Daniel Filho
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Biography: João Carlos Daniel Filho, better known as Daniel Filho (Rio de Janeiro, September 30, 1937), is a Brazilian actor, director, filmmaker, producer, screenwriter, voice actor, presenter and author. Responsible for triggering an aesthetic revolution in Brazilian TV during the 1970s, he became a Midas of popular cinema in Brazil during the 2000s. He created one blockbuster after another, many adapted from the theatre. The "Se Eu Fosse Você" (If I Were You) franchise (2006-09), featuring Tony Ramos and Gloria Pires - famous for their soap opera roles, sold more than 9 million tickets.
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Birthday: September 30, 1937
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Gender: Male
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Peacetime
Overview: Rio de Janeiro, April 18, 1945. Brazil's foreign policy aligns closely with that of the United States and opens a brief period of democratic rule after the end of World War 2. For years, hundreds of people were arrested and tortured by the Vargas regime. But with the external pressure, several political prisoners gain freedom.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2009-08-14
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The Unscrupulous Ones
Overview: Upon learning that his rich dad is on the brink of bankruptcy, spoiled Vavá summons his friend Jandir with a plan to get some quick cash: they will blackmail an uncle of Vavá by taking compromising photos of his lover, Leda.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1962-03-24
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O Impossível Acontece
Overview: Anthology comedy made by the director of "The Given Word" among other directors.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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Roleta Russa
Overview: Raul, a playboy, marries Sheila and hire Nina, a photographer, to take erotic snapshots of his wife. Nina acquires an interest on Sheila, and through a maid, investigates the couple's intimate life.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1972-11-20
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Golden Mouth
Overview: After a powerful outlaw dies, a reporter interviews his lover and gets three different stories about the legendary man.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1963-05-03
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Mulheres & Milhões
Overview: Three men who never met each other are hired by a mysterious client to carry out a daring bank robbery.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1961-10-11
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The Kiss
Overview: When a pedestrian is hit by a bus, the simple clerk Arandir runs and kisses the moribund in a gesture of sympathy and unconditional pure love. Opportunist photographer Amado Pinheiro witnesses the scene and sees the opportunity to sell newspaper and, together with the despicable and abusive chief of police Cunha, accuses Arandir of homosexuality.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1981-06-01
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I Have No Idea What I’m Doing With My Life
Overview: Clara doesn't know what she wants to do with her life, until one day she meets Guilherme who helps her to find her own path.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2013-12-20
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Summer Showers
Overview: 70-year-old widower living in a poor Rio de Janeiro suburb falls in love again when he finds a woman of approximately the same age.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1978-04-24
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Eu Sou o Tal
Overview: Winner of a Theater talent contest, in which he was the only one to enroll, Belizário da Silva leaves his hometown, and tries to make it in Rio de Janeiro.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1959-01-01
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Rindo à Toa: Humor Sem Limites
Overview: A portrays of the period in which Brazilian humor had fewer limits (1986-2003), free from military dictatorship.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2018-11-09
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The Story of Fausta
Overview: Fausta, a domestic worker who lives in a slum with her husband João, a drunk and abuser. At work, she has to endure the demands of her boss, and at home, her husband breaks his leg and cheats on her with the neighbor Coizinha. One day, Fausta meets Zé da Placa, and despite the age difference between them, they begin to develop a deep affection for each other, building a beautiful friendship.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1988-05-15
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Mirror of Flesh
Overview: A mirror bought in an auction changes the life of an executive and his wife. They become sexually aroused under the influence of the strange object, which belonged to a bordello in the past. Soon the friends who come to pay a visit also become affected by it.
