Maria Lúcia Dahl
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Maria Lúcia Dahl (Rio de Janeiro, July 20, 1941 – Rio de Janeiro, June 16, 2022) was a Brazilian actress, screenwriter, writer and columnist.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Adult: No
Birthday: July 20, 1941
Age: 83 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: June 16, 2022
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Who Killed Pixote?
Overview: The true story of the boy who became famous when he was cast for the main part on the Brazilian film Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco (1981). After the film was over, he tried to work as an actor on other projects, with little success. As time went by, he got involved with crime.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1996-11-01
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I Love You
Overview: After the collapse of their relationships with other people, Maria and Paulo embark in an intense relationship in order to shield themselves from loneliness.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1981-04-01
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Motel
Overview: Caseli, a young writer and teacher, creates in his imagination characters who would frequent a motel, the subject of the book he is writing. He and Dilma, his student, decide to spend a night in a motel in Rio, where eight couples meet: - Fábio, visual artist and Stefânia, fashion editor of a magazine; - Ferraz, flirtatious dentist and his secretary Cleonice, shy and virgin; - Vera, wife of Ferraz and Kiko, big boy from Ipanema; - Leopoldo and his wife, an elderly couple celebrating their golden anniversary; - Detective Camilo and his assistant Dorô, who try to catch Vera in the act of adultery; - Renato, on vacation from São Paulo and Cláudia, a woman he recently met in Rio; - Gustavo and Lazinha, a couple who use extravagant artifices to achieve sexual fulfillment. In the middle of the night, the corpse of an unknown man appears, and the arrival of the police determines the most diverse outcomes for those who were looking for just one night of love.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1974-01-01
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Horror and Ecstasy
Overview: Girl and her boyfriend are kidnapped. She develops a strange attraction to her kidnapper and the two get involved.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1979-01-02
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The Brave Warrior
Overview: Young congressman Miguel Horta represents a party that is directly opposed to the present government. He slyly switches parties in order to gain favor with those in power, seriously compromising his own ideals and ethics in the process.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1968-11-22
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I Killed Lucio Flavio
Overview: In the early seventies in Rio de Janeiro, detective Mariel Moryscötte de Mattos belonged to a special police force called "The Golden Men". This powerful group of the elite of the police was created with the intention of eliminate crime from Rio de Janeiro, and they had privileges above law to expedite their action against the outlaws. However, absolute power in wrong hands corrupts, and this group formed the "Death Squad", executing criminals without the conventional trial from the justice.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1979-03-01
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O Gosto do Pecado
Overview: After his wife leaves him, Júlio starts an affair with his secretary.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1980-08-22
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Plantation Boy
Overview: After being orphaned, a boy is raised by his grandfather and uncles, rich rural landowners, on a sugarcane plantation where he grows up, studies, learns about politics, love and disillusionment.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1966-05-19
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Noite em Chamas
Overview: A depressed hotel servant goes through a rough night, while his story's interlaced with a number of situations experienced by the hotel guests.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1978-09-18
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Giselle
Overview: Sexy girl seduces all the members of her family. She indirectly causes the failure of his father's marriage, for her stepmother falls in love with her. Then, she has affairs with her father's stepson, and with the farm housekeeper. She and some friends are also raped by some bad guys. But they all celebrate the ruin of traditional family values.
Genres: Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1980-03-05
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Um Homem Célebre
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1974-01-01
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O Bom Marido
Overview: An industrial couple spends more than they can afford. In financial trouble, the husband Afraninho devises a strange kind of business, for foreign executives, in which the product is his own wife Malu. They succeed, and soon other couples start doing the same thing, establishing the competition.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1978-09-04
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A Árvore dos Sexos
Overview: Bondomil, a quiet little town, becomes famous because in its main square there's a tree with strange fruits, with the format of the male sex organ, supposed to be an aphrodisiac for women. Soon the population grows wild, and tourists gather around it.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1977-06-15
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Fruit of Love
Overview: Blum and Elza conduct Scientific and anthropological researches in a desert island, where they use as subjects a old fisherman, the house keeper and a prostitute from the country. But the affection grows between the three of them, and this feelings are capable of compromising the whole research.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1981-01-01
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Macunaima
Overview: Born a fully grown black man in a village in the Brazilian jungle, Macunaíma later magically transforms into a white man before making an adventure-filled trip to the city of São Paulo. Once there, he becomes something of a dandy, falling in love with Ci, a revolutionary who dies in an accidental bombing. After robbing a ruthless industrialist, Macunaima returns to his village where he finds his newly acquired knowledge and possessions of little use.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1969-09-03
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The Big City
Overview: In search of a better life, Luzia leaves the Northeast of Brazil and goes to Rio de Janeiro, looking for her fiance who went first to pave their way. Alone in the Marvelous City, she is forced to accept the friendship and protection of Calunga and, later, the company of Inácio.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1966-05-13
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Rio's Love Song
