Acting
Antonio Pedro
Born November 11, 1940 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died March 12, 2023 · aged 82
Antônio Pedro Borges de Oliveira (Rio de Janeiro, November 11, 1940 – Rio de Janeiro, March 12, 2023) was a Brazilian actor, director, screenwriter and producer of cinema, television and theater.
Known For
Oblivious Memory · 2018Oblivious Memory
★ 7.62018
MovieAdventureDrama
Carlos is a man doomed by restless memories, that meets with himself, in a time warp. Young Carlos faces the forgetfulness of old Carlos, who doesn't recognize his own appearance. They get a package. But the package seems odd. The knot that ties, the smell, the handwriting on the envelope: this could only be sent by his father, Ernesto, who has been dead for many years. A father who always created unusual situations. In this time warp, Carlos is split in two: one Carlos remembers and the other forgets the moments he spent with his father.
Gabriela · 1983Gabriela
★ 5.91983
MovieDramaRomance
In 1925, Gabriela, a poor, uneducated, yet charming woman becomes cook, mistress, and then wife of Nacib, a bar owner in Ilhéus, a small Brazilian coastal town run by the local colonels.
I, I, I José Lewgoy · 2011I, I, I José Lewgoy
★ 7.02011
MovieDocumentary
Documentary discussing the life and work of José Lewgoy, one of the most important Brazilian actors of all times.
Minha Irmã e Eu · 2023Minha Irmã e Eu
★ 7.12023
MovieComedy
Sisters Mirian and Mirelly were born in the interior of Goiás, but live in different cities. When their mother disappears, the two put aside their differences and come together to look for her, on a journey that could change their lives.
O Flagrante · 1976O Flagrante
★ 8.01976
MovieComedy
Five friends decide to enjoy Mardi Gras without their wives, leaving them home. But one of the wives doesn't accept this arrangement and tries to get even.
Os Saltimbancos Trapalhões · 1981Os Saltimbancos Trapalhões
★ 7.11981
MovieAdventureComedy
Humble officials, friends Didi, Dedé, Mussum and Zacarias become the great attraction of the circus Bartolo, thanks to its incredible ability to make the public laugh. But success has a price: the opposition of the magician Assis Satan and the greed of the Baron, the owner of the circus. Together, the four friends will have to fight them.
Four Days in September · 1997Four Days in September
★ 7.51997
MovieThrillerDrama
Fernando, a journalist, and his friend César join terrorist group MR8 in order to fight Brazilian dictatorial regime during the late sixties. César, however, is wounded and captured during a bank hold up. Fernando then decides to kidnap the American ambassador in Brazil and ask for the release of fifteen political prisoners in exchange for his life.
Better Days Ahead · 1989Better Days Ahead
★ 6.81989
MovieComedyDrama
Earning her living by dubbing American TV Series, a woman dreams of becoming an international Hollywood star.
Movies
Oblivious Memory · 2018Oblivious Memory
★ 7.62018
MovieAdventureDrama
Carlos is a man doomed by restless memories, that meets with himself, in a time warp. Young Carlos faces the forgetfulness of old Carlos, who doesn't recognize his own appearance. They get a package. But the package seems odd. The knot that ties, the smell, the handwriting on the envelope: this could only be sent by his father, Ernesto, who has been dead for many years. A father who always created unusual situations. In this time warp, Carlos is split in two: one Carlos remembers and the other forgets the moments he spent with his father.
Gabriela · 1983Gabriela
★ 5.91983
MovieDramaRomance
In 1925, Gabriela, a poor, uneducated, yet charming woman becomes cook, mistress, and then wife of Nacib, a bar owner in Ilhéus, a small Brazilian coastal town run by the local colonels.
I, I, I José Lewgoy · 2011I, I, I José Lewgoy
★ 7.02011
MovieDocumentary
Documentary discussing the life and work of José Lewgoy, one of the most important Brazilian actors of all times.
Minha Irmã e Eu · 2023Minha Irmã e Eu
★ 7.12023
MovieComedy
Sisters Mirian and Mirelly were born in the interior of Goiás, but live in different cities. When their mother disappears, the two put aside their differences and come together to look for her, on a journey that could change their lives.
