Henriqueta Brieba
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Enriqueta Nogués Brieba, known as Henriqueta Brieba (Barcelona, July 31, 1901 – Rio de Janeiro, September 18, 1995), was a Spanish actress who became a naturalized Brazilian.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Barcelona, Spain
Adult: No
Birthday: July 31, 1901
Age: 123 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: September 18, 1995
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O Grande Gozador
Overview: "Lula, 'bon vivant' who subsists at the expense of small blows, goes on with his life without a present or future purpose. Basically, he just tries to forget having been abandoned by his fiancee Helena, who gave in to his father's imposition. The situations in which he gets involved from then on are paradoxical, trying to survive in the best possible way and spending money he doesn't have, but which comes to him in one way or another. On a day of complete despair, Lula meets a group of "hippies" and leaves catechized. Willing to anything, he becomes a preacher of new customs and new ethics of life. In turn, Helena, whose marriage had failed, dreams of meeting Lula again, hoping to return to his arms.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1972-09-18
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A Banana Mecânica
Overview: Dr. Ferrão, a famous psychoanalyst, uses his daily column on a newspaper to atract women to his practice.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1974-05-24
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Super Xuxa Contra Baixo Astral
Overview: Baixo Astral, an evil spirit who lives in the sewers, and whose mission is to bring unhappiness to the world, sees Xuxa on TV asking children to fight for a better world. Threatened by those words, he declares war on her and devises a plan: helped by his allies Titica and Morcegão, he kidnaps Xuxo, her dog. Helped by Xixa (a gypsy caterpillar) and Rafa, a rebel teenager, Xuxa goes on a mission to get her dog back and save the world from Baixo Astral.
Genres: Fantasy Family Music
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1988-06-30
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O Varão de Ipanema
Overview: Ferdinando, a bank employee who came from the north and prospered, buys a car and starts to frequent the south zone of Rio de Janeiro. He meets Lucia, with whom he falls in love, to the point of selling his own car to pay the girl's bill, who says she is very rich and lives in a mansion, but it's all a farce.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1976-05-21
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All Nudity Shall Be Punished
Overview: A rich, spoiled young man encounters a prostitute and gets confused about the nature of his feelings for her. He can't decide between attraction and repulsion.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1973-05-13
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Quando as Mulheres Querem Provas
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Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1975-03-04
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A Viúva Virgem
Overview: In Minas Gerais, the powerful "colonel" Alexandrão gets married with the young and virgin Cristina and promotes a huge wedding party in his farm. He eats and drinks a lot along the day, but in his "first night" with the bride, he dies before consummating his marriage. The marital status of Cristina becomes very unusual, being a virgin widow. Her doctor advises her to travel to Rio de Janeiro to rest, and she moves with her aunt to an inherited apartment in Leme. Once in Rio de Janeiro, the rascal Constantino, who is aware of her wealth, courts her and borrows money, clothes and a Mercedes Benz from his friends, pretending he is businessman man. His friends release "stocks" in a parallel stock market, based and supported in the expectation of the possible marriage of Constantino with Cristina. However, the ghost of Coronel Alexandrão appears for her whenever she intends to have sex with Constantino.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1972-01-01
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O Enterro da Cafetina
Overview: As the owner of a very famous bordello in Rio de Janeiro gets buried, an old scoundrel remembers his own past among the bohemian circles of the city.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1971-08-30
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Para Viver Um Grande Amor
Overview: Poor people who live in the slums in Rio de Janeiro decide to occupy an empty apartment building in the rich part of the city. Meanwhile, a rich girl falls in love with a poor composer. Based on the musical play "Pobre Menina Rica", by Vinícius de Moraes and Carlos Lyra.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1984-04-30
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Com as Calças na Mão
Overview: Reg owns the store "Tem Tudo... E Muito Mais" (Has Everything... And Much More). To satisfy his customers, he is forced to perform the most strange functions.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1975-11-25
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Procura-se uma Virgem
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1972-05-02
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Eu Dou o Que Ela Gosta
Overview: A young couple uses creativity to escape the rules of the girl's father, a conservative Italian, and her grandmother. Even under the patriarch's watch, the roguish boyfriend manages to fulfill his desires.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1975-01-01
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O Roubo das Calcinhas
Overview: Brazilian comedy in two segments. 'Theft of the Panties': Four friends are broke during Christmas. Genaro decides to rob a brothel because he thinks that the victims won't call the police. To get to know the place, one of the friends, Alfredo, disguises as a woman and goes there with Genaro. They set up a plan and then return to execute the robbery. 'I Love Cod': The owner of a bar in the suburbs, the Portuguese Manuel, wins the sports lottery. Three mechanics find themselves wronged for having almost won the prize and abduct Manuel's wife, demanding ransom. Manuel refuses to pay, as he finally got rid of his wife and can now win the woman of his dreams. Knowing this, the wife collaborates with the kidnappers to reverse the plan: Manuel will have to pay the ransom if he does not want to see her again.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1975-01-01
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Com a Cama na Cabeça
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1972-02-03
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A Filha de Madame Betina
Overview: Otavio has to find and marry Madame Bettina's daughter if he wants to inherit her fortune.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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Se Segura, Malandro!
