Canarinho
Also Known As: Aloísio Ferreira Gomes
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Birthday: December 29, 1927
Deathday: March 21, 2014
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Snuff, Victims of Pleasure
Overview: After producing a successful underground snuff movie, were the lead actress is raped and killed, the Brazilian Miguel returns to São Paulo pretending to be the American director Michael Tracey and convinces his partner Bob Channing to cast and hire a crew to produce another movie. With attractive salaries, they hire the broken cinema technician Edson Lima and his assistant Juarez. Together, they cast the stripper and hooker Lia de Souza; the decadent and former famous actress Taty Ibanez; the aspirant actress Glória Verdi; the candidate of Miss Contest, the Miss São Paulo Maria Rosa; and an actor interned in a mental institution, Sérgio Bandeira. The group believes that they are going to secretly shoot porn, and moves to the small town of Limeira. When Bob falls in love for Lia, he tries to convince Michael to forget the snuff and avoid her death. But Michael is reluctant and does not want to give up his project. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Genres: Crime Horror
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1977-05-02
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The Lady of the Zone
Overview: Tenement women from the Bexiga neighborhood become prostitutes, induced by a mulatto woman and a crook.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1979-01-01
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Diabólicos Herdeiros
Overview: Thirteen people from different parts of the world are chosen by an English nobleman to share his fortune. After his passing, they gather in his castle. However, the heirs begin to be murdered, one by one.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1971-08-30
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Delirious Saturdays
Overview: From Friday night 'til Sunday morning, the doors of a new world open inside a nightclub in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro. We watch the emotions and conflicts experienced by a series of characters, who find on the dance floor the ideal stage to represent the tragedy of their lives.
Genres: Music Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1979-04-29
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Sítio do Picapau Amarelo: Memórias da Emília
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Genres: Family Fantasy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1978-09-05
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Maneco, o Super Tio
Overview: Maneco takes his nephews to spend his holidays at his grandfather's place. But the old scientist discovered a way to travel in time and got lost in the year 1926. Maneco and the boys will try to bring him back.
Genres: Family Adventure Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1979-11-25
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Guerra é Guerra
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1977-05-18
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O Dia em Que o Santo Pecou
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1975-04-03
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Nos Tempos da Vaselina
Overview: Countryman Onofre is convinced by his cousin to live in Rio de Janeiro together with him so he can enjoy the delights of summer in Rio.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1979-06-13
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Tem Piranha no Aquário
Overview: Silvia, a former prostitute from a country town, after winning the corner of Loto, buys the main hotel in her town and, in retaliation, turns it into a brothel. After successive confusions among the guests, all involved in excusable activities, she ends up killing her gigolo lover who always extorted money from her. The manager tells the police that he arrests everyone except Silvia, as she flees to Rio de Janeiro. For lack of evidence, she escapes later judgment and becomes a victorious owner of sauna and massage houses. Valdo, a sensationalist journalist, decides to do a story about her, putting her in evidence and arousing the interest of a trio of cheaters who try to sell her a business in bankruptcy. One of the men pretends to be a great businessman, having as a partner a sophisticated Frenchwoman...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1982-04-03
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Costinha e o King Mong
Overview: A band of criminals attempt to capture King Mong, a giant gorilla who lives in the jungle, where a tribe worships him as a god. The criminals offer Costinha, the king of the jungle, as a gift to please the god. A mess ensues and all of the inhabitants of the jungle end up in a Brazilian circus. A parody of the 1976 King Kong remake.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1977-07-02
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Codfish
Overview: "Jaws" spoof. The title means "Cod". A terrible monster threatens the beach season: the cod from Guinea. To catch the fish, local authorities count on the expertise of a Portuguese oceanographer, a fearless fisherman and baits made with Amália Rodrigues's records.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1975-01-31
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