Acting
David José
Born February 21, 1942 · Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo, Brazil
Died October 6, 2025 · aged 83
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Known For
Memories of the Sítio · 2024Memories of the Sítio
★ 10.02024
MovieDocumentary
In 1952, TV Tupi, Brazil's first television channel, invited psychiatrist Júlio Gouveia and his wife, Russian writer Tatiana Belinky, to develop the network’s children's programming. The couple then asked the sons and daughters of their friends to join the cast of the newly created shows, the most prominent of which was Sítio do Picapau Amarelo. And so, Antonio Silvio, Lia, Lídia, Sérgio, and David José embarked on an unexpected journey that would come to shape the future of Brazilian television. Memories of the Sítio is a trip through the personal recollections of these actors and the story of the first television adaptation of Monteiro Lobato’s work.
The Loves of Lady Chatterley · 1991The Loves of Lady Chatterley
★ 5.51991
MovieDrama
Joelle lives on a large estate with her crippled husband, Il conte. Just as he begins to feel he can't match up to his wife's sexual needs, his wife's ex-lover, Charles, is released from prison. Her husband invites him to become a groundskeeper on the estate.
The Brazilwood Man · 1982The Brazilwood Man
★ 5.01982
MovieComedyHistory
Fantasy comedy about Brazilian writer Oswald de Andrade, one of the most important icons of Modernism in Brazil. In the film, Oswald is played by two actors: Ítala Nandi, as his feminine anima, and Flávio Galvão, as the masculine half.
Doramundo · 1978Doramundo
★ 5.51978
MovieCrime
A series of murders begins to haunt Cordilheira, a small town near São Paulo, Brazil. The investigations show there is a love triangle involved.
O Sobrado · 1956O Sobrado
★ 8.51956
MovieDramaHistory
Based on Erico Verissimo's masterpiece, O Sobrado follows the Terra-Cambará family during the siege imposed to their house by enemies due to political differences. As the siege goes, the family tensions start to show off.
Lampião, King of the Badlands · 1963Lampião, King of the Badlands
★ 8.21963
MovieActionAdventure
The story of how a quarrel between families set poor farmer Virgulino Ferreira da Silva on the path to become Lampião, the greatest leader of the cangaceiros - bandits who roamed the Northeast of Brazil until the late 1930s.
Nasce uma Mulher · 1983Nasce uma Mulher
★ 8.01983
MovieDrama
On Jo's birthday, her mother, and later, her father, discover that she is not a virgin anymore - she is taking pills. The birthday party turns into a complete mess, since Jo's mother can not hold herself and accuses her daughter in front of all guests of not being a child that everyone thought she still was. Jo rebels and leaves the house, and discovers that her boyfriend listened to everything and did not help her. She decides to leave him, and to start her life again. As a woman, now.
Céleste · 1970Céleste
★ 7.01970
MovieDrama
Georges Cazenave, a " politically committed" French TV reporter leads a good life. Besides having a regular mistress in the person of Hélène, he is a ladies man with "a girl in every port". But this comfortable situation is challenged the day he hires Céleste as his housemaid. A Portuguese immigrant, she soon appears to be a Marxist-Leninist activist, engaged in political groups working against the regime of Salazar, the dictator of Portugal. Geoges and Céleste fall in love with each other, which brings adventure in the reporter's hitherto superficial life, upset by a breakup with Hélène, the interference of the French Secret Service and a touch of terrorism.
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