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Roberto Farias
Roberto Farias (27 March 1932 – 14 May 2018) was a Brazilian film director, film producer, producer and screenwriter. He directed 15 films during his career. His 1982 film ''Pra Frente, Brasil'' was entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival. Farias' brother Reginaldo Faria (the 's' was added to his surname due to an error at the registry) is also a film director and actor. Biography Brother of the actor Reginaldo Faria, had an "s" added to his surname by error of the notary. His mother took him as a baby when he went to the movies. Between one bottle and another, it was his first contact with what was happening on the screen. At the age of 8 he was making a "movie" at his house using shoe boxes. From cinema to photography was an easy jump and he came from Nova Friburgo to study Fine Arts in Rio de Janeiro or to do Architecture, but his destiny and preference was always the movies. Throughout his career, Roberto was an assistant, editor, screenwriter, produce ...
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Nova Friburgo
Nova Friburgo (; ; ), commonly referred to as just Friburgo, is a List of municipalities in Rio de Janeiro, municipality in the state of Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro in southeastern Brazil. It is located in the mountainous region, in the Center Mesoregion of the state, from the capital Rio de Janeiro (city), Rio de Janeiro. The town is above sea level, with a population of 191,158 (2020) and its area is 933 km2. The main economic activities are the undergarment industry, olericulture, goat raising, various industries (textile, clothing, metallurgy) and tourism. It is also the coldest city of the state. History Up to the 19th century, the region of the present Nova Friburgo was inhabited by Coroado Purí people, Purí Indigenous peoples in Brazil, Indians. In 1818, King John VI of Portugal, John VI was interested in improving the relationship with Germany, in order to obtain support against the French empire. He then proposed a planned settlement that would p ...
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Embrafilme
Embrafilme (in full: ''Empresa Brasileira de Filmes S.A.'') was a Brazilian state-owned company created on September 12, 1969 for production, funding and distribution of Brazilian movies. The company was dissolved on March 16, 1990 by the National Privatization Program, launched by the government of President Fernando Collor. Currently, the regulatory and financing functions of the Brazilian audiovisual sector are maintained by Ancine, a federal agency created in 2001. The distribution area is now the responsibility of the private sector. See also * Cinema of Brazil * Rhodesia Television - A Zimbabwean broadcasting company that also closed down in response to change in political direction. References External links Embrafilmeat IMDb Embrafilme creation LawAncine PageCinemabrasileiro.net, web ...
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Toda Donzela Tem Um Pai Que É Uma Fera
Toda may refer to: *Toda people *Toda language * Toda Embroidery * Toda lattice * Toda field theory * Oscillator Toda * Toda (surname), a Japanese surname * "Toda" (song), a song by Alex Rose and Rauw Alejandro *Queen Toda of Navarre Toda Aznárez (Basque: ''Tota Aznar''; died 15 October 958), known as Toda of Pamplona, was queen of Pamplona by her marriage to Sancho I. She ruled the kingdom as regent during the minority of her son García Sánchez I from 931. She was herse ... (fl. 885–970) * Toda, Saitama, Japan * Toda bracket * Toda fibration *Takeoff Distance Available, see Runway#Declared distances * Theatre of Digital Art, Dubai, UAE * Todaraisingh, or Toda, a municipality in Rajasthan, India See also * {{Disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ...
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Um Candango Na Belacap
Um or UM may refer to: Businesses and organisations * Air Zimbabwe (IATA:UM) * Union for the Mediterranean, an intergovernmental body * United Methodist Church * United Motors Company, an American automotive parts supplier * Universal McCann, a global advertising and media agency * Universal Medicine, an Australian cult Language * "Um", a filler in spoken English and some other languages * Um (cuneiform), a prehistoric alphabetic sign Science and technology * Micrometre (μm), sometimes written as "um" in limited character sets * Ultrarapid metabolizer, a term used in pharmacogenomics to refer to individuals with substantially increased metabolic activity * .um, the Internet domain for the US Minor Outlying Islands * Um interface, the air interface for the GSM mobile telephone standard * Unified Model, a global numerical weather prediction model * User manual, a document or manual intended to give assistance to people using a particular system * Utilization management, th ...
