Francisco Ribeiro
Also Known As: Ribeirinho
Biography: Francisco Carlos Lopes Ribeiro (Ribeirinho).
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Lisbon, Portugal
Birthday: September 21, 1911
Deathday: February 07, 1984
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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The Courtyard of the Ballads
Overview: A portrait of the relations between neighbours in a Lisbon courtyard. A story made of small episodes of humour, friendship, rivalry, love.
Genres: Music Comedy Family
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1942-01-23
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The Tyrannical Father
Overview: While rehearsing the annual play, a clerk tries to regain the attention of his beloved, in a comedy of equivoques.
Genres: Family Comedy Romance
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1941-09-19
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The Girl Next Door
Overview: The story of how the conflicting relationship of Eduardo and vaudeville actress Isabel is affected by the passion he feels for their neighbor, Mariana, a young overprotected, and the unexpected visit of his uncle Plácido, a moral teacher.
Genres: Romance Comedy Family
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1945-05-07
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O Grande Elias
Overview: When Mr. Elias discovers that his aunt, who lives in Brazil, comes to visit him, he decides to temporarily occupy the house of a wealthy neighbor who's away so that she doesn't discover that he's not as rich as he told her.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1950-12-12
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A Revolução de Maio
Overview: The most well-known fascist propaganda film in Portugal. A communist man falls in love with a woman of Salazarian beliefs and changes his way of looking at things.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1937-06-06
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House of Ghosts
Overview: Professor Hermes conducts a research on fear, for which he passes contract with a patient to live a supposedly empty mansion. He's counting on his assistant Chico Mota to play a phantom, but soon comes about that there are phantoms (plural) in there.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1964-06-06
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The Spell of the Empire
Overview: Luís immigrated to the USA and intends to become an American. But after his father invites him on a journey to the Portuguese territories in Africa, he will find true love, and also learn to value his country and its colonial grandeur.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1940-05-23
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Três Espelhos
Overview: When a businessman's car crashes and burns, inspector Moisés of the criminal brigade is given the case, as the body has been stabbed. He'll try to reconstruct the financier's personality by the mirrored impressions on those who knew him.
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1947-10-01
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Trilogy of Terror
Overview: An anthology divided in three segments, helmed by three of the most important Brazilian directors of the 20th century. A mother becomes involved with black magic and offers a virgin woman to the Devil in exchange for curing the illness of her only son. A poor laborer is the only man in the village with courage to face a group of guerrilheiros ("guerrilla ghosts") that haunt the minds of the locals. A young man is afflicted by fear of reptiles and spiders and the fear of being buried alive. When he undergoes a shocking event, he becomes unresponsive and is mistakenly buried, only to revive in the coffin after burial.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1968-04-22
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A Menina da Rádio
Overview: Geninha and Fortunato are couple who loves music. He's a good songwriter, she sings well. Despite this, their parents hate each other and do not seem willing to allow their marriage, nor the creation of a local radio for them.
Genres: Music Comedy Romance
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1944-06-03
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O Costa d'África
Overview: Costa is travelling from Africa to London, and wishes very much to his nephew Amadeu, and see by himself how well he has been invested large sums of money he is been sending him. Amadeu 'borrows' for 24 hours a wife, a villa, a car, and a servant - for he has been lies to his uncle all the time. All goes well. But, Costa decides to prolong his stay for two weeks...
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1954-09-19
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O Primo Basílio
Overview: Jorge, a successful engineer and employee of a ministry and Luísa, a romantic and dreamy girl, star as the typical bourgeois couple of the Lisbon society of the 19th century.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1959-12-03
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