Sidney Santiago
Also Known As: Sidney Santiago Kuanza
Biography: Sidney Santiago Kwanza (Guarujá, August 3, 1985) is a Brazilian actor, researcher, activist and theater director. Graduated in acting from the School of Dramatic Art of the University of São Paulo, he is a member and one of the founders of the theater group Os Crespos.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Guarujá, São Paulo, Brazil
Birthday: August 03, 1985
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Gender: Male
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O Pai da Rita
Overview: Roque and Pudim, composers from the old school of Vai-Vai, share a kitchnete, decades of friendship, love for their samba school and a doubt about the past: what happened to dancer Rita, their passion. The emergence of Ritinha, the dancer's daughter, threatens to collapse this great friendship.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2022-05-19
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Lima Barreto ao Terceiro Dia
Overview: On the last days of his life, while succumbing to alcoholism in a hospital, famed writer Lima Barreto chronicles his trajectory story as a black, poor writer living in Brazilian society between monarchy's dying days and early years of republic with its countless social problems, which formed the basis of his many novels.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2019-01-11
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The Twelve Labours
Overview: The story of a young black man, Héracles, who after being released from a juvenile institution, tries to apply for his first honest job as a motorcycle delivery boy. To get the job, he has to perform 12 hard tasks in São Paulo.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2006-01-05
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Perfect Endings
Overview: Like the perfect ending of a great film - that is the way filmmaker João describes the end of his 10-year relationship with Hugo. Despite breaking up, they remained best friends. However, reentering the dating scene brought a whirlwind of emotions, revealing that reality can’t be controlled like a movie script.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2024-06-13
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We're Together
Overview: A sensitive drama located in São Paulo, Brazil, about a young doctor who gets involved with two men and a homeless community at the same time.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2011-06-03
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Meu Sangue Ferve por Você
Overview: In 1979, Brazilian singer Sidney Magal is at the peak of his career. On a TV show, he meets Magali and, enchanted by the young woman, decides to win her over. But, in order to do that, he will have to overcome the resistance of his manager, Jean Pierre, and the distrust of her family, friends and even Magali herself.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2024-05-30
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Stories of Samba
Overview: At a bar table, old samba singer and composer Adoniran Barbosa tells a young waiter stories about a São Paulo that no longer exists. He fondly remembers the maloca where he lived with Joca and Mato Grosso, their passion for Iracema and other characters eternalized in his sambas, chronicles of a metropolis swallowed up by the voracious appetite of progress.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2024-03-21
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The Devil Lives Here
Overview: Three teenagers go visit a friend at his old farmhouse for the weekend. What they didn't expect was to be stuck in the middle of a centenary war between good and evil.
Genres: Horror Fantasy Thriller
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2016-06-21
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The Tenants
Overview: Valter's life turns upside-down when a gang of smalltime criminals move in next door. Valter's wife Iara wants something to be done about their new neighbors whos nigthtly activities does not allow them to sleep. Valter just wants to be left alone.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2009-09-29
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The Sign of the City
Overview: Teca, a late-night radio show host, uses her astrological skills to help listeners who call in for advice. But her own life feels empty and lonely. One day she makes the acquaintance of her handsome new neighbour, Gil, only to find out he is married.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2007-09-29
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The Great Victory
Overview: Independent feature film based on the biography of a Brazilian judo with a great victory that went beyond the mats and medals.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2014-05-08
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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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Reflections of a Blender
Overview: After receiving a patch, a blender suddenly gains consciousness. As it grapples with existential questions, it becomes the sole companion to the grieving wife of a missing man.
Genres: Comedy Thriller
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2010-08-19
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A Comédia Divina
Overview: The Devil himself comes to Earth to open his own church and the world becomes a pandemonium of delights and confusions. Based on a short story by Machado de Assis, the most famous realistic Brazilian writer of the XIX century.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2017-10-12
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Express Kidnapping
Overview: Sao Paulo, Brazil. Isabel, a 25-year-old girl, is kidnapped. The first ATM the criminals try to withdraw money from is broken. It's almost 10:00pm. The kidnappers realize they will not be able to get to the next one on time. What was meant to be an express kidnapping becomes an all-night imprisonment.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2018-10-19
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Dr. Gama
Overview: Based on the biography of Luiz Gama, one of the most important characters in Brazilian history, a black man who used the laws and courts to free more than 500 slaves. Born of a free womb, Gama was sold into slavery at the age of 10 to pay off his father's gambling debts. Even as a slave, he became literate, studied and earned his own freedom, becoming one of the most respected lawyers of his time. An abolitionist and republican who inspired an entire country.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2021-07-29
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Knitting
Overview: Five brothers end up being raised by their older brother after their mother's death. One day, as adults, they receive the news that a comatose man in an ICU could be their father. In the hospital's waiting room, the brothers immerse themselves in their conflicts and memories, and through the knitting learned in childhood.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2021-08-13
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Família de Sorte
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
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