Norma Bengell — Actor (22)
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The Reckless (1965)
Una bella grinta IMDb TMDB
Giuliano Montaldo actor: Renato Salvatori / Norma Bengell …
other title: Una bella grinta
In the figure of Ettore Zambrini, a small industrialist with a dream of opening a factory overlooking the Autostrada del Sole, Montaldo offers us an effective narrative transposition of the 'animal spirits' that governed the economic boom in Italy at the time. He is a character of contradictory humanity: capable of handling business, overdue bills, trade union relations, marital betrayal, but also the passion that binds him to his wife with equal unscrupulousness.
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The Murdered House (1971)
A Casa Assassinada WikiData IMDb TMDB NeoDB
Paulo César Saraceni actor: Norma Bengell / Tetê Medina …
other title: A Casa Assassinada
Nina, a typical woman of the big city, marries a powerful farmer and goes to live in the countryside of Minas Gerais. There, however, she is faced with a decomposing, decadent family who seems to dislike her.
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The Unscrupulous Ones (1962)
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Ruy Guerra actor: Norma Bengell / Jece Valadão …
other title: Os Cafajestes / The Hustlers …
Upon learning that his rich dad is on the brink of bankruptcy, spoiled Vavá summons his friend Jandir with a plan to get some quick cash: they will blackmail an uncle of Vavá by taking compromising photos of his lover, Leda.
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Desesperato (1968)
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Sérgio Bernardes Filho actor: Raul Cortez / Nelson Xavier …
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The Palace of Angels (1970)
O Palácio dos Anjos WikiData IMDb TMDB
Walter Hugo Khouri actor: Geneviève Grad / Rossana Ghessa …
other title: Rapporto sulle esperienze sessuali di tre ragazze bene / O Palácio dos Anjos …
Bárbara, a French girl living in São Paulo, and two friends transform a small apartment into a luxury bordello, "The Palace of Angels", at first securing money and success, but...
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Rio Babilonia (1982)
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Neville D'Almeida actor: Joel Barcellos / Christiane Torloni …
other title: Rio Babilônia / 巴比伦力
A public relations man is invited to guide an American millionaire during his stay in Rio de Janeiro. He gets involved in the most bizarre situations, from orgiastic mega-parties to confrontations with the police, meetings with drug dealers and movie stars, facing corruption and even murder.
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Running Out of Luck (1987)
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Julien Temple actor: Mick Jagger / Rae Dawn Chong …
A rock singer goes to Brazil to shoot a video, but winds up getting kidnapped and enduring a number of seemingly bizarre and hilarious events.
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Nuclear Shelter (1981)
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Roberto Pires actor: Roberto Pires / Conceição Senna …
other title: Abrigo Nuclear
Our planet was contaminated by many nuclear explosions that left the soil and the air filled with radiation, and now the few survivors of those catastrophic events live under the ground on a shelter controlled by scientists. After an incident inside the shelter, a group of rebellious scientists defy their leadership when they find a good possibility of returning to the surface.
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The Angel Was Born (1969)
O Anjo Nasceu WikiData IMDb TMDB
Júlio Bressane actor: Hugo Carvana / Milton Gonçalves …
other title: L'angelo è nato / O Anjo Nasceu …
Santamaria and Urtigo are two bandits on the run, one is white, the other black. Santamaria is a mystical visionary and believes in the imminent coming of a purifying angel. Urtiga, his inseparable companion, is a simple-minded and ingenious man who follows Santamaria around and participates in the crimes he commits. The two bandits take over a house after kidnapping its owner and his girlfriend.
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Of Gods and the Undead (1970)
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Ruy Guerra actor: Norma Bengell / Othon Bastos …
other title: Os Deuses e os Mortos / Les Dieux et les Morts …
In the 1930s, in the South of State of Bahia, Brazil, an adventurer with no name or history, who has already been shot seven times, gets involved in the battle for land and cacao plantations. His plan is to take the place of "Colonel" Santana, taking his wife and money. He starts a bloody conflict, in which many simple people and landowners die.
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Dzi Croquettes (2009)
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Raphael Alvarez / Tatiana Issa actor: Bayard Tonelli / Benedicto Lacerda …
A Brazilian theatre group that through talent, irony and humour confronted the Brazilian violent dictatorship in the 1970s revolutionising the gay movement worldwide and changing theatre and dance language to an entire generation.
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The Suns of Easter Island (1972)
Les Soleils de l'île de Pâques WikiData IMDb TMDB NeoDB
Pierre Kast actor: Norma Bengell / Françoise Brion …
other title: Les Soleils de l'île de Pâques / Les soleils de l'île de Pâques …
Six people find a mysterious mark in the center of their left hand and all independently go to Easter Island in hopes to uncover the mystery.
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Empty Night (1964)
Noite Vazia Douban NeoDB
沃尔特·雨果·克霍里 actor: Norma Bengell / Odete Lara …
other title: 空洞的夜 / Noite Vazia …
本片围绕着四个角色进行。晚上离开妻儿出门的卢悉奥(Luisinho)和刚结束一段感情生活的纳尔逊(Nelson)驾驶着汽车四处寻乐,以此打发晚上的空虚和无聊。几经周折之后他们找了两名三陪女子回到房间。整个夜晚四个人之间的关系不断发生微妙变化。该片前75分钟全部为夜景,配以略带诡异感觉的钢琴曲,整部作品偏现代。 沃尔特·雨果·克霍里(Walter Hugo Khouri)(1929.10.21-2003.6.27)号称是巴西电影界的伯格曼，《空洞的夜》（1964）《燃烧的躯体》（1966）和《好色之徒》（1968）是他的人性三部曲，在他的影片中充满着存在主义的疑问、角色复杂内心的独白和现代主义的电影语言。本片是向安东尼奥尼《蚀》的致敬之作，入围了1965年法国戛纳电影节，是一部精致的巴西新浪潮艺术电影。
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The Abyss (1977)
O Abismo TMDB
Rogério Sganzerla actor: Norma Bengell / José Mojica Marins …
other title: O Abismo
Man tries to decipher a manuscript about an ancient civilization and gets involved in strange situations. In fact, the plot is just an excuse to tackle the subjects of mysticism and human condition.
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Before, the Summer (1968)
Antes, o Verão IMDb TMDB
Gerson Tavares actor: Jardel Filho / Norma Bengell …
other title: Antes, o Verão
A middle-aged man builds a summer house in Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro. Married to a beautiful woman, father of two and successful career, the house is a symbol of his personal achievements. But as the wind, the salt and the sand threaten to invade the breaches of the house, their marriage begins to crumble. And like a bad omen, a mysterious murder takes place in the vicinity.
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The Given Word (1962)
O Pagador de Promessas
Anselmo Duarte actor: Leonardo Villar / Glória Menezes …
other title: La parola data / O Pagador de Promessas …
Zé is a very poor man whose most prized possession is his donkey. When his donkey falls terminally ill, Zé makes a promise to Saint Bárbara: If his donkey recovers, he will carry a cross — like Jesus — all the way from his city to Saint Bárbara's church, in the state capital. Upon the recovery of his donkey, Zé leaves on his journey. He makes it to the church, but the priest refuses to accept the cross once he discovers the context of Zé's promise.