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Cássio Gabus Mendes
Cássio Gabus Mendes (born 29 August 1961) is a Brazilian actor. Career Debuted on TV in the telenovela '' Elas por Elas'', in 1982, and participated in the telenovelas ''Ti Ti Ti'', ''Vale Tudo'', ''Tieta'' and '' A Indomada'', and others. He acted in the miniseries ''Anos Rebeldes'', ''Mulher'' and '' O Quinto dos Infernos''. In cinema, he acted in ''Boleiros – Era Uma Vez o Futebol'' (1998) and ''Boleiros 2 – Vencedores e Vencidos'' (2006), both by Ugo Giorgetti. He was also cast in ''Orfeu'' (1999) by Carlos Diegues, ''Como Fazer um Filme de Amor'' (2004) by José Roberto Torero, and ''Trair e Coçar é Só Começar'' (2006) by Moacyr Góes, '' Baptism of Blood'' (2007) and ''Caixa Dois'' (2007). Also in 2007, he participated in the miniseries ''Amazônia, de Galvez a Chico Mendes'', portraying Chico Mendes, in the telenovela '' Desejo Proibido'' and in the special TV show '' Os Amadores''. In late 2008, seven months after the end of '' Desejo Proibido'', he retu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Paulo (city)
São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the Americas, Americas, and both the Western Hemisphere, Western and Southern Hemispheres. Listed by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) as an global city, alpha global city, it exerts substantial international influence in commerce, finance, arts, and entertainment. It is the List of largest cities#List, largest urban area by population outside Asia and the most populous Geographical distribution of Portuguese speakers, Portuguese-speaking city in the world. The city's name honors Paul the Apostle and people from the city are known as ''paulistanos''. The city's Latin motto is ''Non ducor, duco'', which translates as "I am not led, I lead." Founded in 1554 by Jesuit priests, the city was the center of the ''bandeirant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chico Mendes
Francisco Alves Mendes Filho, better known as Chico Mendes (; 15 December 1944 – 22 December 1988), was a Brazilian rubber tapper, trade union leader, and environmentalist. He fought to preserve the Amazon rainforest, and advocated for the human rights of Brazilian peasants and Indigenous people. He was assassinated by a rancher on 22 December 1988. The Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation ( or ICMBio), a body under the jurisdiction of the Brazilian Ministry of the Environment, is named in his honor. Early life Francisco "Chico" Alves Mendes Filho was born on 15 December 1944, in a rubber reserve called Seringal Bom Futuro, outside of Xapuri, a small town in the state of Acre. He was the son of a second-generation rubber tapper, Francisco Mendes, and his wife, Iracê. Chico was one of 17 siblings—only six of whom survived childhood. At age 9, Chico began work as a rubber tapper alongside his father. At the time, the rubber industry across the nation w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Além Do Horizonte
''Além do Horizonte'' (English: ''Beyond the Horizon'') is a Brazilian telenovela created by Carlos Gregório and Marcos Bernstein. It was produced and broadcast by Globo. The telenovela features an ensemble cast headed by Juliana Paiva, Thiago Rodrigues, Antônio Calloni, Rodrigo Simas, Mariana Rios, Sheron Menezzes, Flávia Alessandra, Alexandre Borges, Marcello Novaes, Cássio Gabus Mendes and special participation by Alexandre Nero. Plot Lili ( Juliana Paiva), Rafa (Vinicius Redd) and William (Thiago Rodrigues) are willing to explore a new world. In search of loved ones who have disappeared without explanation, these three young people get to know each other and, together, discover that one has to go far beyond the horizon to unravel the mysteries that surround their families. In this journey, they intend to find the father of Lili, Luis Carlos (Antonio Calloni); the aunt and brother of William, Tereza ( Carolina Ferraz) and Marlon ( Rodrigo Simas); and Rafa's girl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lado A Lado
