Acting
Cartola
Born October 11, 1908 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died November 30, 1980 · aged 72
Angenor de Oliveira, better known as Cartola OMC (Rio de Janeiro, October 11, 1908 – Rio de Janeiro, November 30, 1980), was a Brazilian singer, composer, poet and guitarist. He is considered by several musicians and music critics as the greatest samba player in the history of Brazilian music. Having as its main hits the songs As Rosas não Falam, O Mundo É um Moinho and Alvorada.
Known For
Black Orpheus · 1959Black Orpheus
★ 7.01959
MovieDramaRomance
Young lovers Orfeu and Eurydice run through the favelas of Rio during Carnaval, on the lam from a hitman dressed like Death and Orfeu's vengeful fiancée Mira and passing between moments of fantasy and stark reality. This impressionistic retelling of the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice introduced bossa nova to the world with its soundtrack by young Brazilian composers Luiz Bonfá and Antonio Carlos Jobim.
Noitada de Samba · 1977Noitada de Samba
1977
MovieDocumentary
Cartola: The Samba Legend · 2007Cartola: The Samba Legend
★ 7.72007
MovieDocumentaryMusic
Documentary on the life and times of one of the most prominent Brazilian samba composers, Cartola (Angenor de Oliveira).
For All My Life - Cartola · 2011For All My Life - Cartola
2011
MovieDocumentary
The story follows important moments in the life of Angenor de Oliveira, known as Cartola. From his childhood in middle-class neighborhoods of Rio de Janeiro to his move to Morro da Mangueira, passing through his complicated family relationships and his first compositions.
Cartola: MPB Especial · 1974Cartola: MPB Especial
1974
MovieMusicDocumentary
Andança: Os Encontros e as Memórias de Beth Carvalho · 2022Andança: Os Encontros e as Memórias de Beth Carvalho
★ 8.12022
MovieDocumentary
A documentary on the career of Beth Carvalho, the Brazilian singer who became a well known samba legend from the 1970s onwards, edited together from hundreds of hours of footage and audio files kept (and partially recorded) by Carvalho herself during her lifetime.
The Outsiders · 1968The Outsiders
★ 9.01968
MovieDramaCrime
Guilherme, who has the police on his trail for having been involved with a niece of the mayor of his city, runs away with the girl after receiving threats. On the other side is "Papo Amarelo": a bandit from Rio de Janeiro who spends the rest of his problematic life acting in robberies.
Ganga Zumba · 1963Ganga Zumba
★ 6.61963
MovieDramaHistory
The life of a runaway slave who founded the Quilombo dos Palmares, an outlaw community of Brazilian slaves.
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