Analú Prestes
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Biography: Analu Prestes artistic name of Ana Lúcia Prestes Sales da Silva (Santos, August 9, 1952) is a Brazilian actress, set designer, author, costume designer and visual artist.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Santos, São Paulo, Brazil
Birthday: August 09, 1952
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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Birthright
Overview: When he learns of his mother’s death, Thomas returns to Brazil with Beni, his partner, and is told he now owns a country house that used to belong to a grandmother he never met. Curious to connect with his family history, they visit the house and Thomas is welcomed by two aunts that treat him like a long-lost child. As Thomas becomes increasingly enchanted with the place, Beni begins to suspect that something lurks beneath the façade of a quiet country life.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2024-11-21
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The Brazilwood Man
Overview: Fantasy comedy about Brazilian writer Oswald de Andrade, one of the most important icons of Modernism in Brazil. In the film, Oswald is played by two actors: Ítala Nandi, as his feminine anima, and Flávio Galvão, as the masculine half.
Genres: Comedy History Fantasy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1982-02-22
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A$$untina of the Amerikas
Overview: A$$untina of the Amerikas is a musical comedy of a prostitute that, in 24 hours, wakes up, fights her mother, puts her son in anarchy, has a date with Santa Claus, a blue bear and two girlfriends. Then she finally meets her old millionaire lover. They spend their time to talk about everyday life and make love. Based on the novels of Fernando Henrique Cardoso and Wilhelm Reich.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1976-01-01
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For Sale or Rent
Overview: A once-rich family of women in Rio de Janeiro must sell their mansion in order to keep their high standard of living, but the proximity to the slums disrupts business.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2013-08-09
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Tem Coca-Cola no Vatapá
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1975-01-01
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Conjugal Warfare
Overview: Many stories revolving around a poor couple who, in spite of hating each other, still live together under the same roof.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1975-05-01
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Seaside Avenue
Overview: Rebeca is a shy 13-year old girl. She has just moved with her mother to an isolated neighborhood in a small town, near Rio de Janeiro. Since someone is breaking into empty houses, Rebeca is forbidden to go out and spends her days alone, watching from above the wall the street where she lives. Until she sees Mika, a girl of her age, skating down her street. Soon Rebecca finds out that Mika is a trans girl. All this time, she’s been stealing small feminine objects from the local houses. The girls are bound together. Their worlds collide.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2024-11-21
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Desire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro Oficina
Overview: In six decades, Teatro Oficina has done more than revolutionize theatrical language in the country: the aesthetic influence of José Celso Martinez Corrêa's company extends from Tropicalism to the renewal of Brazilian audiovisual languages from the 1960s onwards. The film revisits a story that it involves personalities such as Caetano Veloso, Glauber Rocha, Lina Bo Bardi, Chico Buarque and Zé do Caixão, brings together scenic art, ecology, architecture and sexuality, and mixes art and life in the search for a Brazilian based language.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2021-04-10
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Com Licença, Eu Vou à Luta
Overview: In Nilópolis, Eliane, a 15-year-old girl, who is the daughter of a lower-middle-class couple, falls in love with Otávio, a 33-year-old divorcee. Upon learning of the relationship, Eliane's parents forbid her to meet her lover.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1985-11-30
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So Hard to Forget
Overview: Julia is a 35-year-old English Literature teacher struggling with depression as she tries to get her life back together again after her long, intense love affair with Antonia. Feeling totally abandoned after she and her enigmatic girlfriend broke up, Julia is thrown into a desperate, painful process. Her life and her values have been tinged with unbearable melancholy and her life's measure seems reduced to out-of-focus fragments of her memories. Her inner turmoil and conflicts hamper a process now made necessary - that of readapting to her new life. It is impossible for her to disguise her pain when she attempts to narrate emotions.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2010-10-15
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Ferrugem
Overview: The story of a loving relationship between a brother and a sister that comes to an end.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2015-03-31
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Sultry
Overview: Rio de Janeiro, 2016: the city simmers in anticipation of the Olympic Games. Lawyer Ana defends the interests of residents of homes to be replaced by stadiums, roads and luxury hotels. Is the heat affecting her perception or is the struggle becoming visible on her skin?
Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2018-01-27
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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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Operações Especiais
Overview: In a crime-plagued area of Rio de Janeiro, a team of honest cops, including a determined rookie, fights corruption and mistrust on all sides.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2015-10-07
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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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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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