Nuno Leal Maia
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Biography: Nuno Leal Maia (Santos, October 17, 1947) is a Brazilian actor and football coach. Graduated in performing arts at the School of Communication and Arts at the University of São Paulo, his first work was in 1973, participating in the two feature films Anjo Loiro and A Virgem; however, it was in the film Act of Violence, in which he played a prisoner who dismembered women, which earned him the Air France Award for Best Actor. On the other hand, his television debut began in 1976, playing Acioli in the soap opera Estúpido Cupido; but his consecration only came in 1984, as Bertazzo in Vereda Tropical, being elected Best Actor by the APCA Trophy.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Santos, São Paulo, Brazil
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Birthday: October 17, 1947
Age: 77 years old
Gender: Male
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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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A Werewolf in the Amazon
Overview: In search of a powerful hallucinogenic, five friends embark on a dangerous journey deep into the Amazon. But a bad trip isn't the only threat as they discover when they stumble across the hidden camp of the crazed Dr. Moreau and his murderous animal-human hybrid creations.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2005-09-30
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Lady on the Bus
Overview: Solange is a recently married young woman whose wedding night did not end well. After constant fights with her husband, she decides to live through her sexual frustration by sleeping with strangers she picks up on crowded buses in Rio de Janeiro.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1978-04-17
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Act of Violence
Overview: Antônio Nunes is sentenced to 30 years in jail, after having killed a woman, and becomes known as ripper of women. Infatuated Tânia begins to visit him frequently and hires a lawyer to try to take him out.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller Horror
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1981-04-06
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As Amantes de Um Homem Proibido
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Genres: Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1978-10-10
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The Seven Vampires
Overview: A clumsy detective and his secretary are hired to solve the mysterious, vampiresque deaths happening at a nightclub show.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1986-09-09
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What Ever Happened to Dulce Veiga?
Overview: In the 1980s, a journalist sets out to find the whereabouts of a famous singer/actress who disappeared decades earlier. During his search, he goes across several states in what ultimately becomes not only a search for a missing person but a journey of self-discovery.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2008-06-27
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The Scarlet Scorpion
Overview: Anjo, a millionaire playboy who moonlights as a crime fighter, leaps into action when his arch-nemesis, the Scarlet Scorpion, kidnaps a beautiful fashion designer.
Genres: Crime Mystery Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1990-02-01
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As Feras
Overview: Paulo has a strange relationship with his cousin Sônia, whom he loves since childhood. But she despises him and, being in love with another woman, causes a lot of humiliating situations to him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1995-12-31
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Águia na Cabeça
Overview: A senator having contacts with illegal betting activities is killed by the man who is his right arm, who wanted to get his position. But the power structure resents this disturbance and can fall apart, specially since there's a witness.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1984-04-01
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Rei do Rio
Overview: Two friends get rich running an illegal gambling business. But soon they start to compete, and become rivals.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1985-06-11
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Ao Sul do Meu Corpo
Overview: São Paulo, late 30's. Alberto (Paulo César Pereio) is an intellectual and professor who announces to his friend and pupil Polidoro (Nuno Leal Maia) he won a scholarship to study in Paris. In Paris Polidoro receives a letter in which Alberto announces that he married Helena (Ana Maria Nascimento e Silva). Polidoro returns to Brazil in 1945, when there was a strong political agitation against the New State. Alberto invites Polidoro to spend a few days at his home in Campos do Jordão. After reaching the site he is told by Helena that Alberto was forced to travel urgently. She insists he should stay there until the return of her husband and, while waiting, she seduces him. Then, after several days of intense passion, she orders Polidoro to go away and never see her again.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1982-12-17
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Cocky
Overview: Shy countryboy from Itu (a town in Brazil where everything is unusually big) is invited to work in the house of a rich woman, who ends up discovering the boy's hidden (and big) qualities...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1978-09-11
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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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The Pleasure Principle
Overview: In a financially troubled farm in the 1930's, its depraved owners become attracted to their new handsome and young handyman.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1979-01-01
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Elas São do Baralho
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1977-12-07
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Índia, a Filha do Sol
Overview: A military man picks up a Native Brazilian woman and heads to a gold panning site where he has undisclosed business to attend to.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1982-07-04
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Perdoa-Me Por Me Traíres
Overview: Glorinha, a middle-class 15 year old girl, always thought her mother Judite had killed herself, and that her father Gilberto has gone crazy as result. Her friend Nair takes her to a high-class bordello, where she wants to work. When uncle Raul, who raised her, discovers her prostitution, he decides to finally tell her all the truth about her parents' story.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1983-10-31
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Anjo Loiro
Overview: Armando, a single high-school teacher living a steady life, sees his world crumbles when he falls in love with Laura, the ex-girlfriend of one of his favorite students.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1973-10-26
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Estação Rock
Overview: Osso experiences three major dilemmas in his life: at the same time as he dreams of being successful in a band made up of unstable and immature young people, he also seeks to get closer to his parents and rebuild a relationship.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2020-03-30
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Louco Por Cinema
Overview: Movie director gets crazy while shooting a film, and goes to a mental institution. There, he leads a revolt, kidnapping a group of Human Rights activists and demanding a camera as ransom.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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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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Monte Serrat
Overview: Monte Serrat is a short film filmed from the tale Three Lost Treasures, scored by Machado de Assis.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2021-04-29
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Oceano Atlantis
Overview: In a Rio de Janeiro after the catastrophe, only the hills were immune to a flood that left the asphalt submerged. While the Navy is rationing provisions and some are sacrificing themselves to avoid starvation, a diver goes to the bottom of the sea and finds a submerged civilization there.
