Fernanda Montenegro — Actor (19)
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Love in the Time of Cholera (2007)
Love in the Time of Cholera
Mike Newell actor: Javier Bardem / Giovanna Mezzogiorno …
other title: L'amore ai tempi del colera / Kærlighed i koleraens tid …
In Colombia just after the Great War, an old man falls from a ladder; dying, he professes great love for his wife. After the funeral, a man calls on the widow - she dismisses him angrily. Flash back more than 50 years to the day Florentino Ariza, a telegraph boy, falls in love with Fermina Daza, the daughter of a mule trader.
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Hour of the Star (1986)
A Hora da Estrela WikiData IMDb Douban NeoDB
Suzana Amaral actor: Marcélia Cartaxo / José Dumont …
other title: A Hora da Estrela / Sternstunde …
Macabéa has just moved to the big city after her aunt, who raised her, died. She gets a job as a typist and moves into a boarding house with three other women. In her spare time, she listens to a radio station called Time; on Sundays, she likes to ride the metro. Then she meets Olímpico, a northeasterner like herself, who has dreams of becoming a congressman.
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The Deceased (1965)
A Falecida WikiData IMDb TMDB NeoDB
Leon Hirszman actor: Fernanda Montenegro / Ivan Cândido …
other title: A Falecida / Die Tote …
After visiting a fortune teller, Zulmira is informed that a blonde woman will threaten her peace. After talking to her husband Toninho, she suspects that her cousin Glorinha may be that blonde.
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Mortal Sin (1970)
Pecado Mortal WikiData IMDb TMDB
Miguel Faria Jr. actor: Fernanda Montenegro / José Lewgoy …
other title: Pecado Mortal / Todsünde
The eccentric members of a wealthy Brazilian family each go through personal torment, debauchery and intense guilt. The father has made a fortune in the slaughterhouse business and ignores the feelings of his wife and his workers. When the mother threatens to leave, the father begs for her to stay and continue the hollow charade of their marriage for the sake of social appearances.
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The Clove and The Rose (2017)
O Cravo e a Rosa TMDB
Jorge Farjalla actor: Rosamaria Murtinho / Mauro Mendonça …
other title: O Cravo e a Rosa
Documentary on Rosamaria Murtinho and Mauro Mendonça’s 60-year long career in Brazilian theater, film and television. The film not only runs through the career of these artists, but also paints a portrait of a generation that rose alongside them and that works with art till this day.
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Babenco: Tell Me When I Die (2020)
Babenco - Alguém Tem que Ouvir o Coração e Dizer: Parou TMDB
Bárbara Paz actor: Héctor Babenco / Willem Dafoe …
other title: Babenco - Alguém Tem que Ouvir o Coração e Dizer: Parou
Besieged by cancer and nearing the end, the genius Argentine-Brazilian filmmaker Héctor Babenco (1946-2016) asks Bárbara Paz, his wife, for one last wish: to be the protagonist of his own death.
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Vitória (2025)
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Andrucha Waddington actor: Fernanda Montenegro / Alan Rocha …
Vitória is an elderly woman who lives alone and feels distressed by the increasing violence in her neighborhood. Amid conflicts with her neighbors, she decides to film the movement of drug traffickers from her window, hoping to assist the police. After months of recording suspicious activities, her initiative attracts the attention of a journalist, who approaches Nina and offers to support her in her mission.
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The House of Sand (2005)
Casa de Areia TMDB
Andrucha Waddington actor: Fernanda Montenegro / Fernanda Torres …
other title: Casa de Areia / La Maison de sable
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.
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They Don't Wear Black Tie (1981)
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Leon Hirszman actor: Carlos Alberto Riccelli / Bete Mendes …
other title: Eles Não Usam Black-Tie / Eles Não Usam Black Tie …
Otavio is an idealistic union leader trying to organize workers at a factory to resist the company's exploitative practices. His son, Tião, one of the employees, is more of a realist and doesn't want to risk losing his job by striking. This clash of perspectives puts the father and son at odds. Fortunately, Tião's mother, Romana, is on hand to act as a moderator between the two opinionated men.
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Invisible Life (2019)
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Karim Aïnouz actor: Carol Duarte / Julia Stockler …
other title: La vita invisibile di Eurídice Gusmão / Søstrene Gusmãos usynlige liv …
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1950. In the conservative home of the Gusmão family, Eurídice and Guida are two inseparable sisters who support each other. While Guida can share with her younger sister the details of her romantic adventures, Eurídice finds in her older sister the encouragement she needs to pursue her dream of becoming a professional pianist.
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Four Days in September (1997)
O Que é Isso, Companheiro? IMDb TMDB
Bruno Barreto actor: Alan Arkin / Pedro Cardoso …
other title: O Que é Isso, Companheiro? / 4 giorni a settembre …
Fernando, a journalist, and his friend César join terrorist group MR8 in order to fight Brazilian dictatorial regime during the late sixties. César, however, is wounded and captured during a bank hold up. Fernando then decides to kidnap the American ambassador in Brazil and ask for the release of fifteen political prisoners in exchange for his life.
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A Meeting with Milton Santos (2007)
Encontro com Milton Santos ou O Mundo Global Visto do Lado de Cá TMDB
Silvio Tendler actor: Milton Santos / José Saramago …
other title: Encontro com Milton Santos ou O Mundo Global Visto do Lado de Cá
The film deals with the process of globalization based on the thought of geographer Milton Santos, who through his ideas and practices, inspires the debate about Brazilian society and the construction of a new world. Santos discusses his views on the importance of respecting difference and his belief that an alternative globalisation model could wholly enfranchise all citizens of the world. An illustrious presence in 20th century social sciences, the man dubbed as ‘geography’s philosopher’ eloquently elucidates a developing world perspective on the global age.
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Redeemer (2004)
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Cláudio Torres actor: Pedro Cardoso / Miguel Falabella …
other title: Redentor / 救世主 …
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.
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A Dog's Will (2000)
O Auto da Compadecida
Guel Arraes actor: Matheus Nachtergaele / Selton Mello …
other title: O Auto da Compadecida / Will A Dog …
The lively João Grilo and the sly Chicó are poor guys living in the hinterland who cheat a bunch of people in a small town in Northeastern Brazil. When they die, they have to be judged by Christ, the Devil and the Virgin Mary before they are admitted to paradise.