Acting
Zeni Pereira
Born December 19, 1924 · Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Died March 21, 2002 · aged 77
Zenith Pereira de Castro (Salvador, December 9, 1924 – Rio de Janeiro, March 21, 2002) was a Brazilian actress. She stood out as Tia Nastácia in the Rio version of the first Sítio do Pica-Pau Amarelo, Januária in Escrava Isaura, Maria José in Vale Tudo and Donana in Carinhoso, becoming one of the first and most relevant black references on television.
Known For
Blame It on Rio · 1984Blame It on Rio
★ 5.81984
MovieComedyRomance
Matthew Hollis is man on holiday in Rio with his best friend. Both men have teenage daughters with them. When Matthew falls for his best friend's amorous daughter named Jennifer, they embark on a secret, if slightly one-sided relationship. Jennifer's father is furious when he finds out about the 'older man' in his daughter's life, and sets out to hunt him down with the aid of Matthew!
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.
Pais Quadrados, Filhos Avançados · 1970Pais Quadrados, Filhos Avançados
★ 8.01970
MovieComedy
Running Out of Luck · 1987Running Out of Luck
★ 5.61987
MovieMusicAdventure
A rock singer goes to Brazil to shoot a video, but winds up getting kidnapped and enduring a number of seemingly bizarre and hilarious events.
The Dead at the Phone · 1963The Dead at the Phone
★ 9.01963
MovieThrillerCrime
This story begins with Marcelo's funeral. His family, his fiancée Lúcia and three suspicious men are the only people accompanying the coffin. By night, at home, Rosa, Ricardo and Lúcia notice something strange: Marcelo's room has been completely ransacked. Suddenly, the phone rings. Rosa answers and hears the voice of her son who had just died. The shock is too strong for the poor lady, who dies of a syncope. To understand these sinister events, we have to go back three days...
Rua Descalça · 1971Rua Descalça
★ 9.01971
MovieFamily
Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: O Pagador de Promessas - O Filme · 2015Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: O Pagador de Promessas - O Filme
★ 6.02015
MovieDramaTV Movie
Adaptation of the series shown in 1988. The humble farmer Zé do Burro makes a promise to Santa Bárbara to save his donkey Nicolau from death. The payment is to carry a heavy cross from the interior of Bahia to a church in Salvador. When you reach the steps of the church, with injured shoulders, you have to deal with the incomprehension of a conservative priest.
O Trapalhão na Ilha do Tesouro · 1975O Trapalhão na Ilha do Tesouro
★ 5.81975
MovieAdventureComedy
Two fishermen Dogfish names Zé Cação and Lula discover the result of a theft of a dangerous gang of smugglers and go immediately to be persecuted by them. In pursuit of the bandits is also the federal agent Carlos, passionate young Diana, of which the fishermen meet and become friends. The action takes place on board the Fishermen, however, when the weather warms there comes the pirate Long John Silver, who is looking for a fabulous map of a treasure that was hidden on a nearby island. The map, now divided into two parts, it becomes cause for persecution, with plenty of good humor and adrenaline, which changed hands throughout the film and leading everyone to the island where the treasure was buried.
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O Homem Que Deve Morrer · 1971O Homem Que Deve Morrer
★ 10.01971
SeriesDramaSoap
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