Cássia Kis
Also Known As: Cássia Kiss, Cassia Kis, Cassia Kiss, Cássia Kiss Magro, Cássia Kis Magro
Biography: Cássia Kis (São Caetano do Sul, January 6, 1958) is a Brazilian actress. Considered one of the greatest actresses in the country, she became especially popular for playing antagonists and emotionally unstable women.Cássia has won several awards, including a Grande Otelo Award, a Press Trophy, an APCA Award, two Guarani Awards and four Quality Brazil Awards.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: São Caetano do Sul, São Paulo, Brazil
Birthday: January 06, 1958
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Gender: Female
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Red Carpet
Overview: Quinzinho has a promise to keep: to take his son, Neco, to the city to watch a Mazzaropi movie. They live in a small farm in São Paulo. In this odyssey through the towns of São Paulo, he also takes his wife Zulmira, who goes unwillingly, and their donkey Policarpo. On their journey, they find regional peculiarities and undergo magical situations related to popular belief.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2005-10-07
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The Dead Girl's Feast
Overview: "The Dead Girl's Feast" narrates the story of Santinho, a young man who has been exalted to the position of a saint in a remote riverine community of the upper Amazonas state, after performing a “miracle” upon the suicide of his own mother. The film seeks to be an intimate picture of the ones who are involved in this sect and of the infinite human capacity of “fabricating” faith and seeking for some sense in the horrifying experience of death.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2009-06-12
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Chico Xavier
Overview: A biography of spiritual medium and author Francisco Candido Xavier.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2010-04-02
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Brainstorm
Overview: Neto is a middle class teenager living a normal life. After his father finds a marijuana cigarette on his pocket, he is sent to a mental institution, where he gets to know a completely absurd and inhumane reality in which people are devoured by a corrupt and cruel system.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2001-06-22
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Bróder
Overview: Three childhood friends plan meeting for a day in order to reassert their friendships and fight for their differences. One of them is involved with crime, one is a famous football player and the other struggles to maintain a middle-class lifestyle.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2010-02-17
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The Ballroom
Overview: An evening in an old time dance hall in Sao Paulo introduces us to local characters who reminisce about the past, wonder about the future, have fun, flirt, fight and, of course, dance. Its earthy humour and eternal themes of ageing, loneliness and desire is an antidote to grumpy old men and women everywhere.
Genres: Drama Romance Music
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2007-11-25
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The Dolphin
Overview: According to an Amazonian legend, every month, during the full moon, a Brazilian fishing village receives a mysterious guest: the Boto, who transforms into a human to seduce and be loved by women and hated by men. One of her conquests is the daughter of a fisherman, who has a son with the Boto. He constantly reappears to seduce her, and even when she marries, he continues to look for her. This provokes the ire of the husband, who wants to kill him anyway.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1987-06-19
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Not by Chance
Overview: Enio is a middle-aged man who lives in solitude after a failed relationship. Pedro, 30, dates Teresa, who is moving to her home. He inherited a carpentry from his father and a taste for the pool. When a traffic accident crosses the parallel trajectories of the two, the imponderable imposes itself and the uncontrol begins.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2007-06-07
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Memories of Prison
Overview: In the 1930s, novelist and politician Graciliano Ramos is accused of being a communist sympathizer. He is then arrested and sent to the Ilha Grande prison, where he experiences the disturbing treatment reserved for common prisoners.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1984-06-18
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A Hora Marcada
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Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2000-01-01
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Ódiquê?
