Mário Lago OMC (Rio de Janeiro, November 26, 1911 — Rio de Janeiro, May 30, 2002) was a Brazilian lawyer, poet, radio host, composer, writer and actor. Author of popular sambas such as "Ai! que saudade da Amélia" and "Atire a Primeira Pedra", both in partnership with Ataulfo Alves, he became popular between the 1940s and 1950s.
A documentary on the career of Beth Carvalho, the Brazilian singer who became a well known samba legend from the 1970s onwards, edited together from hundreds of hours of footage and audio files kept (and partially recorded) by Carvalho herself during her lifetime.
Release Date:2022-10-06
Character:Self (archive footage)
Vote Count:5
The fading of composer Zé Keti’s career. The sad portrait of Brazilian Congress closed in 1977. The pain of a mother who lost her 15-year old daughter run over by a car. The Brazilian Presidents since Castelo Branco. Characters and settings registered through the keen and sensitive perspective of photographer Orlando Brito, in a career spanning 50 years as a professional. From the political sidelines to the lives of Brazilians from the interior, Brito recalls experiences and discusses the role of the photographer and the pain of registering someone’s grief.
Release Date:2019-07-10
Character:Self (archive footage)
Filled with raunchy laughs, this documentary compiles outrageous scenes from sex-comedies that shaped Brazil's "pornochanchada" boom of the 1970s.
Release Date:2017-03-06
Character:arquivo
Vote Count:12
Adaptation of the series shown in 1988. The humble farmer Zé do Burro makes a promise to Santa Bárbara to save his donkey Nicolau from death. The payment is to carry a heavy cross from the interior of Bahia to a church in Salvador. When you reach the steps of the church, with injured shoulders, you have to deal with the incomprehension of a conservative priest.
Release Date:2015-01-09
Character:Dom Germano
Vote Count:1
Life and work of brazilian actor, poet and songwriter Mário Lago.
Release Date:2013-10-05
Vote Count:1
Brava Gente was a television series aired by TV Globo in Brazil between 2000 and 2003, initially as a special year-end. The program was adapted from stories and national stories, and plays by famous playwrights, screenwriters and signed by a number represented by several actors and actresses. The genres of the stories varied each week with the style of each director or author. Brava Gente in the stories ranged from comedies and dramas. In all 53 episodes were shown, broadcast on Tuesday nights.
Release Date:2000-12-26
Character:Eleutério
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:1
Força de um Desejo is a Brazilian telenovela produced by Globo TV and was shown in the schedule of 18 hours between May 10, 1999 and January 29, 2000, in 226 chapters. It was written by Gilberto Braga and as collaborators with Alcides Nogueira Marques, Lilian Garcia, Eliane Garcia, Philip Miguez and Mark Silver and directed by Mauro Mendonça Filho, Carlos Araújo, Fabricio Mamberti and João Camargo, with production of the core Marcos Paulo. Featured Malu Mader, Fábio Assunção, Cláudia Abreu, Marcelo Serrado, Selton Mello, Nathália Timberg, Lavínia Vlasak, Isabel Fillardis and Denise Del Vecchio in leading roles.
Release Date:1999-05-10
Character:Dr. Teodoro Bastos
Episode Count:11
Vote Count:7
Documentary about the life of one of the greatest composers in the history of Brazilian music. Pianist, composer and conductor, Chiquinha Gonzaga was ahead of her time and revolutionized the customs of a sexist society.
Release Date:1999-05-07
After stirring society by leaving her groom at the alter and going directly to a prostitution house, a young model becomes the city's most famous harlot, known as "Hilda the 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.
Release Date:1998-05-27
Character:Olavo
Episode Count:32
Vote Count:15
Release Date:1996-05-06
Character:Frei Luiz
Episode Count:35
Vote Count:3
Helena is a sweet, honest, sensitive and a warrior woman who faces the premature pregnancy of her daughter Joyce, who in turn is abandoned by her boyfriend, the irresponsible Caio. The biggest problem is the girl's father, Assunção, Helena's ex-husband, who does not accept the situation. Lonely and alone, Helena awakens a passion for the endocrinologist Carlos Alberto, and has her feelings matched. But Carlos is committed to the possessive Paula. The girl's parents, Zuleika and Rômulo, anxiously await their daughter's wedding with Carlos, who will save the family from financial decay. But Carlos is the type of man that women don't really forget. Even married to Paula and in love with Helena, he is still harassed by ex-wife Sheyla, who is not satisfied with having lost him and dreams of a rapprochement.
Release Date:1995-07-03
Character:Professor Medina
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:5
The series tells the story of a criminal investigation into the murder of businessman Paulo Gomes de Aguiar at the beginning of August. In the midst of the Vargas government crisis, the murder case is taken by police commissioner Alberto Mattos, an honest and incorruptible man who is not well regarded by his co-workers, as the place is totally turned over to corruption.
Release Date:1993-08-24
Character:Aniceto
Episode Count:16
Vote Count:3
Release Date:1992-08-03
Character:Desembargador Veiga Neto
Episode Count:185
Vamp is a Brazilian telenovela produced and displayed at the time of 19 hours by Rede Globo, July 15, 1991 to February 8, 1992 in 179 chapters.
