Adélia Sampaio

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Adélia Sampaio

Adélia Sampaio is a Brazilian filmmaker, the first black woman to direct a film in Brazil, the 1984 feature Amor Maldito. Sampaio was born in 1944 in Belo Horizonte; her mother was a domestic worker. Sampaio's interest in film was encouraged by her sister Eliana, after watching Sergei Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible (Eliana later became her producer). In 1969 went to work as a telephone operator a…

Known For

Parceiros da AventuraParceiros da Aventura · 1979
Parceiros da Aventura
9.01979
MovieDramaCrime
Rio de Janeiro crooks rove about, performing petty tricks to survive, and get involved with a woman who steals cars.
Denúncia VaziaDenúncia Vazia · 1979
Denúncia Vazia
8.01979
MovieDrama
An elderly couple decides to commit suicide after receive a eviction order. The first short-film of Adélia Sampaio, the first black woman in Brazil to direct a feature film.
A CartomanteA Cartomante · 1975
A Cartomante
10.01975
Movie
O SeminaristaO Seminarista · 1977
O Seminarista
9.01977
MovieDrama
Eugênio falls in love for Margarida, a poor girl who lives in his parents' farm. In order to avoid their love affair, the parents send him to a Catholic Seminary to be a priest. Just before his ordination, he meets Margarida again, and their old feelings for each other are triggered once more.
AI-5 - O Dia que Não ExistiuAI-5 - O Dia que Não Existiu · 2001
AI-5 - O Dia que Não Existiu
7.02001
MovieDocumentaryTV Movie
Documentary about a political episode during the Brazilian military dictatorship, which resulted in the issue of the Institutional Act #5 (AI-5), abolishing freedom of opinion in Brazil, and marking the transition to the toughest period of violation of human rights in the country. The episode was the Congress Assembly on December 12th, 1968, in which its members denied permission to punish congressman Márcio Moreira Alves, as was the Government's wish.
Ele, Ela, Quem?Ele, Ela, Quem? · 1980
Ele, Ela, Quem?
10.01980
MovieComedy
O Ibraim do SubúrbioO Ibraim do Subúrbio · 1977
O Ibraim do Subúrbio
8.51977
MovieComedy
A poor man from the North Zone of Rio, head of a family, Roy struggles in every way to survive and accepts a job as a professional laugher on a TV station; Casimiro de Abreu de Sousa lives in a fantasy world in which he imagines himself to be part of high society. His daughter's wedding awakens in Casimiro the desire to achieve everything he has always fantasized about.
Adulto Não BrincaAdulto Não Brinca · 1980
Adulto Não Brinca
7.21980
MovieComedyMystery
The tradition of working out Judas in a suburb. The doll is placed on the street like a corpse and a bunch of children are faced with the consequences of this innovation.

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