Overview: Portrait of troubled middle-class young men living in Rio de Janeiro. With no attention from their parents, they turn to urban violence, as a compensation. A group of friends decide to kidnap a rich youngster to get some money to spend during the Carnival.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2004-01-01
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Good Luck
Overview: After several behavior problems, teenager John is admitted to a psychiatric clinic by his family. There he meets Judith, for who he soon falls in love. The problem is that she does not have long to live and they know it. This shall not prevent the emergence of a great romance in the clinic.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2014-05-30
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The Pastor and the Revolutionary
Overview: O Pastor e o Guerrilheiro is a Brazilian feature film inspired by a true story, which takes place in the 1960s and 1970s and at the turn of the millennium - in the last days of 1999.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2023-04-13
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Billi Pig
Overview: The aspiring actress Marivalda, her husband Wanderley, a bankrupt insurance broker and a false priest do their best to get along in life. But they end up in the hands of a drug boss, whose daughter they promised to save the life of, hit in a shooting at a party in São Cristóvão. A huge cash reward is at stake and now all three have to chase the promised miracle.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2012-03-02
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My Name Ain't Johnny
Overview: The true story of João Guilherme Estrella ("Johnny"), a young middle-class bon vivant who became a big-time cocaine dealer in Rio de Janeiro in the early 1990s.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2008-01-04
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Pasárgada
Overview: Irene is a lonely 50-year-old ornithologist who, during secret research in the rainforest, immerses herself in a sensory journey to rescue her desires, facing her dilemmas that confront the illegal trafficking of wild birds.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2024-09-26
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Domingo em Família
Overview: An elderly couple, Dona Lu and Seu Souza, live in the district of Paty do Alferes, in a simple little house where they raised their children. When the tenant dies, the landlord's heirs evicted the couple, and it is up to the four children to decide their future.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1983-06-22
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Condenado à Liberdade
Overview: The murder of a wealthy couple shocks public opinion, with the eldest son accused of killing his parents. Condemned beforehand by the press, he needs to prove his innocence.
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Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2001-04-20
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O País dos Tenentes
Overview: With death getting near, a retired officer remembers the most important passages in his life and his participation in historical events in Brazil, such as the Lieutenants' Movement, and the 1964 coup.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1987-05-25
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High Art
Overview: Peter Mandrake, a North-American photojournalist becomes embroiled in South America's dangerous underworld of pimps, drug gangs and arms smugglers when he sets out to find the killer of a local call girl.
Genres: Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1991-06-01
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Whirlpool
Overview: Luzimar cycles each day to and from work at the local cotton mill in his hometown of Cataguases, Minas Gerais, Brazil. He is a hard-working man, trying to make the most of what he has. One day, his childhood friend Gildo reappears, driving a fancy car and boasting of his successful life in São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo. As the two sit down for a beer, memories, regrets and old resentments slowly resurface.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2017-02-09
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The Tenants
Overview: Valter's life turns upside-down when a gang of smalltime criminals move in next door. Valter's wife Iara wants something to be done about their new neighbors whos nigthtly activities does not allow them to sleep. Valter just wants to be left alone.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2009-09-29
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How Do You See Me?
Overview: How Do You See Me? is a Brazilian documentary feature that entwines both experienced actors and beginners to explore the hardships and the happiness that are inherent to the job when detached from the glam and glitz of the gossip industry, creating a diverse and comprehensive mosaic of what it means to be an actor in Brazil, a country so full of contradictions. The film brings forward a reality that the masses usually don't get to know: the men and women moved by a deep passion for acting and touching people. With Julio Adrião, Matheus Nachtergaele, José Celso Martinez, Cássia Kis, Nanda Costa, Babu Santana, Luciano Vidigal and Letícia Sabatella, among others.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2017-11-24
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Encantados
Overview: The real-life story of Zeneida, a girl who moves to a farm with her mother and finds herself having an unusual connection with a forest spirit.
Genres: Drama Romance History
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2017-12-07
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O Circo das Qualidades Humanas
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Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2000-01-21
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Real: The Plan Behind History
Overview: In May 1993, Brazil experienced one of the worst economic crises in its history. The government then decides to set up a real task force to solve the problem. Confined to a bunker as a way of shielding the operations of growing political pressures, the special economic team will have to do its best to reach agreement and create the Plano Real.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2017-05-18
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O Auto da Boa Mentira
Overview: In four stories inspired by humorous tales by Ariano Suassuna, each created based on phrases by the poet from Paraíba, we meet Helder, Fabiano, Pierce and Lorena, living different situations where, ironically, the lie is always the protagonist.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2021-04-29
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