Vera Holtz
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Vera Lúcia Fraletti Holtz (Tatuí, August 7, 1953) is a Brazilian actress and theater director. She began her artistic career in theater in 1975 and, from the early 1980s, she also began acting in cinema and television.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Tatuí, São Paulo, Brazil
Adult: No
Birthday: August 07, 1953
Age: 71 years old
Gender: Female
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Angels of the Sun
Overview: In Northeastern Brazil, twelve-year-old Maria is sold to have a better life as a housemaid. However, Maria is resold and sent to a brothel in the Amazon gold fields and put to work by the despicable Saraiva.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2006-03-04
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Love is All
Overview: A family with financial difficulties has a brilliant idea: to make their daughter Lindinha get pregnant of the famous singer Ivan Cláudio to inherit a lot of money and get them out of the choke. They plan the right day that the girl should go out with the star and begin to follow his performance schedule. They just didn't count with one thing: the jealous Jennifer, wife of Ivan, who will not let this story cheap.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2011-09-30
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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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Nos Tempos do Cinematógrapho
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Genres: Horror
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1996-01-01
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Teatro de Máscaras
Overview: Sara, a theater aficionado, begins to experience episodes of mental confusion. At this difficult stage in her life, she resorts to memories of the plays she has seen.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2023-01-24
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Women in Fury
Overview: The young, pretty and shy Angela Duvall is jailed for murder in some Latin American country. In the prison she gets brutally "initiated" by the other inmates. The nice, honest and handsome prison doctor believe she's innocent and tries to help her out.
Genres: Horror Action Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1984-05-10
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Tereza & Tereza
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2014-02-04
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The True Story of the Ballerina in Red
Overview: Fictional Documentary. A dancer in one of the paintings by Edgar Degas one day stepped out of the canvas, conquers the world and disappears during the carnival in Rio; mix of the academic universe, avant-gard art and the underworld sex scene. The movie was shot in Paris, NY and RJ.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2010-09-01
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Carvana
Overview: Chronicles the life and career of Hugo Carvana, brazilian actor and filmmaker.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2018-04-11
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Meus Dois Amores
Overview: Manuel is a crafty cowboy and swindler who lives to serve his two great loves – his fiancée Das Dô, and his mule Beija-fulô – and his business of selling unsound horses to suckers. The killer Targino arrives in town looking for a horse. Thinking that he is being clever, Manuel sells a sick horse to the assassin. Targino swears that he is going to kill Manuel, and dishonor Das Dô’s reputation after he’s dead. Under pressure, Manuel calls on the magic of Toniquinho das Pedras to protect his body. However, the witchdoctor demands the mule Beija-fulô as payment. Manuel, sees himself in the dilemma between having to choose between his fiancée Das Dô, and the mule, Beija-fulô.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2015-02-19
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Savage Capitalism
Overview: Elisa is a journalist who becomes romantically involved with Hugo, a director of the company Jota Mineração, when she receives an order to write a story about the company. However, the relationship between the two begins to destabilize when the company that Hugo runs begins to extract gold from indigenous lands.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1994-02-01
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O Compadre de Ogum
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1994-12-29
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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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O Nosso Livro
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Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2005-01-01
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Malasartes e o Duelo com a Morte
Overview: Small-town trickster Pedro Malasartes has to face two great enemies: Próspero, who will do anything to impede such a lazy, cowardly person like Malasartes from dating his sister, Áurea; and Death incarnated, who wants to take a vacation after two thousand years collecting lives and intends on tricking Malasartes into assuming his tedious job.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2017-08-10
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Maresia
Overview: Where do you draw the line between fact and fiction in one man's life? That's the issue confronting an art expert delving into the biography of a painter who drowned 50 years ago, whose presence suddenly makes itself felt through the appearance of a contemporary friend.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2016-11-17
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O Cavaleiro Didi e a Princesa Lili
Overview: This adventure movie features Didi as King's Lindolfo groom and valet, a faithful servant to the royal family. After the King's death, his evil brother Jafar tries to seize the throne. He plots for his son Galante to marry young princess Lili, but Didi won't let him get away so easily with his plans. The clumsy valet fights bravely to keep the kingdom safe from Jafar, and he's eager to do anything to help princess Lili and her childhood sweetheart Juan, who is a commoner, to be together.
