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Carlos Diegues
Carlos Diegues (also known as Cacá Diegues; 19 May 1940 – 14 February 2025) was a Brazilian film director, best known as a member of the Cinema Novo movement. He was popularly known for his unconventional, yet intriguing film techniques among other film producers of the Cinema Novo movement. Diegues was also widely known for his dynamic use of visuals, ideas, plots, themes, and other cinematic techniques. He incorporated many musical acts in his film as he favored musical pieces to be complementary to his ideas. Diegues remained very popular and is regarded as having been one of the great cinematic producers of his generation. Diegues would go on to produce films, plays, musicals, and other forms of entertainment in Brazil. Diegues' contributions to Brazilian cinema developed the film industry. He would pioneer the most expensive film projects that domestic filmmakers had ever seen. Films such as ''Bye Bye Brazil'' were two million dollar projects and later on films such as ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quilombo (film)
''Quilombo'' is a 1984 Brazilian drama film directed by Carlos Diegues. It was entered into the 1984 Cannes Film Festival. The film is based on the history of the Quilombo dos Palmares, a community of escaped slaves that numbered in the thousands during the 17th century in north-eastern Brazil. Cast * Antônio Pompêo - Zumbi * Zezé Motta - Dandara * Tony Tornado - Ganga Zumba * Vera Fischer - Ana de Ferro * Antônio Pitanga - Acaiuba * Maurício do Valle - Domingos Jorge Velho * Daniel Filho - Carrilho * João Nogueira - Rufino * Jorge Coutinho - Sale * Grande Otelo - Baba * Joffre Soares - Caninde * Camila Pitanga * Jonas Bloch * Chico Diaz * Léa Garcia * Milton Gonçalves * Zózimo Bulbul * Arduíno Colassanti * Carlos Kroeber * Thelma Reston See also *Ganga Zumba (1963 Brazilian film on the same historical events) *List of films featuring slavery Film has been the most influential medium in the presentation of the history of slavery to the genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Mystical Circus (film)
''The Great Mystical Circus'' () is a 2018 Brazilian romantic drama film directed and written by Cacá Diegues, his first film in 12 years. It premiered at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival and was selected as the Brazilian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. It is based on a poem by Jorge de Lima and tells the story of a great love affair between an aristocrat and an acrobat and the saga of the Austrian family who owned the Circus Knieps, and their adventures around the world during the early 20th century. Plot The story of five generations of the same circus family, from the grand opening of the Great Mystical Circus in 1910 to the present day. Celavi, the master of ceremonies that never ages, shows the adventures and loves of the Knieps, from heyday to decadence. Cast *Vincent Cassel as Jean-Paul * Bruna Linzmeyer as Beatriz * Jesuíta Barbosa as Celavi * Mariana Ximenes as Margareth *Juliano Cazarré as Oto *Catherine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Greatest Love Of All (2006 Film)
''The Greatest Love of All'' (; also known as ''The Greatest Love in the World'') is a 2006 Brazilian romantic drama film directed by Carlos Diegues. Filming took place in 60 locations in Rio de Janeiro. Plot The film follows Antônio ( José Wilker), an astrophysicist who has lived most of his life in the United States, as he returns to Brazil in search of his past and his biological parents. In Brazil, Antônio becomes aware he suffers from a serious illness, whilst he falls in love for Antônia ( Taís Araújo), a local girl. Cast * José Wilker as Antônio **Max Fercondini as young Antônio * Taís Araújo as Luciana *Sérgio Britto as maestro **Marco Ricca as young maestro *Léa Garcia as Zezé * Anna Sophia Folch as Girl * Hugo Carvana as Salvador *Clara Carvalho as Sônia * Deborah Evelyn as Carolina *Sérgio Malheiros as Mosca *Sílvio Guindane as Dabé *Erika Mader as Pit Reception It shared the Grand Prize of the Americas, the top prize at the 30th Montreal World Film F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
God Is Brazilian
''God Is Brazilian'' () is a 2003 Brazilian fantasy comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Carlos Diegues, based on the short story ''O Santo que Não Acreditava em Deus'' by João Ubaldo Ribeiro. In the film, God, portrayed by Antônio Fagundes, decides to take a vacation and heads to Northeastern Brazil to find a saint as a replacement. Filming took place over the course of 64 days in the Brazilian states of Tocantins, Alagoas, Pernambuco and Rio de Janeiro. Plot Taoca, a part-time fisherman and small-time con artist, finds a man holding on to a buoy in the middle of the ocean. The man claims he is God, but Taoca doesn't believe him until he performs some miracles. It seems God has decided to take a break and is searching for someone to temporarily take over. With Taoca, God travels the country in hopes of finding a new saint who is fit for the job. Along the way, they meet a woman, Madá, who joins the two in hopes they will take her to São Paulo, where her mother has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vinicius De Moraes
Marcus Vinícius da Cruz e Mello Moraes (19 October 1913 – 9 July 1980), better known as Vinícius de Moraes () and nicknamed "O Poetinha" ("The Little Poet"), was a Brazilian poet, diplomat, lyricist, essayist, musician, singer, and playwright. With his frequent and diverse musical partners, including Antônio Carlos Jobim, his lyrics and compositions were instrumental in the birth and introduction to the world of bossa nova music. He recorded numerous albums, many in collaboration with noted artists, and also served as a successful Brazilian career diplomat. Early life Moraes was born in Gávea, a neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro, to Clodoaldo da Silva Pereira Moraes, a public servant, and Lidia Cruz, a housewife and amateur pianist. In 1916, his family moved to Botafogo, where he attended Afrânio Peixoto Primary School. Fleeing the Copacabana Fort revolt, his parents moved to Governador Island while Moraes remained at his grandfather's home in Botafogo to finish sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orfeu Da Conceição
