Norma Bengell
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Norma Aparecida Almeida Pinto Guimarães D´Áurea Bengell (born September 21, 1935 in Rio de Janeiro - October 9, 2013), best known as Norma Bengell, was a Brazilian film and television actress, singer, director, producer, and screenwriter. Active in the film industry since 1959, Bengell has appeared in numerous international productions, including an extended period during the mid-1960s co-starring in Italian productions, in which she was usually cast as the protagonist's romantic interest. She is possibly best known for starring with Barry Sullivan in Mario Bava's Planet of the Vampires (1965) and in Sergio Corbucci's spaghetti western The Hellbenders (1967). She had a major role as a prostitute in Anselmo Duarte's Keeper of Promises (1962), a Brazilian drama that was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1963 and won the Golden Palm at Cannes Film Festival in 1962. Earlier that same year, she caused major controversy after appearing fully nude in a scene of the Ruy Guerra film Os Cafajestes. For that, she is regarded as the first mainstream actress of her country to appear fully naked on film. On 1996 she directed her first film, an adaptation of José de Alencar's masterpiece The Guarani. Description above from the Wikipedia article Norma Bengell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Tabu
as uncreditedThe fictional encounter in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (in the 30s) between popular songwriter...
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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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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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Rio Babilônia
as SolangeA public relations man is invited to guide an American millionaire during his stay in Rio de...
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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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Mafioso
as MartaWhen a good-natured factory supervisor living in Milan with his Northern wife returns to his...
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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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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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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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Défense de savoir
as uncreditedWhen a woman is accused of murder, the investigation slowly reveals numerous political...
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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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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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Nuclear Shelter
as LixOur planet was contaminated by many nuclear explosions that left the soil and the air filled...
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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 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 Ballad of Husbands
as uncreditedGiulio and Armando, both married, attempt an escape from their respective married lives, invent...
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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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Dzi Croquettes
as SelfA Brazilian theatre group that through talent, irony and humour confronted the Brazilian violent...
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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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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 Age of the Earth
as Rainha das AmazonasDrawing inspiration from a poem penned by Castro Alves, this film vividly captures the...
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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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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 Constancy of Reason
as IvanaFlorence, early 1960s. Bruno aspires to be hired at a prestigious factory, but his Communist...
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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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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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I cuori infranti
as Milena (segment "E vissero felici")Two surreal/satirical comedy episodes.
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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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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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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 Palace of Angels
as DorothyBárbara, a French girl living in São Paulo, and two friends decide to transform a little...
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The Murdered House
as NinaNewly wed arrives at her husband's family house, in the country. The heavy atmosphere of the...
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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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Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro
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O Homem do 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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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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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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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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The Reckless
as LucianaIn the figure of Ettore Zambrini, a small industrialist with a dream of opening a factory...
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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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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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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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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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As Confissões de Frei Abóbora
as uncreditedThe loving adventures of a priest disillusioned with religion and life.
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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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Maria Gladys, Uma Atriz Brasileira
as (voice)The artistic career and daily life of actress Maria Gladys.
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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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Celebridade
as uncreditedA successful businesswoman in the music industry sees her life fall apart after a young and...
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