Acting
Stênio Garcia
Born April 28, 1932 · Mimoso do Sul, Espírito Santo, Brazil (age 94)
Stênio Garcia Faro (Mimoso do Sul, April 28, 1932) is a Brazilian actor. Known for his performances on screen and stage, he is the winner of numerous awards throughout his career spanning more than six decades, including three APCA Awards, a Guarani Award, a Molière Award, a Brazil Quality Award, and a Press Trophy, in addition to receiving a nomination for a Grande Otelo.
Known For
The House of Sand · 2005The House of Sand
★ 6.72005
MovieDrama
A woman is taken along with her mother in 1910 to a far-away desert by her husband, and after his passing, is forced to spend the next 59 years of her life hopelessly trying to escape it.
Hipertensão · 1986Hipertensão
1986
Movie
O Crime do Zé Bigorna · 1977O Crime do Zé Bigorna
★ 10.01977
MovieDrama
In the 1930s, a blacksmith is accused of murdering his wife and becomes a hero and political leader.
Hans Staden · 1999Hans Staden
★ 6.61999
MovieDramaHistory
On the eve of his return to Europe after an extended involuntary stay in 16th-century Brazil, the German sailor Hans Staden is captured by a hostile cannibal Indian tribe. In order to survive he tries to convince the Indians that he is not Portuguese (their enemies) but a friend of the French (their allies), and that his God would be very angry if they were to eat him.
The War of Pelados · 1970The War of Pelados
★ 5.81970
MovieHistoryDrama
In 1913, in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil, the Government gives some lands to a foreign railway company, giving rise to revolt by the former owners of the land. The episode became known as Guerra dos Pelados.
Agência Lig-Pag · 1974Agência Lig-Pag
★ 7.01974
MovieTV MovieComedy
Kuarup · 1989Kuarup
★ 4.61989
Movie
This epic Brazilian film was based on the equally epic novel by Antonio Callado. Set between 1954 and 1964, the film's focus is the saga of Jesuit priest Nando. Fed up with civilization, he ventures deep into Amazon country to live with and work among the Xingu Indians.
Out of Sight · 2022Out of Sight
★ 4.52022
MovieActionAdventure
Roberta is an employee of the Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro who infiltrates an energy realignment clinic to investigate the mysterious death of actress Antuérpia Fox. During the course of the investigation, Roberta will have to deal with the dramas of actress Natasha Ferrero, who is being "cancelled" on the internet, and with the reunion of her great love from the past, the federal police officer Rodrigo, who is investigating a suspicion of international trafficking involving the same clinic. For this mission, she will have the support of Isabela, her therapist, with whom, little by little, she forms a great duo.
Movies
The House of Sand · 2005The House of Sand
★ 6.72005
MovieDrama
A woman is taken along with her mother in 1910 to a far-away desert by her husband, and after his passing, is forced to spend the next 59 years of her life hopelessly trying to escape it.
Hipertensão · 1986Hipertensão
1986
Movie
O Crime do Zé Bigorna · 1977O Crime do Zé Bigorna
★ 10.01977
MovieDrama
In the 1930s, a blacksmith is accused of murdering his wife and becomes a hero and political leader.
Hans Staden · 1999Hans Staden
★ 6.61999
MovieDramaHistory
On the eve of his return to Europe after an extended involuntary stay in 16th-century Brazil, the German sailor Hans Staden is captured by a hostile cannibal Indian tribe. In order to survive he tries to convince the Indians that he is not Portuguese (their enemies) but a friend of the French (their allies), and that his God would be very angry if they were to eat him.
The War of Pelados · 1970The War of Pelados
★ 5.81970
MovieHistoryDrama
In 1913, in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil, the Government gives some lands to a foreign railway company, giving rise to revolt by the former owners of the land. The episode became known as Guerra dos Pelados.
Agência Lig-Pag · 1974Agência Lig-Pag
★ 7.01974
MovieTV MovieComedy
Kuarup · 1989Kuarup
★ 4.61989
Movie
This epic Brazilian film was based on the equally epic novel by Antonio Callado. Set between 1954 and 1964, the film's focus is the saga of Jesuit priest Nando. Fed up with civilization, he ventures deep into Amazon country to live with and work among the Xingu Indians.
