Gianfrancesco Guarnieri
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Biography: Gianfrancesco Sigfrido Benedetto Marinenghi de Guarnieri (August 6, 1934 Milan, Italy - July 22, 2006 São Paulo, Brazil) was an Italian–Brazilian actor, director, lyricist, poet and playwright naturalised Brazilian. He was an outstanding artist in the Theater of Arena in São Paulo and his most important work was "They Don't Wear Black Tie". In 2006, Guarnieri was honored in the 18th edition of the Shell Theatre Prize for his contribution to the Brazilian theater.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Milan, Italy
Adult: No
Birthday: August 06, 1934
Age: 90 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: July 22, 2006
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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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Teatro Brasileiro: Novas Tendências
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1975-01-01
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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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The Grand Moment
Overview: On the day of his wedding, young man from a family of immigrants faces some problems to get the money needed for the last arrangements. The family do what they can in order to honour the great event, selling personal belongings and buying enough supplies for a decent party.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1958-12-03
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O Jogo da Vida
Overview: The dreams and problems of three friends: Malagueta, an inveterate gambler; Perus, former factory worker who abandoned the assembly line to earn his living at the billiards; and Bacanaço, trickster who puts on chic airs, always dreaming of performing the ultimate big swindle.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1977-06-17
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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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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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Diário da Província
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1978-05-26
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Asa Branca: A Brazilian Dream
Overview: Story of a modest but talented soccer player for an obscure club in a small Brazilian town who comes to São Paulo and reaches stardom.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1980-01-07
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The Quartet
Overview: The story of two immigrant couples: Teresa and Angelo; Pierina and Massimo. While fighting for survival in the new world, the unexpected love of Massimo and Teresa appears. They react against family and cultural traditions and leave to a new destiny, leaving their partners. Quatrilho is the name of a card game in wich the player have to betray his partner in order to become the champion.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1995-10-20
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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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Primeira Chance
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Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1963-01-01
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Por Incrível que Pareça
Overview: A man who works at a nuclear plant is contaminated by radioactivity. On the way to the hospital, the ambulance has an accident, and the man's head disappears. Lost and free from its body, the head goes through many adventures.
Genres: Science Fiction Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1986-01-02
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Domingo no Parque
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1968-01-01
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Guarnieri
Overview: Develops from the life, work and memory of Gianfrancesco Guarnieri, one of the most important names in the history of Brazilian theater, to examine the courses of dramaturgy and politics in the last decades. Guarnieri, besides being a TV star, was also seen as the synthesis of the politically engaged artist in Brazil. His sons, also actors, saw a separation between art, work, and politics. As he investigates the portraits of two generations, grandson and director Francisco aims to understand the place of his own generation in history, in art and the world as a whole.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2017-01-28
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Você Também Pode Dar um Presunto Legal
Overview: Amid the civil-military dictatorship implanted with the 1964 coup, Sergio Muniz had the idea of making a documentary about the action of the Death Squad. At the time, the press still had some freedom to disseminate the work of these death squads formed by police officers of various ranks, and that he acted on the outskirts of cities like Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. The victims of police repression (as today) were men, poor and black, and this condition is supposed criminals.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2006-07-05
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Contos de Lygia e Morte
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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As Três Mortes de Solano
Overview: Solano is often plagued by nightmares in which, during the Middle Ages, he is pursued by the hunter Faro, who intends to kill him. On discovering, in an antiquarian, a tapestry that represents a hunt and that reminds him of his dream, he tries to buy it, but the owner refuses to sell it.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1976-11-11
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Vianinha
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1987-09-14
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Incidente em Antares - O Filme
Overview: Film adaptation of the TV Show in 1994, based on the novel of the same name by Érico Veríssimo. During a general strike in the city of Antares, gravediggers refuse to carry out burials, to increase pressure on employers. During the night, however, the dead claim the right to be buried.
Genres: Horror Drama Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2018-01-19
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Vento Bravo
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2007-01-01
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Curumim
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Genres: Adventure Family
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1980-02-25
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Anistia
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1979-01-01
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