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

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.
Subterrâneos do FutebolSubterrâneos do Futebol · 1965
Subterrâneos do Futebol
8.51965
MovieDocumentary
The practices of football in Brazil and the issues surrounding the sport. Press, players as a commodity, the popular passion, the practice on the fields of várzea. The statements of Luiz Carlos de Freitas, a young promise of Palmeiras, and Feola's coach, as well as an interview with Pelé.
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.
Vozes do MedoVozes do Medo · 1972
Vozes do Medo
8.01972
MovieFantasyDrama
EmbuEmbu · 1968
Embu
1968
MovieDrama
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.
Nasce uma MulherNasce uma Mulher · 1983
Nasce 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.

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