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Guel Arraes
Miguel Arraes de Alencar Filho, known as Guel Arraes (born 12 December 1953) is a Brazilian filmmaker and TV director. Until 2018, he was the director of weekly dramas at TV Globo, Rede Globo, being mainly responsible for the series and miniseries made by the network. Since then, he still continues to contribute, write and direct projects. Biography Arraes is the son of former governor of the state of Pernambuco Miguel Arraes and brother to Ana Arraes. He had lived for a time with his family in exile in Algeria during the Military dictatorship in Brazil, military dictatorship. In 1972, he matriculated at the University of Paris, majoring in anthropology and becoming a member of the Ethnographic Film Committee, led by Jean Rouch. There, he worked as a projectionist, archivist, and editor. Arraes became part of TV Globo, Rede Globo in 1981 as co-director of the novela Jogo da Vida, created by Silvio de Abreu. He would later direct the novelas Guerra dos Sexos (1983 TV series), G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Recife
Recife ( , ) is the Federative units of Brazil, state capital of Pernambuco, Brazil, on the northeastern Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast of South America. It is the largest urban area within both the North Region, Brazil, North and the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region of Brazil. It is the largest city in Pernambuco state, and the fourth-largest urban area in all of Brazil; the Metropolitan area, metro population of the city of Recife was 3,726,974 in 2022. Recife was founded in 1537, serving as the main harbor of the Captaincy of Pernambuco—known for its Brazilian sugar cycle, large-scale production of sugar cane. At one point, it was known as Mauritsstad, when it served as the capital city of the 17th century colony of New Holland (Brazil), New Holland of Dutch Brazil (founded by the Dutch West India Company). Situated at the confluence of the Beberibe River, Beberibe and Capibaribe River, Capibaribe rivers, before they drain into the South Atlantic Ocean, Recife is a m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvio De Abreu
Silvio Eduardo de Abreu (born 20 December 1942) is a Brazilian actor, director, and screenwriter. He is currently the director of the dramaturgy department of Rede 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 network, launched by media proprietor Roberto Marinho on 26 April 1965 .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Abreu, Silvio de 1942 births Living people Brazilian male writers Male television writers Authors of Brazilian telenovelas Telenovela writers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1953 Births
Events January * January 6 РThe Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 РEstonian ̩migr̩s found a government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen President of Yugoslavia. ** The CIA-sponsored Robertson Panel first meets to discuss the UFO phenomenon. * January 15 ** Georg Dertinger, foreign minister of East Germany, is arrested for spying. ** British security forces in West Germany arrest 7 members of the Naumann Circle, a clandestine Neo-Nazi organization. * January 19 Р71.1% of all television sets in the United States are tuned into '' I Love Lucy'', to watch Lucy give birth to Little Ricky, which is more people than those who tune into Dwight Eisenhower's inauguration the next day. This record is never broken. * January 24 ** Mau Mau Uprising: Rebels in Kenya kill the Ruck family (father, mother, and six-year-old son). ** Leader of East Germany Walter Ulbricht announces that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ó PaÃ, Ó
''Ó PaÃ, Ó'' (colloquial form of "''Olhe Para Isso, Olhe''", translated as ''Look At This, Look'') is a 2007 Brazilian drama film directed by Monique Gardenberg. It tells the story of cortiço residents in Pelourinho, the historical center of Salvador, Bahia on the last day of carnaval. Lacking money but not desire for amusement, they get by on creativity, irony, sensuality, and music. The film inspired a TV series, also named ''Ó PaÃ, Ó'', broadcast on Rede Globo. The 10-episode show premiered on October 31, 2008, and also stars Lázaro Ramos. Cast *Lázaro Ramos as Roque *Wagner Moura as Boca *Dira Paes as Psilene *Stênio Garcia as Seu Jerônimo *Luciana Souza as Dona Joana *Érico Brás as Reginaldo *Tânia Tôko as Neusão da Rocha *Emanuelle Araújo as Rosa *Virginia Rodrigues as Bioncetão References External links * 2000s musical comedy-drama films 2007 films Brazilian musical comedy-drama films Films shot in Salvador, Bahia 2000s Portuguese-language films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Grande FamÃlia
''A Grande FamÃlia'' () is a Brazilian television sitcom created by Oduvaldo Vianna Filho and Armando Costa that originally aired on Rede Globo from 29 March 2001 to 11 September 2014. The show tells the story of a typical middle-class family living in a suburban neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro. It is a remake of the series of the same name that aired in Brazil in the 1970s. The family consists of a working father, Lineu, a housewife and mother, Nenê, their son Tuco, their daughter Bebel, and Bebel's fiancée, Agostinho, a taxi driver portrayed as the typical carioca '' malandro''. The family's grandfather, Floriano, was written out of the story after the death of actor Rogério Cardoso. In addition to being the longest-running Brazilian sitcom, ''A Grande FamÃlia'' is considered one of the most popular comedy shows in Brazil. A film based on the series was released in theaters on 10 January 2007. Plot Lineu ( Marco Nanini), the head of the family and quintessential patriarc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Os Normais
