Acting
Rubens de Falco
Born October 19, 1931 · São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Died February 22, 2008 · aged 76
Rubens de Falco (October 19, 1931 — February 22, 2008) was a distinguished Brazilian actor celebrated for his commanding presence and memorable portrayals of antagonists. He began his artistic journey in theater, joining the São Paulo-based group Os Jograis in 1955 alongside Ruy Afonso, Ítalo Rossi, and Felipe Wagner. His film debut came earlier, in 1952, with a small role in Apassionata, produced…
Known For
Missão: Matar! · 1972Missão: Matar!
★ 8.01972
MovieActionCrime
A professional hitman returns to Brazil and is hired to eliminate an Argentine Delegate in a Rio de Janeiro convention. Inspector José da Silva realizes the plot and starts to pursuit him.
Deixa, Amorzinho... Deixa · 1975Deixa, Amorzinho... Deixa
★ 10.01975
MovieComedy
Dino and Dalmo are twin brothers. Dino is very shy, and the other, the opposite: a true Don Juan. When Dalmo dies, after being shot by a furious husband, he is received in heaven by a Club of Don Juans. But, in order to be admitted, he must go back to Earth, incarnated in his brother's body, and correct three mistakes he had made in his previous life.
Profesión: vivir · 1985Profesión: vivir
★ 8.01985
MovieDrama
Existential confrontations are unleashed while people try to survival within a concret jungle. Such conflict gets worst when the person is near his fifties and finds himself empty-handed, without a real company, full of frustrations that hound him.
Engraçadinha Depois dos Trinta · 1966Engraçadinha Depois dos Trinta
★ 6.01966
MovieDrama
After marrying everyday man Zózimo, Engraçadinha, who had been through intense sexual experiences as a teenager, settles to live a quiet and normal life. As the years go by, her teenage daughter's behaviour seems to call back Engraçadinha's own teenage days.
La hora Texaco · 1985La hora Texaco
1985
MovieDrama
Set against the turbulent backdrop of Venezuela’s oil industry on the cusp of nationalization, La hora Texaco follows the Montoya family as they struggle with internal crises amid social change. The father, a skilled oilworker, sinks into depression; the mother, both teacher and homemaker, carries on an affair; and their son Bobby is torn between his passion for baseball and his unrequited love for Angélica. Years later, Bobby and Angélica reunite, replaying memories that shine a harsh light on ambition, family, and sacrifice.
O Mau-Caráter · 1974O Mau-Caráter
★ 10.01974
MovieComedy
A man leads a double life: during the day, he's the manager of a car shop but, when the sun goes down, he becomes a crook, pretending to be a playboy (the target being old women), a sultan who is gathering money for his cause, helped by a fake baron and his beautiful daughter.
Pixote · 1980Pixote
★ 7.91980
MovieCrimeDrama
10-year-old Pixote endures torture, degradation, and corruption at a local youth detention center where two of its members are murdered by policemen who frame Lilica, a 17-year-old trans hustler. Pixote helps Lilica and three other boys escape and they start to make their living by a life of crime which only escalates to more violence and death.
Angels and Demons · 1969Angels and Demons
★ 6.01969
MovieCrimeDrama
A young woman and her lover draw an unsuspecting lawyer into their plan to kill her rich uncle and stay with his fortune.
Movies
Missão: Matar! · 1972Missão: Matar!
★ 8.01972
MovieActionCrime
A professional hitman returns to Brazil and is hired to eliminate an Argentine Delegate in a Rio de Janeiro convention. Inspector José da Silva realizes the plot and starts to pursuit him.
Deixa, Amorzinho... Deixa · 1975Deixa, Amorzinho... Deixa
★ 10.01975
MovieComedy
Dino and Dalmo are twin brothers. Dino is very shy, and the other, the opposite: a true Don Juan. When Dalmo dies, after being shot by a furious husband, he is received in heaven by a Club of Don Juans. But, in order to be admitted, he must go back to Earth, incarnated in his brother's body, and correct three mistakes he had made in his previous life.
