João Acaiabe
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Espírito Santo do Pinhal, São Paulo, Brazil
Adult: No
Birthday: May 14, 1944
Age: 81 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: March 31, 2021
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Nasce uma Mulher
Overview: On Jo's birthday, her mother, and later, her father, discover that she is not a virgin anymore - she is taking pills. The birthday party turns into a complete mess, since Jo's mother can not hold herself and accuses her daughter in front of all guests of not being a child that everyone thought she still was. Jo rebels and leaves the house, and discovers that her boyfriend listened to everything and did not help her. She decides to leave him, and to start her life again. As a woman, now.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1983-10-20
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Bloody Gold
Overview: The son of a millionaire who owns gold mines in Transopia, Africa, Antoine Leblanc, who lives in a mansion in Rio, one day receives a letter from his father asking him for help against the gold smugglers from Transopia to Brazil.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1978-02-27
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Aos Ventos que Virão
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2014-07-24
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Mário
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2000-06-07
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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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Gênesis 22
Overview: "And God said, Take thy son, and bring him to the land which I will show thee."
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1999-07-28
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Distraída para a Morte
Overview: Three black teenagers walk around town. The two boys laugh at their own racist jokes while the girl watches them in silence.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2001-02-15
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The Day Dorival Faced the Guard
Overview: Dorival, a man in jail, has only one wish: to take a bath. To achieve his objective, he defies the private, the corporal, the sargeant and, finally, the lieutenant in charge of the prison.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1986-04-11
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Denying Brazil
Overview: A documentary film about the taboos, stereotypes, and struggles of black actors in Brazilian television "soaps". Based on his own memories and on a sturdy body of research evidence, the director analyses race relations in Brazilian soap operas, calling attention to their likely influence on Brazilian African-Americans' identity-forming processes.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2000-11-20
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The House of Sand
Overview: A woman is taken along with her mother in 1910 to a far-away desert by her husband, and after his passing, is forced to spend the next 59 years of her life hopelessly trying to escape it.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2005-05-13
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Chronically Unfeasible
Overview: Filmed over a five-year period, Chronically Unfeasible dissects Brazilian problems, using six people who meet in a restaurant in São Paulo as models to illustrate political, sociological and economic disparities between Brazil's upper and lower classes.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2000-08-10
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Boleiros: Era uma Vez o Futebol...
Overview: Tribute to the world of soccer in Brazil. Group of ex-soccer players gather in a bar in São Paulo to remember old stories of their prime.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1998-08-21
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Tanta Estrela Por Aí
Overview: A comedy based on a true story about singer Raul Seixas.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1993-01-02
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O Dia de Jerusa
Overview: Bixiga, heart of São Paulo. Jerusa, a resident of a house aged by time, on a special day, receives Silvia, an opinion pollster who circulates the neighborhood convincing people to answer questionnaires for a washing powder survey. The moment she meets Silvia, Jerusa provides her with an unusual afternoon full of memories, inviting her to share moments of happiness with an "unknown person".
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2014-03-25
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Bom Dia, Eternidade
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2006-01-01
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They Don't Wear Black Tie
Overview: Otavio is an idealistic union leader trying to organize workers at a factory to resist the company's exploitative practices. His son, Tião, one of the employees, is more of a realist and doesn't want to risk losing his job by striking. This clash of perspectives puts the father and son at odds. Fortunately, Tião's mother, Romana, is on hand to act as a moderator between the two opinionated men.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1981-09-28
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Até Que a Vida nos Separe
Overview: A group of friends in Sao Paulo see each other regularly in different venues of this huge metropolis, and act as their own de-facto family. They are similar in many ways, all upper middle class professionals between 28 and 32 years of age, and very conscious of their psyche and lives. The diversity within the group however, is also remarkable. It's made up about half men and half women. The men are the most diverse, ranging from your average guy looking for love to an Afro-Brazilian womanizing rich playboy, to a conflicted homosexual, heir to a business empire. It is the friendship (Amizade) and bond between these people that the film exposes, and at the same time it explores the different personalities of this apparently homogeneous, but actually psychologically diverse group of Sao Paulo yuppies. They stick together "'til friendship should ever separate them"
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1999-05-29
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The Ballerina
Overview: Diamante is a gay boxer who stands out for his body control and fast leg movements. At night, he performs as a drag queen at a nightclub. His judgmental coach leaves him out of a boxing competition, but Diamante wants to be a champion.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2016-09-10
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Transa Brutal
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Genres: Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1984-11-07
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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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Love is All
Overview: A family with financial difficulties has a brilliant idea: to make their daughter Lindinha get pregnant of the famous singer Ivan Cláudio to inherit a lot of money and get them out of the choke. They plan the right day that the girl should go out with the star and begin to follow his performance schedule. They just didn't count with one thing: the jealous Jennifer, wife of Ivan, who will not let this story cheap.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2011-09-30
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M8 - When Death Rescues Life
Overview: When Maurício becomes a student at a top medical school, he becomes obsessed with a mystery linked to the dead bodies used for dissection.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2019-12-03
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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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Bróder
Overview: Three childhood friends plan meeting for a day in order to reassert their friendships and fight for their differences. One of them is involved with crime, one is a famous football player and the other struggles to maintain a middle-class lifestyle.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2010-02-17
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Dona Flor and Her 2 Husbands
Overview: The 20 episode miniseries edited into a 141 minute TV film. The beautiful Flor marries Vadinho and soon finds out he's spending all their money on gambles and has mistresses all over the city. Vadinho suddenly dies while partying during Carnival, and Flor, left helpless and full of debts, ends up marrying Teodoro, who's the exact opposite of her late husband.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1998-08-31
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The Forest
Overview: Young man, of Portuguese nobility ascendancy, starts working in a rubber plantation in the Amazon, in 1912, and falls in love with pretty Yayá, a married woman.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2002-11-01
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Sítio do Picapau Amarelo: O Saci
Overview: Pedrinho goes hunting in Capoeirão dos Tucanos, the virgin forest of Sítio do Picapau Amarelo, and meets the Saci, who tells him the secrets of the forest and several legends of Brazilian folklore. They work together to free Narizinho from a spell that Cuca put on her.
Genres: Fantasy Family
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2001-10-18
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