Acting
Regina Duarte
Born February 5, 1947 · Franca, São Paulo, Brazil (age 79)
Regina Blois Duarte (February 5, 1947) is a Brazilian actress and theater director. She debuted in 1965 on TV Excelsior, where she started in minor roles until becoming the protagonist of soap operas such as Anjo Marcado, Legião dos Esquecidos and O Primeiro Pecado. In 1969, due to the financial crisis at the broadcaster which led to bankruptcy shortly afterwards, she transferred to TV Globo and p…
Known For
Lance Maior · 1968Lance Maior
★ 4.91968
MovieDrama
University student who works in a bank experiences a personal crisis: he is torn between his ambitions and the temptation to engage in the armed movement against the military dictatorship of the time, in Brazil. At the same time, his love life is also confusing: he is unable to choose between two girls: an apolitical rich one, whose main interest is her own sexual liberation; and a working girl with family problems.
Brasileiríssima · 2022Brasileiríssima
★ 8.02022
MovieDocumentary
Chão Bruto · 1976Chão Bruto
★ 8.01976
MovieDrama
Mulher 80 · 1979Mulher 80
★ 8.01979
MovieMusicDocumentary
Mulher 80 emerged as a result of the success of 'Malu Mulher' (1979), a miniseries starring Regina Duarte, which addressed the female situation in Brazilian society at that time. The main focus of the special was the female presence in music, honouring the singers and songwriters of MPB with musical numbers and testimonials.
São Bernardo · 1984São Bernardo
1984
MovieDramaHistory
Our Lady of Compassion · 1969Our Lady of Compassion
★ 7.01969
MovieComedyDrama
João Grilo is a backwoodsman who tries to get along at the expense of the powerful in the city, who pretend to be respectful of morals and good customs and hide their sins. But when a band of cangaceiros attacks the small town, everyone has to settle accounts with God and the Devil.
Quelé do Pajeú · 1969Quelé do Pajeú
★ 6.71969
MovieAdventureDrama
A man seeks revenge after his sister get raped by an unknown foreign, identified only by scar and a missing finger. But his payback journey is a long way and bears its surprises.
The Underground Man · 1981The Underground Man
★ 5.81981
MovieDrama
Set in 1930, a tormented man and his butler live in an old house in Adrogué, where pornographic films are filmed in the basement following the grandfather’s testament.
Movies
Lance Maior · 1968Lance Maior
★ 4.91968
MovieDrama
University student who works in a bank experiences a personal crisis: he is torn between his ambitions and the temptation to engage in the armed movement against the military dictatorship of the time, in Brazil. At the same time, his love life is also confusing: he is unable to choose between two girls: an apolitical rich one, whose main interest is her own sexual liberation; and a working girl with family problems.
Brasileiríssima · 2022Brasileiríssima
★ 8.02022
MovieDocumentary
Chão Bruto · 1976Chão Bruto
★ 8.01976
MovieDrama
Mulher 80 · 1979Mulher 80
★ 8.01979
MovieMusicDocumentary
Mulher 80 emerged as a result of the success of 'Malu Mulher' (1979), a miniseries starring Regina Duarte, which addressed the female situation in Brazilian society at that time. The main focus of the special was the female presence in music, honouring the singers and songwriters of MPB with musical numbers and testimonials.
São Bernardo · 1984São Bernardo
1984
MovieDramaHistory
Our Lady of Compassion · 1969Our Lady of Compassion
★ 7.01969
MovieComedyDrama
João Grilo is a backwoodsman who tries to get along at the expense of the powerful in the city, who pretend to be respectful of morals and good customs and hide their sins. But when a band of cangaceiros attacks the small town, everyone has to settle accounts with God and the Devil.
Quelé do Pajeú · 1969Quelé do Pajeú
★ 6.71969
MovieAdventureDrama
A man seeks revenge after his sister get raped by an unknown foreign, identified only by scar and a missing finger. But his payback journey is a long way and bears its surprises.