Profesión: vivir · 1985Profesión: vivir
★ 8.01985
MovieDrama
Existential confrontations are unleashed while people try to survival within a concret jungle. Such conflict gets worst when the person is near his fifties and finds himself empty-handed, without a real company, full of frustrations that hound him.
Engraçadinha Depois dos Trinta · 1966Engraçadinha Depois dos Trinta
★ 6.01966
MovieDrama
After marrying everyday man Zózimo, Engraçadinha, who had been through intense sexual experiences as a teenager, settles to live a quiet and normal life. As the years go by, her teenage daughter's behaviour seems to call back Engraçadinha's own teenage days.
La hora Texaco · 1985La hora Texaco
1985
MovieDrama
Set against the turbulent backdrop of Venezuela’s oil industry on the cusp of nationalization, La hora Texaco follows the Montoya family as they struggle with internal crises amid social change. The father, a skilled oilworker, sinks into depression; the mother, both teacher and homemaker, carries on an affair; and their son Bobby is torn between his passion for baseball and his unrequited love for Angélica. Years later, Bobby and Angélica reunite, replaying memories that shine a harsh light on ambition, family, and sacrifice.
O Mau-Caráter · 1974O Mau-Caráter
★ 10.01974
MovieComedy
A man leads a double life: during the day, he's the manager of a car shop but, when the sun goes down, he becomes a crook, pretending to be a playboy (the target being old women), a sultan who is gathering money for his cause, helped by a fake baron and his beautiful daughter.
Pixote · 1980Pixote
★ 7.91980
MovieCrimeDrama
10-year-old Pixote endures torture, degradation, and corruption at a local youth detention center where two of its members are murdered by policemen who frame Lilica, a 17-year-old trans hustler. Pixote helps Lilica and three other boys escape and they start to make their living by a life of crime which only escalates to more violence and death.
Angels and Demons · 1969Angels and Demons
★ 6.01969
MovieCrimeDrama
A young woman and her lover draw an unsuspecting lawyer into their plan to kill her rich uncle and stay with his fortune.
Colonel Delmiro Gouveia · 1979Colonel Delmiro Gouveia
★ 6.31979
MovieDramaHistory
In the beginning of the 20th Century, in the Northeast of Brazil, one of the first Brazilian industrialists is persecuted because he refuses to sell his business to a British company.
O Sósia da Morte · 1975O Sósia da Morte
★ 8.01975
MovieCrimeHorror
A professor faces a double of himself and hires a detective to find out who that is and what are his real intentions.
A Dama de Branco · 1978A Dama de Branco
★ 10.01978
MovieDrama
A man returning from a trip is invited to stay in his best friend's residence. There, he meets the man's wife and soon a love affair begins. With a great sense of enthusiasm he shares to his friend that he's deeply in love with a woman he just met, creating a great sense of curiosity on the other, barely knowing that the woman is actually his wife.
O Impossível Acontece · 1969O Impossível Acontece
★ 8.01969
MovieComedy
Anthology comedy made by the director of "The Given Word" among other directors.
Helena Meirelles - A Dama da Viola · 2004Helena Meirelles - A Dama da Viola
2004
MovieDocumentary
Nós, Os Canalhas · 1975Nós, Os Canalhas
★ 8.01975
MovieCrime
Two twin brothers, Cláudio José and José Cláudio, definitively separate when one of them decides to leave for the big city. Years later, the second brother also started living in Rio de Janeiro. One night, he is attacked by three thugs, who kill his pregnant wife and leave him disfigured. In search of revenge, he follows in the footsteps of his brother, who will find himself working for a crime figure. And in pursuit of his discoveries, he began to wage his revenge against the criminals on the same level as he had been confronted.
Macho y hembra · 1984Macho y hembra
★ 9.01984
MovieDrama
Thirty-three years old Eva begins the writing of her memories and recalls her past love-life, when she used to live with her boyfriend and her best ladyfriend. In the beginning everything seems to work beetween them but after living together for some time they realize that their interests in life are not the same. They take a big decision.