O Flagrante · 1976O Flagrante
★ 8.01976
MovieComedy
Five friends decide to enjoy Mardi Gras without their wives, leaving them home. But one of the wives doesn't accept this arrangement and tries to get even.
Os Saltimbancos Trapalhões · 1981Os Saltimbancos Trapalhões
★ 7.11981
MovieAdventureComedy
Humble officials, friends Didi, Dedé, Mussum and Zacarias become the great attraction of the circus Bartolo, thanks to its incredible ability to make the public laugh. But success has a price: the opposition of the magician Assis Satan and the greed of the Baron, the owner of the circus. Together, the four friends will have to fight them.
Four Days in September · 1997Four Days in September
★ 7.51997
MovieThrillerDrama
Fernando, a journalist, and his friend César join terrorist group MR8 in order to fight Brazilian dictatorial regime during the late sixties. César, however, is wounded and captured during a bank hold up. Fernando then decides to kidnap the American ambassador in Brazil and ask for the release of fifteen political prisoners in exchange for his life.
Better Days Ahead · 1989Better Days Ahead
★ 6.81989
MovieComedyDrama
Earning her living by dubbing American TV Series, a woman dreams of becoming an international Hollywood star.
Elite Cup · 2014Elite Cup
★ 4.32014
MovieComedy
Police officer Jorge Capitão is a competent BOP captain and a Brazilian idol. But after he saved Argentina's greatest ace from a kidnapping, on the eve of the World Cup, he ended up becoming the nation's number 1 public enemy. Expelled from the corporation and discredited by the people, Captain must relearn how to work as a team to avoid an attempt on the Pope in the final of the tournament. That's when the sex shop manager Bia Alpinistinha, a medium and her very crazy mother, enters the scene.
Armando Costa: “Televisão pra Mim Não é Bico” · 2024Armando Costa: “Televisão pra Mim Não é Bico”
2024
MovieDocumentary
Armando Costa was one of Brazil's most successful authors, both in terms of audience and critical acclaim, responsible for shows like "A Grande Família" and "Malu Mulher." Despite this, he didn't care about fame or signing his works.
Clarice Niskier: Teatro dos Pés à Cabeça · 2024Clarice Niskier: Teatro dos Pés à Cabeça
2024
MovieDocumentary
The documentary is a tribute to Theater based on the trajectory of Clarice Niskier who made her job her own lifestyle. As a central axis, interviews with the three directors with whom Clarice developed long partnerships: Domingos Oliveira, Eduardo Wotzik and Amir Haddad. Through an intimate and sensitive look, the film reveals her passion for the craft, her life experience, her poetic worldview, her spiritual and intellectual search, pains, joys, losses and gains. Clarice makes the black box the more than perfect symbol of her own Universe: the Theater.
O Grande Mentecapto · 1989O Grande Mentecapto
★ 6.51989
MovieComedy
Geraldo Viramundo (Diogo Vilela) is a nice guy with absurd ideas. Genial and / or insane, he decides to leave her small town in Minas Gerais and win the world. Your goal is to destabilize the system and their accomplices are the prostitutes and the destitute.
The Lyre of Delight · 1978The Lyre of Delight
★ 7.01978
MovieDrama
During the Carnival, in Niterói, the son of a Lira do Delírio nightclub dancer is kidnapped. With the help of a journalist friend, she dives into Rio de Janeiro's underworld and meet all kind of criminals. She also goes back in time, to a past carnival, where she thinks she might pin-point the culprit among a group of people.
Harmada · 2003Harmada
★ 4.82003
MovieDramaComedy
A failed artist searching strength to move ahead. By a young lady, who might be his daughter, he develops a project that changes his destiny.
Roleta Russa · 1972Roleta Russa
★ 10.01972
MovieThriller
Raul, a playboy, marries Sheila and hire Nina, a photographer, to take erotic snapshots of his wife. Nina acquires an interest on Sheila, and through a maid, investigates the couple's intimate life.
