Norma Bengell
Norma Aparecida Almeida Pinto Guimarães d'Áurea Bengell (Rio de Janeiro, February 21, 1935 – Rio de Janeiro, October 9, 2013) was a Brazilian actress, filmmaker, producer, singer and songwriter. Considered one of the greatest muses of Brazilian cinema and theater in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, Norma began her career in the early 1950s, being launched into the artistic world through revue theater by producer Carlos Machado. She acted in 64 films during her career, several of them in Europe.
Tabu
as uncreditedThe fictional encounter in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (in the 30s) between popular songwriter...
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Planet of the Vampires
as SanyaAfter landing on a mysterious planet, a team of astronauts begin to turn on each other, swayed...
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The Given Word
as MarliZé is a very poor man whose most prized possession is his donkey. When his donkey falls...
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Mafioso
as MartaWhen a good-natured factory supervisor living in Milan with his Northern wife returns to his...
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Rio Babilonia
as SolangeA public relations man is invited to guide an American millionaire during his stay in Rio de...
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Of Gods and the Undead
as SoledadIn the 1930s, in the South of State of Bahia, Brazil, an adventurer with no name or history, who...
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The Hellbenders
as ClaireA Southern Colonel, his three sons, and a card shark embark on an odyssey through the Southwest...
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The Age of the Earth
as Amazon QueenDrawing inspiration from a poem penned by Castro Alves, this film vividly captures the...
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Dzi Croquettes
as SelfA Brazilian theatre group that through talent, irony and humour confronted the Brazilian violent...
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The Unscrupulous Ones
as LedaUpon learning that his rich dad is on the brink of bankruptcy, spoiled Vavá summons his friend...
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Défense de savoir
as uncreditedWhen a woman is accused of murder, the investigation slowly reveals numerous political...
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Nuclear Shelter
as LixOur planet was contaminated by many nuclear explosions that left the soil and the air filled...
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The Angel Was Born
as uncreditedSantamaria and Urtigo are two bandits on the run, one is white, the other black. Santamaria is a...
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The Reckless
as LucianaIn the figure of Ettore Zambrini, a small industrialist with a dream of opening a factory...
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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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The Colour of His Destiny
as LauraTeenager and his Chilean parents live in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in exile, after his brother is...
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The Suns of Easter Island
as NormaSix people find a mysterious mark in the center of their left hand and all independently go to...
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Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova
as Self (archive footage)Documentary about the birth of bossa-nova, in Brazil, and the major stars of this musical style.
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Eros, the God of Love
as uncreditedA man explores the process of formation of sexuality and is looking for a woman that does not exist.
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The Constancy of Reason
as IvanaFlorence, early 1960s. Bruno aspires to be hired at a prestigious factory, but his Communist...
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The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
as uncreditedFor this behemoth, Bressane took his opera omnia and edited it in an order that first adheres to...
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Running Out of Luck
as uncreditedA rock singer goes to Brazil to shoot a video, but winds up getting kidnapped and enduring a...
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The Femme Fatale Meets the Ideal Man
as uncreditedA poor woman is visited by the fairy godmother who turns her into a brilliant movie and TV star.
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Men and Women
as MaraTwo friends take two prostitutes for a night of pleasure. But the night turns out to be...
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The Man of The Sputnik
as Bê Bê, espiã da FrançaUFO falls on a hillbilly's hencoop and he tries to sell it. Soon international missions are sent...
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Sea of Roses
as FelicidadeA woman runs away in the company of her daughter, the ultimate brat, in a journey full of...
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Mulheres de Cinema
as SelfDocumentary on famous Brazilian actresses, female directors and the role of women in Brazilian...
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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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The Murdered House
as NinaNina, a typical woman of the big city, marries a powerful farmer and goes to live in the...
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As Confissões de Frei Abóbora
as uncreditedThe loving adventures of a priest disillusioned with religion and life.
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Vagas Para Moças de Fino Trato
as GertrudesIn Vitória, the middle-age piano teacher Gertrudes sublets her apartment to two younger women,...
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Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro
as Self (archive footage)
OSS 117 Takes a Vacation
as AnneOSS 177 goes on holiday to Brazil, but is called into action when he finds himself being stalked...
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The Ballad of Husbands
as uncreditedGiulio and Armando, both married, attempt an escape from their respective married lives, invent...
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I Do Not Forgive... I Kill!
as Fedra/WandaDon Ramon, a wealthy patron, receives his son back after he has sent him away to medical school,...
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Before, the Summer
as Maria ClaraA middle-aged man builds a summer house in Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro. Married to a beautiful...
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The Palace of Angels
as DorothyBárbara, a French girl living in São Paulo, and two friends decide to transform a little...
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Mulheres & Milhões
as uncreditedThree men who never met each other are hired by a mysterious client to carry out a daring bank...
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The Demiurge
as uncreditedA colorful feature film that mixes exile with the figure of the poet Rimbaud and the feminist...
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The Abyss
as Madame ZeroMan tries to decipher a manuscript about an ancient civilization and gets involved in strange...
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Carnival of Crime
as ModelMike, an architect, is married to Lin, a beautiful and unfaithful woman. Returning from a trip,...
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O Capitão Bandeira Contra o Dr. Moura Brasil
as MensageiraSuccessful manager is haunted by a sinister character who enters his dreams, Dr. Moura Brasil.
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Maria Gladys, Uma Atriz Brasileira
as (voice)The artistic career and daily life of actress Maria Gladys.
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Na Boca do Mundo
as ClarisseA black fisherman now working at a local gas station, Antônio lives at the small beach town of...
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Eternamente Pagu
as Elsie HoustonEternamente Pagu is a biographical film about Patrícia Galvão, best known as Pagu, a Brazilian...
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Juventude e Ternura
as uncreditedThe young singer Beth is torn between love for the honest pianist Guy; and the powerful smuggler...
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Desesperato
as uncreditedDirected by Sérgio Bernardes Filho, "Desesperato" tells the story of a writer (Raul Cortez) who...
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I cuori infranti
as Milena (segment "E vissero felici")Two surreal/satirical comedy episodes.
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Freedom of Inês Etienne Romeu
as HerselfAugust 29, 1979, Talavera Bruce Penal Institute, Bangu, Rio de Janeiro. After serving eight...
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Celebridade
as uncreditedA successful businesswoman in the music industry sees her life fall apart after a young and...
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Toma Lá, Dá Cá
as Deise CoturnoBrazilian comedy about two couples living next to each other in the same building. This show...
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