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1984-11-21
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Darling Stranger
Overview: On Alberto's birthday, his daughter Zezé gets engaged. But the party turns sour when he decides to expose his pain and regrets.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2002-10-06
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The Man Who Bottled Clouds
Overview: A host of personalities reminisce about the life and work of songwriter, lawyer, and congressman Humberto Teixeira — aka "Baião Doctor" — the author of such classic Brazilian popular songs as "Asa Branca". A musical film about the baião, a movement in Brazilian music in the 1940s and 1950s that was later snowed under by samba and bossa nova.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2008-07-28
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La Bréa
Overview: Documentary about Brazilian actress Sandra Bréa.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: pt
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Quilombo
Overview: Quilombo dos Palmares was a real-life democratic society, created in Brazil in the 17th century. This incredibly elaborate (and surprisingly little-known) film traces the origins of Quilombo, which began as a community of freed slaves. The colony becomes a safe harbor for other outcasts of the world, including Indians and Jews. Ganga Zumba (Toni Tornado) becomes president of Quilombo, the first freely elected leader in the Western Hemisphere. Naturally, the ruling Portuguese want to subjugate Zumba and his followers, but the Quilombians are ready for their would-be oppressors. The end of this Brave New World is not pleasant, but the followers of Zumba and his ideals take to the hills, where they honor his memory to this day. Writer/director Carlos Diegues takes every available opportunity to compare the rise and fall of Quilombo with the state of affairs in modern-day Brazil.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1984-06-03
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Bar Esperanza
Overview: A group of eccentric people gather at a popular bar in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1983-05-19
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Till Luck Do Us: Part 3
Overview: After waking from a coma, Tino learns his future in-laws have given him a high-powered financial job, for which he is woefully unqualified.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2015-12-31
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Elis Regina Carvalho Costa
Overview: After the great success of the Rio season of her show Saudades do Brasil, Elis Regina made this special with Globo. In a circus-inspired stage, she sings Alô, Alô, Marciano by Rita Lee and Roberto de Carvalho; O Bêbado e a Equilibrista by João Bosco and Aldir Blanc; and O Que Foi Feito (de Vera) by Milton Nascimento and Fernando Brant, amongst others.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1980-10-03
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What are you Laughing At? Humour and Dictatorship
Overview: Even with all the brutality in the Brazilian dictatorial period, many artists presented themselves as a resistance, using their talent and creativity as a way to trick the censorship.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2018-11-09
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A Cama ao Alcance de Todos
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1969-12-20
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As Quatro Chaves Mágicas
Overview: Sad with her grandfather's death, Maria goes on vacation with her friend João on board a jeep. After being threatened by three thieves and helped by a Japanese traveler who opens their eyes to the mysteries of love, a pair gets lost in the forest and ends up at the home of a strange woman, who turns out to be a powerful witch Astarte. Realizing the danger they are in, Maria asks for help from the forest beings who teach her the secrets of the four magic keys: earth, air, fire and water. With these teachings, Maria leaves for the final confrontation against Astarte.
Genres: Fantasy Adventure Family
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1971-07-03
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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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Subway to the Stars
Overview: In this highly stylized Brazilian drama a sax player fondly remembers one wonderful night spent with his life's love and decides to find her again. He embarks upon a quest through the wild streets of Rio to find her. Along the way he meets an assortment of odd urban underworld characters.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1987-06-02
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Tanga (Deu no New York Times?)