The Underground Man · 1981The Underground Man
★ 5.81981
MovieDrama
Set in 1930, a tormented man and his butler live in an old house in Adrogué, where pornographic films are filmed in the basement following the grandfather’s testament.
Dybbuk: The Demon · 1972Dybbuk: The Demon
★ 5.01972
MovieHorror
Hannan is a brilliant Talmudic scholar who is constantly searching for something that not even he knows exactly what it is, living in the anguish of constant existential crises. He delves into the mystical arts of Kabbalah, seeking answers to his questions, in addition to traveling to countless places.
The Brazilwood Man · 1982The Brazilwood Man
★ 5.01982
MovieComedyHistory
Fantasy comedy about Brazilian writer Oswald de Andrade, one of the most important icons of Modernism in Brazil. In the film, Oswald is played by two actors: Ítala Nandi, as his feminine anima, and Flávio Galvão, as the masculine half.
Daniel, Capanga de Deus · 1978Daniel, Capanga de Deus
★ 9.01978
Movie
Despedida de Casado · 1977Despedida de Casado
1977
MovieTV MovieDrama
Never Too Old to Meow · 2014Never Too Old to Meow
★ 7.02014
MovieDramaThriller
Gloria Polk is a decadent writer who decided to return to writing a fiction book after 17 years of absence. One day, she decides to open her home to Carol, a young journalist who lives in his building and is married to her former husband. Excited about the opportunity, Carol realizes that Gloria has an obscure facet which meant that she had great difficulty in relating to other people over the years.
Show 60 Anos · 2025Show 60 Anos
★ 7.82025
MovieMusicTV Movie
Show 50 Anos · 2015Show 50 Anos
★ 7.02015
MovieDocumentaryMusic
Happily Ever After · 1985Happily Ever After
★ 5.31985
MovieRomanceDrama
Fernanda is content with her life until she meets Miguel, a drug addict, bisexual male prostitute. She becomes captivated by him and leaves her family behind in favor of a new life filled with sex and debauchery.
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional · 1997Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
1997
MovieDocumentary
"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."
Astro: An Urban Fable in a Magical Rio de Janeiro · 2012Astro: An Urban Fable in a Magical Rio de Janeiro
2012
MovieComedyDrama
An urban fable that portrays the process of adaptation of Astro, the protagonist, to the city of Rio de Janeiro. The daughter of a Brazilian mother and a Swedish father, Astro comes to Brazil to receive an inheritance and ends up staying longer than she expected when she meets Alice. ART and the CITY are narrative elements that work in the transformation of the character. A positive history and vibrant rapture of self built on the border between reality and unconsciousness. An rapture of self built on the border between reality and unconsciousness.
Para Sempre Teu, Caio F. · 2014Para Sempre Teu, Caio F.
★ 7.82014
MovieDocumentary
Inspired by the book of the same name by Paula Dip, this is a biography of the Brazilian writer Caio Fernando Abreu. With a mixture of languages inherent to Caio F.'s work - cinema, theater, music and literature -, the narrative line is conducted through testimonies from family, friends, editors and scholars who maintained a relationship with the author. And actors who interpret their texts.
Stop 88 · 1978Stop 88
★ 7.01978
MovieScience Fiction
Residents of the city of Parada 88, contaminated in 1994 due to the explosion of a chemical industry reactor, live in plastic tunnels, the only way of life that can guarantee their survival, since oxygen, which has become a good consumption, used needs to be reused so as not to generate more expenses. One day, Joaquim wins a lottery that gives him enough money to pay for his and his family's oxygen; but to claim the prize, he'll need to go to the ruins of the factory to collect news from a group of contamination experts adventurers posted there.
A Goofy Angel · 2000A Goofy Angel
★ 7.02000
MovieFamilyComedy
O Cangaceiro Trapalhão · 1983O Cangaceiro Trapalhão
★ 5.81983
MovieAdventureComedy
Severino do Quixadá (Renato Aragão), a humble northeastern shepherd of goats, rescues Captain Virgulano or simply Captain (Nelson Xavier) and his band of cangaceiros of an ambush armed by the lieutenant Zé Bezerra (Jose Dumont), its eternal persecutor. Captain escapes taking with him the mysterious box that he removed from the interior of the assaulted train in the city of Cajarana. Seeking to escape the shooting, Severino ends up finding himself in the cangaceiros' camp, along with the mishap friends Mussum and Zacarias who, taking advantage of the confusion, fled the chain.