Genres: Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1993-01-02
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Paranóia
Overview: Four thieves enter a house and terrorize a family.
Genres: Crime Horror Thriller
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1976-09-13
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Inquietações de Uma Mulher Casada
Overview: Unhappy with her marriage, woman looks for sexual satisfaction by any means.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1978-12-20
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Chão Bruto
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1976-01-01
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The Claudia Case
Overview: Based on the true events that took place in the 70s, in Rio de Janeiro. The body of beautiful girl Cláudia Lessin Rodrigues, actress Márcia Rodrigues's sister, was found in the seashore. After Police investigation, it was found she had been murdered on a party by a rich industrialist's son and his socialite hairdresser buddy, after much sex, alcohol and drugs, specially Mandrax (methaqualone). She'd probably resisted being raped and the killers threw away the body in the water. One of the guys tried to escape flying to Switzerland.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1979-08-26
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O Escolhido de Iemanjá
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Genres: Fantasy Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1978-06-12
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Tainá - An Amazon Legend
Overview: The film tells the story of Tainá, a 5 years old orphan Indian girl who dreams of becoming a warrior and discovering her true origin. Along the way, she makes unexpected friends such as Laura, a lost city girl, and Gobi, a nerd Indian boy. They learn to overcome their mutual differences while going through their eventful journey. Taina confronts the ancestral enemy of her family, Jurupari, the incarnation of Evil, who wants to destroy the Forest.
Genres: Adventure Family
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2011-07-03
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Retorna, Vencedor
Overview: A young man returns to the country and find surprises,
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1968-01-01
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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 Virgem
Overview: Four couples go to a country seat. One of the girls is still a virgin, and his boyfriend proposes a game which changes the group behavior.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1973-12-09
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It's Dough That Girls Like
Overview: After watching an erotic animation in the movie theater, Ana falls in love for the lead character, the "macho man" Valdisnei. She tries to reach him through telephone, and she deceives him through an invitation to an audition. While in the audition, a tragedy happens.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1998-08-24
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Guerra é Guerra
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1977-05-18
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Embalos Alucinantes: A Troca de Casais
Overview: Sexual adventures of a prostitute's son and a bordello owner, who like to swap women.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1979-06-04
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Kiss of the Spider Woman
Overview: The story of two radically different men thrown together in a Latin American prison cell. One is Valentin, a journalist being tortured for his political beliefs. The other is Molina, a gay window-dresser who fills their lonely nights by spinning romantic fantasies drawn from memories of old movies.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-07-26
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Cada um Dá o Que Tem
Overview: Comedy anthology in three segments, each one involving beautiful and uninhibited women.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1975-06-23
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Stories Our Cinema Did (Not) Tell
Overview: Filled with raunchy laughs, this documentary compiles outrageous scenes from sex-comedies that shaped Brazil's "pornochanchada" boom of the 1970s.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2017-03-06
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Alguém
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1980-02-06
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Bandidos da Falange
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Genres: Thriller
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1983-07-14
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Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor
Overview: Pedro, a poor Portuguese immigrant, comes to Brazil to try to change his life, but ends up getting in trouble. He falls in love with the wife of one of his best friends and marries her; soon after, she cheats on him.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1989-08-17
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A Hora do Terrir
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2007-09-22
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Gabriela
Overview: In 1925, Gabriela, a poor, uneducated, yet charming woman becomes cook, mistress, and then wife of Nacib, a bar owner in Ilhéus, a small Brazilian coastal town run by the local colonels.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1983-03-24
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How to Hack Your Boss
Overview: Victor accidentally sends a compromising email to his nagging boss. With the help of his office crush and a clueless friend, he'll try to save his job while having to deal with a rook hacker the porn industry, a children's online game and Smiley, the company mascot.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2021-06-04
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Olhos Livres
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2021-08-22
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Trópico de Leão
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2025-01-29
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