Antônio Pitanga — Actor (23)
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The Force of Xango (1977)
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Iberê Cavalcanti actor: Geraldo Rosa / Grande Otelo …
other title: A Força de Xangô
Tonho Tiê really likes living free, playing capoeira and drinking. During Carnival he meets beautiful Zulmira; they pledge love and projects for many children. But time passes and Tonho returns to being the womanizer he had always been. Zulmira, daughter of Iansã, cannot stand Tonho's brazenness, and asks her saint-mother to wash her honor with blood.
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Anabazys: O Terceiro Testamento de Glauber Rocha (2007)
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Joel Pizzini / Paloma Rocha actor: Glauber Rocha / Tarcísio Meira …
Recriação baseada na memória em torno da gênese e produção de "A idade da Terrra" (1980), filme-testamento de Glauber Rocha. Um ensaio reflexivo sobre o método de um artista no apogeu de sua expressão 'polytico-poétyka'. Narrado em primeira pessoa pelas 'vozes' de Glauber e por depoimentos da equipe técnica, elenco e colaboradores, o filme investiga as motivações estéticas e a luta incansável do cineasta pela liberdade no país, examinando ainda as raízes dos preconceitos forjados historicamente para excluir o filme do circuito cinematográfico.
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A Day with Jerusa (2020)
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Viviane Ferreira actor: Léa Garcia / Débora Marçal …
other title: Um Dia com Jerusa
"A Day with Jerusa" follows Silvia, a young, mediumic market researcher facing the hardships of underemployment while awaiting the result of a public exam, and Jerusa, a gracious 77-year-old lady, eyewitness to the daily life on Bixiga, a neighborhood filled with ancestral memories. On Jerusa's birthday, while she waits for her family's arrival, the encounter between her deepest memories and Silvia's mediumship allows them to travel through time and realities common to their ancestry.
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The Great Kilapy (2012)
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Zézé Gamboa actor: Lázaro Ramos / Pedro Hossi …
other title: 위대한 킬라피 / O Grande Kilapy
Zézé Gamboa's sardonic historical drama follows a good-hearted, apolitical con man who, on the eve of Angolan independence in the mid-1970s, pulls off a massive swindle at the expense of the Portuguese colonial administration — and soon after finds himself hailed as a hero of the national liberation struggle.
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The Taste of the Blackberry (2026)
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Anahí Borges actor: Rosamaria Murtinho / Jessica Córes …
other title: É Tempo de Amoras
Pasqualina, 91, is an old lady full of life who lives in a nursing home after having lost all her relatives. In a sunny day, she decides to run away from there: she wants to find a former love she had long lost sight of. In this journey, Pasqualina ends up meeting Petrolina, nicknamed Pety, an 8 years old dreamy girl, that resents the fact of not having a grandmother. The friendship changes their lives, and Pety, surprisingly, tries to adopt Pasqualina.
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Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion (2000)
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Zelito Viana actor: Antônio Fagundes / Marcos Palmeira …
other title: Villa-Lobos: Uma Vida de Paixão / Villa-Lobos, une vie passionnée …
The film tells the story of an intuitive, adventurous man who loved his country and being Brazilian. This man fought to be loyal to himself. His music is a transparent portrait of his genius, intuition, freedom, adventure and passion for Brazil.
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Our Children (2022)
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Maria de Medeiros actor: Marieta Severo / Laura Castro …
other title: Aos Nossos Filhos / À nos enfants …
Vera, who fought in the armed left-wing movements against the Brazilian military dictatorship, has lived in multiple South American countries. Her daughter Tânica has been married to another woman for fifteen years, and they're about to have their first child.
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Same Old West (2025)
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Erico Rassi actor: Ângelo Antônio / Antônio Pitanga …
other title: Oeste Outra Vez
In the backlands of Goiás, Brazil, brutish men who cannot deal with their weaknesses are constantly abandoned by the women they love. Sad and bitter, these men turn violently against each other.
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Pitanga (2016)
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Beto Brant / Camila Pitanga actor: Antônio Pitanga / Camila Pitanga …
This documentary investigates the aesthetic, political and existential trajectory of emblematic Black Brazilian actor Antônio Pitanga. His career spans over five decades, and he has worked with iconic Brazilian filmmakers Glauber Rocha, Cacá Diegues and Walter Lima Jr. He was a prominent figurehead and outspoken activist during the Brazilian dictatorship, a period of unrest in Brazilian cinema. "Pitanga" deep dives into the world of Antônio and the history of Brazil. The documentary was directed by his daughter Camila Pitanga, one of widely recognised faces in Brazilian television and cinema right now. The film is also a poem, and a tender ode to fatherhood.
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Aunt Virginia (2023)
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Fabio Meira actor: Vera Holtz / Arlete Salles …
other title: Tia Virgínia
Aunt Virginia is a 70-year-old woman who has no children and has never been married, and ends up being convinced by her sisters, Vanda and Valquíria, to move to another city in order to take care of her parents. Taking place in just one day, the film follows Virginia's preparation to receive the sisters who are coming to her house to celebrate Christmas.