Maria João Abreu
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Maria João Abreu, was a Portuguese film, television and stage actress. Her most notable works include Portuguese TV series Médico de Família, Aqui Não Há Quem Viva, Golpe de Sorte, and her strong presence in the typical Portuguese genre of "teatro de revista". She was famous for her uplifting roles, mostly associated with humour.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Lisbon, Portugal
Adult: No
Birthday: April 14, 1964
Age: 61 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: May 13, 2021
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Call Girl
Overview: A powerful entrepreneur wants to build an exclusive resort hotel in Villanova, but he discovers the location he has in mind is protected by local land-use regulations. He hires Maria, a beautiful and elegant prostitute, to seduce the mayor, leaving him open to blackmail if he won't give the entrepreneur what he wants. Maria has no trouble twisting Meireles around her finger, but police detectives Madeira and Neves get wind of the plan and set out to expose the plot...
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2007-12-27
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A Revista é Liiiinda!
Overview: A multidisciplinary display of culture, with an abundant dose of comedy as well as sharp social and political critique.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2006-06-11
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Portugal à Gargalhada
Overview: With the sophistication expected from the most refined Broadway musicals, this show revisits the ways and tradition of the most beloved genre of Portuguese theatre.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2016-01-17
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Florbela
Overview: Shaken by a divorce in the 1920s, Portuguese poetess Florbela Espanca uses her writing to deal with her tumultuous relationship with men, eroticism and love.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2012-03-08
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Amo-te Teresa
Overview: Amo-te Teresa tells the forbidden love story of Teresa and Miguel, aged 35 and 15, respectively. Teresa is a doctor and, after a frustrated love life, she decides to abandon Lisbon and returns to her native land. Immediately, a strong attraction forms between Teresa and Miguel, a friend of her oldest son.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2000-01-11
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Outside
Overview: Laura works as a newscaster and José Maria as a stockbroker, and while they live in the same housing complex, their lives never cross directly. Nevertheless, he watches her from a distance, seeing all her movements without her knowledge. But their lives finally meet when he is invited onto her news program. From there, a romance begins which coincides with the desire of two beings who finally find a reason to seek love once again.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2004-04-01
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Mother Knows Best
Overview: The family of Ana Luisa meets at home to celebrate her father's birthday. As the guests sit around the table they will share memories of the past, in which all have a common denominator: the late Josefa, Ana Luisa's mother. Hearing the stories, Ana Luisa realizes the impact that his late mother had on their life choices and imagines what would have happened if she had followed other paths, taken other options and said what was unsaid. At the same time, an event of unknown origin causes a change in space and time, enabling people all over the world the access to parallel universes. Ana Luisa will thus have the opportunity to change the past...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2016-12-08
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A Falha
Overview: Twenty-five years after leaving school, a group of former students decide to organise a reunion. But, contrary to expectations, these "old boys" realise that time has accentuated their differences. The atmosphere is tense, the conversation taut and the old grudges resurface in no time.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2002-10-24
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Vasco Santana: O Bom Português
Overview: A look at the life and career of Vasco Santana, one of the most beloved actors of the Portuguese cinema.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1998-01-27
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Antonio, a boy in Lisbon
Overview: A boy in Lisbon, in this Lisbon in permanent renovation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2002-01-18
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Letters from War
Overview: In 1971, António Lobo Antunes' life is brutally interrupted when he is drafted into the Portuguese Army to serve as a doctor in one of the worst zones of the Colonial War – the East of Angola. Away from everything dear he writes letters to his wife while he is immersed in an increasingly violent setting. While he moves between several military posts he falls in love for Africa and matures politically. At his side, an entire generation struggles and despairs for the return home. In the uncertainty of war events, only the letters can make him survive.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2016-09-01
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Submission
Overview: Lúcia is raped by her husband and presses charges against him. She fights the Portuguese legal system along with the Prosecutor's Assistant, Maria João Correia, to force her husband, the son of the State's Vice Attorney, into Court. The case takes place in closed session where Lúcia tries to find justice in a predominantly male world.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2020-09-16
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Bunker or Tales I Heard When the World Fell
Overview: In a world polluted by atomic radiation, five survivors find shelter in an underground bunker. The sudden discovery of a rare and miraculous medicine will become a source of quarrel within the group.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2020-03-05
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Vestida Para Casar
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2012-01-01
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Golpe de Sorte - Um Conto de Natal
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2019-12-23
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