Leila Diniz
Leila Roque Diniz (25 March 1945 – 14 June 1972) was a Brazilian television, movie and theatre actress, whose liberal ideas and attitudes about sex had raised the discontent of both the feminists and the Brazilian military government of the 1960s. Born in a middle-class family and the daughter of a communist activist, Leila worked as a kindergarten teacher at age 15. At age 17, she met movie director Domingos de Oliveira, with whom she lived until age 21. Between 1962 and 1964 she had minor roles on stage. In 1965, Diniz started working in television, where she made several telenovelas and various commercials. In 1967, she also started to make movies. She died on 14 June 1972, aged 27, at the peak of fame, coming back from a movie festival in Australia, where she won a Best Actress award for the movie Mãos Vazias ("Empty Hands"), in the Japan Airlines Flight 471 crash in India.
All the Women in the World
as Maria AliceWhen womanizer Paulo meets a friend’s fiancée, she changes the way he looks at the opposite sex....
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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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Os Paqueras
as Ela mesmaTwo ladykillers living in Rio de Janeiro know no limits when courting a beautiful woman. A...
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The Naked Man
as MarianaA man gets locked naked outside of his apartment.
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Mãos Vazias
as IdaIn a small town in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, a woman rebels against local morality...
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Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
as Self (archive footage)Originally produced for German TV, Improvised and Purposeful is a firsthand look at the "Cinema...
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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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The Alienist
as EudóxiaFather Simão Bacamarte arrives in the small town of Serafim to investigate a certain phenomenon...
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Mulheres de Cinema
as Self (archive footage)Documentary on famous Brazilian actresses, female directors and the role of women in Brazilian...
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Domingos
as (archive footage)A look into the life and mind of Brazilian playwright and filmmaker Domingos Oliveira through...
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Dangerous Game
as Servant (segment "Divertimento")Two dark-comedy stories involving blackmail, murder and love triangles in Rio de Janeiro
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A Public Opinion
as uncreditedDocumentary about middle-class people in Rio de Janeiro, in the 1960s, when Brazil was going...
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A Madona de Cedro
as MartaDelfino, a quiet man who lives in Congonhas do Campo, a small historical town in the state of...
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Leila Para Sempre Diniz
as Self (archive footage)A documentary that presents home movies and several excerpts of known films of famous actress...
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Love, Carnival and Dreams
as PirataOn Carnival's eve, girl dreams of a man to stay with her during these four days. She meets a...
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Hunger for Love
as UllaAn extended research tour of US university film programs introduced dos Santos to the American...
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Mineirinho, Vivo ou Morto
as uncreditedBased on real-life Brazilian bandit "Mineirinho", the film follows the story of Zezé, a man...
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