Tônia Carrero
Also Known As: Maria Antonieta Portocarrero Thedim, トニア・カレーロ, 托尼亚·卡雷罗, 토니아 카레로
Biography: Tônia Carrero, stage name Maria Antonieta Portocarrero Thedim (August 23, 1922 – March 3, 2018), was a renowned Brazilian film, theater and television actress. She was the mother of actor Cecil Thiré, and grandmother of actors Miguel Thiré, Luísa Thiré and Carlos Thiré.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Adult: No
Birthday: August 23, 1922
Age: 102 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: March 03, 2018
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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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The Ballroom
Overview: An evening in an old time dance hall in Sao Paulo introduces us to local characters who reminisce about the past, wonder about the future, have fun, flirt, fight and, of course, dance. Its earthy humour and eternal themes of ageing, loneliness and desire is an antidote to grumpy old men and women everywhere.
Genres: Drama Romance Music
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2007-11-25
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Tico-Tico no Fubá
Overview: Tico-Tico no Fubá is a 1952 Brazilian comedy film directed by Adolfo Celi and starring Anselmo Duarte. It was entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival. The film is a fictionalized biography of Brazilian composer Zequinha de Abreu (1880–1935), who penned the song "Tico-Tico no Fubá" that became an international hit in the 1940s.
Genres: Drama Music History
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1952-04-21
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Carnival of Crime
Overview: Mike, an architect, is married to Lin, a beautiful and unfaithful woman. Returning from a trip, he finds she's disappeared. When he tries to locate her, he also learns about her many affairs, and he gets closer to Marina, his efficient assistant, who helps him solve the mystery.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1962-06-05
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Gordos e Magros
Overview: After staying the day at the gym, eating and drinking, Carlos, a fat man, go meet his parents, Helena and Jorge, at the party they are throwing. He is drunk and end up having a fight and leaving home.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1976-01-01
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Adolfo Celi, a Man for Two Worlds
Overview: italian documentary
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2006-02-19
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Paulo Autran – O Senhor dos Palcos
Overview: A portrait of the evolution of theater in the 20th century and a deep reflection on the art of acting through the career of Paulo Autran (1922-2007), one of the greatest actors in Brazil.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2017-10-10
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Sonhos de Menina Moça
Overview: Iolanda, a widow who is the matriarch of a large and complicated family, is the hostess of a large party in a mansion that brings back many memories. The celebration is marked by a barbecue with lots of gossip and fun among old friends.
Genres: Romance Drama Thriller
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1988-09-10
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Alias Gardelito
Overview: The title of this story is taken from the name of the great Argentine singer Carlos Gardel, the idol of the antihero Toribio portrayed by Alberto Argibay. Toribio's goal in life is to emulate the famous singer and making his own way successfully in the music business. Yet at the same time, he does not stop his illegal means of making ends meet, stealing and petty thievery. Discouraged when his big break never quite materializes, Toribio heads for disaster when he joins up with a large smuggling scheme.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1961-01-02
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Vinicius de Moraes
Overview: To celebrate the life and the work of a multifaceted creator – playwright, poet, partner of the most important names of Brazilian pop music and, above all, an enlightened character of the Brazilian cultural history - director Miguel Faria Jr. gathered an incomparable cast of partners, singers, friends and rare images from the archives recalling Vinícius’ genial simplicity, with the spontaneity, the humor, and the freedom of a person chatting over a bar table, exactly how the eternal Vinícius would enjoy.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2005-11-01
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Appassionata
Overview: Sílvia Nogalis, a renowned concert pianist, prefers her career to her marriage. On the night she performs Beethoven's "Appassionata", she learns of the death of her husband, maestro Walter Hauser.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1952-05-26
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Fogo e Paixão
Overview: The story of citizens from different parts of the world who come together to participate in a project to visit a Latin American city, however its location is not revealed.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1989-04-29
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Fable of the Beautiful Pigeon-Fancier
Overview: Orestes, a rich factory owner, falls for the beautiful Fulvia. They communicate using pigeons, to avoid being discovered by her husband.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1990-05-30
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Copacabana Palace
Overview: For three days at the Copacabana Palace in Rio de Janeiro, amorous cross-fertilizations are intertwined with petty tricks against the backdrop of the famous carnival festivities. Three (sympathetic) accomplices are beaten to a punch in the hotel vault; three charming stewardesses are looking for entertainment, but their three Carioca host, musicians Tom Jobim, Luiz Bonfá, and João Gilberto, are married; a man, separated from his wife, wants to catch her in the act of adultery.
Genres: Crime Comedy Adventure Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1962-11-03
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Quando a Noite Acaba
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1950-12-07
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Querida Suzana
Overview: Romantic comedy...
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1947-01-01
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Bloody Hands
Overview: Maos Sangrentas translates to Bloody Hands in English, and that's just what this gruesome Brazilian melodrama delivers. The story begins when a gang of dangerous convicts escape from a penal colony. With the police in hot pursuit, the escapees cut a gory swath through the countryside. As his comrades are killed off one by one, the leader of the group descends into gibbering madness. In contrast to this, a subplot develops involving the least dangerous of the escapees, who murdered his wife in a peak of self-righteous rage and is now seriously in doubt about the wisdom of his deed. Principal scenes reworked in 1962 to make the film The Violent and the Damned (q.v.).
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1955-08-05
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É Proibido Beijar
Overview: Eduardo wants to become a police reporter. To do so, he unravels a mysterious crime, but fails to get the editor of his newspaper to promote it. He is engaged to Suzy, who works at a nightclub. In charge of interviewing a famous actress, June, gets involved in several embarrassing situations that are created by Suzy and two other reporters, Harry and Steve, who follow June since her arrival in Brazil.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1954-06-02
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Plínio Marcos — Nas Quebradas do Mundaréu
Overview: The theatrologist, actor, director and overall polemist Plínio Marcos gets his life traced through images of the many spectacles he has put on interviews from various moments in his life, from the most rebellious and marginal, when he lacked resources for his art, to when he was invited to go to Paris and talk about his work
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2013-01-01
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I, I, I José Lewgoy
Overview: Documentary discussing the life and work of José Lewgoy, one of the most important Brazilian actors of all times.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2011-11-25
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Esse Rio que Eu Amo
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1962-07-09
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Time of Violence
Overview: Wealthy banker Antônio witnesses the murder of a journalist, who got killed for exposing the activities of a gang of smugglers. After they find out about him, Antônio and his wife are both targeted and pursued by the criminals.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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Inezita Barroso - A Voz e a Viola
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2013-11-21
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The Violent and the Damned
Overview: When chain gang prisoners attack their guards, some of the hardened criminals escape Brazil's infamous Anchieta Prison amidst all the pick-ax carnage. The government dispatches a machine-gun squad to round up the fugitives, who have fled by foot and boat and now have begun to turn on each other.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-01-01
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Extraterrestrial Cat in Boots
Overview: A Cat from outer-space comes to earth and befriends a Miller's Son and together they set out to defeat an evil wizard.
Genres: Fantasy Science Fiction Family
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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Caminhos do Sul
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Genres: Adventure
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1949-01-01
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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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Lobby do Batom
Overview: The most successful case of collective fight for women's rights in Brazil.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2022-03-28
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