Ana Maria Magalhães
Date of Birth: 21 Jan 1950
Country: Brazil
Total Credits at Criticker: 15 (Actor), 6 (Director), 4 (Writer)
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Story of Brazilian bank-robber Lúcio Flávio, who fascinated some people in Rio de Janeiro during the 1970s for his bold robberies and spectacular escapes, and also because he was thought to be intelligent and "politically aware". Before dying, he disclosed a network of corruption in Brazilian Police, and its involvement with the infamous "Death Squad" of the time, a group of policemen who went about killing criminals without giving them a fair trial. (imdb)
A personal vision of contemporary Brazil and its evolution, with a number of archetypes which recall some of Glauber Rocha's previous films: the Indian, the Colonizer, the Nordeste man, the Worker, the Amazon, the Bourgeois and a black Christ bringing new revolutionary hope for the Third World.
In 1594 in Brazil, the Tupinambás Indians are friends of the Frenches and their enemies are the Tupiniquins, friends of the Portugueses. A Frenchman (Arduíno Colassanti) is captured by the Tupinambás, and in spite of his trial to convince them that he is French, they believe he is Portuguese. The Frenchman becomes their slave, and maritally lives with Seboipepe... (imdb)
Noronha (Lima Duarte) is a low middle-class civil servant who lives with his frustrated wife Gorda (Thelma Reston) and their three elder daughters. The youngest one, virginal Silene (Cristina Aché), is unexpectedly sent back home. Noronha discovers she has been expelled from boarding school for having killed a female cat and her seven newborns in a hysterical fit. Many dark family secrets will emerge from that episode leading to tragic events. (imdb)
Life and death of the Jesuit who fought for the peaceful relationship between colonists and Indians (imdb)
Based on 19th century story "O Alienista" by great Brazilian writer Machado de Assis, the film is a free adaptation, telling the story of Catholic priest Simão Bacamarte who comes to the small town of Serafim to investigate on the phenomenon of madness and ends up putting most of its inhabitants in an asylum, making things get out of control. (imdb)
Set in the 1950s, a photographer is asked by hotel owners to take portraits of their recently deceased daughter.
Perigo Negro (1992) - Short Film
The story of a very talented Brazilian soccer player, who played for Flamengo, the most popular team in Rio de Janeiro, but whose free-wheeling spirit prevented fame and fortune.
Music manager has to get three of his artists together for a special show, but soon finds it isn't an easy task.
Erotic comedy in five segments, starring the same actor (Chico Anysio)
In São Paulo, the relationship of the successful television actress Gilda de Oliveira with the actor Paulo Cavalcante is in crisis. Gilda is rejected by Paulo and now she is lost, feeling like a victim of something that has not worked out and seeking out her identity.
A university professor escapes to a motel in the interior, pursued by police. His arrival will represent an inevitable clash betweenhis rationality and the primitivism of Jorjão, the motel owner and his mistress Rosenda.
In a small town in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, a woman rebels against local morality after her child dies, with tragic results. (imdb)
A brother who lives with his innocent younger sister breaks incest taboo.