|
Globo Filmes
Globo Filmes is a Brazilian motion picture production company owned by Grupo Globo. History It was founded in 1998 by Roberto Marinho. The films produced or co-produced by the company frequently obtain more than 90% of box office revenue in the Brazilian movie industry and more than 20% of the total market. While Globo Filmes isn't responsible for distributing its own films, as a producing party in Brazil, it retains the leasing rights for film distribution of their properties in other platforms, such as television, streaming and home video. Most of its productions are distributed by local Brazilian partners, like Paris Filmes, Imagem Filmes, H2O Films, Califórnia Filmes, Imovision, Vitrine Filmes and Embaúba Filmes. As of October 2017, it has produced 222 movies, and 17 are in production. In all, the films produced have reached around 70 million viewers in movie theaters and formed partnerships with more than 40 independent producers. Filmography Globo Films parti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Private Company
A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose Stock, shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in their respective listed markets. Instead, the Private equity, company's stock is offered, owned, traded or exchanged privately, also known as "over-the-counter (finance), over-the-counter". Related terms are unlisted organisation, unquoted company and private equity. Private companies are often less well-known than their public company, publicly traded counterparts but still have major importance in the world's economy. For example, in 2008, the 441 list of largest private non-governmental companies by revenue, largest private companies in the United States accounted for $1.8 trillion in revenues and employed 6.2 million people, according to ''Forbes''. In general, all companies that are not owned by the government are classified as private enterprises. This definition encompasses both publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Filho
João Carlos Daniel Filho (born 30 September 1937), best known as Daniel Filho, is a Brazilian film producer, director, actor, and screenwriter. He starred in the 1962 film '' The Unscrupulous Ones'', which was entered into the 12th Berlin International Film Festival. Personal life Filho was previously married to Regina Duarte, an actress who served as Special Secretary of Culture in the presidency of Jair Bolsonaro. Selected filmography ;Actor * ;Director * '' A Cama ao Alcance de Todos'' (1969) * '' Believe It or Not'' (1969) * '' Pobre Príncipe Encantado'' (1969) * '' O Casal'' (1975) * '' O Cangaceiro Trapalhão'' (1983) * '' The Inheritance'' (2001) * '' Owner of the Story'' (2004) * '' Lots of Ice and a Little Bit of Water'' (2006) * '' If I Were You'' (2006) * '' Cousin Bazilio'' (2007) * '' If I Were You 2'' (2008) * ''Peacetime'' (2009) * ''Chico Xavier'' (2010) * ''As Cariocas'' (2010) * ''Confissões de Adolescente'' (2013) *''Sorria, Você Está Sendo Filmado'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meu Tio Matou Um Cara
''Meu Tio Matou um Cara'' () is a 2004 Brazilian crime comedy film co-written and directed by Jorge Furtado. It follows the adventures of 15-year-old Duca ( Darlan Cunha) and his two friends after his uncle, Eder (Lázaro Ramos), confesses to his family of having shot a man. However, Duca suspects that his uncle's story about killing his lover's ex-husband in self-defense is not entirely truthful and so sets out to solve the mystery. Plot After Eder shows up and confesses to what he has done. Duca's father, Laerte, calls his lawyer friend to help Eder prepare his defense. Duca then goes to his long-time friend Isa's house, for whom he secretly has feelings, to tell her about the excitement. Soon afterwards, his other friend Kid arrives as well, and they explain the story to him as well. Duca sees Kid touch Isa's shoulder, though, and becomes jealous so he decides to return home. The following day, Duca talks with Isa again, and his skill for detective work by spotting flaws in h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xuxa Abracadabra
''Xuxa Abracadabra'' is a 2003 Brazilian fantasy adventure film produced by Diler Trindade and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and Globo Filmes. Directed by Moacyr Góes, it stars Xuxa Meneghel, Márcio Garcia, Cláudia Raia, Brunno Abrahão, Maria Mariana Azevedo, Heloísa Périssé, Leandro Hassum, Lúcio Mauro Filho, and Sérgio Mamberti. The film tells the story of a librarian named Sofia who agrees to babysit her friend Matheus's children. While looking after the children at Matheus's great uncle's house, they find a magical book that takes them to a fairy-tale land. The film was developed as a children's film focusing on fairy tales and folklore, a departure from the teen-focused projects Meneghel usually produced and starred in. The screenplay was written by Flávio de Souza, who added several characters from children's stories into the film. The film premiered on December 18, 2003, and grossed 11 million reais upon wide release in Brazil. ''Xuxa Abracadabra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moacyr Góes
Moacyr Góes (born 23 October 1961) is a Brazilian screenwriter and film and theatre director. Biography Góes was born on 23 October 1961 in Natal. He is the son of educator and historian Moacyr de Góes and brother of actor Leon Góes. He graduated from the University of Rio de Janeiro (Uni-Rio) with a degree in theatre directing. Beginning with directing plays for the youth, he would go on direct plays such as ''Noseferatu'' and the Georg Büchner ''Woyzeck''. In 1988, he founded the Companhia de Encenação Teatral. In 1998, he transferred over to Teatro Carlos Gomes. He later transitioned to directing films and television, including '' Laços de Família'' and several movies by Xuxa. Filmography As director * 2003 - ''Dom'' * 2003 - ''Maria - Mãe do Filho de Deus'' * 2003 - ''Xuxa Abracadabra'' * 2004 - '' Um Show de Verão'' * 2004 - ''Irmãos de Fé'' * 2004 - '' Xuxa e o Tesouro da Cidade Perdida'' * 2005 - '' Xuxinha e Guto contra os Monstros do Espaço'' * 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Middle Of The World (2003 Film)