' (Orpheus of the Conception) is a stage play with music in three acts by Vinicius de Moraes and music by Antônio Carlos Jobim that premiered in 1956 in Rio de Janeiro. The play became the basis for the films ''Orfeu Negro'' ('' Black Orpheus'', 1959) and '' Orfeu'' (1999), and for the musicals ''Orfeu'' (Brazil, 2010) and ''Black Orpheus'' (Broadway, 2014). The play sets the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice in a contemporary favela in Rio de Janeiro during the Brazilian Carnival. Started in 1954, the play was first performed on 25 September 1956 at the Theatro Municipal in Rio de Janeiro. Vinicius de Moraes assembled major names of Brazilian culture to participate in the production. Antônio Carlos Jobim co-wrote the songs and conducted the orchestra, Luiz Bonfá performed on guitar, Oscar Niemeyer did the stage design, Djanira and Carlos Scliar designed the posters, and Abdias do Nascimento performed in the original cast and provided other actors from his . Songs to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orfeu
''Orfeu'' is a 1999 Brazilian romantic drama film directed by Carlos Diegues, and starring Toni Garrido, Patrícia França and Murilo Benício. Based on the play '' Orfeu da Conceição'' by Vinicius de Moraes, the film retells the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice, setting it in the modern context of Rio de Janeiro during ''Carnival''. Mostly shot in scenographic '' favela'' in Jacarepaguá, Rio de Janeiro, it included scenes from the 1998 Carnival celebration in which Garrido paraded with the samba school Viradouro. Cast * Toni Garrido as Orpheus * Patrícia França as Eurydice * Murilo Benício as Lucinho * Zezé Motta as Conceição * Milton Gonçalves as Inácio * Isabel Fillardis as Mira *Maria Ceiça as Carmen * Stepan Nercessian as Pacheco *Maurício Gonçalves as Pecê Reception Critical response ''Orfeu'' has an approval rating of 36% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 14 reviews, and an average rating of 5.9/10. Metacritic Metacr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge Amado
Jorge Amado ( 10 August 1912 – 6 August 2001) was a Brazilian writer of the modernist school. He remains the best-known of modern Brazilian writers, with his work having been translated into some 49 languages and popularized in film, including ''Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (novel), Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands'' in 1976, and having been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature 7 times. His work reflects the image of a Mestiço Brazil and is marked by religious syncretism. He depicted a cheerful and optimistic country that was beset, at the same time, with deep social and economic differences. He occupied the 23rd chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters from 1961 until his death in 2001. He won the 1984 Nonino#Winners, International Nonino Prize in Italy. He also was Chamber of Deputies (Brazil), Federal Deputy for São Paulo (state), São Paulo as a member of the Brazilian Communist Party between 1947 and 1951. Biography Amado was born on Saturday, 10 August 1912, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tieta
''Tieta'' ( Portuguese: ''Tieta do Agreste'', lit. "''Tieta from Agreste''") is a novel written by the Brazilian author Jorge Amado, published on August 17, 1977. Set in the 1970s, it narrates the return of Tieta to the remote village of Santana do Agreste, 26 years after being beaten and expelled by her father in front of all the town's people. Background Written mainly in Buraquinho Beach, Lauro de Freitas, close to Salvador, Brazil, and concluded in London in mid-1977, Tieta lives up to its full title: "''Tieta the Goat Girl or The Return of The Prodigal Daughter, A Melodramatic Serial Novel in Five Sensational Episodes with a Touching Epilogue: Thrills and Suspense!''" The book is one of the author's longest narratives and follows the story's protagonist through three decades. In the work of Jorge Amado, the novel falls between those books that, in novelistic tone, chronicle the times and customs, without losing sight of social and political criticism. Published during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tieta Of Agreste
''Tieta of Agreste'' () is a 1996 Brazilian comedy film directed by Carlos Diegues. It is based on the novel ''Tieta'' by Jorge Amado. The film was selected as the Brazilian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 69th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. Cast * Sônia Braga as Antonieta "Tieta" Esteves Cantarelli * Marília Pêra as Perpétua Esteves Batista **Anna Cotrim as young Perpétua * Chico Anysio as Zé Esteves, the Tieta's father * Cláudia Abreu as Leonora Cantarelli * Zezé Motta as Carmosina "Carmô" * Jece Valadão as Commandant Dario * Harildo Deda as coronel Artur da Tapitanga * André Valli as Barbozinha * Heitor Martinez as Ricardo "Cardo" Esteves Batista * Noélia Marcondes as Tonha * Patrícia França as Imaculada and young Tieta * Daniel Filho as Mirko Stephano * Virginia Rodrigues as singer * Jorge Amado as narrator * Leon Góes as Ascânio Trindade Soundtrack See also * List of submissions to the 69th Academy Awar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Engenheiros Do Hawaii
Engenheiros do Hawaii ("Engineers from Hawaii" in English) was a Brazilian rock band formed in Porto Alegre in 1983 that achieved great popularity with their ironic, critically charged songs with heavily semantic lyrics often relying on wordplays. The vocalist and bassist Humberto Gessinger was the only member present since the original lineup. History First years in the south Three architecture college students from UFRGS, Humberto Gessinger (vocal and guitar), Carlos Maltz (drums) and Marcelo Pitz (bass) decided to form a band for a show in a college festival. That performance brought invitations to do new shows and after some gigs in alternative venues in Porto Alegre and a series along Rio Grande do Sul's country region, the Engenheiros do Hawaii recorded their first solo album: '' Longe Demais das Capitais'' in 1986. The record's musical direction pointed towards a more New Wave sound, very close to the sound of bands like The Police and Os Paralamas do Sucesso. It includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
