Louise Cardoso
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Louise Ferreira Cardoso (Rio de Janeiro, April 17, 1955) is a Brazilian actress, producer and acting teacher.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Adult: No
Birthday: April 17, 1955
Age: 70 years old
Gender: Female
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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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Peacetime
Overview: Rio de Janeiro, April 18, 1945. Brazil's foreign policy aligns closely with that of the United States and opens a brief period of democratic rule after the end of World War 2. For years, hundreds of people were arrested and tortured by the Vargas regime. But with the external pressure, several political prisoners gain freedom.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2009-08-14
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From Beginning to End
Overview: Two brothers develop a very close relationship as they are growing up in an idyllic and happy family. When they are young adults their relationship becomes very intimate, romantic, and sexual.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2009-11-12
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Aunt Virginia
Overview: Aunt Virginia is a 70-year-old woman who has no children and has never been married, and ends up being convinced by her sisters, Vanda and Valquíria, to move to another city in order to take care of her parents. Taking place in just one day, the film follows Virginia's preparation to receive the sisters who are coming to her house to celebrate Christmas.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2023-11-09
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Muita Calma Nessa Hora
Overview: Three young friends, Tita, Mari and Aninha decide to change their situations and travel to a beach place for a weekend. On the road, they meet Estrella, a hippie that wants a hide to try to find her unknown father. Together, they will live hilarious, absurd and moving situations. More than a change the air, they change themselves.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2010-11-12
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Killed the Family and Went to the Movies
Overview: In Rio de Janeiro, after an altercation with his father and mother, a young man named Bebeto kills his family and goes to a movie theater, where he watches four weird vignettes.
Genres: Drama Comedy Horror
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1991-01-10
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Os Trapalhões na Serra Pelada
Overview: The friends Curió, Boroca (Dedé Santana), Mexelete and Bateia they venture in search of gold in the mine of Serra Pelada. The area is controlled by the foreigner Von Bermann, whose orders are executed by the bully Bira. Thirsty of being able to, the foreigner smuggles the gold and he wants to take possession of the lands of the Brazilian Ribamar, that refuses to do business before the son's arrival Chicão. With the help of the four dabblers, the boy struggles with the thieves and it helps the father in danger.
Genres: Family Comedy Adventure
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1982-05-07
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O Diário de Tati
Overview: Tati is a typical teenager, unable to learn mathematics, but very intelligent when creating plans to escape the punishment of the mother. During the summer, she needs to hide that she has to do math classes to improve her grades, conquer Zeca, the most popular boy in school and also care for the heartache of her mother, who wants to try to find a new love.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2012-08-24
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Sweet Mother
Overview: Picucha may seem old-fashioned, but she has modern ideas and a great sense of humor. As the matriarch of a big family, she is involved in the daily lives of her children, grandchildren and other relatives. Undeterred by the typical problems of old age, she uses her many years of experience to solve problems in the best way possible.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family TV Movie
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2012-12-27
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Os Vagabundos Trapalhões
Overview: Bonga, his three friends and his girlfriend Loló care for abandoned children in a cave on the outskirts of a city. One day, Pedrinho runs away from home and goes to live in the cave. His father, a powerful industrial, offers a reward to anyone who brings the child back.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Family
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1982-02-02
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Cabaret Mineiro
Overview: An adventurer travels by train through the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, meeting old and new lovers and remembering love affairs of his youth.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1981-03-30
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Leila Diniz
Overview: The life of Brazilian actress Leila Diniz.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1987-11-01
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Baixo Gávea
Overview: Clara directs the rehearsals of a theatrical play about Fernando Pessoa while constantly seeking the right man and the love of his life. One of the actresses is the lesbian Ana, who interprets the poet Mário de Sá Carneiro. She is Clara's friend and confidant with whom she shares an apartment. Clara does not perceive Ana's love for her, that always helps her to recover from the disappointments. Unlike the character Sá Carneiro, poet of decadentism, nostalgia, metaphysics and vague, Ana is the pragmatic side of Clara, who often brings a disillusioned vision as if it were Fernando Pessoa himself, who may be associated with concepts of the poet's heteronyms.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1986-01-01
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Teu Tua
Overview: A comedy divided in four episodes, set in different time periods, each starring a different couple, yet all facing the same issue: marital jealousy.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1979-01-01
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Se Segura, Malandro!
