Carla Camurati
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Biography: Carla de Andrade Camurati (Rio de Janeiro, October 14, 1960) is a Brazilian filmmaker, screenwriter, cultural producer and former actress. After being featured in telenovelas such as Livre para Voar (1984) and Fera Radical (1988), she left her acting career in 1994 to dedicate herself to filmmaking, founding Copacabana Filmes and directing several films since then. She also became an influential cultural producer, having chaired the International Children's Film Festival and the Municipal Theater of Rio de Janeiro between 2007 and 2014.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Adult: No
Birthday: October 14, 1960
Age: 64 years old
Gender: Female
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Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
Overview: "Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
Overview: Two years of research and visits to collections, cinematheques and museums; almost seventy interviews that generated 30 hours of recorded material; more than two hundred scanned photos and more than one hundred films watched. In total, more than a thousand hours of work were needed to prepare Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century. The work is a fascinating journey through all the cinematic cycles that Brazil lived, from the pioneering Belle Époque, through the great studios like Atlântica and Cinédia, Cinema Novo, the urban comedies of the 70's, until the resumption in the late 90's. The documentary is unique, it gives the floor to who really wrote and lived this story intensely.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2017-03-31
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The Egg
Overview: Writer and poet Clarice Lispector investigates and develops the old question of what came first, the egg or the chicken.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2003-01-01
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Antonio Carlos Gomes
Overview: An Italian actress arrives in Belém do Pará, to stage the last moments of Carlos Gomes, author of “O Guarani”.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1996-01-01
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The Good Times Are Here: Let It All Hang Out
Overview: Two stories chronicle the days of the bohemian, libertine youth of 1960s Rio de Janeiro.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1985-04-29
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New Wave
Overview: This erotic and anarchist dramatic comedy brings together stories about the female players of a newly formed football team, who are forced to deal with the prejudices of a conservative society that reviles them, as well as grapple with their own personal problems.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1984-08-30
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O Olho Mágico do Amor
Overview: An innocent working girl finds a hole in her wall through which she can see the action in her neighboring apartment, where a prostitute meets her bizarre clients.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1981-11-13
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Lamarca
Overview: The real story of Carlos Lamarca, a captain who, during the military dictatorship in Brazil, deserted Brazilian Army and got involved in left-wing guerilla groups, becoming one of their most prominent leaders.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1994-05-01
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Hidden City
Overview: After seven years in jail, Anjo meets up with his former accomplice, now head of a criminal organization. The former detainee finds himself embroiled with an underworld star, Shirley Sombra, and finds enmity with a corrupt police officer.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1986-06-08
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Naked Star
Overview: An aspiring actress is hired to dub a recently deceased movie star in an upcoming erotic thriller. As the recording sessions go on, the voice actress finds herself slowly being influenced by the dead star’s presence.
Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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Fumando Espero
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2009-05-22
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A Mulher do Atirador de Facas
Overview: In a circus, the big act is that of the knife thrower, assisted by his wife. The couple takes risks in real life, in a show of great skill and coldness, which respects a blood treaty.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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Eternamente Pagu
Overview: Eternamente Pagu is a biographical film about Patrícia Galvão, best known as Pagu, a Brazilian political, literary and artistic activist. An important figure of the Brazilian Modernism, Pagu was also a militant for the Brazilian Communist Party after she married writer Oswald de Andrade. She broke up with Andrade and, as a journalist was arrested by the Dictatorship of Getúlio Vargas. After she left prison, she abandoned Communism in favor of Trotskyist Socialism, married Geraldo Ferraz, and started a career as theatre director.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1987-05-12
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The Body
Overview: Xavier, a pharmacist, lives peacefully in bigamy with his two women, Carmen and Beatriz, but the harmony breaks down when they find he has another lover, Monique, a nightclub dancer.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1991-07-12
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The Femme Fatale Meets the Ideal Man
Overview: A poor woman is visited by the fairy godmother who turns her into a brilliant movie and TV star.
Genres: Fantasy Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1987-01-01
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Torquato Neto, O Anjo Torto da Tropicália
Overview: A documentary chronicling the life and works of Brazilian poet, songwriter, journalist and avant-garde filmmaker Torquato Neto, from his beginnings to his suicide at the age of 28.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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O Cinema das Mulheres
Overview: Passionate about the magic of cinema and historically imposed on a place of invisibility, prejudices and stereotypes, how can women challenge, break with oppression, look after precious archives, play remarkable characters, produce and direct successful films? The documentary illuminates the trajectories of dreams, challenges and victories of talented Brazilian women in our audiovisual sector.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2020-01-01
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