Zezé Polessa
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Birthday: September 22, 1953
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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Money on the Side
Overview: Fishy businessman deposits some money in his secretary’s (and lover) account. But a typing mistake sends the money to an honest woman’s account, whose husband had just been fired.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2007-04-06
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The Well Beloved One
Overview: Based on the homonymous work of Dias Gomes , The Well Beloved tells the story of the mayor Paraguassu Odorico, whose primary goal in his administration in the city of Sucupira is the inauguration of a cemetery. One side is supported by the sisters Cajazeiras. On the other, he has to fight against strong opposition led by Vladmir, owner of rag city. For lack of a corpse, the mayor can never accomplish his goal. Not even the arrival of Ernesto - a dying man who does not die - and hiring Zeca Diabo, a bandit killer, provide him with the realization of his dream. Odorico gun situations for someone to die, but the first body to be buried in Sucupira may be the mayor himself, that the hunter becomes the hunted and goes from villain to martyr.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2010-07-23
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As Alegres Comadres
Overview: Scoundrel João Fausto, a former Portuguese officer, arrives in Tiradentes,in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Using his status of former Imperial Court member, he tries to become lover of both ms. Lima and ms. Rocha, with the intention of taking their money.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2003-01-01
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The Story of Fausta
Overview: Fausta, a domestic worker who lives in a slum with her husband João, a drunk and abuser. At work, she has to endure the demands of her boss, and at home, her husband breaks his leg and cheats on her with the neighbor Coizinha. One day, Fausta meets Zé da Placa, and despite the age difference between them, they begin to develop a deep affection for each other, building a beautiful friendship.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1988-05-15
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Bufo & Spallanzani
Overview: Ivan Canabrava is a writer, turned insurance ivestigator who investigates mysterious deaths involving Bufo Marinus. Bufo Marinus is a frog poison causing catalepsy in humans, simulating death, enabling grand insurance fraud and other crimes. Ten years later, now as a successful writer, similar characters possibly using Bufo Marinus reappear and create an intricate plot full of surprises.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2001-08-31
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Minha Família Perfeita
Overview: Fred is a successful publicist who is embarrassed to introduce his girlfriends to his eccentric Italian family. He meets Denise, the woman of his dreams, but she only accepts being proposed after meeting her family. Backed against the wall, Fred makes a date on the set of the margarine commercial he's been working on, but Denise mistakes him for Fred's family - and falls for them.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2022-09-08
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Love Stories
Overview: Eduardo discovers he has a split personality: a buttoned-up São Paulo executive and beach-loving weekend playboy in Rio de Janeiro called Duca. Unconsciously, he becomes entangled with a woman although he's already engaged to another.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2016-09-15
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Irmã Dulce
Overview: Biographical film of Sister Dulce, who, in life, was called the “Good Angel of Bahia”, also nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize and canonized by the Catholic Church. Contemplating from the 1940s to the 1980s, the film shows how the Catholic nun faced an incurable respiratory disease, machismo, the indifference of politicians and even the dogmas of the Church to dedicate her life to the care of the miserable, leaving a legacy that continues today.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2014-11-13
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Chatô, The King of Brazil
Overview: The true story of Assis Chateaubriand, the first magnate of communications in Brazil. Due to his influence during the late 1930s up to the early 1960s, he has come to be called 'the Brazilian Citizen Kane'.
Genres: Drama Comedy History
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2015-11-19
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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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After Eight... Forever
Overview: Tereza tries to leave her past and forge her own destiny and happiness by going through several affairs.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1987-03-11
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Manual para Atropelar Cachorro
Overview: A simple and handy manual to take the boredom under the narration of a sick mind, crazy in any big city. Mojo, a lonely young fanatic about movies and American culture, has dreams that will never come true. After spending his days holed up in a building, he decides to vent his repressed impulses by running over mutton dogs.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2005-01-01
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Couples Counseling
Overview: A seasoned couples therapist comes to realize she might need help with her own marriage after meeting a new pair of young clients.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2016-12-08
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Dedicatórias
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Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1998-08-08
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Doces Poderes
Overview: A journalist is placed upon the management of a large broadcasting company to the capital of Brazil at the time of local elections. She must now face ideological and ethical questions, brought back by a left-wing former boyfriend and her own colleagues. At the same time, a free-lancer spy is sent by an obscure figure in politics to manipulate the elections and its media coverage.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1997-11-17
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Achados e Perdidos
Overview: A retired cop becomes the prime suspect in the murder of a prostitute.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2007-04-19
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Juntos a Magia Acontece
Overview: The death of the matriarch on Christmas eve provokes a crisis that makes the family review attitudes and give a new meaning to the date.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2019-12-25
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Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: As Noivas de Copacabana - O Filme
Overview: Adaptation of the series shown in 1992. A sequence of crimes in the same style intrigue: a man walks with a woman on the beach; she dresses as a bride and is brutally strangled in the middle of the act of love. To prove the authorship of the crimes is the great challenge of detective França.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama TV Movie
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2015-01-20
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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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