Overview: Paulo Otávio is the host of a pirate radio station on the slums of Rio de Janeiro. He struggles to mantain the station working, since the only help he's got comes from news reporter Calói. Their story goes beyond as the city starts to face a crime wave.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1978-08-26
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Uma Garota em Maus Lençóis
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1970-05-31
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Viúvas Precisam de Consolo
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1979-12-19
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Desire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro Oficina
Overview: In six decades, Teatro Oficina has done more than revolutionize theatrical language in the country: the aesthetic influence of José Celso Martinez Corrêa's company extends from Tropicalism to the renewal of Brazilian audiovisual languages from the 1960s onwards. The film revisits a story that it involves personalities such as Caetano Veloso, Glauber Rocha, Lina Bo Bardi, Chico Buarque and Zé do Caixão, brings together scenic art, ecology, architecture and sexuality, and mixes art and life in the search for a Brazilian based language.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2021-04-10
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The Love Bug
Overview: According to an Amazonian indigenous legend, a certain insect, Anophelis sexualis, has aphrodisiac properties: one who is bitten by it will surely die if it does not have sex within two hours. Knowing this news, Hans Muller, a scientist, moves to the habitat of the insect and collects several specimens for research in his laboratory in the city of Ilha Bela, on the coast of São Paulo. There, besides the local administration and the population, there are several tourists. By an accident, the insects flee and attack the world.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1980-01-29
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O Barão Otelo no Barato dos Bilhões
Overview: João-Sem-Direção knows Carvalhaes that proposes a blow to him. John does not accept the proposal, but ends up earning a hefty cash in the game.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1971-05-26
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Um Soutien Para o Papai
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1975-02-08
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O Fraco do Sexo Forte
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1973-04-07
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The King of the Candle
Overview: Filming of the historical montage of Oswald de Andrade's play, where decadent millionaires, depraved children, corrupt and implacable capitalists are the characters interpreted by the Grupo Oficina, in a celebrated theatrical performance from 1967, fundamentally recorded in 1971 and released only in the 1980s.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1982-01-01
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A Mulata que Queria Pecar
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1977-07-28
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Ascensão e Queda de um Paquera
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1970-09-14
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Hoje o Galo Sou Eu!
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Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1957-01-01
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O Bolão
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Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1971-01-14
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A Penúltima Donzela
Overview: A young women from a conservative family loses her virginity to her boyfriend who dumps her after. She starts a new relationship, but when her parents find out she has been "ruined" they try to arrange a marriage with the first boyfriend.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1969-10-27
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Pra Quem Fica, Tchau
Overview: Pra Quem Fica, Tchau tells the story of a teenager from the interior who comes to Rio, financed by an uncle, and goes to live with a womanizer cousin.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1971-01-21
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O Escolhido de Iemanjá
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Genres: Fantasy Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1978-06-12
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O Sexo das Bonecas
Overview: The naïve young Renato arrives in Rio de Janeiro from Cachoeiro de Itapemirim with the dream of becoming a doctor. Without knowing anyone, he goes to a nightclub where he is mistaken for a male prostitute by Pedro, a homosexual nurse obsessed with Greta Garbo. That same night the two go to Pedro's apartment and after several arguments, they decide to move in together. Three months later, Renato introduces his girlfriend Gracinha to his friend, who doesn't know it, but Pedro soon realizes she is a prostitute.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1976-06-28
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O Azarento: Um Homem de Sorte
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1974-06-24
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Uma Tarde Outra Tarde
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1974-06-11
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Cassy Jones, O Magnífico Sedutor
Overview: A tireless and incorrigible seducer looks for - and seems to find - the woman of his life.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1972-06-10
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Manicures a Domicílio
Overview: The life of hairdresser Aurora Boreal is marked by many unfortunate episodes. His mother works with illegal gambling and, to escape this fate, he sends female manicurists to important businessmen's houses. These workers, in order to help Aurora, end up doing much more than just their customers' nails.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1978-02-13
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