Camila Pitanga

Acting

Camila Pitanga

Born June 14, 1977 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (age 49)

Camila Pitanga Manhães Sampaio (born June 14, 1977), professionally known as Camila Pitanga, is a renowned Brazilian actress known for her performances in film and television. The daughter of actors Vera Manhães and Antônio Pitanga, and the sister of actor Rocco Pitanga, Camila began her artistic career as a child at the age of six in the film Quilombo (1984). Throughout her career, she stood out…

Known For

Basic Sanitation, the MovieBasic Sanitation, the Movie · 2007
Basic Sanitation, the Movie
7.22007
MovieComedy
When they discover their town lacks funding for a sewage system, but does have a federal grant to make a movie, a group of villagers decide to make a sci-fi joint about a monster who lives in the building site of a septic tank.
A História de RosaA História de Rosa · 2005
A História de Rosa
8.72005
MovieTV MovieRomance
Bendito FrutoBendito Fruto · 2004
Bendito Fruto
8.02004
MovieComedyDrama
An accident involving a flying manhole cover leads to a chance meeting between two childhood friends: a widow and the owner of a beauty parlor. Thus begins an entertaining game of seduction that brings memories and hidden desires to the surface - furtive passions that end up threatening the hairdresser's de facto marriage.
Rio 2096: A Story of Love and FuryRio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury · 2013
Rio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury
7.22013
MovieAnimationDrama
“Rio 2096 – A Story of Love and Fury” is an animated film that portrays the love between an immortal hero and Janaína, the woman he has been in love with for 600 years. As a backdrop to the romance, the feature highlights four phases of Brazilian history: colonization, slavery, the Military Regime and the future, in 2096, when there will be a war for water.
Barravento NovoBarravento Novo · 2017
Barravento Novo
2017
Movie
Barravento Novo depicts correspondences between Antônio Pitanga—a Cinema Novo actor seen here delivering lines from Glauber Rocha’s first feature, Barravento, from 1962—and his daughter, Camila Pitanga, a well-known actor and filmmaker working today.
Samba InfiniteSamba Infinite · 2025
Samba Infinite
5.02025
MovieFantasyDrama
During Rio's Carnival, a street cleaner struggles with the loss of his sister and his work obligations. Amid the celebrations, he finds a lost child and sets out to help him.
FÔLEGO - Até Depois do FimFÔLEGO - Até Depois do Fim · 2025
FÔLEGO - Até Depois do Fim
9.02025
MovieDocumentary
Super ColossoSuper Colosso · 1995
Super Colosso
4.91995
MovieComedyFamily
Movie version of Brazillian children's television series TV Colosso.

Filmography

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QuilomboQuilombo · 1984
Quilombo
6.91984
MovieHistoryDrama
Quilombo dos Palmares was a real-life democratic society, created in Brazil in the 17th century. This incredibly elaborate (and surprisingly little-known) film traces the origins of Quilombo, which began as a community of freed slaves. The colony becomes a safe harbor for other outcasts of the world, including Indians and Jews. Ganga Zumba (Toni Tornado) becomes president of Quilombo, the first freely elected leader in the Western Hemisphere. Naturally, the ruling Portuguese want to subjugate Zumba and his followers, but the Quilombians are ready for their would-be oppressors. The end of this Brave New World is not pleasant, but the followers of Zumba and his ideals take to the hills, where they honor his memory to this day. Writer/director Carlos Diegues takes every available opportunity to compare the rise and fall of Quilombo with the state of affairs in modern-day Brazil.

Child (as Camila Manhães)

Casseta & Planeta, Urgente!Casseta & Planeta, Urgente! · 1992
Casseta & Planeta, Urgente!
7.01992
SeriesComedy
Casseta & Planeta is a Brazilian group of comedians who run a TV show named Casseta & Planeta Urgente, broadcast by Rede Globo. The humour featured on the show is mostly satirical, relating to religious or ethical groups, and minorities. The group founded a company called Toviassu Produções Artísticas, whose name is an acronym composed of syllables from the phrase "Todo viado é surdo" – "Every gay is deaf"; which is the ending of a widely known Brazilian practical joke. Each one of the seven members has a specific function within the company. They present their TV show at Rede Globo and publish a website and many books, among other products, for example the "Machobol". Originally a magazine named Casseta Popular and a humour newspaper called O Planeta Diário, the two teams joined forces and were hired by Rede Globo to become writers for the network's comedy shows, starting with TV Pirata in 1988. A few years later, they starred in their own show.
Tropical ParadiseTropical Paradise · 2007
Tropical Paradise
8.22007
SeriesSoapDrama
The search for a successor provokes the beginning of a clash between two young and talented executives of his group: Daniel Bastos, a lad of simple origins and excellent character, who is not only handsome and charming, but also intelligent and skilled, and Olavo Novaes, an ambitious and unscrupulous man who is ready to fight for the position, at any cost. To fight against Olavo‘s treacherous plans, Daniel will have the help of the sweet and sensitive Paula, a young lady raised as an only child who founds, on the eve of her mother‘s death, that she is adopted and has a family. What Paula does not know is that she has an identical twin sister, the wicked Taís, who is as ambitious and unscrupulous as the man who becomes her main ally, Olavo Novaes. Antenor, for his part, decides on having an heir when he meets the headstrong and honest Lúcia, a woman who will make this cold businessman find true love is and a real reason to live.

Francisbel dos Santos Batista (Bebel)