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Theresa Amayo
Theresa Guichard Amayo Brasini (13 July 1933 – 24 January 2022) was a Brazilian actress. Life and career Amayo began her career on stage in the 1950s. She was an early star of Brazilian television, first working for Rede Tupi, and then being one of the first actresses who got an exclusive contract by Rede Globo. Her major works include ''Sangue e Areia'' (1967–1968) and ''Pecado Capital'' (1975–1976). The wife of the actor, screenwriter and film director Mário Brasini, in 2004 Amayo lost her daughter, her son-in-law and her grandson in the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Indian Ocean tsunami. In 2019 she was awarded best actress at the 52nd edition of the Festival de Brasília for her performance in the film ''Dulcina''. Amayo died after a one-year battle with kidney cancer in Rio de Janeiro, on 24 January 2022, at the age of 88. Filmography Television Film Stage * ''Irene'' – by Pedro Bloch. Theater debut in Rio, title role, great success in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second Brazilian Republic
The Second Brazilian Republic, officially the Republic of the United States of Brazil, was the period in Brazilian history between 1930 and 1937, during the Vargas Era. It began with the Revolution of 1930, led by Getúlio Vargas, and was divided into three phases: the transitional government, the provisional government, and the constitutional government. It ended with a coup d'état carried out by Vargas in 1937, which gave rise to the Estado Novo. The transitional government was the period during which a Provisional Governing Junta ruled the country for a short time after the deposition of Washington Luís. The provisional government was the period during which Vargas ruled by decree as head of state until the promulgation of the 1934 Constitution. The constitutional government began when Vargas was elected president in 1934, alongside a democratically elected legislature. Background Revolution of 1930 On 7 September 1930, the revolutionary movement gained new momentu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malhação
''Malhação'' (, ''Young Hearts'' in English) is a Brazilian soap-opera that aired on TV Globo from 4 March 1995 to 3 April 2020. The series is targeted at a teenage audience. Each season runs for about a year with cast members changing every season. History The soap opera began in 1995, and was initially set in a fictional Gym Club called ''Malhação'' on Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro. Through the years the setting varied each season. Although the name of the soap remained the same, it was set in the Múltipla Escolha () High School for nine seasons. In the twenty-second season, the location returned to be a gym, the ''Gael's Martial Arts Gym'', placed within the art school ''Ribalta''. The following season brought the high school setting back. From the twenty-fourth season onwards, the setting was changed back to the "Academia Form". During the first fourteen seasons, each episode of ''Malhação'' began with a cold open scene, preceded by a recap of the previous episo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Não Pare Na Pista
''Paulo Coelho's Best Story'' () is a 2014 Brazilian-Spanish biographical drama film about the Brazilian lyricist and novelist Paulo Coelho. Directed by Daniel Augusto, it stars Júlio Andrade, Ravel Andrade, Fabíula Nascimento, Fabiana Guglielmetti and Lucci Ferreira. The film focuses on three different moments of the writer's career — his youth in the 60s (period in which is lived by the actor Ravel Andrade); adulthood in the 80s (Julio Andrade); and maturity, in 2013, when he visits once again Santiago de Compostela. Using as a basis Paulo Coelho's own statements, the history pervades the most striking moments of the life of the author, as the traumas, the relationship with drugs and religion, sexuality and the partnership with musician Raul Seixas. Cast *Júlio Andrade as Paulo Coelho Paulo Coelho de Souza ( , ; born 24 August 1947) is a Brazilian lyricist and novelist and a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters since 2002. His 1988 novel '' The Alchemis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinemateca Brasileira
The Cinemateca Brasileira is the institution responsible for preserving Brazilian audiovisual production. In July 2021, it experienced a major fire. Since 1940, it has been developing activities around the dissemination and restoration of its collection, with around 250 thousand rolls of films and more than one million documents related to cinema. It is located in Largo Senador Raul Cardoso, São Paulo. The building previously acted as the Old Municipal Slaughterhouse of São Paulo from 1887 to 1927. It had the largest collection of "moving images" in Latin America and is one of the largest institutions of its kind in the world. It preserved a large part of the nation's cinematographic content and houses the greatest collection of Brazilian cinema, with more than 250,000 rolls of film. These corresponded to 45,000-90,000 titles among the works produced since 1895. The library collection consisted of more than 1,000,000 documents, including censorship certificates, invitations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canal Brasil
Canal Brasil is a Brazilian subscription TV channel with programming focused on the country's audiovisual productions. It's the result of an association of Grupo Globo's cable TV division Canais Globo with the company Grupo Consórcio Brasil (GCB), formed by Luiz Carlos Barreto, Zelito Vianna, Marco Altberg, Roberto Farias, Anibal Massaini Neto, Patrick Siaretta, André Saddy and Paulo Mendonça. History The channel premiered on September 18, 1998, with the exhibition of the film ''Sonho sem fim'' (Dream Without End), by Lauro Escorel, and was developed based on Decree 2206, of 1997, which required all Brazilian cable TV service providers to include in their programming at least one channel with 12 daily hours dedicated to "Brazilian cinematographic and audiovisual works of independent production. Hosts and programs Some of Canal Brasil's hosts and shows are, or were Paulo Tiefenthaler (Larica Total), Lázaro Ramos (Espelho), Michel Melamed (Bipolar Show), Charles Gavin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Topíssima