República da Traição · 1970República da Traição
★ 6.31970
MovieDramaCrime
European couple arrive at the Republic of Maraguaya with a strange mission. But the involvement with a local man, whom they hire as an employee, will change their plans.
Head Over Heels · 2010Head Over Heels
★ 6.52010
MovieComedy
After being left by her husband and fired from her work, a workaholic, thirtysomething businesswoman is forced to go through a big change in her life and becomes a partner on a decadent sex shop.
Slightly Out of Tune · 2008Slightly Out of Tune
★ 5.82008
MovieDrama
A group of friends come of age during the political turmoil that plagued Brazil in the 1960's and 70's. Together, these musicians form a band called "Os Desafinados" and become a part of the groundbreaking Brazilian musical movement called Bossa Nova
Desire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro Oficina · 2021Desire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro Oficina
★ 5.02021
MovieDocumentary
In six decades, Teatro Oficina has done more than revolutionize theatrical language in the country: the aesthetic influence of José Celso Martinez Corrêa's company extends from Tropicalism to the renewal of Brazilian audiovisual languages from the 1960s onwards. The film revisits a story that it involves personalities such as Caetano Veloso, Glauber Rocha, Lina Bo Bardi, Chico Buarque and Zé do Caixão, brings together scenic art, ecology, architecture and sexuality, and mixes art and life in the search for a Brazilian based language.
The Story of Fausta · 1988The Story of Fausta
★ 6.51988
MovieDramaRomance
An unhappily married cleaning woman in the slums of Rio entices all the money and gifts she can out of an elderly widower.
Golden Oldies · 2008Golden Oldies
★ 4.92008
MovieComedy
Four friends who only think about enjoying life, with big parties, women and drinks, are surprised by an eviction. In need of money, the group is forced to think about what they hate most: working! Confusion arises when everyone looks for an easy way to get money, with minimum effort. The days pass and the hilarious confusion only increases!
O Grande Desbum · 1978O Grande Desbum
★ 9.01978
Movie
Meu Passado Me Condena 2: O Filme · 2015Meu Passado Me Condena 2: O Filme
★ 6.32015
MovieComedyRomance
The life of Fabio and Miá falls into the rut when differences, which are not few, need to be faced. After Fábio forget the third wedding anniversary, Miá decides to ask for a time in the relationship. When Fábio's grandfather, who lives in Portugal, tells him that he was a widower, he sees on this trip to the funeral an opportunity to save his marriage.
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.
TV Shows
Young Hearts · 1995Young Hearts
★ 6.21995
SeriesComedy
Malhação is a Brazilian television series for the teenage audience. The soap started in 1995, and was set in a fictional Gym Club called Malhação on Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro. Through the years the location varied slightly. Although the name of the soap remains the same, it is now set in the Múltipla Escolha High School.
Humor Livre · 1984Humor Livre
1984
SeriesComedy
Walking the Clouds · 1999Walking the Clouds
★ 8.81999
SeriesComedy
The adventures of a man with amnesia who struggles to rediscover his past while learning to live in the present.
Chico Anysio Show · 1982Chico Anysio Show
★ 9.01982
SeriesComedy
Brava Gente · 2000Brava Gente
★ 8.32000
SeriesComedyDrama
Brava Gente was a television series aired by TV Globo in Brazil between 2000 and 2003, initially as a special year-end. The program was adapted from stories and national stories, and plays by famous playwrights, screenwriters and signed by a number represented by several actors and actresses. The genres of the stories varied each week with the style of each director or author. Brava Gente in the stories ranged from comedies and dramas. In all 53 episodes were shown, broadcast on Tuesday nights.
Caça Talentos · 1996Caça Talentos
★ 9.01996
Series
Balança Mas Não Cai · 1968Balança Mas Não Cai
1968
SeriesComedy
Desejos de Mulher · 2002Desejos de Mulher
★ 7.52002
SeriesDrama
Fashion designer Andréa Vargas finds out the hard way she is adopted. The relationship with her sister Júlia had always been difficult, since childhood, and the antagonism grew when Júlia came between Andréa and her first true love, Diogo. But the worst is still to come: her first assistant in her atelier, Selma, is having an affair with her husband Bruno.
