Acting

Gilson Moura

Born April 2, 1942 · Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil (age 84)

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Memories of PrisonMemories of Prison · 1984
Memories of Prison
★ 6.81984
MovieDramaHistory
In the 1930s, novelist and politician Graciliano Ramos is accused of being a communist sympathizer. He is then arrested and sent to the Ilha Grande prison, where he experiences the disturbing treatment reserved for common prisoners.
Luzia HomemLuzia Homem · 1988
Luzia Homem
★ 4.71988
MovieDrama
After witnessing the assassination of her parents, Luzia is raised by a cowboy and starts behaving like the men of Brazilian "Sertão". As a grown-up, she sets out to find her parent's murderer, but ends up discovering love.
The Night of the ScarecrowThe Night of the Scarecrow · 1974
The Night of the Scarecrow
★ 6.51974
MovieDramaMusic
In the miserable Northeastern Brazil, a ruthless land Baron wants to throw a poor farming community out of their land.
As Borboletas Também AmamAs Borboletas Também Amam · 1979
As Borboletas Também Amam
★ 5.01979
MovieDrama
Monica, a naive schoolgirl from a suburb of Rio de Janeiro, meets Virginia, a former neighbor, now living in Copacabana. Influenced by her, she decides to take on a double life: in the morning she is the suburban girl, in the afternoon she attends a brothel in the South Zone. One day she meets Flávio, a friend and eventual lover of Virginia. Flávio falls in love with the purity of Monica and wants to drive away her friends, for considering Virginia a bad company for her beloved.
Deliciosas Traições do AmorDeliciosas Traições do Amor · 1975
Deliciosas Traições do Amor
★ 7.01975
MovieComedy
Erotic comedy in four episodes loosely inspired by the 'Black Book of Love' by Marquês de Sade, whose stories were merged and reassembled with different treatments in each episode.
FulaninhaFulaninha · 1986
Fulaninha
★ 5.11986
MovieComedyRomance
Movie director in his forties and in existential crisis falls in love with an unknown teen girl he sees walking down the streets, without knowing she's the daughter of the woman he's having a relationship with.
Doida DemaisDoida Demais · 1989
Doida Demais
★ 3.61989
MovieCrimeDrama
Shady and beautiful art dealer involves her former lover and an art expert in a scheme to deceive a rich collector. Exposed, she escapes with her new lover, a pilot.
As Mulheres Que Dão CertoAs Mulheres Que Dão Certo · 1976
As Mulheres Que Dão Certo
★ 8.01976
MovieComedy

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The Third Bank of the RiverThe Third Bank of the River · 1994
The Third Bank of the River
★ 6.21994
MovieFantasyDrama
After an extended period directing original screenplays, dos Santos returned to the creative engagement with literature that was the wellspring of his early masterpieces, offering a combinatory adaptation of five stories by the renowned Brazilian novelist João Guimarães Rosa. Openly embracing a mode of magical realism, dos Santos' celebrated film tells the story of a farming family defined by the absence of its father who abruptly abandoned his wife and children, sailing away down the river, including his son who continues to communicate with his father, speaking daily to him from the river bank. While offering an evocative vision of rural Brazil as a timeless land of mystery and solemnity, The Third Bank of the River is also bitingly satiric in the remarkable depiction of religious belief when the family moves to the city and its youngest member, a mesmerizing little girl, is revealed to be a kind of saint, capable of miraculous acts. -Harvard Film Archive