Genres: Family Adventure
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2006-12-22
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Neurotic Quest for Serenity
Overview: Kika K is a successful star with millions of fans, but behind the scenes, she is in personal and professional crisis: she has to deal with an obsessive fan, a boyfriend with no concept, professional appointments scheduled by the businesswoman and her obsessive-compulsive disorder
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2017-02-02
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Bendito Fruto
Overview: An accident involving a flying manhole cover leads to a chance meeting between two childhood friends: a widow and the owner of a beauty parlor. Thus begins an entertaining game of seduction that brings memories and hidden desires to the surface - furtive passions that end up threatening the hairdresser's de facto marriage.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2004-11-28
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Berenice Seeks
Overview: Berenice is a dedicated female taxi driver in Rio de Janeiro. She is consumed by her job and the little free time she has needs to be divided between raising her son Thiago, a teenager exploring his sexuality, and her troubled relationship with her husband Domingos, a police reporter. The scars of the worn-out relationship, ruined by her husband's violent outbursts, have erased her femininity and led her into a great existential emptiness. The murder of Isabelle, a beautiful transgender woman, on Copacabana Beach, ignites her investigative side and transforms her life.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2017-09-29
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Something Like That
Overview: Caio and Mari are two young people living in a relationship that goes beyond any definition. Over ten years, the plot transits between three striking moments where their desires conflict and their relationship is put to the test. The film, originated from the short film of the same name in 2006, proposes a reflection on sexuality, labels and how time constructs and transforms relationships.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2017-10-12
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Café, um Dedo de Prosa
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Genres: Animation
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2017-05-14
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Tônica Dominante
Overview: Three days in the life of a young clarinetist (Fernando Alves Pinto), who is in love with a violinist (Vera Zimmerman), but can't get her attention. In the first day he feels alone and frail; in the second day what was supposed to be pleasant becomes a nightmare; in the third day he finally achieves fulfillment through music and helps a pianist (Vera Holtz) who is rehearsing for a concert. These three days correspond to a three movement sonata - the director (Lina Chamie) is a musician, so she imprinted a musical structure to her movie, with few dialogs and poetic images. It's a movie for music lovers. Written by CeciliaWolf
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2000-05-31
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Carlota Joaquina, Princess of Brazil
Overview: The Spanish Infanta Carlota Joaquina is promised to D. João VI at the age of 10. Forced to leave for Portugal, Carlota suffers a great disappointment when she meets her promised prince. With the death of D. José, Carlota Joaquina and D. João VI inherit the Portuguese crown. However, frightened by the French Revolution and the approach of Napoleon's army, they decide to flee to their colony: Brazil.
Genres: History Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1995-01-06
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As Quatro Irmãs
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2018-06-28
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Nightly Diary
Overview: A woman in her forties whose life is governed by a tedious and emotionless routine. She has worked in a government office for 16 years where she stamps, numbers, and initials identical documents. She is lonely and takes refuge from the world in her run-down apartment. Her only escape is through her dreams– which are full of life, fantasy, and emotion.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1993-01-01
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Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Presença de Anita - O Filme
Overview: Adapted from the series aired in 2001. Looking for inspiration during the holidays, Nando sees Anita as the ideal character for his novel. She lives in a townhouse where a passionate crime happened in the past. Intense, Anita seduces Nando and awakens to
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2015-01-10
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The Nutty Boy
Overview: The principal character in Helvécio Ratton's delightful film has been adapted from a book and comic created by the Brazilian cartoonist Ziraldo, and tells the tale of a happy-go-lucky 10-year-old child growing up in a city in the 60s.
Genres: Family Comedy Adventure
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1995-07-07
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Assim na Tela Como no Céu
Overview: A religious comedy in 5 segments, illustrating maniqueism on Earth, as shown by movies. God and his son Jesus disagree on how to manage human life on Earth.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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História de Amor
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Genres: TV Movie Romance
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2005-04-28
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