Bete Mendes
Also Known As: Betty Mendes
Biography: Bete Mendes, stage name of Elizabeth Mendes de Oliveira (Santos, May 11, 1949), is a Brazilian actress and politician. She began her artistic career on TV Tupi, until moving to Rede Globo, where she played several prominent roles such as O Rebu (1974), O Casarão (1976) and Sinhazinha Flô (1977).
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Santos, São Paulo, Brazil
Birthday: May 11, 1949
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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Aparecida - O Milagre
Overview: Marcos Resende is a cold and crisis man command MetalNobre company. Mark lost his faith in God when her father, Antonio, died in the construction of the Basilica of Our Lady of Aparecida. He had asked the day before to Our Lady Aparecida cleats for him to play in a team and his father would buy them. Mark is separated from wife and Sonia have feuds with son Lucas, in addition to keeping a bad emotional relationship with Beatriz, an official of the company and his mother, Julia. After a misunderstanding, Lucas suffers a serious motorcycle accident. Then Mark revive its history and living with his father. And when he turns to Julia, she reveals the mysterious grace of his family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2010-12-17
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Mulheres: Uma Outra História
Overview: Filmed as Brazil was transitioning back into a democracy after over two decades of dictatorship, ‘Mulheres: uma outra história’ focuses on various aspects of women's participation in the Brazilian political scene and features interviews with some of the 23 women newly elected to the Constituent Assembly who managed to gain the approval of some of their proposals for the Brazilian Constitution which was being written at the time. The film features appearances from suffragist Carmen Portilho, who reminds viewers about the long history of struggle for women to earn the right to vote in the country, and Jandira Feghali and Benedita da Silva who would become some of the most influential political leaders in the country’s history.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1988-06-14
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They Don't Wear Black Tie
Overview: Otavio is an idealistic union leader trying to organize workers at a factory to resist the company's exploitative practices. His son, Tião, one of the employees, is more of a realist and doesn't want to risk losing his job by striking. This clash of perspectives puts the father and son at odds. Fortunately, Tião's mother, Romana, is on hand to act as a moderator between the two opinionated men.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1981-09-28
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Rain Lovers
Overview: A curious story: it rains whenever a couple of lovers meet. Against the weather forecast, it rains all over the city. And as the love grows, the stronger becomes the rain. Found by a television crew, they receive the title of "Rain Lovers", and their dates become public spectacles.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1979-10-07
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Vazio Coração
Overview: Hugo Kari is a famous singer who decides to take a break from his schedule to find his father, ambassador Mário Menezes. Together, they try to adjust a relationship shattered by time and conflict.
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Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2013-11-01
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A Cobra Fumou
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2002-07-09
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Mário Lago
Overview: Life and work of brazilian actor, poet and songwriter Mário Lago.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2013-10-05
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Águias em Patrulha
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Genres: Adventure
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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ABC of a Strike
Overview: ABC of a Strike captures the 1979 metal workers strikes outside of São Paulo. The footage sat untouched until after the death of highly-regarded director Leon Hirszman in 1987, by which time the material had a new relevance. The gripping film captures the negotiations between the labor unions and the factory bosses and shows the birth of the region’s Worker’s Party, as well as the emergence of its charismatic leader, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Rising from extreme poverty, Lula gained national prominence as a union activist during the late 70s and early 80s. After being jailed during his time as a union leader, he eventually becomes Brazil’s president from 2003 to 2010.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1990-02-15
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Bete & Deise
Overview: Van Oldenborgh's practice explores social relations through an investigation of gesture in the public sphere. Bete & Deise brings about a meeting between veteran telenovela actress and political activist Bete Mendes and Deise Tigrona, one of the most powerful voices in Baile funk, whose song Injeção was the basis for M.I.A.'s Bucky Done Gun.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-01-27
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Introdução à Música do Sangue
Overview: In the interior of Brazil, between the archaic and the contemporary world, a family lives its anguish in an atmosphere of desire and repression. Based on an argument by a master of the psychological introspection novel, the writer Lucio Cardoso.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2015-08-08
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Muda Brasil
Overview: The documentary recalls the political reopening of the country, and narrates in detail the events that culminated in the election of Tancredo Neves as the first civilian president after 20 years of military dictatorship.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1985-03-18
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Vítimas do Dia
Overview: Elder and Daiane are a couple in the midst of an urban war: while he fights to survive, their first child is about to be born.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2025-01-11
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Brasília 18%
Overview: A star medical examiner is called to Brasília, the administrative capital of Brazil, to confirm the identity of a beautiful, young congressional aide's dead body. But his scientific rigor soon leads him to details of a multi-layered political scandal.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2006-04-21
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Vestido de Noiva
Overview: While in the hospital, after being run over, Alaíde thinks about her life, specially after the moment she'd found the diary of Madame Clessy, in the house where her family had moved in, which was a former bordello.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2006-11-10
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Esta Noite Seremos Felizes
Overview: Two 80-year-olds, Miss. Daisy and Mr. Carlos, meet every week at the "Tonight We Will Be Happy" ball to live a delicate and nostalgic love story.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2023-07-06
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Insônia
Overview: A three-episode anthology film based on short stories by Brazilian writer Graciliano Ramos.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1982-01-01
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The Delights of Life
Overview: Young writer sells a soap-opera script to a TV network and manages to place his girlfriend in an important role.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1974-01-01
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J.S. Brown, o Último Herói
Overview: João da Silva Brown, a resident of Salvador, has always been a fan of comics, movies and adventure series and superheroes. Once he learns about a course for detectives and decides to attend it. With his private detective degree, he sets up an office and places an ad in the newspaper. Now wearing a cape and hat, he waits in vain for customers.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1980-03-10
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Eles Não Usam Black-Tie - Conversando com o Elenco
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2007-06-01
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