Raul Cortez
Also Known As: Raul Christiano Machado Cortez
Biography: Raul Christiano Machado Cortez (São Paulo, August 28, 1932 – São Paulo, July 18, 2006) was a Brazilian actor, producer and director. Throughout his career he won the country's main awards, including two Press Trophies, three APCA Awards, five Molière Awards, a Brazil Quality Award and a Candango Trophy from the Brasília Festival, in addition to having received two Grande Otelo nominations and two to the Guarani Prize.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Adult: No
Deathday: July 18, 2006
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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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To the Left of the Father
Overview: In 1940s São Paulo, Pedro’s tasked to retrieve his estranged brother André. André’s departure stems from a domineering father, an overly affectionate mother, and Pedro’s jealousy over the father’s favoritism. Further complicating matters is André’s unconventional relationship with their sister, Ana.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2001-10-29
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The Other Side of the Street
Overview: Regina, a lonely 65 year old who works on the neighborhood watch for the police in Copacabana, believes to have witnessed a murder in the building across the street, and ends up getting involved with the suspect in a potentially dangerous chain of events that will force her to take stock of her life.
Genres: Thriller Drama Romance
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2004-03-12
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Os Trapalhões no Auto da Compadecida
Overview: In the small town of Taperoá João Grilo and confusion Chicó live setting, addressing a sacristan and a humble baker. Everyone lives under the excesses of the bishop, the priest and the major. Until an attack on the city, all die at the hands of the bandit Severino and must stand trial in the sky, which puts everyone before God and the Virgin Mary.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1987-04-22
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Case of the Naves Brothers
Overview: After their relative and associate runs way, the Naves brothers inform the police of the incident, who end up arresting them under the accusation of murdering the missing person. The brothers are tortured in order to confess a crime they did not commit while their wives are raped.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1967-05-30
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The Obsessed of Catulé
Overview: In the Brazilian countryside, poor sharecroppers join a messianic group led by Joaquim, who believes he is the reincarnation of Jesus Christ. Gaining power over the peasants, he begins to persecute those who do not pay absolute obeisance.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1965-05-21
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Capitu
Overview: Adaptation of Machado de Assis’s classic novel “Dom Casmurro”. Bentinho and Capitu are friends since childhood and end up marrying. But Bentinho destroys his life when he starts suspecting Capitu has an affair with his best friend and that his son is not really his.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1968-11-22
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Person
Overview: Person is a documentary about the life and work of filmmaker Luiz Sérgio Person. The documentary brings the reconstruction of the history of the São Paulo filmmaker through the personal journey of his daughter, Marina. Through interviews with friends, family, and people who worked with Person, she seeks to discover more than dates and biographical data.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2007-08-10
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Tensão no Rio
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Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1984-08-29
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Roberto Carlos a 300 Quilômetros por Hora
Overview: A mechanic who wants to become a race car pilot has his great opportunity when he has to take the place of another pilot who had suffered an accident.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1971-12-06
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Os Trombadinhas
Overview: In São Paulo, a businessman wants to rehabilitate street children, called "trombinhas", through a social project. After being discouraged by the police, he seeks help from the coach of the Santos Futebol Clube youth team.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1979-01-02
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Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: As Noivas de Copacabana - O Filme
Overview: Adaptation of the series shown in 1992. A sequence of crimes in the same style intrigue: a man walks with a woman on the beach; she dresses as a bride and is brutally strangled in the middle of the act of love. To prove the authorship of the crimes is the great challenge of detective França.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama TV Movie
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2015-01-20
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Brazil Year 2000
Overview: Year 2000. Brazil was partially devastated by the Third World War. An immigrant family arrives in a small town, which they call "I Forgot." The trio is recruited by an indigenist to pretend to be indigenous during the visit of a general. In the dilemma of integrating into the system or preserving individual freedom, the family moves toward disintegration as the city prepares to launch a space rocket.
Genres: Science Fiction Music Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1969-11-21
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Cinema de Lágrimas
Overview: An aging Brazilian actor teams up with a film student on a trip to Mexico, in order to find out an unknown movie his mother allegedly watched before she committed suicide.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1995-11-28
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O Anjo Assassino
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Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1967-05-23
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Identificados
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Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2008-01-02
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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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Janaína - A Virgem Proibida
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1972-12-20
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Garoto Cósmico
Overview: Three children, Cosmic, Luna and Maninho, live in a futuristic world, where lives are totally programmed. One night, while trying to get points to earn a bonus at school, they get lost in space and discover an infinite universe.
Genres: Animation Science Fiction Family
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2007-01-01
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Desesperato
Overview: Directed by Sérgio Bernardes Filho, "Desesperato" tells the story of a writer (Raul Cortez) who leaves his home to carry out literary research in the country's most obscure settings. Unhappy with the current national situation, the historian joins a guerrilla force with serious consequences.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1968-03-17
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Vera
Overview: Based on the life of Brazilian poet Anderson Bigode Herzer, this intense drama tells the story of Bauer, a trans man who navigates a difficult life in an orphanage before finding love with young librarian Clara.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1986-10-24
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Jardim de Alah
Overview: An overlook at the southern Rio de Janeiro neighborhoods, from the perspective of one of its most well-known places: Jardim de Alah, a group of squares on the middle of neighborhoods Ipanema and Leblon. There, people of different social classes interact together - workers who live in the Cruzada de São Sebastião building and the local bourgeois class who live in fancy condos. There, the rich and the poor unite in the same spirit.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1989-01-02
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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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The Man Who Bought the World
Overview: In a fictitious country, a civil servant receives the greatest inheritance in history (ten trillion dollars) and is confined by authorities to prevent a collapse of the world economy. But he manages to escape.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1968-09-16
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Aguenta, Coração
Overview: The relationship among three friendly couples turns upside down when two of the men get a job on TV. Their girlfriends leave them, looking for more action in their lives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1984-05-25
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Pecado sem Nome
Overview: Upon arriving at the building where he works, Pedro finds the janitor, Hilário Garcia, dead inside one of the elevators. Inspector Canovas, in charge of the case, discovered that Hilário was Portuguese, widowed, with an only child living in the United States. Several suspicious people are detained and interrogated and, during the investigation, a guard and a girl are killed. With the help of the North American police, Inspector Canovas discovers that Hilário's son, Antônio and his wife Vanda, had already returned to Brazil. The two are located in São Paulo and detained for investigation. At the police, Antônio confesses to Carlos, his brother-in-law, that he was responsible for his father's death. Based on these statements, Canovas concludes that the caretaker was murdered because he discovered that his son and brother-in-law made a living from various suspicious businesses and were acting outside the law.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1978-06-04
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Albert, the Rockefeller
Overview: Adaptation of the successful Brazilian TV series "Beto Rockefeller". Albert is a cunning poor man who pretends to be rich, using his congeniality and lack of morals to mix among rich people.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1970-01-01
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A Arte de Amar Bem
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1970-01-01
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Time of Violence
Overview: Wealthy banker Antônio witnesses the murder of a journalist, who got killed for exposing the activities of a gang of smugglers. After they find out about him, Antônio and his wife are both targeted and pursued by the criminals.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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Cristo de Lama
Overview: The story of Antônio Francisco Lisboa, the famed Brazilian sculptor and architect born in the 17th century who became known as "Aleijadinho".
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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O Seminarista
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1977-01-01
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Amor de Perversão
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1982-06-15
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Vianinha
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1987-09-14
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Lima Barreto: Trajetória
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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