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Rico Ri à Toa
The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act is a United States federal law that provides for extended criminal penalties and a civil cause of action for acts performed as part of an ongoing criminal organization. RICO was enacted by Title IX of the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970 (), and is codified at as . This article primarily covers the federal criminal statute, but since 1972, 33 U.S. states and territories have adopted state RICO laws, which although similar, cover additional state crimes and may differ from the federal law and each other in several respects. History G. Robert Blakey, an adviser to the United States Senate Government Operations Committee, drafted the law under the close supervision of Senator John L. McClellan, the Chairman of the Criminal Law and Procedures Subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee. It was signed into law by US President Richard Nixon. Prosecutors in the 1970s used it to prosecute the Mafia as well ...
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Brava Gente
Brava or La Brava may refer to: Geography *Brava, Cape Verde, a volcanic island * Brava, Costa Rica, an island of Costa Rica (Isla Brava) *Costa Brava, a coastal area Mediterranean of northeast Spain *Barawa Barawa ( ''Barāwe'', , ''Baraawe'', ''Barāwa'', Italian language, Italian: ''Brava''), also known as Barawe and Brava, is the capital city, capital of the South West State of Somalia, South West State of Somalia.Pelizzari, Elisa. "Guerre civ ..., a town in Somalia commonly known as ''Brava'' * La Brava Lake *La Brava San Javier Department, Santa Fe *Ciénaga La Brava Pedraza, Magdalena *La Brava Atlántida, Uruguay People * Linda Brava, Finnish violinist * La Brava (''My Hero Academia''), a character in the manga series ''My Hero Academia'' Brands and products * Brava (beer), a brand of premium lager from the Lakeport Brewing Company * Vauxhall Brava, also known as the Bedford Brava, a pickup truck *Various Fiat models: ** Fiat Brava, a 5-door hatchback ** Fiat Br ...
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Você Decide
''Você Decide'' (''You Decide'' / ''It's Your Call'') was an interactive television program broadcast on the Brazilian TV network Rede Globo from 1992 to 2000. During each episode special cases were presented, and viewers would decide the ending through phone votes. Broadcast history ''Você Decide'' is the second longest-running series of Rede Globo, with nine seasons and 323 episodes. On March 11, 1999, the episode ''Mulher 2000'' had its finale shown only in the North and Northeast regions (along with portions of the Southeast and the Center-West regions) due to a blackout in Brazil and Paraguay in 1999 that greatly affected much of the country at the time of the show. In its final years, the program aired on Thursday nights shortly after ''Linha Direta''. The last episode aired on August 17, 2000. The following week, the program was replaced with the miniseries ''Aquarela do Brasil'' (Watercolors of Brazil). Brazilian soap opera stars participated in the episodes, with s ...
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Maria Moura Memorial
Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial * 170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 * Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, dark basaltic plains on Earth's Moon Terrestrial *Maria, Maevatanana, Madagascar * Maria, Quebec, Canada * Maria, Siquijor, the Philippines * María, Spain, in Andalusia * Îles Maria, French Polynesia *María de Huerva, Aragon, Spain * Villa Maria (other) Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Maria'' (1947 film), Swedish film * ''Maria'' (1975 film), Swedish film * ''Maria'' (2003 film), Romanian film * ''Maria'' (2019 film), Filipino film * ''Maria'' (2021 film), Canadian film directed by Alec Pronovost *'' Being Maria'', 2024 French film released as ''Maria'' in France * ''Maria'' (2024 film), American film * ''Maria'' (Sinhala film), Sri Lankan upcoming film Literature * ''María'' (novel), an 1867 novel by Jorge Isaacs * ...
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Contos De Verão
Contos may refer to: Currency *Conto, the unofficial multiple of the Portuguese escudo: 1 conto meant 1,000$00, 2 contos meant 2,000$00 and so on. * Contos de réis, one million réis (or one thousand mil-réis, written 1.000$000) of the Portuguese real People * Contos (surname) Other uses * ''Contos'' (Eça de Queiroz), a collection of short stories by the Portuguese writer Eça de Queiroz. It was first published in 1902, two years after his death. See also * * Conto * Kontos (other) {{disambig ...
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