Elza Soares
Also Known As: Elza Gomes da Conceição
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Adult: No
Birthday: July 23, 1930
Age: 94 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: January 20, 2022
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Com a Palavra, Arnaldo Antunes

Overview: From his origins as a poet to his success as a singer and composer, Arnaldo Antunes revisits the most remarkable moments of his career.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2018-10-19
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Elza Soares: O Gingado da Nêga

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Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2013-06-13
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Amor e Sorte com Gilberto Gil

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Genres: Music Family TV Movie
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2020-10-21
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Lupicínio Rodrigues, Confessions of a Sufferer

Overview: The documentary celebrates the poetic legacy of Lupicínio Rodrigues, investigating the musical contribution and historical context of this composer born in Rio Grande do Sul and author of hits that surpass generations.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2022-10-22
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Elza Soares: O Que Se Cala

Overview: Brazilian icon Elza Soares shines again.
Genres: Music
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2018-10-10
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Gerson King Combo – O filme

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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2023-08-28
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My Name Is Now, Elza Soares

Overview: A documentary about Brazilian singer Elza Soares and her long career singing samba and jazz.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2014-09-27
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Jorge Aragão - Ao Vivo Convida

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Genres: Music
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2002-07-06
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O Puritano da Rua Augusta

Overview: Old and conservative industrialist goes to São Paulo to visit his children, who are locally in charge of his business. When he finds out they're having more fun than work, at first he is shocked, but gradually starts to join in.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1965-05-07
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O Vendedor de Linguiça

Overview: Story of a sausage salesman, a simple man struggling with family problems.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1962-04-30
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Um Caipira em Bariloche

Overview: Polidoro is a naive farmer. Convinced by his daughter and son-in-law, he sells his farm to Agenor, a swindler and friend of his son-in-law. Through a trap, Polidoro travels to Bariloche while his farm is sold illicitly to third parties.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1973-03-25
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Talking Cinema

Overview: A fragmented style, patchwork of interviews with Caetano Veloso's friends, mixed with conversations, thoughts, scenes of dance and literature excerpts.
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1986-12-11
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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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Elza Soares - Beba-me Ao Vivo

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Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2011-01-02
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O Primeiro Beijo

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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2024-03-19
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Luiz Melodia - Within the Heart of Brazil

Overview: A sound and visual journey that portrays the life and work of singer and composer Luiz Melodia. The Poet of Estácio himself tells us, in the first person, his trajectory as a black boy born on the hill until his transformation into one of the greatest artists in the history of MPB. The film also features an unpublished collection made available by Jane Reis, his wife and businesswoman.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2024-04-13
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História antes de uma História

Overview: Dr. K is an old man who loves hiking, always curious and looking for new knowledge. At some point along the way, strange and mysterious objects appear on your way. Little by little, Dr. K realizes that the objects will actually help him unravel a much bigger mystery: the right techniques for creating an animation.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2014-08-02
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Brasileirinho

Overview: A musical documentary and tribute about "choro", an older style of playing that forms the foundation of all Brazilian composition, including samba and bossa nova.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2005-02-12
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O Samba é Meu Dom

Overview: Between 2009 and 2012, filmmaker Cristiano Abud’s team followed the Brazilian samba musician Wilson das Neves. The result is this documentary, which recaptures the trajectory of Wilson, considered the greatest samba drummer of the 20th century.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2018-10-23
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Martinho da Vila – Sambabook

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Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2013-01-01
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Samba Na Veia 2

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Genres: Music
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2010-02-06
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Flamengo: A Century of Passion

Overview: When Brazilian multi-sport club completed its 100th anniversary, this documentary narrated its story by interviewing some of its most important sportsmen ever, in football, basketball, rowing.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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All for the Music

Overview: Being responsible for all stages of the production of an album, Deck contributed to the success of artists such as Pitty, Sorriso Maroto and Cachorro Grande. The film “Tudo Pela Música” tells the story of this business and family saga - João, his wife and son, Rafael Ramos, run the company - and offers a good overview of the Brazilian music market. Testimonials from record company executives, competitors, artists and the family itself make viewers immerse themselves in the history of the music industry in recent years and its transformations.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2018-06-19
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Sambalanço - A Bossa Que Dança

Overview: During the 1960s, between nightclubs in the South Zone and dances in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro, a musical rhythm known as sambalanço emerged, mixing jazz, samba and Latin music.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2020-09-10
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Dom Salvador & The Abolition

Overview: Dom Salvador & Abolição is a documentary about jazz pianist and composer Dom Salvador, who have been playing for 42 years at The River Café in Brooklyn. One of the architects of Bossa Nova in Brazil and a busy studio session musician and arranger, during the 60’s, Salvador played with the country's best. The man who is credited to be the pioneer of many musical styles, a name in more than a thousand records and the leader of the seminal band Abolition. After recording only one album, Salvador abandons a promising and successful journey with the band to pursue his passion for jazz, moving to New York in the early 70’s.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2020-09-09
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Porfírio do Amaral: A Verdade Sobre o Samba

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Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2020-09-10
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Elza Soares: A Mulher do Fim do Mundo

Overview: Music about becoming women in the contemporary world, their emancipation and struggles
Genres: Music
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2017-03-03
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Eu Não Sou Napoleão!

Overview: What is it to be crazy? What does it mean to be normal? Was madness a disease or a form of expression for the human soul? A disturbing and exciting dive in one of the largest psychiatric hospitals in operation in Latin America!
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2018-03-01
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Elza

Overview: A tender homage to singer Elza Soares, a symbol of the struggle of black women in Brazil since the early 1960s. In an intimate atmosphere, Elza is interviewed together with different friends, like Maria Bethânia and Paulinho da Viola, with whom she performs songs about love, religion and social inequality. Be prepared for one of the most striking voices you have ever heard.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2010-01-01
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Nas Ondas de Dorival Caymmi

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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2024-11-28
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Infinite Elza

Overview: The movie-documentary "Elza Infinita" follows the journey of singer Elza Soares. Its starting point is the musical Elza and the artists who were part of the cast, as they talk about Elza’s life and their own personal experiences.
Genres: Documentary Music History
Original Language: pt
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Andança: Os Encontros e as Memórias de Beth Carvalho

Overview: A documentary on the career of Beth Carvalho, the Brazilian singer who became a well known samba legend from the 1970s onwards, edited together from hundreds of hours of footage and audio files kept (and partially recorded) by Carvalho herself during her lifetime.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2022-10-06
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