Out of Sight · 2022Out of Sight
★ 4.52022
MovieActionAdventure
Roberta is an employee of the Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro who infiltrates an energy realignment clinic to investigate the mysterious death of actress Antuérpia Fox. During the course of the investigation, Roberta will have to deal with the dramas of actress Natasha Ferrero, who is being "cancelled" on the internet, and with the reunion of her great love from the past, the federal police officer Rodrigo, who is investigating a suspicion of international trafficking involving the same clinic. For this mission, she will have the support of Isabela, her therapist, with whom, little by little, she forms a great duo.
O Pornógrafo · 1970O Pornógrafo
★ 5.71970
MovieComedy
Wannabe gangster Miguel Metralha becomes editor of a fading pornographic magazine that faces difficulties with the savage competition of similar imported magazines. His fresh ideas reshape the magazine as a whole, which is good for business, but upset the magazine's owner, a rich and powerful woman.
Compasso de Espera · 1969Compasso de Espera
★ 8.81969
MovieDramaRomance
Jorge de Oliveira is an Afro-Brazilian poet who works in a publicity agency in São Paulo. Torn between his rich white lovers and his black family and friends, Jorge's situation serves as a springboard to a discussion about racial issues in Brazil.
Perlimps · 2023Perlimps
★ 6.32023
MovieAnimationFantasy
Claé and Bruô, secret agents from enemy Kingdoms of the Sun and the Moon, must overcome their differences and combine forces to find the Perlimps and infiltrate into a world controlled by Giants where war is imminent.
Ó Paí, Ó: Look at This · 2007Ó Paí, Ó: Look at This
★ 7.02007
MovieMusicComedy
During the Carnival in the historical site of Pelourinho, Salvador da Bahia, we follow the lives of the tenants of a falling-to-pieces tenement house who try to get by using creativity, irony, humor, and music.
O Vigilante Rodoviário: Missão Secreta · 1967O Vigilante Rodoviário: Missão Secreta
★ 10.01967
MovieThrillerCrime
The Obsessed of Catulé · 1965The Obsessed of Catulé
★ 6.01965
MovieDrama
In the Brazilian countryside, poor sharecroppers join a messianic group led by Joaquim, who believes he is the reincarnation of Jesus Christ. Gaining power over the peasants, he begins to persecute those who do not pay absolute obeisance.
The Inventor of Dreams · 2013The Inventor of Dreams
2013
MovieDramaHistory
Centered on two young boys, an aristocrat and a native, chronicles the period in which Brazil went from colony to the center of the Portuguese Empire.
The Amorous Ones · 1968The Amorous Ones
★ 5.91968
MovieDrama
An anguished university student in his early 30's ponders the state of his life in light of his relationships with a politicized classmate, a TV actress selling the image of a femme fatale and his bourgeois sister.
At Play in the Fields of the Lord · 1991At Play in the Fields of the Lord
★ 6.51991
MovieDramaRomance
Martin and Hazel Quarrier are small-town fundamentalist missionaries sent to the jungles of South America to convert the Indians. Their remote mission was previously run by the Catholics, before the natives murdered them all. They are sent by the pompous Leslie Huben, who runs the missionary effort in the area but who seems more concerned about competing with his Catholic 'rivals' than in the Indians themselves. Hazel is terrified of the Indians while Martin is fascinated. Soon American pilot Lewis Moon joins the Indian tribe but is attracted by Leslie's young wife, Andy. Can the interaction of these characters and cultures, and the advancing bulldozers of civilization, avoid disaster?
Conversinha Mineira · 2010Conversinha Mineira
2010
MovieComedy
In a city in the interior of Minas Gerais, a passerby enters a dairy to have a coffee with milk. The owner of the bar and his accomplice have a long conversation with this customer, until he discovers that the dairy does not always have milk...
Short film based on the short story of the same name by famous Brazilian writer Fernando Sabino.
