Rocco Pitanga

Acting

Rocco Pitanga

Born July 18, 1980 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (age 46)

Rocco Pitanga Manhães Sampaio (born July 18, 1980) is a Brazilian actor. The son of actors Vera Manhães and Antônio Pitanga, and the brother of actress Camila Pitanga.

Known For

O Sonho de Abdias (VR)O Sonho de Abdias (VR) · 2024
O Sonho de Abdias (VR)
10.02024
MovieHistoryDrama
Girls from ABCGirls from ABC · 2003
Girls from ABC
6.12003
MovieDramaCrime
Aurélia is a young black woman who works at a factory and lives in a working-class neighborhood in São Paulo, whose boyfriend Fábio gets involved with a racist neo-nazi group.
PossessõesPossessões · 2018
Possessões
2018
MovieHorror
Three stories are intermingled by the same theme: possessions.
KnittingKnitting · 2021
Knitting
3.02021
MovieDrama
Five brothers end up being raised by their older brother after their mother's death. One day, as adults, they receive the news that a comatose man in an ICU could be their father. In the hospital's waiting room, the brothers immerse themselves in their conflicts and memories, and through the knitting learned in childhood.
Daughters of the WindDaughters of the Wind · 2005
Daughters of the Wind
6.42005
MovieDrama
In a small town in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, two sisters meet again after years apart.
Nobody Belongs to NobodyNobody Belongs to Nobody · 2023
Nobody Belongs to Nobody
7.52023
MovieDrama
Gabriela, Roberto's wife, is called to work in the office of Renato, a successful lawyer married to Gioconda. After that, the quartet begins to suffer from lies, exhausting relationships and tragedies.
MalêsMalês · 2025
Malês
7.92025
MovieHistoryDrama
Based on historical facts, the film portrays the largest slave rebellion in Brazilian history, the Malê Revolt. The uprising mobilized the black population in the streets of Salvador against slavery in 1835. After the failure of the revolt, the protesters were harshly punished and repression against black people in Brazil increased.
Pilar's Diary in the AmazonPilar's Diary in the Amazon · 2026
Pilar's Diary in the Amazon
5.32026
MovieAdventure
Young explorer Pilar travels to the Amazon through her magic net. After meeting Maiara, a riverside dweller whose community was destroyed, Pilar and her friends seek to reunite her friend's family and prevent deforestation.

Filmography

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Once Upon a Time in RioOnce Upon a Time in Rio · 2008
Once Upon a Time in Rio
7.42008
MovieDrama
Situated just above the awe-inspiring Ipanema beach in Rio is the Cantagalo slum. Every day, floods of Cantagalo residents make their way down the mountain, only to disappear into their surroundings as part of the invisible working-class that cleans apartments, works in restaurants, and sells food along the scenic, sun-drenched shores. Young Dé (Thiago Martins) is just such a man. Dé lives with his mother Bernadette (Cyria Coentro) in a cramped Cantagalo apartment, selling hot dogs on the beach in order to make the rent. His brother Beto was killed when Dé was just a young boy, and his adopted brother Carlão (Rocco Pitanga) has been jailed for a robbery that he didn't commit. One day, while working on the beach, Dé meets Nina (Vitória Frate). Nina is the only child of a successful lawyer named Evandro (Paulo César Grande), who's none to happy to discover that his daughter is dating a member of the lower class. How...

Carlão

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 Rocco Manhães)