Directing
Maurice Capovila
Born January 16, 1936 · Valinhos, São Paulo, Brazil
Died May 29, 2021 · aged 85
Maurice Capovilla (Valinhos, January 16, 1936 — Rio de Janeiro, May 29, 2021) was a Brazilian actor, screenwriter, producer and filmmaker. He directed eight films between 1968 and 2003. His 1970 film The Prophet of Hunger was entered into the 20th Berlin International Film Festival.
Known For
Audácia! · 1970Audácia!
★ 7.51970
MovieComedy
Segment "Prólogo": interviews and scenes with some of the most important filmmakers of the "Boca do Lixo" of São Paulo. Segment "A Badaladíssima dos Trópicos x Os Picaretas do Sexo": shenanigans of a troubled fictional film production. Segment "Amor 69": Actress Maria Vargas is expected to appear nude in a scene, but ultimately refuses to do so.
Bububu no Bobobó · 1980Bububu no Bobobó
★ 8.51980
MovieComedy
O Último Dia de Lampião · 1975O Último Dia de Lampião
★ 10.01975
MovieDocumentary
A docufiction film about the fall of Virgulino Ferreira da Silva, widely known as Lampião – the mythical bandit leader from the Brazilian northeast who fought the local power and put his name in history.
Subterrâneos do Futebol · 1965Subterrâneos do Futebol
★ 8.51965
MovieDocumentary
The practices of football in Brazil and the issues surrounding the sport. Press, players as a commodity, the popular passion, the practice on the fields of várzea. The statements of Luiz Carlos de Freitas, a young promise of Palmeiras, and Feola's coach, as well as an interview with Pelé.
Lance Maior · 1968Lance Maior
★ 4.91968
MovieDrama
University student who works in a bank experiences a personal crisis: he is torn between his ambitions and the temptation to engage in the armed movement against the military dictatorship of the time, in Brazil. At the same time, his love life is also confusing: he is unable to choose between two girls: an apolitical rich one, whose main interest is her own sexual liberation; and a working girl with family problems.
Viramundo · 1965Viramundo
★ 8.61965
MovieDocumentary
Viramundo shows the saga of the northeastern migrants that arrive in São Paulo, beginning with a train arriving and ending with a train leaving São Paulo in a cycle repeated every day. Viramundo's aim was to question why the military coup d'état in Brazil happened without any popular resistance or revolution or reaction of the society.
Harmada · 2003Harmada
★ 4.82003
MovieDramaComedy
A failed artist searching strength to move ahead. By a young lady, who might be his daughter, he develops a project that changes his destiny.
Vozes do Medo · 1972Vozes do Medo
★ 8.01972
MovieFantasyDrama
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