David Cardoso
Also Known As: José Darcy Cardoso, Armando Pinto, Roberto Fedegoso, Darcy Cardoso
Biography: José Darcy Cardoso, better known by his stage name David Cardoso, is a Brazilian actor of film, stage and television, who has also worked as a filmmaker and producer. Founder of production company DaCar Produções Cinematográficas , he's known as one of the main names among the erotic and pornographic productions of São Paulo's "Boca do Lixo". Born and raised in Maracaju, in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, by 1963 Cardoso moved to São Paulo and began searching for gigs as a technician in filmmaking. Working as continuity supervisor and production director at Pam Filmes, Amacio Mazzaropi's production company, he got his debut as an actor in a short role in Mazzaropi's O Lamparina (1963). He would have his first substancial role in Walter Hugo Khouri's "O Corpo Ardente", in 1966. By the early 1970s Cardoso already had gain notoriety as a star, after acting in Glauco Mirko Laurelli's "A Moreninha" (1970). In 1973 he founded DaCar Produções Cinematográficas, which would go on to produce most of his later films. His debut as a director was 1977's DaCar production "Dezenove Mulheres e Um Homem". As an actor, Cardoso was featured in more than 40 films, from pornographic features to family-friendly movies such as Roberto Farias' "Roberto Carlos em Ritmo de Aventura" (1968), including avant-garde and cult films like Ozualdo Candeias' "A Herança" (1971). He played the main part in Rede Globo's soap opera "O Homem Proibido" (1982), leading to a series of protests from a conservative part of the public in account of his well-known connection to erotic productions. Cardoso is father to actors David Cardoso Júnior and Tallytha Cardoso, and currently lives in a farm in his home state of Mato Grosso do Sul.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Maracaju, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
Birthday: April 09, 1943
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Gender: Male
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Trindad... É Meu Nome
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Genres: Western
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1974-02-03
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Corpo Presente
Overview: Three desperate stories about working life in São Paulo.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2011-11-18
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A Moreninha
Overview: Carolina gathers some old friends in her house on Paquetá Island, in Rio de Janeiro. She will find, among them, the boyfriend she had during her childhood and with whom she had exchanged vows of eternal love.
Genres: Romance Drama History
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1970-01-04
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The Inheritance
Overview: An experimental adaptation of Hamlet to Brazil's rural areas. Farmer's son returns home after his father's death and can't stand the thought of his mother marrying his uncle.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1970-11-05
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A Ilha do Desejo
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1975-06-07
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O Guarani
Overview: The love affair between Ceci, a white woman and a handsome Indian, Peri, in Brazil.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1979-11-14
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Roberto Carlos em Ritmo de Aventura
Overview: While making a movie in Rio de Janeiro, the singer Roberto Carlos is kidnapped by an international gang that wants to make money with his songs in a computer, together with Pierre (José Lewgoy) , the villain of the movie, and sent to New York.
Genres: Adventure Music Science Fiction
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1968-12-04
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Caçada Sangrenta
Overview: A sculptor, protected by a millionaire woman, becomes suspect of her murder. He flees to the country, where a violent pursuit takes place.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1974-05-12
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Sem Defesa
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Genres: Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2015-12-01
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Loved and Abused
Overview: Famous crime story writer puzzles police investigator when all the women he gets involved with get murdered.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller Horror
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1976-03-25
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Porno
Overview: Three tales of the erotic: Two young ladies experiment with lesbianism, a handsome and wealthy socialite makes a beautiful woman patiently wait to make love to him, and a gorgeous, but controlling and dominating blind woman makes a hunky stud her sexual hostage in her swanky mansion home.
Genres: Drama Horror Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1981-01-01
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Possuídas pelo Pecado
Overview: Dr. Leme, a rich old man, is frustrated about not having children with his wife Raquel. In his mansion, he gives parties filled with drinking and sex with his secretaries. André, his driver, becomes lover of Rachel and they plan to kill Leme to get hold of his fortune.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1976-10-24
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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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Tentação na Cama
Overview: Roberto is a successful businessman. Persecuted by the police, he will have a dilemma: give a secret or keep on running.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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Agnaldo, Perigo à Vista
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Genres: Adventure Music
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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Body and Soul of a Woman
Overview: A young couple, Rodrigo and Aimé, who love each other deeply and possess everything to achieve full happiness, are hit by fate: She suffers an accident and becomes paralyzed.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1983-01-01
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Os Maridos Traem... e as Mulheres Subtraem
Overview: Two friends live without knowing a most awkward situation: each one is the lover of the other's wife. Jealous, they hire the same private eye to track their women, who, of course, gets very embarassed by the situation, especially when the two couples rent rooms at the same hotel.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1970-01-01
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A Noite das Taras nº 2
Overview: In "Solo de Violino", bank clerk and aspirant violinist Rodrigo is a serial killer. When his next door neighbor reveals that she is in love with his music and Rodrigo, he has difficulties in controlling his killing impulses. In "A Guerra da Malvina", four female thieves break in the house of the porn star David Cardoso to rob money and jewelry, but they end having sex with the actor.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1982-09-10
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O Viciado em C...
