Antônio Pitanga
Antônio Luiz Sampaio (born June 13, 1939), better known by his stage name Antônio Pitanga, is a Brazilian actor and filmmaker, who became internationally known for playing several roles on films of the Cinema Novo movement in the 1960s. Description above from the Wikipedia article Antônio Pitanga licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
The Man Who Challenged the Devil
as Preto VelhoAfter being forced into a marriage and enduring a humiliating work routine in the hands of his...
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Wedding Games
as MarceloWhen Alex and Eva choose to exchange vows at the very spot they first crossed paths, a series of...
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The Given Word
as Mestre CocaZé is a very poor man whose most prized possession is his donkey. When his donkey falls...
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Zuzu Angel
as Policial gentilCovering the last years of the famous Brazilian fashion designer in her doomed quest for...
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Rio Babilônia
as BiraA public relations man is invited to guide an American millionaire during his stay in Rio de...
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Lula, the Son of Brazil
as Seu CristóvãoThe true story of a working class boy who moves to the nation's financial capital at a young age...
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Our Dream: A Rio De Janeiro Funk Story
as Seu AméricoThe life story of Claudinho e Buchecha, greatest icons and most successful duo of the Brazilian...
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Tinnitus
as InácioMarina Lenk is an experienced Ornamental Jumping athlete. However, an attack of Tinnitus — an...
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Joanna Francesa
as uncreditedJoana is a sophisticated, beautiful woman, so she has a choice of lovers, and destinies. She...
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The Guns
as VoiceA group of armed soldiers is sent to the Northeast of Brazil in an attempt to stop a...
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Our Children
as RodrigoVera, who fought in the armed left-wing movements against the Brazilian military dictatorship,...
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Aunt Virginia
as TavaresAunt Virginia is a 70-year-old woman who has no children and has never been married, and ends up...
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Barravento
as FirminoIn Bahia, an educated black man returns to his home fishing village to try and free people from...
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Quilombo
as AcaiubaQuilombo dos Palmares was a real-life democratic society, created in Brazil in the 17th century....
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Chico Rei
as uncreditedGalanga, king of Congo brought to Brazil as a slave, finds gold in Vila Rica, in the State of...
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I'd Receive the Worst News from Your Beautiful Lips
as Pastor IsaíasIn a remote part of the Amazon, a traveling photographer has an intense affair with a preacher's...
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The Age of the Earth
as Cristo NegroDrawing inspiration from a poem penned by Castro Alves, this film vividly captures the...
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Ganga Zumba
as Ganga Zumba / AntãoThe life of a runaway slave who founded the Quilombo dos Palmares, an outlaw community of...
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Samba
as Paulo's friendSinger Laura Monteiro (Montiel) is murdered by her old protector João Fernandes de Oliveira...
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Running After
as Garçom OtheloPaulo Ventania is a black Brazilian man, always doing his best to bring some happiness in his...
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Câncer
as uncreditedThis film shows people with constant psychological and social conflicts: the violence among...
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Pitanga
as SelfThis documentary investigates the aesthetic, political and existential trajectory of emblematic...
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The Brazilwood Man
as CésarFantasy comedy about Brazilian writer Oswald de Andrade, one of the most important icons of...
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Memórias do Grupo Opinião
as SelfFollows the story of Opinião, a theatre group created in 1964 during the early Brazilian...
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Apolônio Brasil, Campeão da Alegria
as CoiceApolônio Brasil was a pianist at a famous nightclub in Rio de Janeiro, from the 1950s until his...
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Memory House
as CristovamAn older man begins to work in a modern dairy factory. He feels distant and does not identify...
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Dedé Mamata
as uncreditedDede (Guilherne Fontes) is a Brazilian teen who lives with his middle-class grandparents who are...
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My Home Is Copacabana
as uncreditedHomeless children in the slums of Rio are driven out of their temporary shelters by ruthless...
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Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
as Self"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that...
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Deadly Cruelty
as DecaMan leaves his family behind and moves to Nova Iguaçu, a poor and violent city in the outskirts...
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Sweet Thieves
as FuleiroAfter assaulting a Hollywood film crew, a group of residents of a community in Rio de Janeiro...
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The Woman of Everyone
as VampiroÂngela Carne e Osso (Angela Meat and Bone), a young nymphomaniac, lives surrounded by...
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Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
as SelfIn 1965, a year after the military coup in Brazil, an oasis of freedom opened in the country's...
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Barravento Novo
as uncreditedBarravento Novo depicts correspondences between Antônio Pitanga—a Cinema Novo actor seen here...
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Di Cavalcanti Di Glauber
as uncreditedThis controversial film from director Glauber Rocha records the funeral of his friend, major...
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The Manor of Araucaima
as CristobalIn an old and mysterious tropical mansion cohabit the supposed owner, a friar, a convalescent...
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Eternamente Pagu
as HerculanoEternamente Pagu is a biographical film about Patrícia Galvão, best known as Pagu, a Brazilian...
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When Carnaval Comes
as CuícaMusic manager has to get three of his artists together for a special show, but soon finds out it...
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The Fifth Monkey
as Drunk at the PartyWhen Cunda, a man living deep in the Brazilian rainforest, is bitten by a snake, he has a...
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The Good Cinema
as uncreditedAn authentically marginal cinema created in Catholic university in Brazil. One of the most...
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Como Ser Solteiro
as uncreditedA comedy addressing the issues of being single in Rio de Janeiro.
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The Passenger: Adult Secrets
as DelegadoA coming of age story about a boy in RIo de Janeiro, Brazil who, after his father's death, finds...
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Mauá - O Imperador e o Rei
as ValentimA movie about a Brazilian entrepreneur who rivalled American's richest man at his time,...