Dracula, a Love Story · 1980Dracula, a Love Story
★ 7.01980
MovieRomanceDrama
Count Dracula, taking on the new identity of Vladimir, leaves Transylvania and goes to Brazil in search of his son Rafael. This vampire romance was conceived to be a potential telenovela, but only ended up running as a TV miniseries with four installments because the network that financed it went under.
Esse Rio Muito Louco · 1977Esse Rio Muito Louco
★ 9.01977
MovieComedy
A Difícil Vida Fácil · 1972A Difícil Vida Fácil
★ 10.01972
MovieDrama
Young woman needs money to pay her mother's medical treatment. She gets a work in a bar that is, in fact, a cover for a prostitution net. She is drugged and raped while some photographs are taken, to be presently used as blackmail, to force her to work as a hooker. She accepts her fate but starts a serious relationship with a reporter, to whom she doesn't dare tell the truth. She wants to leave that life behind and get married, but the gangsters won't allow it. Until one of the girls decides to tell the reporter about the underground activities going on, and he calls the police.
The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter · 1996The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter
★ 3.81996
MovieDrama
In the 18th century in a forgotten town, young Benedicta is the executioner's daughter. Monk Ambrosius, newly arrived at the village, pities the girl but his interest in her unleashes the jealousy of Rochus and the conflict between passion and celibacy begins.
Sonhos Tropicais · 2001Sonhos Tropicais
★ 9.32001
MovieDramaHistory
A Polish Jew becomes a prostitute after failing to get a marriage in Brazil. Meanwhile, the public health doctor Oswaldo Cruz ends up involved in the Vaccine Revolt.
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional · 1997Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
1997
MovieDocumentary
"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."
Time of Violence · 1969Time of Violence
★ 7.51969
MovieActionCrime
Wealthy banker Antônio witnesses the murder of a journalist, who got killed for exposing the activities of a gang of smugglers. After they find out about him, Antônio and his wife are both targeted and pursued by the criminals.
Moral em Concordata · 1959Moral em Concordata
★ 3.71959
MovieDramaComedy
Rosario is a prostitute who lives in her married sister's house. When the latter wants to be a hooker too, she doesn't approve.
Os Foragidos da Violência · 1979Os Foragidos da Violência
★ 10.01979
MovieCrime
TV Shows
Os Imigrantes · 1981Os Imigrantes
★ 7.01981
SeriesDrama
O Astro · 1977O Astro
★ 8.61977
SeriesDrama
Herculano Quintanilha, after a failed coup and escape from prison, becomes a magician. He meets Márcio, a conflicted heir, and begins to influence his powerful family.
Isaura: Slave Girl · 1976Isaura: Slave Girl
★ 6.11976
SeriesDrama
Set in 19th-century Brazil during the waning years of slavery, Escrava Isaura tells the story of Isaura, a white-skinned enslaved woman raised with the manners and education of a noble lady. Though treated with affection by her mistress, Isaura remains legally enslaved and becomes the object of obsessive desire by Leôncio Almeida, the cruel heir to the plantation.
After the death of her protector, Isaura falls under Leôncio’s control. Despite his attempts to seduce and dominate her, she resists, determined to preserve her dignity and freedom. Her father, Miguel, helps her escape to Recife, where she adopts a new identity and meets Álvaro, a wealthy and principled abolitionist who falls in love with her.
Leôncio eventually tracks her down, leading to dramatic confrontations. In the end, Álvaro rescues Isaura by purchasing Leôncio’s debts, securing her freedom and affirming the story’s central themes of justice, love, and resistance against oppression.
Escalada · 1975Escalada
★ 8.01975
SeriesDrama
A Sucessora · 1978A Sucessora
★ 7.81978
SeriesDrama
The story follows the experiences of Marina, a young country bumpkin who marries the mysterious and charismatic widower Roberto Stein, a fabulously wealthy businessman living in 1920s Rio de Janeiro. As Marina attempts to acclimate to her new marriage and responsibilities, she discovers that Stein's late wife, Alice, still seems to have a strong hold over the household. Despite her new husband's affection for her, Marina is nonetheless threatened by Alice's presence, which is made conspicuous through her old maid Juliana's obsessions and her intimidating portrait.
