Joel Barcellos

Born: 1936-11-27

Joel Dias Barcellos, better known as Joel Barcelos (Vitória, November 27, 1936 – Rio das Ostras, November 10, 2018), was a Brazilian actor, having also worked as a screenwriter and director. In some films, he was credited as Joel Martins. He was a very active actor in New Cinema, especially in the 1960s. He received the Candango Award for Best Actor at the Brasília Festival for his performance in Jardim de Guerra, in 1968. He was also elected 'Best Supporting Actor' by the same award when acting in Kiss 2348/72. Despite preferring cinema, he also played roles on television, mainly in miniseries.


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The Conformist

as Pupil Prof. Quadri (uncredited)
Released: 1970-07-01

A weak-willed Italian man becomes a fascist flunky who goes abroad to arrange the assassination...

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Entranced Earth

as (uncredited)
Released: 1967-05-02

Eldorado, a fictitious country in America, is sparkling with the internal struggle for political...

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Rio Babilonia

as Marciano
Released: 1982-09-14

A public relations man is invited to guide an American millionaire during his stay in Rio de...

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Di Cavalcanti Di Glauber

as uncredited
Released: 1977-03-11

This controversial film from director Glauber Rocha records the funeral of his friend, major...

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Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional

as Self
Released: 1997-01-01

"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that...

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The Naked Man

as uncredited
Released: 1997-01-01

Writer Sílvio Proença needs to travel to São Paulo in order to promote his new book. At the...

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The Girl from Ipanema

as Paquera
Released: 1967-05-26

Chronicles the life of a 17 year-old girl living in the upper-class Rio de Janeiro neighbourhood...

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The Deceased

as uncredited
Released: 1965-09-22

After visiting a fortune teller, Zulmira is informed that a blonde woman will threaten her...

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Fire Light

as Canário
Released: 1982-04-05

Biography of a Brazilian dancer who lived on an island and practiced nudism when it was...

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The Guns

as Man with dead child
Released: 1964-06-01

A group of armed soldiers is sent to the Northeast of Brazil in an attempt to stop a...

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Aperana Street 52

as Self
Released: 2012-01-20

In his film Rua Aperana 52 Júlio Bressane describes the invention of a landscape, the topology...

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The Secret of the Mummy

as uncredited
Released: 1982-09-06

A mad scientist attempts to bring an ancient Egyptian mummy back to life.

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The Big City

as Inacio
Released: 1966-05-13

In search of a better life, Luzia leaves the Northeast of Brazil and goes to Rio de Janeiro,...

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A Dama do Estácio

as uncredited
Released: 2012-05-19

Zulmira is an old mistress who lives in the neighborhood of Estacio, in Rio de Janeiro. One day...

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My Home Is Copacabana

as uncredited
Released: 1965-06-08

Homeless children in the slums of Rio are driven out of their temporary shelters by ruthless...

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Images of the Unconscious

as Carlos Pertuis
Released: 1987-01-01

In hopes of unraveling the causes and cure for various forms of insanity, a psychiatrist in...

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Memórias do Grupo Opinião

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2019-05-15

Follows the story of Opinião, a theatre group created in 1964 during the early Brazilian...

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Journey to the End of the World

as uncredited
Released: 1968-12-01

During a flight, passengers confront their aspirations, frustrations, fears, wishes and fears,...

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Cinco Vezes Favela

as (segment "Pedreira de São Diego")
Released: 1962-01-01

Five segments about the hardships faced by people living in slums on hills in Rio de Janeiro.

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Copacabana Fools Me

as Macalé
Released: 1969-03-10

Marquinhos is in his early 20s and lives in Copacabana with his petits bourgeois parents and...

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Proezas de Satanás na Vila de Leva-e-Traz

as Pegador de Almas
Released: 1967-12-14

In the village of Leva-e-Traz, the discovery of a oil field is responsible for a mass evasion of...

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Anchieta, José do Brasil

as Tibiriçá
Released: 1977-07-22

Life and death of the jesuit who fought for the peaceful relationship between colonists and the...

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The Dare

as Carlos
Released: 1965-07-09

Passively facing the repression imposed by military dictatorship in Brazil in the 60s, a...