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Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion
as JoaquimThe film tells the story of an intuitive, adventurous man who loved his country and being...
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The Coup d'État Factory
as Antônio PitangaBrazil has a long tradition of coup d'états. These coups would have not been viable without the...
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Lampião, King of the Badlands
as uncreditedThe story of how a quarrel between families set poor farmer Virgulino Ferreira da Silva on the...
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Garotas do ABC
as Seu AurélioAurélia is a young black woman who works at a factory and lives in a working-class neighborhood...
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Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
as Self (archive footage)Conducted from interviews with personalities who lived with Leila Diniz (1945-1972), the...
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Garden of War
as uncreditedEdson is having an affair with a left-wing aspiring movie director during Brazil's military...
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Bandeira de Retalhos
as uncreditedVidigal Hill, 1977. A runaway group of bandits engage in a complex love triangle in the brink of...
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Rei do Rio
as GeraldãoTwo friends get rich running an illegal gambling business. But soon they start to compete, and...
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Carvana
as Self (archive footage)Chronicles the life and career of Hugo Carvana, brazilian actor and filmmaker.
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The Great Kilapy
as Pai de JoãzinhoZézé Gamboa's sardonic historical drama follows a good-hearted, apolitical con man who, on the...
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Jouez Encore, Payez Encore
as uncreditedA film that records the rehearsals of a Brazilian theatre troupe directed by Victor Garcia, and...
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Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
as SelfDocumentary about Brazilian filmmaker Glauber Rocha, one of the most important names in the...
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That World and Mine
as ToninhoThe film follows two men living in a Rio de Janeiro slum: a black shoe-shiner and a white mill...
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Compasso de Espera
as AssisJorge de Oliveira is an Afro-Brazilian poet who works in a publicity agency in São Paulo. Torn...
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República da Traição
as uncreditedEuropean couple arrive at the Republic of Maraguaya with a strange mission. But the involvement...
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Bahia of All Saints
as PitangaSalvador, Bahia, Brazil, during the dictatorship of Getúlio Vargas. Outlaw Tonio is involved in...
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Vendo ou Alugo
as Seu CapôA once-rich family of women in Rio de Janeiro must sell their mansion in order to keep their...
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Plantation Boy
as Zé GuedesAfter being orphaned, a boy is raised by his grandfather and uncles, rich rural landowners, on a...
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Na Boca do Mundo
as AntônioA black fisherman now working at a local gas station, Antônio lives at the small beach town of...
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Tocaia no Asfalto
as Matador de CaxiasA gunman is hired to kill a corrupt politician. However, the agreement is canceled. Despite...
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A Grande Feira
as Chico DiaboMade in the famous "Água de Meninos" market, the greatest popular market in Salvador, Bahia,...
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A Terceira Morte de Joaquim Bolívar
as uncreditedThe ideological conflict between Joaquim Bolívar, a young barber member of the Communist Party...
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The Force of Xango
as Young Tônho Tiê (Uncredited)Tonho Tiê really likes living free, playing capoeira and drinking. During Carnival he meets...
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The Big City
as CalungaIn search of a better life, Luzia leaves the Northeast of Brazil and goes to Rio de Janeiro,...
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Bahia
as uncreditedThe adventures of Otalia, a strangely innocent young Brazilian prostitute who has just arrived...
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A Força do Gigante
as SelfThis documentary is a true treasure for Vasco fans, who will remember or learn about important...
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Barrela: Escola de Crimes
as uncreditedIn an overcrowded prision cell, each man has to make his own way and secure himself from the...
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Pressed, Ripped Apart
as (archive footage)What does Brazilian cinema tell us? What does Brazilian cinema tell us about black actresses and...
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Golias Contra o Homem das Bolinhas
as uncreditedThe adventures of a peaceful and infatuated man, who tries to identify the man who killed his...
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Cangaceiros de Lampião
as Cravo RoxoOn the day of Pedro Boiadeiro's wedding, a band of cangaceiros who survived the Angicos massacre...
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Black Goddess
as uncreditedA Deusa Negra is a love story that spans two centuries. In 18th century Yorubaland, Prince...
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A Day with Jerusa
as Yoyo"A Day with Jerusa" follows Silvia, a young, mediumic market researcher facing the hardships of...
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Juliana do Amor Perdido
as uncreditedA beautiful young woman living in an isolated fishing community on an island falls in love with...
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O Terno do Zé
as Pai Pedro de Oxum AiêFlávio is a filmmaker who was famous during the 1970s, but who's now forgotten by the public....
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Água de Meninos – A Feira do Cinema Novo
as HimselfRecalling the films "Sol Sobre a Lama" and "A Grande Feira", which portrayed the living...
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Riscados pela Memória
as uncreditedThe owner of a record store, amid a purchase of second-hand LPs, is faced with something that...
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The Clone
as Sebastião "Tião"Human cloning. The Islamic world. Two young people, two different cultures, two different...
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Lilyhammer
as Blind ManAfter Frank The Fixer Tagliano testifies against his Mafia boss in New York, he enters the...
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A Próxima Vítima
as Kléber NoronhaA young law student starts to work as a detective, decided to uncover the identity behind a...
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Side by Side
as TúlioWinner of the International Emmy Award for Best Telenovela, "Side by Side" focuses on two women...
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Celebridade
as Comandante RobertoA successful businesswoman in the music industry sees her life fall apart after a young and...
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Perfect Love
as Popó BatistaA story about love and its different manifestations, told through the little boy Marcelino in...
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In Your Place
as GesielChristian and Renato are identical twins who have opposite lives: Christian grew up in an...
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Thin Air
as José NazárioCristian Nazario abandoned his family to climb Mount Everest and now returns home with terminal...
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