Acting
Maria Alice Vergueiro
Born January 19, 1935 · São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Died June 3, 2020 · aged 85
Maria Alice Monteiro de Campos Vergueiro (São Paulo, January 19, 1935 — São Paulo, June 3, 2020) was a Brazilian pedagogue, university professor and theater actress with an extensive career on stage, in cinema and on television.
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Vergel · 2017Vergel
★ 4.92017
MovieDrama
A sudden mourning brings a woman to the edge of madness. Funeral procedures, heat and a neighbor that comes to water the plants, come together in an emotional journey where it is impossible to distinguish the real from the unreal.
Górgona · 2016Górgona
2016
MovieDocumentary
The show shows the setting of a play and brings Maria Alice Vergueiro, a septuagenarian actress afflicted by Parkinson's disease, as protagonist. The movements are repeated to exhaustion and placed in comparison to show the passage of time to the actress, for whom this becomes much more noticeable.
The King of the Candle · 1982The King of the Candle
★ 5.31982
MovieDrama
Filming of the historical montage of Oswald de Andrade's play, where decadent millionaires, depraved children, corrupt and implacable capitalists are the characters interpreted by the Grupo Oficina, in a celebrated theatrical performance from 1967, fundamentally recorded in 1971 and released only in the 1980s.
Olímpicos · 1991Olímpicos
1991
MovieComedy
At a poker table, five players discuss the possibility of having, in the Olympic Games, instead of the bow and arrow, the game of poker as an official modality.
Divine Providence · 1983Divine Providence
1983
MovieDrama
The short film depicts the neglect of an injured homeless man by the public service.
Twisted Fate · 1979Twisted Fate
★ 4.71979
MovieDrama
At the height of the military dictatorship, an abandoned mansion in the center of São Paulo is occupied by militants, hippies, maniacs, homosexuals, punks, artists and poets, as well as immigrants from different parts of the world.
The Ghosts of Alcacer-Kibir · 1976The Ghosts of Alcacer-Kibir
★ 6.21976
MovieDrama
Alentejo 1975. The Police associate a group of traveling players with a strike of agricultural workers. The action takes place in the open space and harsh heat of the Alentejo. With the connivance of Lianor, the troupe enters the palace of Don Gonzalo an old aristocrat. The gentleman is obsessed by visions of great past deeds in a universe of ghosts. This was the first example of militant cinema in Portugal after the end of the Estado Novo dictatorship, exploring the world after the Carnation Revolution and its contradictions.
Paulista · 2009Paulista
★ 4.12009
MovieDramaRomance
Three metropolitan stories entwine in São Paulo. Would-be actress Marina arrives in the city looking for independence, falls madly in love with Justine, a bisexual rock singer, and is swept up into her wild, edgy lifestyle. Marina shares a flat on Avenida Paulista with Suzana, a mysterious lawyer who begins a relationship with a male colleague who is unaware that she's transsexual. Jay lives a few floors above them. He is a frustrated writer trying to give a meaning to his life by idealizing a stunningly beautiful prostitute, whom he transforms into a sort of muse. Following the frenetic pace of the city, the three "Paulista" characters will experience the euphoria of passion and its downside.
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O Sistema · 2007O Sistema
★ 4.52007
SeriesComedy
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