Roberto Bonfim

Acting

Roberto Bonfim

Born March 12, 1945 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (age 81)

Roberto Bomfim de Andrade (Rio de Janeiro, March 12, 1945) is a Brazilian actor. Recognized for his wide-ranging career in television and cinema, he twice won the APCA Award for best television actor and once the Candango Trophy for best supporting actor at the Brasília Festival.

Known For

Double DadDouble Dad · 2021
Double Dad
★ 6.62021
MovieComedyDrama
While her mom is away, a teen sneaks out of the hippie commune where she lives and embarks on a life-changing adventure to discover who her father is.
Lady on the BusLady on the Bus · 1978
Lady on the Bus
★ 5.51978
MovieDrama
Solange is a recently married young woman whose wedding night did not end well. After constant fights with her husband, she decides to live through her sexual frustration by sleeping with strangers she picks up on crowded buses in Rio de Janeiro.
O Caçador de EsmeraldasO Caçador de Esmeraldas · 1979
O Caçador de Esmeraldas
★ 8.01979
MovieAdventureHistory
The life of Fernão Dias, a 17th century Brazilian frontiersman known as "the Emerald Hunter".
The Inventor of DreamsThe Inventor of Dreams · 2013
The 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.
Os Senhores da TerraOs Senhores da Terra · 1970
Os Senhores da Terra
★ 7.01970
MovieDramaAdventure
Famous gunman Judas is hired to avenge the death of the city mayor, but his plans take an unexpected turn when he falls in love with the daughter of the colonel he is supposed to assassinate. Amidst the unfolding drama, the police attempt to broker a deal with those involved, but the arrival of the colonel’s nephew, an engineer with plans to build a dam in Degredo, disrupts the delicate balance.
República da TraiçãoRepública da Traição · 1970
República da Traição
★ 6.31970
MovieDramaCrime
European couple arrive at the Republic of Maraguaya with a strange mission. But the involvement with a local man, whom they hire as an employee, will change their plans.
Solidão: Uma Linda História de AmorSolidão: Uma Linda História de Amor · 1989
Solidão: Uma Linda História de Amor
★ 4.71989
Movie
Pedro, a poor Portuguese immigrant, comes to Brazil to try to change his life, but ends up getting in trouble. He falls in love with the wife of one of his best friends and marries her; soon after, she cheats on him.
KuarupKuarup · 1989
Kuarup
★ 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.

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Hilda HurricaneHilda Hurricane · 1998
Hilda Hurricane
★ 8.11998
SeriesDramaWar & Politics
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.

Coronel Filogônio Flores

In the Emperor's TimesIn the Emperor's Times · 2021
In the Emperor's Times
★ 7.52021
SeriesSoapDrama
In 1856, the emperor Dom Pedro II lived a marriage of appearances with Teresa Cristina, with whom he was forced to marry at a young age by his parents' political alliance, having two daughters with her: Isabel and Leopoldina. He truly loves Countess Luisa, a cultured and time-ahead woman who fights for the abolitionist cause and women's rights, married to Eugenio, the emperor Napoleon's cousin. At the same time there are sisters Pilar and Dolores: the first went to a convent after her mother's death in childhood, growing up among books and dreaming of studying medicine - inspired by the story of Elizabeth Blackwell, the first doctor in the world -, while the second stayed at home to take care of her father, Colonel Eudoro, growing up repressed, illiterate and without vanity.

Coronel Ambrósio Rocha

GabrielaGabriela · 1975
Gabriela
★ 9.51975
SeriesDramaSoap

Chico Chicão (Francisco Francisco dos Santos)

CaboclaCabocla · 1979
Cabocla
★ 9.01979
SeriesDrama
The soap opera critiques the power struggles among rural politicians in the 1920s. Joaquim is shocked when a doctor reveals that his son, Luís Jerônimo, has a lung lesion. To recover his health, the young man leaves Rio de Janeiro for Colonel Boanerges's farm in Vila da Mata, Espírito Santo. There, he meets Zuca, and the two fall in love. Zuca is the colonel's goddaughter and the fiancée of the fearless cowboy Tobias, who refuses to accept the possibility of losing her to the outsider. Zuca and Luís Jerônimo face numerous obstacles in pursuing their love. Their romance is also threatened by the arrival of Pepa in Vila da Mata; having been in love with Luís Jerônimo back when he lived in Rio, she tries by every means possible to drive the couple apart.

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