Overview: Boy raised in a farm, keep sexual relations with the regional animals. When he reaches maturity he tries to live in São Paulo, but he can't adapt to the city's customs or satisfy his curious sexual desire.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1984-01-31
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Crepúsculo das Deusas
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2022-12-13
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The Nun and the Torture
Overview: Chief of Police Rui, a happily married man of principles, is in charge of investigating Joana, a teacher who's accused of political crimes. After some false starts, he manages to arrest her, but is startled to learn that she's also a nun. The revelation doesn't alter the natural course of events: he must torture her in order to obtain a confession, and gets increasingly attracted to her.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1984-03-07
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As Seis Mulheres de Adão
Overview: Six women revenge themselves on a lady-killer who deceived them.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1982-05-08
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Sedução - A Mulher Fatal
Overview: An wealthy Italian immigrant from São Paulo, watches closely the suitors of his daughter Fiametta, whose two previous husbands "suffered accidents" because they did not bear good children. She can only get pregnant of someone who, like her, bears the blood of the rare K factor.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1974-05-19
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A Hora Mágica
Overview: In the 1950s, while radio is slowly being surpassed by television as the leading broadcast medium, Tito Balcárcel, a voice actor, becomes romantically involved with Lúcia, a fan of his who drags him into a mysterious crime plot.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1998-07-03
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Caingangue - A Pontaria do Diabo
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Genres: Western
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1973-12-29
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I Have Got AIDS
Overview: A docufiction that reveals the obstacles faced by AIDS victims during its worst period when it was a new and deadly disease. Interviews with famous Brazilian personalities and anonymous people about the disease’s pandemic all over the world, their opinions, and hopes for a future cure.
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1986-07-16
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Cabeça a Prêmio
Overview: The Menezes, a powerful family of animal breeders from the Mid-West, have always been at the helm of all illegal dealings in the region. In recent times, they've watched as the system that protected them for so many years slowly disintegrates. Mirão Menezes lives at the mercy of the drug-trafficking industry, the ever-encroaching authorities, and the constant and violent power struggle with his brother Abílio. Mirão's daughter Elaine becomes involved with her father's pilot, finds herself pregnant and decides to flee with him after her Uncle Abílio bribes them. Brito, the hitman sent to find the couple and finish them off, is ironically also victim of a love story.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2010-08-20
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Boca do Lixo: A Bollywood Brasileira
Overview: A documentary on Boca do Lixo, a dowtown São Paulo square that became a tentpole for film distribution on the early 20th century, becoming, from the 1960s on, a production district for popular eroctic films and for avant-garde directors.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2011-04-13
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Um Cara Diferente
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2014-04-14
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Minami em Close-up - A Boca em Revista
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2008-04-17
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E Agora, José?
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1979-12-08
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A Boca do Cinema
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2017-02-25
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A Infidelidade ao Alcance de Todos
Overview: Erotic comedy in two segments: in the first, a candidate running for mayor of a small town pays a visit to the most coveted woman in town, just to show off his manhood. In the other, three couples have fun in a different sort of New Year's eve party, but not according to their plans.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1972-08-21
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O Dia do Gato
Overview: Gato is an experienced thief who breaks into a doctor's house with two cronies for a complicated plan: "sell" the guy's Mercedes to several buyers, as if the car were his, and pocket the thousands of dollars that "buyers" give as input.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1987-03-15
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Quando as Mulheres Paqueram
Overview: Three English women on vacation in Brazil shake the structures of a Brazilian bourgeois family, but while one of them finds love, the other two are disappointed in flirting.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1971-06-15
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Corrida em Busca do Amor
Overview: Two groups of men fighting to conquer an automobile race bowl.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1972-01-05
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Vidas Estranhas
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1968-08-08
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Novas Sacanages do Viciado em C...
Overview: José Carlos finds his perfect partner, a transvestite, and decides to marry.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1985-01-24
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Mazzaropi
Overview: A documentary on the life and work of Amácio Mazzaropi, a phenomenon of popularity and profitability of Brazilian cinema.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2013-10-08
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Corpo Devasso
Overview: A farm worker, after seducing the boss's daughter, flees to São Paulo. Naive, he is faced with a new world made of love, free sex and vested interests.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1980-02-08
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Sinal Vermelho - As Fêmeas
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1972-12-10
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19 Mulheres e 1 Homem
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Genres: Drama Adventure Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1977-06-17
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Men and Women
Overview: Two friends take two prostitutes for a night of pleasure. But the night turns out to be frustrating for all involved, as much bitterness is revealed in their conversation and attitudes, uncovering their anguish and deeper feelings, and the emptiness of their lives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1964-08-17
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Erotic Hunts
Overview: Film in three episodes. On the first, man is seduced by strange woman. The second shows orgies with couples. Punk girls kidnap and rape men on the third segment.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1984-03-12
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Foi Bom pra Você, Benzinho?
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2006-07-13
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O Amante de Minha Mulher
Overview: Alberto Verani is a married farmer and a relentless womanizer. When his wife Marina is away he tries to seduce Condessa Arduini sending her a bouquet signed anonymously. However Marina is the one to find the gift and hides it from Alberto, believing she have a secret admirer. So the husband keeps sending her flowers to test the fidelity while an outsider man discovers the plot and start to takes advantage of it.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1979-02-05
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Bandido, Fúria do Sexo
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1979-11-23
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Desejo Selvagem
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Genres: Adventure
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1979-01-01
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Na Mira dos Assassinos
Overview: A tribute to brazilian pornochanchadas.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2011-01-01
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The Burning Body
Overview: Márcia discovers that her husband is having an affair and decides to take a trip out into an isolated part of Brazil with little human contact. There she finds a black stallion roaming the fields.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1966-07-22
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Férias No Sul
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1967-09-12
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Se Meu Dólar Falasse
Overview: Bums find $15,000 in trash, but the money belonged to criminals.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1971-03-08
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