Sílvia Buarque
Also Known As: Sílvia Buarque de Hollanda
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Rome, Italy
Adult: No
Birthday: March 28, 1969
Age: 56 years old
Gender: Female
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Heavier Is the Sky
Overview: After taking in an abandoned child, Teresa meets Antônio and the two begin a journey on the roads. The common past, for them, is the memories of a city submerged at the bottom of a dam. Life is a dream, but the future is uncertainty.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2023-08-08
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Gonzaga: From Father to Son
Overview: Luiz Gonzaga decides to change his destiny and leaves his childhood home for the big city to overcome a romance. When he arrives, he meets a woman he falls in love with, the Odaleia (Nanda Costa). After the birth of his son and his wife's health complications, he decides to return to the road to ensure a better future for his son. He has a friend in Rio de Janeiro and with him leaves the little one and heads to Brazil. He didn't imagine that this distance between them would develop into a complicated relationship, enhanced by the strong personalities of both. Based on conversations between father and son, this is the story of Luiz Gonzaga, a singer and accordion player known as Rei do Baião or Gonzagão.
Genres: Drama History Music
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2012-10-26
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For Sale or Rent
Overview: A once-rich family of women in Rio de Janeiro must sell their mansion in order to keep their high standard of living, but the proximity to the slums disrupts business.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2013-08-09
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In Your Name
Overview: Early 1970s. Latin America was under a military dictatorship. Some political groups opted for armed struggle to confront the regime. Boni, an engineering student of humble background adheres to the armed struggle, but carries doubts and fears as to whether this would really be the best way, as he fears for his family, his girlfriend and the future, which seems more uncertain every day. Like so many, he is arrested, tortured and banished from the country. In exile in Chile, together with his partner Cecilia, he comes to understand society in a different way. He begins to work and live with the Chilean people, realizing that to change reality it is first necessary to understand it.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2010-05-28
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Louise's Wedding
Overview: Two women, from opposite worlds, Louise and her maid Luzia, both share a passion for music and finding the perfect man. What can happen during a luncheon where the tastes of both women coincide and clash, while in the presence of two desirable men?
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2001-06-08
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Tropic Pathway
Overview: Follow the adventures of Kiss of the Spider Woman scribe Manuel Puig portrayed by Fabio Aste, who left Argentina after being persecuted for his homosexuality and settled in exile in Rio de Janiero in this intimate drama from filmmaker Javier Torre. Though life in Rio was full of romance and adventure for Manuel, the controversy surrounding him grew ever more intense, until the only way out was a trip back to his native Argentina. In the years that followed, Puig eventually made the painful decision to move to Mexico, where he spent his final days until death caught up with him at the age of fifty-eight.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2005-02-24
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Por Dúvida das Vias
Overview: A Journalism intern makes her first report in a public office, getting lost in the bureaucratic intricacies.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1988-01-01
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Os Pobres Diabos
Overview: The Gran Circo Teatro Americano takes its attractions to the northeastern hinterland. In the city of Aracati, the troupe puts on a fun play about the crisis in hell. With a rochamboesque plot and inspired by string literature, the attraction shows the arrival of the bandit Lamparino to hell and how Lucifer participates in international capitalism. Meanwhile, behind the scenes, loves and tragedies move the lives of artists.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2013-09-18
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Raízes do Brasil
Overview: Documentary in two parts about Brazilian writer, journalist and sociologist Sérgio Buarque de Holanda. The first part describes how the author used to pass his days with family and friends, while the second offers a historical panorama of the times, including his reaction to Nazism and the years of Vargas’ dictatorship, and the arrival of the modernist movement in Brazil.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2004-03-19
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Rio's Love Song
Overview: Four love stories which portray a wide gamut of emotions and desires against the backdrop of Rio de Janeiro. "Elephant's Stomp" : the story of a highway patrol officer who is infatuated with a mulatto dancer at a local nightclub. "Drao" : a publicity man and a boutique owner who face a crises in their marriage. "You Are Beautiful" : two homeless teenagers seek love amidst their personal misery. "Samba of the Great Passion" : a book maker who is charmed and captivated by the voice of a female singer coming from a building across the street. Characters in search of love in order to escape from the boredom, loneliness and helplessness of their lives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1994-09-15
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Sobre o Menino do Rio
Overview: Alê Félix, a blogger, wrote a text for her blog, called “Sobre o Menino do Rio”. That was in 2006. The text is beautiful and very sensitive. Some time later, filmmaker Felipe Joffily, among links and texts he read to research the song Menino do Rio, read Alê's text and was enchanted.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2011-10-01
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Holy Biker
Overview: In an arid and poor region of Brazil, bikers search for a miracle to make it rain and save the land, risking their lives.
Genres: Action Romance Western
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2016-01-21
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São Jerônimo
Overview: Brazilian director Julio Bressane directs this religious biography on the life and work of Saint Jerome, the monk who first translated the Bible into Latin. Set both in the desert and in the posh confines of the Vatican, Jerome (Everaldo Pontes) agonizes over which Latin word would best fit its Hebrew counterpart. ~ Jonathan Crow, Rovi
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1999-09-10
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O Mistério no Colégio Brasil
Overview: Two students make a date in a secluded cave behind their school, where they could be undisturbed. But on arrival they see a corpse. They run to inform the authorities, but when they arrive the corpse has mysteriously disappeared.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1988-01-01
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Outras Estórias
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Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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Buena Sorte
Overview: Farmer raised in the USA returns to Brazil when he discovers that his uncle is involved with some illegal activities.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1996-10-10
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Sick Sick Sick
Overview: Silvia is an introspective young girl who is not interested in the daily routine between family and school. Everything abruptly changes when Artur arrives unexpectedly in her class, after being banned from several other schools. Silvia is amazed by the vitality of the boy, who actually suffers from a serious illness – hemophilia. The two immerse themselves in an intense and brief coexistence, interrupted by an accident in which Artur’s bleeds to death. Silvia gets sick and sees her life turn into a strange nightmare. The mourning gradually becomes an obsession, and obsession becomes a goal – Silvia will do anything to bring him back to life.
Genres: Drama Romance Horror
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2019-05-23
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Os Escravos de Jó
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2020-01-24
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The Inventor of Dreams
Overview: Mixed with fiction and documentary, the film relives the interviews conducted by the writer Clarice Lispector published in the magazines "Manchete" and "Fatos and Fotos" in the 1970s.
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2010-01-01
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Jaguar Man
Overview: Two moments in the life of Pedro. First in 1997, he lives with his family in Rio de Janeiro and works at Gás do Brasil, a company that is undergoing a tough restructuring process, with layoffs and early retirements. Soon, privatization will come. In the second moment, two years later, Pedro lives retired in his hometown Barbosa, in the company of his childhood memories, his dog and his girlfriend. By interweaving these two moments in time, we put ourselves in Pedro's skin and experience his fears and delights.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2021-08-26
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