Ruy Polanah

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Fitzcarraldo

as Rubber Baron
Released: 1982-03-02

Fitzcarraldo is a dreamer who plans to build an opera house in Iquitos, in the Peruvian Amazon,...

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The Emerald Forest

as Wanadi
Released: 1985-06-22

For ten years, engineer Bill Markham has searched tirelessly for his son Tommy who disappeared...

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Journey to the End of the Night

as The Soothsayer
Released: 2006-04-21

In a dark and decadent area of São Paulo, the exiled Americans Rosso and his son Paul own a...

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At Play in the Fields of the Lord

as Kori
Released: 1991-12-06

Martin and Hazel Quarrier are small-town fundamentalist missionaries sent to the jungles of...

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Il barbiere di Rio

as Giorginha's father
Released: 1996-10-18

Matteo is a Roman barber whose business is full of debts. He decides to escape from this...

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Tainá 2 - A New Amazon Adventure

as Vô Tigé
Released: 2004-12-12

The young warrior indian Tainá must now battle against biopirates, and is joined by a new boy...

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Anchieta, José do Brasil

as Índio Diogo
Released: 1977-07-22

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

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Tainá: An Amazon Adventure

as Tigê
Released: 2001-01-12

A brave and bold indigenous girl, protector of her jungle and its wild life and guided by her...

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Orfeu

as Velho da Jumelice
Released: 1999-04-21

Orfeu is a popular composer from a samba school. He lives in the favela and falls madly in love...

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The Guns

as Bar owner
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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Of Gods and the Undead

as Urbano
Released: 1970-06-25

In the 1930s, in the South of State of Bahia, Brazil, an adventurer with no name or history, who...

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The Dolphin

as Zé Amaro
Released: 1987-06-19

According to an Amazonian legend, every month, during the full moon, a Brazilian fishing village...

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Jorge, Um Brasileiro

as Índio
Released: 1988-01-01

After arguing with his ex-girlfriend, truck driver Jorge hits the road again, while remembering...

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O Círculo de Fogo

as uncredited
Released: 1990-10-13

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Para Viver Um Grande Amor

as Waldir
Released: 1984-04-30

Poor people who live in the slums in Rio de Janeiro decide to occupy an empty apartment building...

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Kuarup

as Manoel Tropeiro
Released: 1989-06-02

This epic Brazilian film was based on the equally epic novel by Antonio Callado. Set between...

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Quilombo

as Navarro
Released: 1984-06-03

Quilombo dos Palmares was a real-life democratic society, created in Brazil in the 17th century....

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Cobrador: In God We Trust

as Indio Malboro
Released: 2007-11-15

Adaptation and unification in a single story of several stories by the writer Rubem Fonseca,...

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Joanna Francesa

as uncredited
Released: 1973-12-30

Joana is a sophisticated, beautiful woman, so she has a choice of lovers, and destinies. She...

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Land

as Severino
Released: 1987-07-22

The Amazonian jungle, Brazil, 1987. Ruthless landowners are evicting peasants from their land....

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Un animal doué de déraison

as Réjane
Released: 1976-03-24

A wealthy French promoter living in Rio tries to seduce Alexandra, a young woman of high...

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Black Goddess

as uncredited
Released: 1978-01-01

A Deusa Negra is a love story that spans two centuries. In 18th century Yorubaland, Prince...

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After Eight... Forever

as uncredited
Released: 1987-03-11

Tereza tries to leave her past and forge her own destiny and happiness by going through several...

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In Evil Hour

as Farmacêutico
Released: 2006-02-02

The old servant and chronicler Dom Sabas tells how his desolate South American town is the scene...

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Tragic Jungle

as uncredited
Released: 1963-02-07

In a company trading maté, workers are treated as slaves. Some of them try to escape, but those...

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Bar Esperanza

as Donato
Released: 1983-05-19

A group of eccentric people gather at a popular bar in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro.

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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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Ganga Zumba

as uncredited
Released: 1963-04-16

The life of a runaway slave who founded the Quilombo dos Palmares, an outlaw community of...

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Malandro

as uncredited
Released: 1986-07-02

In Rio de Janeiro's bohemian district called Lapa, during the '40s, a stylish and popular...

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Luzia Homem

as Padrinho
Released: 1988-05-05

After witnessing the assassination of her parents, Luzia is raised by a cowboy and starts...

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Tummy

as Indian Chief
Released: 1995-01-01

A young boy escapes from an orphanage to find two magical creatures in the jungle. As he bonds...

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Noites do Sertão

as Inspetor
Released: 1984-08-26

The film shows the drama of the young and fragile Lalinha. After being abandoned by her husband,...

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Sagarana: O Duelo

as Mongolô
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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Fish in a Barrel

as Pai-de-santo
Released: 1977-10-31

Young robber, son of a prostitute who had killed herself, gets involved with two police...

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The Fifth Monkey

as Marcos
Released: 1990-10-05

When Cunda, a man living deep in the Brazilian rainforest, is bitten by a snake, he has a...

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A Dança dos Bonecos

as uncredited
Released: 1986-12-15

Mr. Kapa and his assistant meet Iara, a mythical being, in a river with purple waters. Geléia,...

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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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Índia, a Filha do Sol

as Man Pok
Released: 1982-07-04

A military man picks up a Native Brazilian woman and heads to a gold panning site where he has...

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Sweet Thieves

as Tomás Aquino Gonzaga
Released: 1977-05-26

After assaulting a Hollywood film crew, a group of residents of a community in Rio de Janeiro...

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O Cortiço

as uncredited
Released: 1978-04-21

This adaptation of a classic Brazilian novel focuses on the relations of charismatic characters...

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O Homem do Corpo Fechado

as uncredited
Released: 1972-05-26

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Branded For Life

as Galvão
Released: 1977-11-24

A true friendship develops between Jojô, a prostitute Rosa, and the young Eduardo, who survive...

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No Coração dos Deuses

as Pajé
Released: 1999-03-08

Following the clues of a map, a boy and some adventurers go into the forest in search of...

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Cristais de Sangue

as Rui
Released: 1975-12-15

Rui arrives in a small town looking for his father, a prospector. Before that, he gets involved...

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Bicho do Mato

as Pajé Yauá Guaporá
First aired: 2006-07-18

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