TV Shows
Sétimo Sentido · 1982Sétimo Sentido
★ 9.01982
SeriesDrama
Alta Definição · 2009Alta Definição
★ 7.22009
Series
In Alta Definição, Daniel Oliveira interviews one guest every week with an intimate approach.
Anjo Marcado · 1966Anjo Marcado
★ 7.01966
Series
Roque Santeiro · 1985Roque Santeiro
★ 8.81985
SeriesComedy
In the tiny poor town of Asa Branca, in the middle of Brazilian Northeast, Roque Santeiro is worshiped as a saint. He was supposedly killed by a bandit, 18 years ago, trying to save the local church. After his disappearance, local leaderships such as landowner Sinhozinho Malta and mayor Florindo, took profit on that to control the humble population. They even make up a widow, Porcina, who should have married Roque secretly before his death. What they don't expect is that Roque is alive, and he's back to, allegedly, "save his people". Now Malta, Florindo, Porcina, and others must hold him down and explain the "truth" to their commoners, in a desperate attempt to save their own bottoms. Meanwhile, mysterious facts surround Asa Branca, such as a Werewolf, a film crew who are trying to shoot a movie about Roque's story, and violent murderers.
O Outro · 1987O Outro
★ 8.01987
SeriesDrama
Selva de Pedra · 1972Selva de Pedra
★ 9.11972
SeriesDrama
Amidst an unresolved crime, Simone protects Cristiano and falls in love with him. However, the couple faces ambition and betrayals that tear them apart. Presumed dead, she returns under a new identity seeking revenge.
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.
Vale Tudo · 1988Vale Tudo
★ 8.31988
SeriesDrama
Fátima Accioly is a young, callous woman who wants to be rich and successful at any price. After selling her family's house in the country, she heads to Rio and gets to know dress man César who is unscrupulous himself. Meanwhile, her mother Raquel stays behind without home and money, but finally tries to find her daughter in the big city. Both women come in contact with the rich Roitman family which changes their lives forever.
The Trapalhões · 1977The Trapalhões
★ 8.01977
SeriesComedy
Os Trapalhões was a Brazilian comedy group and also a Brazilian television series created by Wilton Franco. Its members were Dedé Santana, Zacarias, Mussum and their leader Didi Mocó, that was played by Renato Aragão. The name Trapalhões is derived from the Portuguese verb atrapalhar, which means the opposite of helping, to do something the wrong way or to Those that confuse. The name is translated "Tramps" in English DVD subtitles. It was aired by Rede Globo from 1977 to 1999.
On March 18, 1990, Zacarias died due to respiratory failure, but the group and the series didn't come to an end until July 29, 1994, when Mussum died due to an unsuccessful heart transplant.
Anything for Love · 1997Anything for Love
★ 7.01997
SeriesDrama
Helena is an independendent woman with strong emotions. More than a dedicated mother, she is also a friend to her daughter. Her daughter is experiencing difficulties in her marriage with Marcelo because of his renewed interest in a formoe girlfriend. Marcelo‘s mother deslikes Helena and would like nothing better to see her son‘s marriage destroyed. Helena starts her life over again when she falls in love at first sight with Atilio, whom she marries. Although of poor health, her daughter wants to have a baby, believing that by fulfiling her husband‘s dream, she can save her marriage. As fate would have it, mother and daughter fall pregnant at the same time, each giving birth to a boy.
Guerra dos Sexos · 1983Guerra dos Sexos
★ 8.61983
SeriesComedy
Cousins Charlô and Otávio once had a romance, but today they detest each other. However, fate plays a trick on them: they will receive a large inheritance, on the condition that they live together.
