Zécarlos Machado
Also Known As: Zecarlos Machado, Zé Carlos Machado, José Carlos Machado
Biography: José Carlos Machado (Alfredo Marcondes, April 16, 1950), better known as Zécarlos Machado, is a Brazilian actor. With a long career in theater that began in 1975, he began to dedicate himself to television and cinema more effectively only in the 2000s. He became known as the therapist Théo Cecatto, protagonist of the television series Sessão de Terapia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Alfredo Marcondes, São Paulo, Brazil
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Birthday: April 16, 1950
Age: 75 years old
Gender: Male
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As Verdades
Overview: A police officer tries to find out who is to blame for a crime committed against a candidate for mayor of a small town. He hears versions of a hired killer, the victim's fiancée, and the candidate himself.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2022-06-30
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The Best Things in the World
Overview: Everyday family life as perfectly normal madness. “As Melhores Coisas do Mundo“ follows a few days in the life of the 15-year-old Mano, who is fighting on two fronts: his parents have just got divorced and he is going through puberty. Mano tries to make his way through life, with its first sexual experiences, his depressed brother and his self-centered parents. It’s a humorous homage to the pitfalls of daily life and the diversity of life.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2010-05-22
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Alice's House
Overview: Alice, married for the last 20 years to a taxi driver, works in a beauty parlour, has three children, the eldest of whom is doing his military service, and a mother who works as a maid in her house. None of the three siblings pay much attention to their mother, and they treat their grandmother with lack of respect. Alice's life in the female working world contrasts strongly with the powerful masculine presence in her home. Although she's a good girl, the chance to betray uncovers other betrayals she didn't know existed.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2007-11-15
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Liz's Wait
Overview: Liz is surrounded by doubts and uncertainties. Introspective, she searches for the reason why her partner Miguel has gone. While looking for deep inside answers, she feels the need for emotional support from her younger sister Lara. Little by little, the connection between the two sisters becomes more intense. They both rethink their inner values and strengthen their love and admiration. But Lara keeps a secret that justifies Miguel's disappearence, while Liz observes the power of her empowerment sprout.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2022-03-17
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I'd Receive the Worst News from Your Beautiful Lips
Overview: In a remote part of the Amazon, a traveling photographer has an intense affair with a preacher's wife, but secrets from her past threaten to ruin them both.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2011-10-11
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I Swear I'll Leave This Town
Overview: Joli returns home after spending a long period in rehab. Her father, Anthony, a famous city politician, is quite concerned about her conduct and reintegration into society. This is the time when father and daughter will fix the broken ties of the relationship.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2014-09-26
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Friendly Fire
Overview: Brazil in the early 70s. Miguel, Eloi, Osvaldo and Paolo take part in armed attacks against the military dictatorship. They pay a heavy price with torture and arrest. Today the four friends still see each other. Only Miguel is politically active. On a photograph from a political meeting in Sao Paolo he recognises the policeman who tortured them 25 years ago and who was responsible for the death of Miguel's girlfriend. The policeman has been officially dead for a few years. On one of their fishing trips together, Miguel tells his friends of his discovery. When they hunt down and confront their nemesis they come into conflict with both themselves and each other.
Genres: Drama History Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1998-10-15
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Memories They Told Me
Overview: A group of friends, who resisted the military dictatorship, and their children will face the conflict between the daily life of today and the past when one of them is dying.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2013-06-26
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Delicate Crime
Overview: Antônio Martins, respected theatrical critic, is a very rational man. But a chance meeting with young Inês, a nude painting model, is going to rock him. Inês keeps a relationship with painter José Torres Campana, an older man with a deep influence over her. Antônio gets jealous, and the three become characters of a drama saturated with desire and danger.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2005-09-30
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Olga
Overview: Based upon the true story of Olga Benário, the German-born wife of Brazilian communist leader Luís Carlos Prestes. During the dictatorship of Getúlio Vargas (1930-1945) she was arrested and sent to Nazi Germany, where she was put to death in a concentration camp. After World War II began, Vargas decided to uphold the Allies.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2004-08-20
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Sunday Night
Overview: The life of Margot, one of Brazil's greatest actresses, married to Antônio, an award-winning writer and with advanced Alzheimer's, changes completely when she discovers that she also has Alzheimer's. She will need to race against time if she wants to finish one last job, reconnect with her children and maintain the independence to die in peace.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2024-04-04
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The Last Drive-In Theater
Overview: When returning to his hometown with his ill mother, Marlombrando meets again his father and the Drive-in cinema where he spent his childhood. Almeida keeps the cinema functioning with the assistance of only two employees: Paula, who takes care of the projection and the snack bar; Jose, an old friend of Almeida, who helps selling tickets at the cashier and cleaning up the place. The arrival of Marlombrando and the demolition threatening of the Drive-in will bring new directions to their lives.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2014-09-15
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The Ten Commandments: The Movie