Um Homem Muito Especial · 1980Um Homem Muito Especial
★ 8.01980
SeriesDrama
Tempo de Viver · 1972Tempo de Viver
★ 7.01972
SeriesDrama
Little Missy · 1986Little Missy
★ 7.81986
SeriesDrama
Monarchists and Republicans confront themselves in Araruna, a small town in the interior of São Paulo, in 1886, two years before the promulgation of the Golden Law. Sinhá Moça's love story, daughter of Colonel Ferreira, Baron de Araruna, and a slave-boy, with the young Dr. Rodolfo, an active Republican abolitionist, faced with the difficulties of the campaign for the abolition of slaves. The two meet on the train, when Sinhá Moça, after completing her studies in the provincial capital, returns to Araruna. Like Rodolfo, she has abolitionist ideas and criticizes her father's attitudes, fighting for the defense of blacks. Sinhá Moça, together with Rodolfo and other abolitionists, invade the slave quarters at night and liberate the blacks, giving them to the abolitionist associations, which guide them towards freedom.
O Grito · 1975O Grito
★ 7.71975
SeriesDrama
Gaivotas · 1979Gaivotas
★ 10.01979
SeriesDrama
Dona Xepa · 1977Dona Xepa
★ 7.71977
SeriesComedy
A hardworking market vendor, Mrs. Xepa faces many sacrifices to raise her children alone. However, as they achieve social advancement, they begin to feel ashamed of their mother.
Maçã do Amor · 1983Maçã do Amor
★ 10.01983
Series
Campeão · 1982Campeão
★ 10.01982
SeriesDrama
Sangue do Meu Sangue · 1995Sangue do Meu Sangue
1995
SeriesDrama
Viver a Vida · 1984Viver a Vida
★ 6.71984
SeriesDrama
Pacto de Sangue · 1989Pacto de Sangue
★ 10.01989
SeriesDrama
Bambolê · 1987Bambolê
★ 7.31987
Series
A widower who was anything but traditional for the 1950s, Álvaro has a frank relationship with his daughters and becomes the target of criticism from his sister-in-law Fausta, especially when he meets Marta.
Os Ossos do Barão · 1997Os Ossos do Barão
★ 9.51997
SeriesDrama
Gabriela · 1975Gabriela
★ 9.51975
SeriesDrama
Memorial de Maria Moura · 1994Memorial de Maria Moura
★ 7.81994
SeriesDrama
Maria Moura loses her father in childhood and at the age of 17 finds her mother dead at home. Believing her stepfather to be the killer, Maria seeks revenge for her mother's death.
Supermanoela · 1974Supermanoela
★ 7.01974
SeriesComedy
Manoela is employed in the home of Donato, an employee at a cosmetics factory, and Carolina. After her boss's death, Carolina finds herself unprepared to deal with the serious financial difficulties and fires Manoela, who agrees to work for free, becoming a kind of guardian angel, advisor, and administrator of the house. To pay the mortgage on the property, she suggests that Carolina rent out two of the vacant rooms. The new tenants are four students who have recently arrived in Rio to take the university entrance exam. During their studies, the young men meet Marcelo, nicknamed Belo, who falls in love with Manoela. The relationship gives her the opportunity, for the first time, to forget about other people's problems and live her own life.
Brida · 1998Brida
★ 5.01998
SeriesDrama
Grande Sertão: Veredas · 1985Grande Sertão: Veredas
★ 7.81985
SeriesWesternDrama
A cowboy narrates his 'jagunço' life of disputes, revenges, loves and deaths, through the years that he traveled central-east Brazil, in the first decades of the 20th century, while federal troops were in conflict with provincial forces.
Brasileiras e Brasileiros · 1990Brasileiras e Brasileiros
★ 9.01990
Series
Brasileiros e Brasileiras is a Brazilian telenovela shown in some schedules SBT between November 5, 1990 and May 14, 1991. Writing for the show was done by Carlos Alberto Sofredini and Walter Avancini, who also directed it. The show was a co-production of the Miksom.