Alexandre Rodrigues
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Biography: Alexandre Rodrigues is a Brazilian actor. He is most famous for playing the part of Buscapé, the narrator and protagonist in the 2002 film City of God. He has most recently appeared in American singer John Legend's music video for the song "P.D.A. " released in 2007
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Birthday: May 21, 1983
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Gender: Male
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City of God
Overview: In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious drug dealer diving into a dangerous life of crime.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2002-08-30
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Cidade de Deus: Oficina dos Atores
Overview: Documentary on the preparation of actors for "City of God".
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2003-01-01
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O Fim de Arsênio Godard
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Genres: Drama War
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2013-01-01
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EAS
Overview: A group of terrorists kidnaps a soccer player's daughter and plans to blow up the Maracanã in the middle of the World Cup. Rafael, a former member of the Anti-Kidnapping Squad, has a mission to save the girl and prevent this disaster.
Genres: Crime Drama Action
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2017-11-30
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Anita & Garibaldi
Overview: Giuseppe Garibaldi (Gabriel Braga Nunes), 32 years old, commander of the republican rebels that invade Laguna, Santa Catarina, during the Farrapos War (1835 - 1845), finds his soul mate in Anita (Ana Paula Arósio), 18 years old, wife of local shoemaker. Between passion and battles, they will define the course of their lives and influence the course of the revolution.
Genres: History Romance
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2013-12-06
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Memórias da Chibata
Overview: Juca, a black kid, sees his friends and his mother being hit by his stepfather, without being able to do anything against it, but when he knows that he is the great-grandson of João Cândido, the leader of the sailors rebellion against the chibata hits adopted by Brazilian Navy till 1910, he takes an extreme attitude towards changing the course of his life.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2006-06-09
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Buscapé
Overview: With executive production by Fernando Meirelles and direction by Fred Luz, actors Alexandre Rodrigues and Edson Oliveira are Buscapé and Barbantinho, two friends who meet again in today's City of God: bigger, more diverse and connected.
Genres: Action
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2022-09-12
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Cafundó
Overview: Cafundó is a 35 mm color film which blends fact with fiction in the life of João de Camargo, a former black slave (1858-1942, Sorocaba, Brazil) who, in his old age, works miracles and devotes himself to assisting others in order to attain his freedom. João de Camargo represents the genesis of religious and cultural syncretism in Brazil.
Genres: Drama History Documentary War
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2005-09-29
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Jumbled 2
Overview: In this Brazilian mockumentary, Paulo, Manuel, Eric and Alex all have a shared dream: to make a blockbuster action movie. The challenge is immense, as it requires bringing their grandiose ideas down to Earth. Each is equally passionate and narrow-minded about what they do, and in spite of a predilection for getting into trouble, nothing will stop them from pursuing fame, success, and the money they lack for the project in one hilarious misadventure after another.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2022-10-13
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Forbidden to Forbid
Overview: Three young Brazilian try to help a terminally ill woman who lives in the slums of Rio de Janeiro. Their youthful idealism is shattered with the cruel reality of police brutality.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2007-10-10
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Stray Bullet
Overview: The path of five bullets and the people they pass during a shootout in a square. Anyone can die.
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Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2003-08-01
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Christabel
Overview: A new look at the poem, "Christabel" (1816), by the British S. T. Coleridge. The only daughter of a rural worker, Christabel meets Geraldine, a mysterious woman who claims to have been attacked by men and needs help. In her innocence and purity, Christabel welcomes Geraldine into her father's house. From then on, the two protagonists relate in a way that Geraldine has a great influence on Christabel, destabilizing her convictions and promoting rupture of the traditions, but that bring a feeling of passion and freedom never experienced by her. In this adaptation, instead of England, the history takes place in the rural zone, in the middle of the closed Goian; The character Geraldine is a mysterious, free and independent woman who appears to swing the established structure and pre-framed relationships, which weigh on Christabel and her father.
Genres: Fantasy Romance Horror
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2018-05-31
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City of God: 10 Years Later
Overview: City of God – 10 Years Later investigates what happened to the actors who took part in the award-winning film directed by Fernando Meirelles and Katia Lund. This documentary shows what City of God’s worldwide success meant to their lives. Were the actors prepared for the film’s success? Did the social background of some of them prove stronger than the opportunity that came their way?
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2013-10-05
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