''The Middle of the World'' (; lit. The Path of the Clouds) is a 2003 Brazilian drama film starring Wagner Moura and Cláudia Abreu as a couple with five children making a bicycle trip from the state of Paraíba to the city of Rio de Janeiro. It is based on the true story of Cícero Ferreira Dias, a former truck driver who took his family from Paráiba to Rio de Janeiro in search of a "R$1,000 job". The English title is a reference to the starting point of the film, the "Praça do Meio do Mundo" (Middle of the World Square in Portuguese). The film holds a 58% rating at Rotten Tomatoes and a 32 score at Metacritic, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Plot Romão (Wagner Moura) and Rose ( Cláudia Abreu) are a poor couple living in Paraíba and in search of a job that pays R$1,000 a month, the sum Romão believes to be the minimum necessary for him to feed his children. They decide to make a trip by bicycle to Rio de Janeiro with their five children: teenager Antônio (Rav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisbela E O Prisioneiro
''Lisbela e o Prisioneiro'' (''Lisbela and the Prisoner'') is a 2003 Brazilian romantic comedy film directed by Guel Arraes, based on the 1964 play of the same name by Osman Lins. Filming took place in cities of Pernambuco, Igarassu, Pernambuco, Igarassu, Paudalho and Recife, as well as in Rio de Janeiro and Nova Iguaçu. Plot The film tells the story of the trickster, adventurer and conqueror Leléu and the dreamy girl Lisbela who loves to watch American films and dreams of the movie heroes. The story takes place in the 20th century in Pernambuco. Lisbela (Débora Falabella) is Bride, engaged with other man when Leléu (Selton Mello) arrives in the city. The couple is charmed and begins to live a story full of characters taken from the Northeast Region, Brazil, Brazilian northeastern scene: Inaura (Virgínia Cavendish), a married and seductive woman, who tries to lure the hero (Leléu) and betray her husband bully and mercenary killer Frederico Evandro (Marco Nanini); Lieutenant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge Furtado
Jorge Alberto Furtado (born June 9, 1959) is a Brazilian film and television director and screenwriter. Life and career Furtado attended university for courses in medicine, psychology, journalism and arts, but did not graduate. He began his professional career in the 1980s on a local channel TVE-RS working as reporter, presenter, editor, screenwriter and producer. In 1982 created a TV show ''Quizumba'', that mixed fiction and documentary with very audacious language for the Brazilian public television. Between 1984 and 1986, Furtado was director of the museum Museu de Comunicação Social Hipólito José da Costa in Porto Alegre. At the same time, with the help of José Pedro Goulart and Ana Luiza Azevedo, he created the company Luz Produções, where he made two short films and produced plays for theater. From 1986 to 1990, he made dozens of TV commercials. In 1987, he was one of the founders of Casa de Cinema de Porto Alegre, in which he still participates. In 1990, he worked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man Who Copied
''The Man Who Copied'' (; ) is a 2003 Brazilian crime comedy-drama film written and directed by Jorge Furtado, set in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. ''The Man Who Copied'' takes the form of a "how-to" guide for social mobility. Despite the crime involved in the film, it still has the feel of a lighthearted romantic comedy (which is a relatively new genre in Brazilian film and television, introduced in the 1990s by the American and British film and television industries). The film won eleven awards, including Best Picture from the São Paulo Association of Art Critics Award in 2004. The 2003 release date helped the film gain momentum, as from the 1990s to the early 2000s, Brazilian films began getting more competitive in both the national and international markets (especially with the release of '' City of God''). Plot Nineteen-year-old André Maciel (Lázaro Ramos) works as a photocopy machine operator in a convenience store in Porto Alegre. Disillusioned with his life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Héctor Babenco
Héctor Eduardo Babenco (February 7, 1946July 13, 2016) was an Argentine-Brazilian film director, screenwriter, producer and actor who worked in several countries including Brazil, Argentina, and the United States. He was one of the first Brazilian filmmakers to gain international critical acclaim, through his films which often dealt with social outcasts on the fringes of society. His best-known works include '' Pixote'' (1980), '' Kiss of the Spider Woman'' (1985), '' Ironweed'' (1987), '' At Play in the Fields of the Lord'' (1990) and '' Carandiru'' (2003). Babenco's films brought him several accolades. He was nominated three times for the Palme d'Or of the Cannes Film Festival, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director for ''Kiss of the Spider Woman.'' He won the Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro twice, and the Prêmio ACIE de Cinema once. Early life Babenco was born in Buenos Aires and raised in Mar del Plata. His mother, Janka Haberberg, was a Polish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carandiru (film)
''Carandiru'' is a 2003 drama film directed by Héctor Babenco. It is based on the memoir '' Estação Carandiru'' by Dr. Drauzio Varella. It follows Drauzio ( Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos), a physician and AIDS/HIV specialist, volunteering work in the Carandiru Penitentiary, the largest prison in Latin America, in São Paulo, shortly before the 1992 massacre, where 111 prisoners were killed by police forces. The film was shot on location, on the then deactivated prison, months before its demolition in 2002. Babenco stated that ''Carandiru'' is the "most realistic film e hasever made", presenting the film as a new kind of Brazilian realism inspired by Cinema Novo. Due to this focus on portraying reality and the film's memoir inspiration, ''Carandiru'' can be read as a docudrama or as a testimony from the prisoners. The film had its international premiere at the main competition of the 2003 Cannes Film Festival. It was selected as the Brazilian entry for the Best Foreign Language ... [...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] |