''Topíssima'' is a Brazilian telenovela produced by RecordTV and Casablanca that premiered on 21 May 2019 and ended on 9 December 2019. The series is written by Cristianne Fridman and directed by Rudi Lagemann. The series stars Camila Rodrigues (actress), Camila Rodrigues, Felipe Cunha, Floriano Peixoto (actor), Floriano Peixoto, Cristiana Oliveira, Sílvia Pfeifer, Maurício Mattar, Samara Felippo and Sidney Sampaio. Plot Sophia is a beautiful, elegant, self-confident millionaire woman. A businesswoman ahead of the family empire, Alencar Group, a network of private universities. She served as vice president and will now hold the presidency if she meets a requirement imposed by her mother, Lara, a decadent and egocentric actress, to marry within 1 year. Sophia's combination of money and beauty attracts countless social climbers. She is aware of this and uses them in the same way that she feels used when they approach her for interest. However, she finally discovers love after a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Regra Do Jogo (telenovela)
''A Regra do Jogo'' (English title: ''Rules of The Game'') is a Brazilian primetime telenovela, created by João Emanuel Carneiro for TV Globo from August 31, 2015 to 11 March, 2016. Written by João Emanuel Carneiro, and directed by Amora Mautner. Starring Alexandre Nero, Giovanna Antonelli, Vanessa Giacomo, Cauã Reymond, Eduardo Moscovis, Marco Pigossi, Susana Vieira, Tony Ramos and Cássia Kis. In 2016, the telenovela was nominated for two International Emmy Awards, for Best Telenovela and Best Actor for Alexandre Nero. Plot Romero Rômulo ( Alexandre Nero) is a hero of the people. For others, he is just a selfish crook. He heads an institution that bestows former convicts into society. Little does anyone know that it is also a way of recruiting criminals for the clique he belongs to and through which he earns good money through several robberies and scams. His lover Atena ( Giovanna Antonelli), is a swindler who misses no chances. Unprincipled and immoral, sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Além Do Tempo
''Além do Tempo'' (''beyond time''; English title: ''Time After Time'') is a Brazilian telenovela that premiered on 13 July 2015 and ended 15 January 2016. It is created by Elizabeth Jhin. Written by Elizabeth Jhin in conjunction with Eliane Garcia, Lílian Garcia, Duba Elia, Vinícius Vianna, Wagner de Assis and Renata Jhin; ''Além do Tempo'' is directed by Pedro Vasconcellos and Rogério Gomes. Starring Alinne Moraes, Rafael Cardoso, Paolla Oliveira, Ana Beatriz Nogueira, Emilio Dantas, Irene Ravache, Letícia Persiles and Júlia Lemmertz. The series was Elizabeth Jhin's fifth for Globo, and like the others used the theme of life after death. Jhin declares herself amazed at the public appetite for this topic; she identifies as a Catholic but sympathizes with Kardecist spiritism Kardecist spiritism, also known as Kardecism or Spiritism, is a reincarnationist and Spiritualism (movement), spiritualist doctrine established in France in the mid-19th century by writer and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verdades Secretas
''Verdades Secretas'' (English: ''Hidden Truths'') is a Brazilian telenovela created by Walcyr Carrasco and directed by Mauro Mendonça Filho and Amora Mautner. Produced and broadcast by TV Globo, it premiered on 8 June 2015. The second season was broadcast by Globo streaming service, Globoplay from 20 October 2021 to 17 December 2021. The first season stars Camila Queiroz, Rodrigo Lombardi, Drica Moraes, Marieta Severo, Reynaldo Gianecchini, Grazi Massafera, Agatha Moreira, and Rainer Cadete. While Rômulo Estrela, Gabriel Braga Nunes, Maria de Medeiros, Deborah Evelyn, Ícaro Silva, Sérgio Guizé, and Júlia Byrro join the main cast for the second season. In October 2021, the telenovela was renewed for a third season, which was scheduled to premiere in 2023. In May 2022, Globo shelved plans of producing the third season, ending the show's run after two seasons. In 2015, the first season won the International Emmy Award for Best Telenovela. Plot Season 1 (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pé Na Cova
''Pé na Cova'' is a Brazilian television series produced by TV Globo. It was shown from 24 January 2013 to 7 April 2016, with 71 episodes and 5 seasons. Created and written by Miguel Falabella, with scripts by Alessandra Poggi, Antonia Pellegrino, Artur Xexéo, Flávio Marinho and Luiz Carlos Góes, collaboration by Ana Quintana, final script by Miguel Falabella and Flávio Marinho, under the direction of Cris D'Amato, Hsu Chien and Cininha de Paula, general direction by Cininha de Paula and core direction by Roberto Talma. It featured Miguel Falabella, Marília Pêra, Lorena Comparato, Daniel Torres, Luma Costa, Mart'nália, Karin Hils, and Karina Marthin in the main roles. Production Although the apparent backdrop of the series is death, Miguel Falabella said that, in fact, its backdrop “is the great tragedy of national education.” Cininha Paula noted that “death surrounds, but does not star in the series” and Falabella concluded that “in Brazil, death has a ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flor Do Caribe
''Flor do Caribe'' (English: ''Caribbean Flower'') is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo originally ran from March 11 to September 19, 2013. Plot Cassiano ( Henri Castelli), an air force pilot, and Ester ( Grazi Massafera), a tourist guide, fall madly in love at a young age. Their love grows throughout the years until they fall victim to a treacherous plot carried out by Alberto ( Igor Rickli). This unscrupulous friend, who secretly loves the young woman, creates a plan to get rid of his rival. After being assigned by Alberto to deliver diamonds in the Caribbean, Cassiano suddenly disappears and is presumed dead. While Cassiano falls prey to dangerous Dom Rafael, Alberto takes the opportunity to comfort Ester and, fulfilling his evil plan, they marry. Cassiano, who remained in captivity for years, manages to escape with the help of a fellow prisoner named Duque and, pretending to be a tourist, reaches Brazil. Now he wants to square accounts with his former ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
