Anselmo Duarte

Anselmo Duarte
Date of Birth: 21 Apr 1920
Country: Brazil
Total Credits at Criticker: 21 (Actor), 9 (Director), 7 (Writer)
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Aviso aos Navegantes
In Buenos Aires, Frederico hides in a ship going to Rio de Janeiro to travel for free. But Azulão, the cook, finds him and blackmails him into working in the kitchen. Meanwhile, Alberto, the captain, receives a radio message saying that there was a dangerous international spy on board. Things get worse when some passports are mixed-up. (imdb)
O Caso dos Irmãos Naves
The innocent brothers are wrongly accused of a crime by a corrupt and violent police officers and are forced to face the injustices of the brazilian penal system. (imdb)
Apassionata
Tônia Carrero, who is one of the best Brazilian theatre actress of all times, plays Silvia Nogalis, a pianist who is charged with murder when her husband is found dead. Together with police investigation we see Silvia trying to keep on living her life as normal as she can. (imdb comments)
Assim Era a Atlântida
Anthology of scenes from Brazilian musicals of old (1949-1959), focusing on films from the main studio specializing in the genre, Atlântida. (imdb)
Absolutamente Certo
A man who's memorized his town's telephone directory tries his luck on a TV Show. But a small group of people who control the bettings in town try to get advantage of his simple-mindedness. (imdb)
Tico-Tico no Fubá
Fictionalized version of the life of Brazilian composer Zequinha de Abreu (1880-1935), who wrote the song "Tico-Tico no Fubá" that became an international hit in the 1940s. (imdb)
Juventude e Ternura
Beth is a young singer, who has to choose between the protection of an out-of-law, Estênio, and the love of a pianist, Guy.
Veneno
Hugo passionately loves his wife Gina, but it's not reciprocated. Obsessed by the idea that she hates him, he begins to have horrible nightmares during which he's in a forest and is always questioned by a ruthless police chief. Hugo confuses dreams and reality, in a confusing series of events, and ends up committing the almost-perfect crime.
A Casa das Tentações
Saul and his companion Monica return to St. Paul after three years of wandering and find the colonial mansion of her family inhabited only by old nurse of Saul and his brother Domitian. This had transformed the house into a cafe facade that hides the true business you want to install a brothel. The neighborhood, angered by the suspicious movement at home, make a complaint to the police. (cinematecabrasileira)
Já Não Se Faz Amor Como Antigamente
Film in three segments. In the first, father is suspicious about his son's masculinity. The second one shows a Don Juan-like guy who, at church for his own wedding, cannot remember who the bride might be. In the third, a rich husband tries to find the tattooed man he saw escaping through his wife's bedroom window. (imdb)
Depois Eu Conto
Zé da Bomba dreams of being rich, and his neighbour dreams of being an artist and having an affair with him. (imdb)
Sinhá Moça
In 19th century Brazil, young people in the State of São Paulo fight against black slavery and the farmers who support it. Against this backdrop, Sinhá Moça falls in love with a young lawyer, and they get involved in a great love story. (imdb)
Tensão no Rio
During the President of Valdivia's official visit to Brazil, Minister of Energy dies in a terrorist action, and the President suffers a heart attack. A diplomat tries to minimize the scandal, since the press starts writing about the First Lady and the President's mistress. (imdb)
Paranóia
Four thieves enter a house and terrorize a family. (imdb)
Embalos Alucinantes
Sexual adventures of a prostitute's son and a bordello owner, who like to swap women. (imdb)
Noiva da Noite - o Desejo de 7 Homens
To avenge a farmer who killed his brother and him had stolen a diamond mine, an inmate takes advantage of a reprieve and kidnaps the daughter of the colonel, and both become involved.
O Marginal
The film tells the story of a criminal, the rise until the fall. (wikipedia)
Brasa Adormecida
Rich girl travels with her fiancé (a cousin) to the family farm, where they're going to marry. But finds another cousin in love with her who does everything to hamper the wedding. (imdb)
Arara Vermelha
A mine boss hires a policeman to chase some runaways who stole a precious diamond. (imdb)
Carnaval no Fogo
A gang, leaded by the unknown and mysterious Anjo (angel in Portuguese), robs a jewelry and schedules a meeting in the Copacabana Palace Hotel, in Copacabana. The identification would be through a cigarette case with an angel, and the password "- Is everything all right?" Meanwhile, the director Ricardo is preparing a show for the carnival in the hotel with Marina, and they love each other... (imdb)
A Madona de Cedro
Delfino, a quiet man who lives in Congonhas do Campo, a small historical town in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, is urged by his friend to steal the image of the Madona de Cedro (the Cedar Madonna), sculpted by the Aleijadinho in the 18th century, from the town sanctuary.