''Lado a Lado'' (; ''Side by Side'') is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo from 10 September 2012 to 8 March 2013. Written by João Ximenes Braga and Claudia Lage, with Chico Soares, Douglas Tourinho, Fernando Rebello, Vellego Jackie, Nina Crintzs and Maria Camargo as co-writers, alongside Gilberto Braga as script advisor. Directed by Dennis Carvalho and Vinicius Coimbra. Starring Camila Pitanga and Marjorie Estiano in the lead roles, alongside Patrícia Pillar, Lázaro Ramos, Thiago Fragoso, Caio Blat, Alessandra Negrini, Sheron Menezzes and Rafael Cardoso in the supporting roles. The plot revolves around two women from different social classes and race in the early 20th century, shortly after the abolition of slavery in Brazil. In 2013, the show won the International Emmy Award for Best Telenovela. Plot Set in Rio de Janeiro's beginning of the 20th century, ''Lado a Lado'' tells the story of a friendship between two women: Isabel ( Camila Pitan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dercy Gonçalves
Dolores Gonçalves Costa (23 June 1907 – 19 July 2008), known by her stage name Dercy Gonçalves, was a Brazilian actress, comedian and singer. In her 86-year-long career, she worked in the theater, revues, film, radio and television, becoming famous by her humorous use of vulgar language. In 1991, at the age of 84, she caused controversy by exposing her breasts while parading with a Samba school in Rio de Janeiro's Brazilian Carnival, Carnaval. Gonçalves is recognized by Guinness World Records as having the longest acting career ever having acted from 1922 to 2008. Biography Dercy Gonçalves was Biography, biographed in 1994 by Maria Adelaide Amaral. The book was titled ''Dercy de Cabo a Rabo'' (a popular expression in Portuguese that means "from the beginning to the end", and in this particular case, "The complete Dercy"). Amaral also adapted her book into the 2012 miniseries ''Dercy de Verdade'' ("The true Dercy"). Dercy Gonçalves was portrayed by Luiza Périssé (teen), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal Bank Heist
''Federal Bank Heist'' () is a 2011 Brazilian thriller film directed and produced by Marcos Paulo Simões, starring Milhem Cortaz, Hermila Guedes, Eriberto Leão and Lima Duarte. It is based on the 2005 Banco Central burglary at Fortaleza. Plot In 2005, high-ranked criminal Barão (Milhem Cortaz) and his wife Carla (Hermila Guedes) are planning Banco Central burglary at Fortaleza, the heist that inspired the film - they need to dig a tunnel linking a house to the Banco Central's vault in Fortaleza, where they'll steal millions of Brazilian real, reals. To accomplish their objective, they assemble a group of eight other criminals: Mineiro (Eriberto Leão), the couple's right-hand and chief of the band when Barão's not around; Doutor (Tonico Pereira), a communism, communist civil engineer; Tatu (Gero Camilo), the chief of the brickies; Caetano (Fábio Lago), Saulo (Créo Kellab), Décio (Juliano Cazarré) and Firmino (Cadu Fávero), all brickies; and Léo (Heitor Martinez), head o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruna Surfistinha (film)
''Confessions of a Brazilian Call Girl'' () is a 2011 Brazilian Biographical film, biographical Erotic film, erotic Drama (film and television), drama film directed by Marcus Baldini, based on the 2005 autobiographical novel ''The Scorpion's Sweet Venom: The Diary of a Brazilian Call Girl'' by Bruna Surfistinha. The film stars Deborah Secco (as Bruna Surfistinha), Cássio Gabus Mendes, Fabiula Nascimento, Cristina Lago, Guta Ruiz and Drica Moraes. Filming began in September 2009 in Paulínia and São Paulo. Plot Seventeen-year-old Raquel Pacheco, who is adopted by an upper-middle-class family, decides to leave her adoptive family and studies at a traditional school in São Paulo behind to become a prostitute, and later a call girl. Shortly after starting work, she decides to write a blog about her experiences. Since some clients thought she looked like a surfer, she adopts the name "Surfistinha", which means "little surfer girl". Her blog becomes a sensation, and quickly becomes o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Insensato Coração
''Insensato Coração'' (''Irrational Heart'') is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo that first premiered 17 January 2011, replacing '' Passione'' and ended on 19 August 2011, followed by ''Fina Estampa''. It is created and written by Gilberto Braga and Ricardo Linhares in collaboration with Ângela Carneiro, Fernando Rebello, Izabel de Oliveira, João Ximenes Braga, Maria Helena Nascimento and Nelson Nadotti. Directed by Dennis Carvalho and Vinícius Coimbra together with Cristiano Marques, Flávia Lacerda, Maria de Médicis and Luísa Lima. Starring Antonio Fagundes, Glória Pires, Eriberto Leão, Paolla Oliveira, Lázaro Ramos, Camila Pitanga, Gabriel Braga Nunes, Deborah Evelyn, Herson Capri, Deborah Secco, Juliano Cazarré, Ana Lúcia Torre, Natália do Vale, Nathalia Timberg and Tarcísio Meira. Plot ''Irrational Heart'' revolves around unreasonable attitudes and the consequences generated that threaten to change the course of many liv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chico Xavier (film)