O Esquadrão da Morte · 1976O Esquadrão da Morte
★ 8.01976
MovieCrimeThriller
A gang robs a factory in the State of Rio de Janeiro taking 500 million cruzeiros. In the shooting, several bandits and police are killed. The police manage to arrest some criminals involved in the robbery but do not recover the money. The mystery grows with the occurrence of some deaths clearly related to the robbery.
The Asphalt Kiss · 2018The Asphalt Kiss
★ 7.42018
MovieDramaCrime
When witnessing a hit, Arandir, a newly married banker, tries to succor the victim, but the man, almost dead, has only time to make one last request: a kiss. Arandir kisses the man, but his act is spotted by his father-in-law Aprígio and photographed by Amado Ribeiro, a tabloid reporter.
Me, You, Them · 2000Me, You, Them
★ 6.92000
MovieDramaRomance
A true story that comically depicts the relationship between an ordinary woman and her three husbands, who live in the same house in a poor and arid small village of the Brazilian northeast.
Belly Up · 1997Belly Up
★ 5.61997
MovieDramaCrime
Two hit men, a veteran and a beginner, chatter in a bar on Brazil-Paraguai border, while waiting for their victim to appear.
Show 60 Anos · 2025Show 60 Anos
★ 7.82025
MovieMusicTV Movie
Redeemer · 2004Redeemer
★ 7.02004
MovieDramaFantasy
Célio Rocha believes he was assigned by God Himself a difficult mission: to persuade his childhood friend Otávio Sabóia, a corrupt entrepeneur in the construction business, to give away all his possessions to the poor.
TV Shows
Hilda Hurricane · 1998Hilda Hurricane
★ 8.01998
SeriesDrama
After breaking off her engagement on her wedding day and going directly to a prostitution house, a young model becomes the city's most famous harlot, known as "Hilda Hurricane", in the 50's Brazil. She could do fine if it wasn't for Malthus, a young novice said to be a saint, for whom she falls in love. However, the boy is kept under the strict, severe doctrine of Father Nelson, a conservative priest intolerant even to every minor sin. Things start getting harder when Roberto, Malthus' old friend and a communist reporter (the actual author of the story), tries to interview Hilda and disclosure the real reasons behind her radical change of mind. In the meantime, the middle-classes are terrified by the "leftist threat" in Brazilian politics.
Feijão Maravilha · 1979Feijão Maravilha
★ 9.41979
SeriesComedy
Romantic and dreamy, Eliana works at a five-star hotel and becomes involved with unrequited love, a bumbling gang, and a complex police story.
A Padroeira · 2001A Padroeira
★ 8.02001
SeriesDrama
A Padroeira was a Brazilian soap opera produced and displayed at the time of 18 hours by Rede Globo, between June 18, 2001 and February 23, 2002, and presented in 215 chapters.
It was written by Walcyr Carrasco collaboration with Duca Rachid and directed by Walter Avancini, and had Deborah Secco, Luigi Baricelli, Elizabeth Savalla and Maurício Mattar in leading roles.
Final Feliz · 1982Final Feliz
★ 8.01982
SeriesDrama
César, a sugar mill owner in Pernambuco, lives in Rio de Janeiro with his wife Maria Luiza and daughters, Débora and Suzy. One day, tired of his life, he decides to fake his own death and assume another identity. César does this with the help of França, the financial director of the sugar mill – which also belongs to Alaor. César and França stage a car accident, plunging off Avenida Niemeyer in Rio and disappearing into the sea. César leaves Alaor on the verge of bankruptcy and Maria Luiza and the two girls in poverty, completely transforming their lives.
Chico Anysio Show · 1982Chico Anysio Show
★ 9.01982
SeriesComedy
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.
Hipertensão · 1986Hipertensão
★ 6.61986
SeriesComedy
The routine of the quiet town of Rio Belo changes with the arrival of Carina, a traveling actress determined to discover who her father is. At the same time, a mysterious crime involving the powerful Donana shakes the town.
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.
