Roberto Santos

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Roberto Santos

Born April 15, 1928 · São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Died May 7, 1987 · aged 59

Roberto Santos Pinhanez (1928–1987) was a Brazilian film director, known for films like Matraga (A Hora e Vez de Augusto Matraga) and The Great Moment (O Grande Momento). Santos was born in a working-class suburb of São Paulo in 1928. He started his cinema activities around 1952, in the first big studio built in Brazil, the Vera Cruz Studio. In 1956, Santos made his first movie, O Grande Momento …

Known For

The Hour and Turn of Augusto MatragaThe Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga · 1965
The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga
★ 7.71965
MovieActionDrama
Augusto Matraga is a violent agressive farmer who, after being betrayed by his wife and trapped by several enemies, is beaten up and left for dead, being rescued by a couple of humble small farmers who nurse him for a long time until he is well again. Influenced by the couple, Matraga starts a long penitent life while waiting for his hour and chance to payback, starting a fight between his violent nature, his hidden desire of vengeance and the mysticism and goodness which is also part of him.
Erotic StoriesErotic Stories · 1980
Erotic Stories
★ 6.51980
MovieComedy
Comedy in 4 segments. In "Arroz e Feijão" (Rice and Beans), owner of a boarding-house seduces her young countryboy tenant. In "As Três Virgens" (The Three Virgins) three spinsters are influenced by the behaviour of their teenager niece, whom they are lodging. In "O Arremate" (The Purchase) a colonist turns his virgin daughter in to a landowner, to have his debts forgiven. And, finally, in "Vereda Tropical" (Tropical Trail), a man becomes sexually obsessed by a watermelon, to the point of having sexual intercourse with it. The stories are based on prize-winner short stories, from a Playboy contest.
The Naked ManThe Naked Man · 1968
The Naked Man
★ 5.91968
MovieComedy
A man gets locked naked outside of his apartment.
ViramundoViramundo · 1965
Viramundo
★ 8.61965
MovieDocumentary
Viramundo shows the saga of the northeastern migrants that arrive in São Paulo, beginning with a train arriving and ending with a train leaving São Paulo in a cycle repeated every day. Viramundo's aim was to question why the military coup d'état in Brazil happened without any popular resistance or revolution or reaction of the society.
Lost Love JulianaLost Love Juliana · 1970
Lost Love Juliana
★ 7.01970
MovieDrama
A beautiful young woman living in an isolated fishing community on an island falls in love with an outsider, a train machinist. But her father, a violent religious fanatic interferes.
Stop 88Stop 88 · 1978
Stop 88
★ 7.01978
MovieScience Fiction
Residents of the city of Parada 88, contaminated in 1994 due to the explosion of a chemical industry reactor, live in plastic tunnels, the only way of life that can guarantee their survival, since oxygen, which has become a good consumption, used needs to be reused so as not to generate more expenses. One day, Joaquim wins a lottery that gives him enough money to pay for his and his family's oxygen; but to claim the prize, he'll need to go to the ruins of the factory to collect news from a group of contamination experts adventurers posted there.
Chick Fowle, Faixa Preta de CinemaChick Fowle, Faixa Preta de Cinema · 1981
Chick Fowle, Faixa Preta de Cinema
★ 5.01981
MovieDocumentary
About English photographer Chick Fowle. Statements by Anselmo Duarte, Leonardo Vilar, Marlene França, Vanja Orico. A film about directors, actors and teams that Chick Fowle worked and works with, also showing the possibility of renewal that Brazilian cinema can and must have.
EmbuEmbu · 1968
Embu
1968
MovieDrama

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