Overview: Follows Moses leading and conducting the Hebrew people from the slavery of Egypt to the freedom towards the Promised Land according to the Ancient Testament Bible book of the Exodus. The story told like never before is faithful to the Scriptures.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2016-01-28
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Blood and Wine: A Brazilian Story
Overview: Mateus, his wife Antônia, their three kids and his brother Pedro opened a grocery/bar in Goiânia, Brazil, in 1959, called "Armazém Brazil". But in the opening party, the Police, headed by a violent inspector nicknamed "Capitão", arrive to arrest, with extreme violence, an outlaw known as "Flexa". This violent scene scars the family permanently and becomes the prelude to a tragedy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2006-08-31
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Nise: The Heart of Madness
Overview: After being released from prison, Dr. Nise da Silveira is back at work in a psychiatric hospital on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro where she refuses to employ the new and violent electroshock in the treatment of schizophrenics. Ridiculed by doctors, she is forced to take on the abandoned Sector for Occupational Therapy, where she would start a revolution through paintings, animals and love.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2016-04-21
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Elis
Overview: The film tells the story of the energetic and pulsating singer Elis Regina since her arrival in Rio de Janeiro at age 19 until her tragic and early death. Despite all the difficulties, success comes fulminant and the life of Elis Regina gained national and international recognition, becoming undoubtedly considered today the greatest Brazilian singer of all time.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2016-11-24
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Magal e os Formigas
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2016-12-15
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The Wind
Overview: A small isolated town in Brazil is becoming windless.
Genres: Fantasy Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2009-12-08
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The Sign of the City
Overview: Teca, a late-night radio show host, uses her astrological skills to help listeners who call in for advice. But her own life feels empty and lonely. One day she makes the acquaintance of her handsome new neighbour, Gil, only to find out he is married.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2007-09-29
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Homens com Cheiro de Flor
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Genres: Action Drama Western
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2011-06-13
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Unicorn
Overview: A young girl of 13 lives with her mother on an isolated property. They are awaiting the return of their father and husband. But instead, another man appears, transforming the relationship between the mother and daughter. Based on two short stories by Brazilian poet Hilda Hilst.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2017-10-06
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Reflections of a Blender
Overview: After receiving a patch, a blender suddenly gains consciousness. As it grapples with existential questions, it becomes the sole companion to the grieving wife of a missing man.
Genres: Comedy Thriller
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2010-08-19
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Loop
Overview: After his girlfriend's murder, Daniel, a physics student becomes obsessed with the idea of going back in time to stop the tragedy. He lets himself be consumed by his own obsession until after years of isolation, he finds the solution. Daniel then gives up his future and returns to the past. However, he is not the same man.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2019-11-27
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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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Waves
Overview: After the death of his wife, Paul finds himself trapped in a world where the only connection established is by waves electromagnetic, murdering interpersonal relationships. Paul wants to break free from loneliness, until he finally meets Sofia.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2020-07-09
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Mar de Dentro
Overview: A successful professional, Manuela must deal with the changes in her body when she finds out she is pregnant. Ahead, when the baby is born, she also needs to learn to be a mother.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2020-10-23
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Recortes
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Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2005-07-15
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Behind the Shadows
Overview: Jorge is a private investigator that has a questionable character. He seeks information about the death of a young boy in a small city in the countryside of Brazil, that is full of unfriendly strangers. Nightmares with a woman that he has never seen before, Mariá, torments him. Their meeting, in a haunted woods, will reveal that it is not by chance that Jorge is part of this mysterious investigation.
Genres: Thriller Fantasy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2020-07-15
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Pantanal: The Good Innocence of Our Origins
Overview: The daily life of residents of the largest floodplain in the world, in the heart of South America, one of the most challenging places for human beings. Starting from the eyes of the characters, we will better understand the fragile balance between man and nature in a place where it is impossible not to understand that we are part of something much bigger, in which the movement of droughts and floods determines the way of life.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2021-03-04
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Infinitas Terras (Ou Relatos do Meu Tempo Crise)
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Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2023-08-10
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Mentiras Sinceras
Overview: Focusing on the real-imaginary doubt, the film delves into the role of the stage actor alongside the set-up of Sam Shepard's 'Mente Mentira'.
Genres: Drama Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2011-01-01
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A Cabana
Overview: A woman and a man live their life together in a vague manner, absent and mechanical in the cloud that surrounds them. A couple who cannot see each other. Till when?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2024-10-05
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