''Os Normais'' (in Portuguese, literally "The Normal Ones") is a Brazilian sitcom directed by José Alvarenga Jr. and written by Jorge Furtado, Alexandre Machado, and Fernanda Young. It aired from 2001 to 2003 on Rede Globo. It features a lot of nonsensical situations, unpredictable stories and wild, often explicit humour. The sitcom was adapted in 2003 into a film titled ''Os Normais, O Filme'' (distributed as ''"So Normal"'' in some countries), which received the sequel '' Os Normais 2 - A Noite Mais Maluca de Todas'' in 2009. Plot Rui (Luiz Fernando Guimarães) is engaged to Vani ( Fernanda Torres). Although they spend most of their time together in the same apartment, they live in separate ones in Rio de Janeiro where strange situations take place with different guests in each episode. In 2003, during the third and last season, the series introduced two new characters, Bernardo (Selton Mello Selton Figueiredo Mello (; born 30 December 1972) is a Brazilian actor ... [...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] |
So Normal
''So Normal'' () is a 2003 Brazilian comedy film directed by from a screenplay by and Fernanda Young, based on the Brazilian television sitcom ''Os Normais''. The film stars Luiz Fernando Guimarães, Fernanda Torres, Marisa Orth and Evandro Mesquita. It depicts the beginning of the relationship between the characters Rui and Vani. The film was released in Brazil on 24 October 2003 by Lumière, drawing one million admissions in its opening week and nearly three million in total. ''So Normal'' grossed R$19,874,866 at the Brazilian box office, becoming the third highest-grossing domestic film and the eighth highest-grossing film overall of 2003 in Brazil. A sequel, ''So Normal 2: The Craziest Night Ever'' (), was released in Brazil on 28 August 2009. Cast * Luiz Fernando Guimarães as Rui * Fernanda Torres as Vani * Marisa Orth as Marta * as Sérgio * as Father Alencar * as Marta's father * Lupe Gigliotti as Sérgio's mother * as Vani's cousin * as Ângela * Mário Schoembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Invenção Do Brasil
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, and others worldwide. Its name in English is '' a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version is often written in one of two forms: the double-storey and single-storey . The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English, '' a'' is the indefinite article, with the alternative form ''an''. Name In English, the name of the letter is the ''long A'' sound, pronounced . Its name in most other languages matches the letter's pronunciation in open syllables. History The earliest known ancestor of A is ''aleph''—the first letter of the Phoenician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Dog's Will
''A Dog's Will'' (, , the woman being the Virgin Mary) is a 2000 Brazilian fantasy comedy film directed by Guel Arraes, who co-wrote the screenplay with Adriana Falcão and João Falcão. It is based on a similarly named play by Ariano Suassuna, with elements of some other of Suassuna's plays, ''The Ghost and the Sow'' and ''Torture of a Heart''. The film stars Matheus Nachtergaele, Selton Mello and Fernanda Montenegro, with Rogério Cardoso, Denise Fraga, Diogo Vilela, Marco Nanini, Lima Duarte and LuÃs Melo in supporting roles. A sequel, ', was released in Brazil on 25 December 2024, with Nachtergaele and Mello reprising their roles. Plot João Grilo and Chicó are two poor men living in an arid, desert-like region of Northeast Brazil in the 1930s. João is constantly hungry and malnourished, relying on his charm and silver tongue to fool the townsfolk for his own gain. Chicó is a handsome but cowardly man who tells outlandish, yet likely untruthful stories about his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV Pirata
''TV Pirata'' (Pirate TV) was a weekly Brazilian comedy show aired on Rede Globo between 1988 and 1990, being re-aired monthly in 1992. Some of the writers later went on to form the comedy troupe Casseta & Planeta. The show was first aired in April 1988 to fill a gap on Rede Globo's Tuesday night prime time line-up and its comedy was inspired by sketch comedy shows such as Saturday Night Live and Monty Python's Flying Circus with a no-nonsense approach to Brazilian comedy (something unusual at the time as most of Brazilian humor consisted of weekly shows featuring the same comedy characters); however, it mixed a new style of comedy with elements of Brazilian culture such as football, politics, pop culture, telenovelas, economics and celebrities. No well-known figure or member of any economical or social class was spared from the show's cutting-edge humor. Premise The premise of the show was a TV studio being invaded by pirates who took over the programming department and put a ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnaldo Jabor
Arnaldo Jabor (12 December 1940 – 15 February 2022) was a Brazilian film director and producer, screenwriter, writer, journalist and political pundit for Brazilian television network Rede Globo. Biography He was of Jewish Lebanese descent and identified as an atheist. Initially associated with the Cinema Novo movement with his first fiction feature ''Pindorama'' (1970), Jabor went on directing nine films between 1965 and 1990. His 1973 film '' All Nudity Shall Be Punished'' won the Silver Bear at the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival. In the 1980s, Jabor reached critical and commercial success with his erotically-charged psychological romantic dramas ''I Love You'' (1981) and '' Love Me Forever or Never'' (1986), with the latter gathering a Palm d'Or nomination at the 39th Cannes Film Festival. At the end of his filmmaking career, he considered his satirical comedy '' Tudo Bem'' (1978) as his best film. Jabor died as a result of a stroke in São Paulo São ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
