Zelito Viana

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Zelito Viana

Born May 5, 1938 · Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil (age 88)

José Viana de Oliveira Paula (Fortaleza, May 5, 1938), better known as Zelito Viana, is a Brazilian filmmaker.

Known For

Antonio das MortesAntonio das Mortes · 1969
Antonio das Mortes
6.81969
MovieWestern
A new incarnation of Cangaceiro bandits, led by Coirana, has risen in the badlands. A blind landowner hires Antônio to wipe out his old nemesis. Yet after besting Coirana and accompanying the dying man to his mountain hideout, Antônio is moved by the plight of the Cangaceiro’s followers. The troubled hitman turns revolutionary, his gun and machete aimed towards his former masters.
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Viva Marília · 2026
Viva Marília
2026
MovieDocumentaryMusic
The historical, political, and social context of Brazil in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, and the impact of each decade on the life and work of the acclaimed actress Marília Pêra.
A Arte existe porque a vida não bastaA Arte existe porque a vida não basta · 2016
A Arte existe porque a vida não basta
2016
MovieDocumentary
Minha NamoradaMinha Namorada · 1970
Minha Namorada
6.01970
MovieRomanceAdventure
Middle-class teenage girl has a serious boyfriend that her parents approve of. Suddenly, she meets another boy with whom she is shown to have a greater identification.
Choque CulturalChoque Cultural · 1977
Choque Cultural
5.01977
MovieDocumentary
Twenty Years LaterTwenty Years Later · 1984
Twenty Years Later
8.41984
MovieDocumentaryHistory
Eduardo Coutinho was filming a movie with the same name in the Northeast of Brazil, in 1964, when there came the military coup. He had to interrupt the project, and came back to it in 1981, looking for the same places and people, showing what had ocurred since then, and trying to gather a family whose patriarch, a political leader fighting for rights of country people, had been murdered.
O Doce Esporte do SexoO Doce Esporte do Sexo · 1971
O Doce Esporte do Sexo
7.01971
MovieComedyRomance
Erotic comedy in five segments, starring the same actor, Chico Anysio: O Torneio (The Tournament), A Boca (The Mouth), O Filminho (The Short Film), A Suspeita (The Suspicion) and O Apartamento (The Apartment).
Augusto Boal and the Theatre of the OppressedAugusto Boal and the Theatre of the Oppressed · 2010
Augusto Boal and the Theatre of the Oppressed
7.02010
MovieDocumentary
The movie "Augusto Boal and the Theatre of the Oppressed" shows the path of the dramaturgo Augusto Boal at the creation of a theatre that has as objective to transform those who participate it in a spiral of changes, in an oppressing society. Along the trajectory we see Boal's intellectual search and the transformations of the Brazilian society, from the 60s to nowadays. The spectator will meet the numerous uses of the Theatre of the Oppressed around the world (there are groups in 77 countries) and how they manifest in different situations, characterized by the relation between the oppressor and the oppressed, from the biggest to the smallest powers.

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