Começar de Novo · 2004Começar de Novo
★ 6.72004
SeriesDrama
Children of arch-enemy families in the city of Ouro Negro and separated as teenagers, Miguel and Letícia meet again 30 years later, without knowing who the other is.
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.
Champagne · 1983Champagne
★ 7.01983
SeriesDrama
Anjo Mau · 1976Anjo Mau
★ 8.01976
SeriesDrama
A poor young woman, unhappy with her inevitable destiny as a suburban housewife, gets a job as a nanny for a wealthy family and falls in love with her employer's brother, using every trick to win him over and ultimately become the lady of the mansion. .
Bambuluá · 2000Bambuluá
2000
Series
Gypsy Heart · 1995Gypsy Heart
★ 6.61995
SeriesDrama
Dara is a young Gypsy woman torn between her family’s traditions and her desire to choose her own path. Promised in marriage to Igor, her life changes when she meets Júlio Falcão online. Caught between love, the customs of her people and family conflicts, Dara must face choices that could transform her future.
O Bofe · 1972O Bofe
★ 9.01972
SeriesComedy
Um Sonho a Mais · 1985Um Sonho a Mais
★ 7.01985
SeriesDrama
The story begins with the arrival of millionaire Antônio Carlos Volpone in Brazil. After living in Cairo for 18 years, he returns to his homeland for two reasons: first, to clarify the murder of his father-in-law, Dr. Telles, of which he was accused; second, to get closer to his ex-wife Estela, now married to Orlando Aranha. The millionaire also attracts media attention, and reporter Amélia Bicudo decides to investigate his life. To mislead his enemies and move freely, Volpone uses numerous disguises: the executive Anabela Freire, the doctor Nilo Peixe, the industrialist Augusto Melo Sampaio, and the driver André Silva. With the help of his loyal secretary and friend, Mosca, he confronts his main rival, Orlando Aranha, and Renata, Orlando's sister, who holds secrets about the murder of Estela's father.
Eu Prometo · 1983Eu Prometo
★ 8.01983
Series
Sem Lenço, Sem Documento · 1977Sem Lenço, Sem Documento
★ 7.01977
SeriesDrama
Sisters Cotinha, Das Graças, Rosário, and Dorzinha work as domestic servants in Rio de Janeiro and face difficulties in their struggle for a better life.
Vereda Tropical · 1984Vereda Tropical
★ 8.01984
SeriesComedyDrama
The story revolves around the conflicts within Silvana and Oliva's family—her mother and paternal grandfather—who are fighting for custody of Zeca after the child's father dies.
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.
Mário Fofoca · 1983Mário Fofoca
★ 7.01983
SeriesComedy
Super Plá · 1969Super Plá
★ 9.41969
SeriesComedy
After a fall, intelligent young Plácido becomes a little slow. As an adult he works at a bank and his keen intelligence returns when he drinks the soft drink "Super Plá". Other side stories include the love relationship between Baby Stompanato and Joana Martini, and the life of Majô Prado, a neurotic millionairess and prominent personality living in São Paulo.
Delegacia de Mulheres · 1989Delegacia de Mulheres
★ 8.61989
SeriesDrama
A Woman's Fate · 2021A Woman's Fate
★ 7.42021
SeriesDrama
"A Woman’s Fate” is about the story of three women who are stuck to social patterns that prevent them from being happy. Stella, after fifty years of marriage, notices she has given up on dreams to be the woman behind a “great man” and for motherhood. In an act of courage, she decides to get a divorce. Her daughter Lívia is a famous psychologist that, to try to make her jealous and manipulative husband happy, gives up on great opportunities. Cléo is a survivor who struggles against adversities imposed by her social life and does everything to maintain her mother’s happiness. Searching for their freedom, their dilemmas and relationships cross paths throughout the story, making each one of them reinvent themselves and discover their overcoming skills, learning that it is never too late to have control over their own lives.