Overview: Paulo Otávio is the host of a pirate radio station on the slums of Rio de Janeiro. He struggles to mantain the station working, since the only help he's got comes from news reporter Calói. Their story goes beyond as the city starts to face a crime wave.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1978-08-26
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Urubus e Papagaios
Overview: High Court judge returns to the small town where he was born, bringing along his beautiful and young wife. The local men get aroused and start looking for young lovers at the local bordello. Their wives even make promises and novenas asking the disappearance of the new couple. One day, the judge dies, leaving his wife unsatisfied. The corpse, as if wanting revenge, keeps an erection on.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1987-05-14
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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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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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The Business Women’s Club
Overview: Jongo, a renowned photographer, and Candinho, a young and inexperienced journalist, arrive at a decaying country club of São Paulo's high society, run by women involved with the law.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2024-11-28
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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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Pérola
Overview: Soon after learning of the death of his mother Pérola, Mauro returns to his old family home in Bauru (São Paulo, Brazil). A look back into his mother’s peculiar habits, her illusions, sense of humor, spirituality, and desire to control all things... with the love and tenderness that only distance and time allow. A reunion between mother and son: their conflicts, conversations, and dreams of a better life all converge in constructing a swimming pool in their backyard. It is a portrait of an ordinary family that fights, makes up, celebrates, cries, and carries on, full of stories just like any other.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2023-09-28
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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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The Dream's Not Over
Overview: The routine of a group of brazilian teenagers living in Brasília, Brazil's capital. Their aspirations, dreams and illusions presented in a context of a country that was on the final years of a dictatorship back in the 1980s.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1982-08-06
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A Porta ao Lado
Overview: Everything seems to be going well in the stable relationship between Mari and Rafa, until Isis and Fred move into the apartment next door. The new neighbors make no secret of the fact that they are in an open relationship.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2023-03-09
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Bar Esperanza
Overview: A group of eccentric people gather at a popular bar in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1983-05-19
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Apolônio Brasil, Campeão da Alegria
Overview: Apolônio Brasil was a pianist at a famous nightclub in Rio de Janeiro, from the 1950s until his untimely death. Quite a character, Apolônio was loved by women and idolized by his audience and friends. His contagious joy attracts the attention of American scientist Dr. Boris Lewitsky, who comes to Brazil in order to interview Apolônio's close friends and make them a most unusual offer concerning the remains of the late musician.
Genres: Music Comedy Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2003-08-21
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Miramar
Overview: Story with some autobiographical touches taken from director's life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1997-11-19
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Viva Sapato!
Overview: A light-hearted and high-spirited story, full of spice, sensuality and romance, Viva Zapato tells the tale of Dolores, a beautiful Cuban dancer who decides to leave her failing marriage and open a restaurant by the beach with her aunt from Brazil. When her aunt sends her a pair of shoes instead of the money to start up the restaurant, she angrily sells the useless gift for spare change. Her dream fades away - until she discovers that the money was hidden in the heel. The zany search for the shoes begins, as she follows the footsteps through the lively streets of Havana, running into the quirky, colorful characters that bring Viva Zapato and Dolores' dream.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2003-05-17
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Gaijin: Ama-me Como Sou
Overview: In 1908, Titoe leaves her country, Japan, to try her luck in Brazil. Her intention is just to get rich and return in five years. But life has other plans for her.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2005-09-02
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For All - O Trampolim da Vitória
Overview: 1943, World War II. The northeastern coast of Brazil is an strategic region for the Allies. Giancarlo, an Italian immigrant married to a Brazilian woman, lives nearby the Parnamirin Field, the largest military base built by the USA outside of their territory. In this new base, Brazilian recruits who speak English suddenly find themselves reaching privileged positions.