The Clone · 2001The Clone
★ 8.12001
SeriesDrama
Human cloning. The Islamic world. Two young people, two different cultures, two different beliefs. An impossible love story that not even time could erase. During a trip to Morocco, Lucas has a forbidden romance with Jade. He returns to Brazil after the death of his twin brother Diogo. A close family friend, scientist Albieri uses this situation to produce the first human clone using cells taken from Lucas. Twenty years later, Jade, Lucas and his clone form an odd love triangle.
Power Play · 1984Power Play
★ 9.31984
SeriesDrama
Eloá and Osmar's marriage is thrown into crisis when a mysterious man crosses their path. With a thirst for prestige and power, Eloá will face the consequences of her ambition.
Two Faces · 2007Two Faces
★ 5.82007
SeriesDrama
In the past, as Adalberto Rangel, he met and seduced Maria Paula. With a calculated coldheart, he married her, stole her fortune, then abandoned her, unaware she was pregnant at the time. Ten years later, accompanied by her son Renato, Maria Paula plots to recover her dignity and to find justice by getting revenge against the indignities done to her.
O Dono do Mundo · 1991O Dono do Mundo
★ 7.41991
SeriesDrama
Tower of Babel · 1998Tower of Babel
★ 6.51998
SeriesDrama
The former expert in fireworks, José Clementino gets a job as a bricklayer in the construction of a magnificent shopping center, one of the many works carried out by the construction engineer, César Toledo. During the feast of the ridge, where engineers and workers gather to celebrate the laying of the slab work, Clementino's wife flirts with several men. At one point, when he gives for the missing woman, Mason goes looking for her and is in a far corner of the building having sex with two men. Overcome with rage, Clementino kills his wife and one of the men paddle strokes. The family hears the screams and Toledo contains Clementino, with the help of a group of workers. Shocked by the violence of the employee, the employer called the police, and even later, an indictment against him at trial. His testimony is crucial to the conviction of Clementino, to discover their terrible crimes and audacious, which is a court suspicious.
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.
Sai de Baixo · 1996Sai de Baixo
★ 8.31996
SeriesComedy
It follows the lives of the members of a dysfunctional family, their maid and the doorman of the apartment building in which they lived.
Champagne · 1983Champagne
★ 7.01983
SeriesDrama
A Muralha · 2000A Muralha
★ 8.12000
SeriesDrama
A hundred years after Europeans set foot in the New World, Brazil still remains largely unexplored. The Conquest recounts the saga of the earliest adventurers who wandered through these unknown lands. Jesuit priests, adventurers seeking gold, slaves and indigenous tribes were entangled in unceasing battles, at a time when laws were made by the sharp edge of a sword.
The King of The Cattle · 1996The King of The Cattle
★ 7.61996
SeriesDrama
In the struggle for land a vicious feud erupts between two men, who commit their families to a war without truce. Over two generations they are moved by love and by hatred in this epic saga of love for the land.
The Life We Lead · 2011The Life We Lead
★ 8.22011
SeriesDrama
This moving telenovela tells the story of an unconditional love that overcomes life’s unexpected turnarounds. Ana is a promising tennis player who counts on best friend and sister Manuela for support. After a terrible car accident, Ana goes into a deep coma and only emerges from it five years later. Now, she must struggle to recover the life that went on without her and that she no longer recognizes as her own.
Tropicaliente · 1994Tropicaliente
★ 7.01994
SeriesDrama
The plot revolves around the youthful romance and subsequent reunion years later between Ramiro, the leader of a fishing village in Fortaleza, and the businesswoman Letícia.
Dez Vidas · 1969Dez Vidas
★ 7.01969
SeriesDrama
Selva de Pedra · 1986Selva de Pedra
★ 7.21986
SeriesDrama
Cristiano Vilhena is a young man from the countryside who dreams of high society, risking his happiness alongside Simone.
Caso Especial · 1971Caso Especial
★ 6.01971
SeriesDramaCrime
Que Rei Sou Eu? · 1989Que Rei Sou Eu?
★ 7.31989
SeriesComedy
In the imaginary king of Avilan, the bastard prince Jean Pierre leads a popular group against councilors who will invade Rainha Valentine's palace and take away the power.