant wife in small apartment in middle class neighborhood of Copacabana. Unsatisfied with their way of life, the couple decides to accept the offer of becoming housekeepers of a rich man's vacation residence in a beach town.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1977-01-01
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Era Uma Vez no Tibet
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1993-03-12
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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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Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Carga Pesada: A Grande Viagem - O Filme
Overview: Bino advises Pedro to get married, but he is reluctant until Rosa calls him and arranges a meeting in Fortaleza. Along the way, adventures chase truck drivers.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Drama Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2015-04-24
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Barbosa: 100 anos de perdão
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2021-03-26
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