Genres: Comedy Romance War
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1998-05-15
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O Coronel e o Lobisomem
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Genres: Adventure
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1979-03-19
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The Rich Are Something Else
Overview: Tadeu, a poor lad from the Northeast of Brazil, comes to Rio de Janeiro to try his luck. His good looks and education win him the favor of rich people. In his spare time, he becomes the favorite among lonely and rich ladies. Soon he gets involved in trouble.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1977-09-26
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1972
Overview: Two teenagers from opposite sides of town, with very little in common except for their passion for music meet in 1970's Rio de Janeiro, at the height of the military dictatorship _ and of Brazil's booming underground rock scene.
Genres: Romance Comedy Music
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2006-11-24
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Uma Quase Dupla
Overview: Keyla the police officer and the unprepared detective Claudio could not be more incompatible. However they are forced to form a duo to solve the series of mysterious murders that are happening in the quiet city of Joinlândia.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2018-07-19
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A Saga da Alma de um Poeta
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2016-06-20
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45 do Segundo Tempo
Overview: In order to recreate a picture taken in 1974, during the inauguration of São Paulo subway, Pedro meets two school friends he had not seen for 40 years. If their existential crises, ageing and (astray) ways were not enough, Pedro announces, to everyone's surprise, he intends to take his own life — even though not before he sees his soccer team win a championship.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2022-08-18
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Who Killed Pixote?
Overview: The true story of the boy who became famous when he was cast for the main part on the Brazilian film Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco (1981). After the film was over, he tried to work as an actor on other projects, with little success. As time went by, he got involved with crime.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1996-11-01
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O Seminarista
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1977-01-01
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Parceiros da Aventura
Overview: Rio de Janeiro crooks rove about, performing petty tricks to survive, and get involved with a woman who steals cars.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1979-06-10
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Copacabana
Overview: Moments before turning 90 years of age, Alberto remembers his life, lived in Copacabana, a neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro. The film is a comedy about old age nowadays, with Copacabana as a background.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2001-07-06
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Irma Vap: O Retorno
Overview: After many flops, theatrical producer decides to stage a former hit, "O Mistério de Irma Vap". But he is going to face many problems to find the right actors and get the necessary permissions.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2006-04-07
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Body
Overview: São Paulo, today. Bones are found in an anonymous grave and sent to the morgue. The coroner Artur deals with actresses and extremists. A body gets preserved for more than thirty years. An identity is searched...
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2007-08-28
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Branded For Life
Overview: A true friendship develops between Jojô, a prostitute Rosa, and the young Eduardo, who survive on the streets of Rio de Janeiro. Everything goes well until ambition takes over the trio, causing friends to aim for bigger goals, planning a big assault that could cost them their lives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1977-11-24
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O Escurinho do Cinema
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Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1989-08-19
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Just Another Christmas
Overview: After taking a very nasty fall on Christmas Eve, grinchy Jorge blacks out and wakes up one year later, with no memory of the year that has passed. He soon realizes that he’s doomed to keep waking up on Christmas Eve after Christmas Eve, having to deal with the aftermath of what his other self has done the other 364 days of the year.
Genres: Comedy Family Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2020-12-03
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Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
Overview: Conducted from interviews with personalities who lived with Leila Diniz (1945-1972), the documentary is a record of an era and, above all, it rescues the participation in Brazilian culture of the actress who opened the way for the sexual revolution during the dark years of the dictatorship.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2021-10-28
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The Egg
Overview: Writer and poet Clarice Lispector investigates and develops the old question of what came first, the egg or the chicken.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2003-01-01
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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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Alô Tetéia
Overview: In a humorous way, the film narrates the adventures - or misadventures - of a typical girl from the south of Rio de Janeiro who decides to go to the beach, but her car won't start. Having decided, she goes on the bus and gets into a thousand messes.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1978-10-17
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Duas Histórias Para Crianças
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1982-01-01
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A Mulher do Atirador de Facas
Overview: In a circus, the big act is that of the knife thrower, assisted by his wife. The couple takes risks in real life, in a show of great skill and coldness, which respects a blood treaty.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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