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The Agony

as Antena, o malandro
Released: 1976-12-30

Cropped hair, a rosemary branch behind the ear, yellow shirt of shiny satin, he's behind the...

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Kiss 2348/72

as arquivista
Released: 1990-10-01

Worker Norival's life turns upside down when he is caught kissing his co-worker Catarina during...

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Brasília - A Última Utopia

as uncredited
Released: 1993-01-01

Six episodes set in and focusing on the history of Brasília, the capital of Brazil. Episode...

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Pedreira de São Diogo

as Trabalhador
Released: 1962-11-20

Men work in a quarry on the edge of a hill where a slum is located, of which they are residents....

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Neville D'Almeida: Chronicler of Beauty and Chaos

as Self
Released: 2019-07-04

This film seeks to rescue the role of filmmaker Neville D'Almeida by using many rare images,...

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Sagarana: O Duelo

as Turíbio Todo
Released: 1974-08-26

Unable to endure the idea that he would go without punishment, a criminal's victim chases him...

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France, Incorporated

as The Brazilian
Released: 1974-06-04

In the year 2222, a former drug dealer is kept in a state of hibernation. Reanimated, he tells...

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O Picapau Amarelo

as Visconde de Sabugosa
Released: 1973-01-01

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Batalha dos Guararapes

as Conselheiro
Released: 1978-09-25

In the early 17th century, the Dutch have occupied Bom Jesus village, the last native stronghold...

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The Beggars

as uncredited
Released: 1963-12-21

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Corações a Mil

as uncredited
Released: 1983-03-10

University teacher investigates the life of a famous Brazilian musician, trying to discover the...

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Feminino Plural

as uncredited
Released: 1976-03-01

"Seven women on motorcycles, through Via Dutra, go to the Baixada Fluminense, a microcosm of...

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A Man and His Cage

as Delegado
Released: 1974-09-23

The painter Tino, in professional and political crisis, receives a telegram from his...

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Sonhei com Você

as Pistoleiro
Released: 1988-08-18

Milionário and José Rico are robbed of their money and their fans' enthusiasm. But a female...

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Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1967-01-01

Originally produced for German TV, Improvised and Purposeful is a firsthand look at the "Cinema...

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Ovelha Negra, Uma Despedida de Solteiro

as João
Released: 1974-01-01

João, a playboy, spends his last day as a single in a resort hotel, where he seduces a teenager...

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Tatu Bola

as uncredited
Released: 1971-01-01

Expedito, after being abandoned by his parents, became Zefa's adopted son until he became a man...

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Stop 88

as Joaquim Porfírio
Released: 1978-02-27

Residents of the city of Parada 88, contaminated in 1994 due to the explosion of a chemical...

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Memories of Helen

as André
Released: 1969-11-19

Couple whose marriage is at stake delve into the past, with the help of a diary and some home...

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Crônica À Beira do Rio

as Pescador
Released: 1980-01-01

Rio de Janeiro is a city of very well defined contrast between the seafront, narrow, where the...

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Garden of War

as Edson
Released: 1968-09-23

Edson is having an affair with a left-wing aspiring movie director during Brazil's military...

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Rua Descalça

as uncredited
Released: 1971-03-11

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Virgin on the Hill

as uncredited
Released: 1977-09-10

Ring whose previous owner was a prostitute with supernatural powers causes double personality in...

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Tropico

as uncredited
Released: 1969-03-16

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L'inchiesta

as uncredited
Released: 1971-11-04

The events of Giuliano Sartori, correspondent from Genoa for a newspaper in the capital,...

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Insônia

as uncredited
Released: 1982-01-01

A three-episode anthology film based on short stories by Brazilian writer Graciliano Ramos.

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Plano B

as uncredited
Released: 2014-04-21

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Sant'Anna dos Pescadores

as uncredited
Released: 1993-05-11

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Mulheres de Areia

as Chico Belo
First aired: 1993-02-01

The story of the rivalry between the twin sisters Ruth and Raquel takes place in the fictional...

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Engraçadinha... Seus Amores e Seus Pecados

as Aprígio
First aired: 1995-04-25

18 years old Engraçadinha starts a secret love affair with her cousin Sílvio, who's engaged to...

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