''Chico Xavier'' is a 2010 Brazilian drama film directed by Daniel Filho, written by Marcos Bernstein, and starring Nelson Xavier, Christiane Torloni, Giulia Gam, Letícia Sabatella, Giovanna Antonelli and Tony Ramos. It was released in Brazil on April 2, 2010. The movie is a biography of the Brazilian medium Chico Xavier. Cast * Nelson Xavier as Chico Xavier (1969 to 1975) * Ângelo Antônio as Chico Xavier (1931 to 1959) *Matheus Costa as Chico Xavier (1918 to 1922) * Tony Ramos as Orlando *Christiane Torloni as Glória * Giulia Gam as Rita * Letícia Sabatella as Maria * Luís Melo Melo as João Cândido *Pedro Paulo Rangel as Father Scarzelo * Giovanna Antonelli as Cidália *André Dias as Emmanuel *Paulo Goulart as Saulo Guimarães * Cássia Kis as Iara *Cássio Gabus Mendes as Father Julio Maria *Rosi Campos Rosângela "Rosi" Martins Campos (born 30 March 1954) is a Brazilian actress. Biography Campos was born in 1954 in Bragança Paulista. She graduated in Jou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
As Cariocas
''As Cariocas'' (English: ''The Cariocas'') is a 2010 Brazilian television series written by Euclydes Marinho, based on Sérgio Porto's novel of the same name. It aired on Rede Globo from 19 October 2010 to 21 December 2010. The series consists of 10 independent episodes, each one starring a different actress and set in a different neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro. A spin-off entitled '' As Brasileiras'' was produced and aired by Rede Globo in 2012. Premise ''As Cariocas'' is inspired by the novel of the same name by Sérgio Porto, written under the pseudonym Stanislaw Ponte Preta in 1967, and tells the story of 10 beautiful women from different Neighborhoods of Rio de Janeiro. Cast * Alinne Moraes * Adriana Esteves * Paola Oliveira * Fernanda Torres * Cintia Rosa * Sônia Braga * Grazi Massafera * Alessandra Negrini * Deborah Secco * Angélica Episodes Reception Patrícia Kogut of ''O Globo'' said that ''As Cariocas'' "has impeccable photography, inspired trac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denise Fraga
Denise Rodrigues Fraga (born 15 October 1964) is a Brazilian actress. She is also a columnist at Editora Globo Editora Globo S.A. is a Brazilian publishing house, property of :pt:Fundação Roberto Marinho, Fundação Roberto Marinho. It began as a bookstore called Livraria do Globo, created in Porto Alegre, in December 1883, by Laudelino Pinheiro de Barc ...'s ''Crescer'' magazine. Filmography *'' Bambolê'' (1987) – Amália *''A, E, I, O, Urca'' (1990) *'' Barriga de Aluguel'' (1990) – Ritinha *'' Éramos Seis'' (1994) – Olga *'' Sangue do Meu Sangue'' (1995) – Natália *'' Cousin Bazilio'' (1998) – Natália *'' Por Trás do Pano'' (1999) – Helena *'' O Auto da Compadecida'' (2000) – Dora *'' Uga-Uga'' (2000) – Meg *'' Cristina Quer Casar'' (2003) – Cristina *'' The Sign of the City'' (2007) – Lydia *''Norma'' (2009) – Norma *''O Contador Histórias'' (2009) *'' As Melhores Coisas do Mundo'' (2010) – Camila *'' Hoje'' (2011) – Vera *'' A Lei do A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Três Irmãs
''Três Irmãs'' is a Brazilian telenovela produced and aired by TV Globo TV Globo (stylized as tvglobo; , ), formerly known as Rede Globo de Televisão (; shortened to Rede Globo) or simply known as Globo, is a Brazilian free-to-air Television broadcasting, television network, launched by media proprietor Roberto M ..., from 15 September 2008 to 10 April 2009 with a total of 179 episodes, replacing '' Beleza Pura'', being replaced by '' Caras & Bocas''. Plot The plot is based on Virginia and her daughters, the three sisters: Dora, Alma and Susana, in their respective pursuits for happiness, having as background a fictitious beach, the beautiful Blue Beach. Dora is the eldest daughter of Virginia. Widow and mother of Marquinho, she lives with her mother-in-law, the villain Violeta Aquila, who blames her for the premature death of her son, Artur Aquila. She's a beautiful, funny, high-spirited woman. With the onset of her mother's illness, she moves to Praia Azul. With the a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