Overview: The dictator of a small Caribbean island receives the New York Times daily, sent by a nephew. Through the newspaper, he gets in touch with the world. Guerrilla groups try to neutralize this information system.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1987-01-01
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Federal Bank Heist
Overview: "The Baron" wanted to commit the perfect heist involving 3 tons of money and no violence. For this he would need the right people willing to get 1 million dollars to take part in this job. Based on true events, in 2005, 168,000,000 Brazilian Real (almost 80,000,000 US dollars) were stolen from a Brazilian Central Bank (Federal Reserve), making it the biggest peace-time robbery in history. It was perhaps the most audacious bank heist ever.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2011-07-22
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Tieta of Agreste
Overview: After being exiled for 26 years, Tieta returns to her native village in Bahia, bringing chaos and upheaving the local order.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1996-08-30
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Tem Boi na Linha
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1957-02-03
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If I Were You
Overview: The publicist Claudio and the housewife and choral teacher Helena have been married for many years, but they do not understand and respect the feelings and view point of the partner. Claudio sees Helena as a shopper and "little teacher of a choral" and Helena sees Claudio as an insensitive and rough man. On the night before the fiftieth anniversary of Claudio, they changed places with each other.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2006-01-06
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Muita Calma Nessa Hora 2
Overview: When Mari produces a music festival in Rio de Janeiro, she invites friends Tita, Aninha and Estrella to join her for another wild adventure.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2014-04-04
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Esse Rio que Eu Amo
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1962-07-09
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Duas de Mim
Overview: Suellen (Thalita Carauta) is a cook who works hard to keep her little son, her younger sister and her mother alone. One day, your dreams come true: she splits in two. Her copy, identical physically, has different personality, being much more extroverted and courageous. The idea would be to divide the tasks with the other one, but soon Suellen realizes that the look-alike has plans of its own, and decides to betray the original.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2017-09-28
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O Amuleto
Overview: Moçambique beach in Florianópolis, have a lot of unsolved murders cases. One day, Diana, Alex, Paulinho and Marcinha went to a party in the forest. In the next day, three teenagers are found death. Diana is the only survivor, but she doesn't remember what happen. The only thing that will help to solve the case is the videos recorded with their cell phones.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2015-05-28
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The Heirs
Overview: An allegory about Brazil's history and the struggle for power since the 1930 Revolution until the advent of the TV.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1970-09-15
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Fuzileiro do Amor
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1956-04-24
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Critic
Overview: Seventy critics and filmmakers discuss cinema around the conflict between the artist and the observer, the creator and the critic. Between 1998 and 2007, Kléber Mendonça Filho recorded testimonies about this relationship in Brazil, the United States and Europe, based on his experience as a critic.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2008-01-22
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O Casal
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1975-05-22
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Golden Mouth
Overview: After his death, infamous Rio de Janeiro mob boss Golden Mouth (named after his all-golden teeth) gets multiple accounts of his life told to the press by his former lover.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2019-12-14
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As Mulheres no Cinema Brasileiro
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2008-05-04
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Vida, Vida
Overview: In Rio de Janeiro, a successful yet underpaid young accountant lives with his pregnant wife in small apartment in middle class neighborhood of Copacabana. Unsatisfied with their way of life, the couple decides to accept the offer of becoming housekeepers of a rich man's vacation residence in a beach town.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1977-01-01
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Vianinha
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1987-09-14
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Ana, a Libertina
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Genres: Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1975-09-01
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Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado
Overview: The life of a famous Brazilian film and television actor, including testimonials from people who knew him and worked with him, as well as excerpts from films and videos in which he acted.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2009-11-19
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Just Another Christmas
Overview: After taking a very nasty fall on Christmas Eve, grinchy Jorge blacks out and wakes up one year later, with no memory of the year that has passed. He soon realizes that he’s doomed to keep waking up on Christmas Eve after Christmas Eve, having to deal with the aftermath of what his other self has done the other 364 days of the year.
Genres: Comedy Family Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2020-12-03
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Armando Costa: “Televisão pra Mim Não é Bico”
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2024-10-03
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A Fúria
Overview: Third part of Ruy Guerra's trilogy initiated in "Os Fuzis" (1964) and "A Queda" (1978).
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2024-12-06
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Tributo - Boni
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2024-11-30
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Resta Um
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Original Language: pt
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Cheer to Life
Overview: Jéssica (Thati Lopes) is a simple young woman, dedicated to her job at an antique shop in Rio de Janeiro, but she feels her life lacks purpose. Everything changes when she finds a mysterious locket identical to an item she inherited from her late mother. Driven by the desire to understand the connection between the locket and her family history, Jéssica teams up with Gabriel (Rodrigo Simas), a distant relative who appears unexpectedly.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2025-01-30
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O Descarte
Overview: After Cláudia, haunted by her husband’s death on a car crash, starts a romance with another man, she starts receiving threatening letters.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1973-05-23
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