Overview: Four love stories which portray a wide gamut of emotions and desires against the backdrop of Rio de Janeiro. "Elephant's Stomp" : the story of a highway patrol officer who is infatuated with a mulatto dancer at a local nightclub. "Drao" : a publicity man and a boutique owner who face a crises in their marriage. "You Are Beautiful" : two homeless teenagers seek love amidst their personal misery. "Samba of the Great Passion" : a book maker who is charmed and captivated by the voice of a female singer coming from a building across the street. Characters in search of love in order to escape from the boredom, loneliness and helplessness of their lives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1994-09-15
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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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Revólver de Brinquedo
Overview: Solitary young man, dominated by his mother, lives in a daydream. He buys a toy gun and impersonates a crime book personage.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1977-12-15
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Tem Alguém na Minha Cama
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1976-01-01
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Mais uma Vez Amor
Overview: In Rio de Janeiro, the teenagers Lia and Rodrigo have opposite behaviors and personalities. The clumsy Rodrigo is responsible and good student, while the emancipated Lia is totally irresponsible. They have their first sexual intercourse together on April 23rd, and they schedule to meet each other every year in the same date. Along the years, Rodrigo graduates in engineering and gets married with Clara (Christine Fernandes), having a son. The single mother Lia has a life without any commitment, moves to Paris and comes back to Brazil later. After a comedown, Rodrigo leaves his family and quits his job to live with Lia. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2005-04-21
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Mar Corrente
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1967-06-30
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O Gerente
Overview: A bank manager has a secret. He is compelled to bite society women hands.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2011-01-22
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The Rich Are Something Else
Overview: Tadeu, a poor lad from the Northeast of Brazil, comes to Rio de Janeiro to try his luck. His good looks and education win him the favor of rich people. In his spare time, he becomes the favorite among lonely and rich ladies. Soon he gets involved in trouble.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1977-09-26
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A Terceira Morte de Joaquim Bolívar
Overview: The ideological conflict between Joaquim Bolívar, a young barber member of the Communist Party and the powerful Coronel Gaudêncio, a typical province political leader.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-01
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Pobre Príncipe Encantado
Overview: Wanderley, a young and dreamy Army parachutist, arrives in Teresópolis, a resort mountain town, to enjoy his holidays with his father, a housekeeper for a rich family. Wandering around the woods, he meets Débora, an extremely good-looking girl, but doesn't reveal his true identity, saying only he was a Prince Charming in search of a Sleeping Beauty.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1969-01-05
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O Marido Virgem
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Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1974-06-16
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Idolatrada
Overview: Luís celebrates his golden wedding anniversary with his wife Alice. After the party, when the couple recalls some of the moments they built, he reveals a secret: he had a great passion in the past.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1983-12-05
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Mulher Objeto
Overview: A story about the fantasies of a married woman who lives in a dream several experiences with partners of both sexes.
Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1981-05-24
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Ipanema, Adeus
Overview: Young and rich executive living in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, leaves his wife and kids behind and goes to Porto Seguro, Bahia, to try and live as a fisherman with his mistress.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1975-09-29
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Face To Face
Overview: The story of a civil servant who lives with his elderly mother. Falling in love with a corrupt politician's young and rich daughter, he abandons himself to crazy and violent situations.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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Deixa, Amorzinho... Deixa
Overview: Dino and Dalmo are twin brothers. Dino is very shy, and the other, the opposite: a true Don Juan. When Dalmo dies, after being shot by a furious husband, he is received in heaven by a Club of Don Juans. But, in order to be admitted, he must go back to Earth, incarnated in his brother's body, and correct three mistakes he had made in his previous life.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1975-07-01
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Os Sensuais - Crônica de Uma Família Pequeno-Burguesa
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Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1978-06-13
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O Levante das Saias
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1967-09-13
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Os Bigodes da Aranha
Overview: Sensuality, beauty, sophistication, elegance turning into a great debauchery. Both sides: chic and tacky. Where does one start? Where does the other end? Black tie party with pool, "waterfalls", champagne and murder. A police farce full of humor to the sound of great hitz by Artie Shaw, Marilyn Monroe, Alberta Hunter, Andre Previn and Gipsy Kings.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1991-10-01
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Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Anos Dourados - O Filme
Overview: Adaptation of the series shown in 1986. Marcos and Lurdinha live in love in the 1950s. The young man is the son of separated parents and his mother, Glória, works as a cashier in a nightclub. The conservatism of the girl's family and the sexual repression of the time are factors that affect the couple's relationship.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2015-01-23
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The Bride and Groom
Overview: Vilma has not found peace in life since her father's death. Being an only child and living with her mother, all hopes of lifting both women out of their challenging lives—shared in a poor house in the suburbs of Rio—rest on Vilma. To make matters worse, Vilma becomes pregnant by Otávio, her fiancé of six years, who asks her to have an abortion.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1979-10-12
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