Minha Doce Namorada · 1971Minha Doce Namorada
★ 9.01971
SeriesDrama
Patricia, an orphan living in a traveling amusement park, believes the stars will bring her happiness. One day, an astrologer predicts the impossible: the young woman, an Aquarius, will fall in love with a Pisces boy, a sign initially incompatible with hers. The girl does, in fact, become enchanted by the wealthy student Renato, but he doesn't feel the same way. Patricia travels to Rio de Janeiro, where she befriends a gentleman whom she affectionately calls Mr. Pepe, unaware that he is Renato's great-uncle and the owner of the company where she begins working. Mr. Pepe discovers fraudulent activities committed by his family and decides to fake his death to observe the dispute over his inheritance.
Rainha da Sucata · 1990Rainha da Sucata
★ 7.81990
SeriesDrama
Maria do Carmo becomes wealthy through her father's business dealings and becomes a successful businesswoman, but she retains the habits of her humble past.
A Time To Love · 2017A Time To Love
★ 7.52017
SeriesDrama
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.
Dez Vidas · 1969Dez Vidas
★ 7.01969
SeriesDrama
The Three Sisters · 2008The Three Sisters
★ 5.82008
SeriesDrama
In the coastal city of Caramirim, the three surfing sisters from the Jequitibá family fight for environmental protection in the region. But Violeta wants to build a hotel complex on the site.
Pages of Life · 2006Pages of Life
★ 6.52006
SeriesDrama
Nanda must rethink her plansof studying in Amsterdam when she discovers she is pregnant. After losing the support of her boyfriend Léo, the young girl decides to return home, where she suffers a serious accident and dies.However, Helena, her doctor, is able to save her new-born twins: Francisco and Clara. Unfortunately, Clara suffers from Downs Syndrome. Helena feels a strong emotional tie to Clara and adopts her.Years later, the twins’father Léo, a young and wealthy businessman, returns to the scene, wanting to gain custody of the children.However, Helena and Alex fight to the end to retain guardianship of the twins, whom they have raised with such love.
Nina · 1977Nina
★ 7.51977
SeriesDrama
Caso Especial · 1971Caso Especial
★ 6.01971
SeriesDramaCrime
Parts of Me · 2015Parts of Me
★ 6.82015
SeriesDrama
Seven siblings search for the same biological father and discover their lives are linked to Miguel, a solitary oceanographer presumed dead during an expedition in Antarctica.
Selva de Pedra · 1975Selva de Pedra
1975
SeriesDrama
Amidst an unresolved crime, Simone protects Cristiano and falls in love with him. However, the couple faces ambition and betrayals that tear them apart. Presumed dead, she returns under a new identity seeking revenge.
Empire · 2014Empire
★ 6.12014
SeriesDrama
Heartbreak forever changed the fate of the young and humble José Alfredo. Years later, he became the Lord Alfredo, a successful owner of a jewelry empire and a man obsessed with power. Temperamental and cunning, he tries to balance his turbulent marriage, an extramarital love affair, and the dispute between his children over succession in his business. One day, however, the unexpected appearance of a possible daughter, of whom he was unaware, causes upheaval in his life and takes his familial conflicts to a whole new level.
Chiquinha Gonzaga · 1999Chiquinha Gonzaga
★ 7.81999
SeriesDrama
It tells the story of Chiquinha Gonzaga, a revolutionary musician who marked the history of music in Brazil, and challenged the social standards of her time. Chiquinha was raised very comfortably and had an excellent education provided by his father, Jose Basileu, who expected his daughter to be a lady of the imperial court. But after listening to songs played in a black yard and influenced by friends, such as composer Joaquim Callado, Chiquinha begins to make compositions mixing polka and lundu. By imposition of her father, Chiquinha is forced to marry Jacinto, with whom she has three children. However, Jacinto forbids her to play, and she decides to separate from her husband, going against social standards. Chiquinha, then, fights for his freedom to play and will live with the great love of his youth, João Batista de Carvalho Jr., with whom he has a daughter, Alice.