Acting
Elke Maravilha
Born February 22, 1945 · Leutkirch im Allgäu, Baden-Württemberg, German
Died August 16, 2016 · aged 71
Elke Grünupp, known by her stage name Elke Maravilha (Leutkirch im Allgäu, February 22, 1945 – Rio de Janeiro, August 16, 2016), was a German-Brazilian model, judge, presenter and actress. She began to act as a model and mannequin at the age of 24, working with famous stylists of the time and was considered an innovator on the catwalks. Initially discreet, over time she made room for her extravaga…
Known For
Pixote In Memoriam · 2007Pixote In Memoriam
★ 7.52007
MovieDocumentary
A tribute documentary on Fernando Ramos da Silva, the famous child star of the acclaimed film by Hector Babenco, "Pixote, a Lei do Mais Fraco" (1981). 20 years after his assassination by the police, his co-stars and Babenco talk about Fernando's contributions to the film, his troubled life when his acting works didn't took off as expected (since he was typecast) and which made him turn back to his past life of poverty and crimes. The project also presents that film's influence to many directors and artists around the world.
Xuxa Requebra · 1999Xuxa Requebra
★ 3.51999
MovieMusicFamily
Nena, a journalist and former student of the Two Hearts dance academy, tries to stop the school from being sold to a group of drug dealers. She trains a group to win the Requebra dance contest that would give them the necessary money to carry their plans.
Dzi Croquettes · 2009Dzi Croquettes
★ 7.72009
MovieDocumentary
A Brazilian theatre group that through talent, irony and humour confronted the Brazilian violent dictatorship in the 1970s revolutionising the gay movement worldwide and changing theatre and dance language to an entire generation.
Amante Latino · 1979Amante Latino
★ 6.51979
MovieDrama
Upon learning that the school where he learned music is going to be expropriated, a famous singer decides to do a show for the benefit of the institution.
A Lenda do Gato Preto · 2015A Lenda do Gato Preto
2015
Movie
Carrossel 2: O Sumiço de Maria Joaquina · 2016Carrossel 2: O Sumiço de Maria Joaquina
★ 6.12016
MovieAdventureComedy
The children are invited by a Brazilian music star to one of his shows. But the trip turns into a nightmare when the villains Gonzales and Gonzalito, recently released from prison, decide to kidnap Maria Joaquina.
Pixote · 1980Pixote
★ 7.91980
MovieCrimeDrama
10-year-old Pixote endures torture, degradation, and corruption at a local youth detention center where two of its members are murdered by policemen who frame Lilica, a 17-year-old trans hustler. Pixote helps Lilica and three other boys escape and they start to make their living by a life of crime which only escalates to more violence and death.
Hello, Hello, Terezinha! · 2009Hello, Hello, Terezinha!
★ 6.82009
MovieDocumentary
Hello, Hello, Terezinha! is a feature-length documentary about the country's biggest communication phenomenon. Politically incorrect, radical, renewing, Chacrinha changed Brazilian television forever and expressed a Brazil that was around it, but was not perceived. The film tells the great adventure of Abelardo Barbosa through the eyes of the presenter. It gathers the nuclei of its constellation - chacretes, fledglings and artists who passed through its programs - to identify their individualities and their emotions.
Movies
Pixote In Memoriam · 2007Pixote In Memoriam
★ 7.52007
MovieDocumentary
A tribute documentary on Fernando Ramos da Silva, the famous child star of the acclaimed film by Hector Babenco, "Pixote, a Lei do Mais Fraco" (1981). 20 years after his assassination by the police, his co-stars and Babenco talk about Fernando's contributions to the film, his troubled life when his acting works didn't took off as expected (since he was typecast) and which made him turn back to his past life of poverty and crimes. The project also presents that film's influence to many directors and artists around the world.
Xuxa Requebra · 1999Xuxa Requebra
★ 3.51999
MovieMusicFamily
Nena, a journalist and former student of the Two Hearts dance academy, tries to stop the school from being sold to a group of drug dealers. She trains a group to win the Requebra dance contest that would give them the necessary money to carry their plans.
Dzi Croquettes · 2009Dzi Croquettes
★ 7.72009
MovieDocumentary
A Brazilian theatre group that through talent, irony and humour confronted the Brazilian violent dictatorship in the 1970s revolutionising the gay movement worldwide and changing theatre and dance language to an entire generation.
Amante Latino · 1979Amante Latino
★ 6.51979
MovieDrama
Upon learning that the school where he learned music is going to be expropriated, a famous singer decides to do a show for the benefit of the institution.
A Lenda do Gato Preto · 2015A Lenda do Gato Preto
2015
Movie
Carrossel 2: O Sumiço de Maria Joaquina · 2016Carrossel 2: O Sumiço de Maria Joaquina
★ 6.12016
MovieAdventureComedy
The children are invited by a Brazilian music star to one of his shows. But the trip turns into a nightmare when the villains Gonzales and Gonzalito, recently released from prison, decide to kidnap Maria Joaquina.
Pixote · 1980Pixote
★ 7.91980
MovieCrimeDrama
10-year-old Pixote endures torture, degradation, and corruption at a local youth detention center where two of its members are murdered by policemen who frame Lilica, a 17-year-old trans hustler. Pixote helps Lilica and three other boys escape and they start to make their living by a life of crime which only escalates to more violence and death.
Hello, Hello, Terezinha! · 2009Hello, Hello, Terezinha!
★ 6.82009
MovieDocumentary
Hello, Hello, Terezinha! is a feature-length documentary about the country's biggest communication phenomenon. Politically incorrect, radical, renewing, Chacrinha changed Brazilian television forever and expressed a Brazil that was around it, but was not perceived. The film tells the great adventure of Abelardo Barbosa through the eyes of the presenter. It gathers the nuclei of its constellation - chacretes, fledglings and artists who passed through its programs - to identify their individualities and their emotions.
Gente Que Transa · 1974Gente Que Transa
★ 5.01974
MovieComedy
Competing for the concession of a TV channel, one of the contenders throws an orgy to defeat the other candidate.
O Milagre - O Poder da Fé · 1979O Milagre - O Poder da Fé
★ 9.01979
MovieDrama
The Force of Xango · 1977The Force of Xango
★ 6.01977
MovieDramaHorror
Tonho Tiê really likes living free, playing capoeira and drinking. During Carnival he meets beautiful Zulmira; they pledge love and projects for many children. But time passes and Tonho returns to being the womanizer he had always been. Zulmira, daughter of Iansã, cannot stand Tonho's brazenness, and asks her saint-mother to wash her honor with blood.
Copyleft · 2015Copyleft
2015
Movie
Obsessed with a heteronormative identity, Pendro confronts himself with an image that doesn’t represent who he is. On this search performed by him, the marks of violence start appearing all over his vulnerable young body.
Desire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro Oficina · 2021Desire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro Oficina
★ 5.02021
MovieDocumentary
In six decades, Teatro Oficina has done more than revolutionize theatrical language in the country: the aesthetic influence of José Celso Martinez Corrêa's company extends from Tropicalism to the renewal of Brazilian audiovisual languages from the 1960s onwards. The film revisits a story that it involves personalities such as Caetano Veloso, Glauber Rocha, Lina Bo Bardi, Chico Buarque and Zé do Caixão, brings together scenic art, ecology, architecture and sexuality, and mixes art and life in the search for a Brazilian based language.