Release Date:1991-07-15
Character:Avô de Soninha
Episode Count:179
Vote Count:8
Release Date:1990-08-20
Character:Dr. Molina
Episode Count:243
Vote Count:3
Release Date:1990-04-02
Character:Dr. Almeida
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:5
Release Date:1989-01-09
Character:Quinzote
Episode Count:187
Vote Count:7
Release Date:1988-04-05
Character:Dom Germano
Episode Count:8
"Impressões" rescues the history of the Brazilian press since 1808, when the "Correio Brasiliense" clandestinely reached Rio de Janeiro after being edited in London by Hipólito José da Costa, and spans until 1986. It's the first documentary to depict the history of the Brazilian journalistic press.
Release Date:1987-04-19
Character:Self
Release Date:1986-08-25
Character:Antônio Villar
Episode Count:179
Vote Count:3
Release Date:1985-07-29
Character:Juiz João Reis
Episode Count:30
It tells the story of the Camabará family for many generations, which were fundamental to the social and political formation of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The stories are remembered by Dona Bibiana, who remembers the life of her grandmother Ana, her husband, the Captain Rodrigo, his son Bolivar and his daughter-in-law Luzia.
Release Date:1985-04-22
Character:Padre Lara
Episode Count:26
Vote Count:5
Release Date:1985-02-04
Character:médico
Episode Count:155
Release Date:1984-04-09
Character:Núncio Apostólico
Episode Count:20
Luís celebrates his golden wedding anniversary with his wife Alice. After the party, when the couple recalls some of the moments they built, he reveals a secret: he had a great passion in the past.
Release Date:1983-12-05
Release Date:1983-06-06
Character:Juiz
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:6
After being evicted, a family in serious financial difficulties moves into a tenement next to a cemetery. As soon as they settle in, they meet the neighboring couple who, upon learning of the financial problems of the newcomers, offer them a pact to be made through a magical amulet: the monkey paw.
Release Date:1983-05-08
Release Date:1983-04-11
Character:Agenor Rocha
Episode Count:167
Release Date:1982-10-15
Character:Narrador
Release Date:1982-05-10
Character:Miguel Aranha
Episode Count:173
Vote Count:3
Release Date:1981-09-28
Character:Vítor Newmann
Episode Count:1
Release Date:1981-03-16
Character:Amigo de Plínio
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:2
Release Date:1980-09-08
Character:Cristiano
Episode Count:60
Release Date:1979-08-20
Character:Antônio Lucas
Episode Count:2
Paulo Otávio is the host of a pirate radio station on the slums of Rio de Janeiro. He struggles to mantain the station working, since the only help he's got comes from news reporter Calói. Their story goes beyond as the city starts to face a crime wave.
Release Date:1978-08-26
Department:Sound
Job:Songs
Vote Count:2
A down-on-her-luck former inmate tries to reconnect with her daughter--to the objections of her sister who raised the girl, meets a millionaire, and transforms into a strong woman, returning to society at Dancin' Days nightclub's opening.
Release Date:1978-07-10
Character:Alberico Santos
Episode Count:174
Vote Count:4
Release Date:1977-06-27
Character:Barão Antônio Torres Galba
Episode Count:145
Release Date:1976-12-01
Release Date:1976-07-07
Character:Atílio de Souza (3º período)
Episode Count:159
Vote Count:1
Carlão is a taxi driver who experiences a drama of conscience after fleeing bank robbers leave a suitcase with stolen money in his car: he doesn't know whether to hand it over to the police, running the risk of being accused of being an accomplice in the robbery, or whether to use the money to solve his problems.
Release Date:1975-11-24
Character:Dr. Peres
Episode Count:167
Vote Count:3
Release Date:1975-06-02
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:20
Release Date:1975-01-27
Character:Aureliano Villaça
Episode Count:119
Release Date:1975-01-06
Character:Belmiro Silva
Episode Count:197
Vote Count:1
Release Date:1974-04-01
Character:Gabriel Passos
Episode Count:150
Mario Lago performing at TV Cultura in 1973.
Release Date:1973-08-25
In order to become an actress, young woman tries many jobs, but in all those places she finds a man trying to have sex with her.
Release Date:1973-06-06
Release Date:1973-01-24
Character:Inácio
Episode Count:1
The story of Paulo Honório, a poor ploughman who becomes a rich farmer. Obsessed by his desire to get even richer, he doesn't pay much attention to his wife, Madalena, a teacher who reacts against his tyrannical ways.
Release Date:1972-06-01
Character:Nogueira
Vote Count:20
Release Date:1972-04-10
Character:Sebastião Vilhena (Sessé)
Episode Count:243
Vote Count:1
Release Date:1971-04-19
Character:César Leão
Episode Count:242
Release Date:1970-11-30
Vote Count:1
An allegory about Brazil's history and the struggle for power since the 1930 Revolution until the advent of the TV.
Release Date:1970-09-15
Character:Almeida
Vote Count:6
Release Date:1970-07-20
Character:Carlos Eduardo
Episode Count:177
Release Date:1969-11-17
Character:Bruno
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:1
Based on a radio show that was broadcast for 11 years (1947-1958) and ended only when the host and creator, the genius Henrique Foreis "Almirante" Domingues, had a stroke. There were hundreds of horror stories, supposedly true, sent by listeners from all corners of the country, radiophoned and broadcast by Rádio Tupi in Rio de Janeiro. It became a book in 1951 (reissued in 1984), a film in 1969 and a TV show in 1994-1995, broadcast by the extinct Rede Manchete.
Release Date:1969-01-01
Character:Narrador
Unhappy with what he'd got from life, Pedro Diabo becomes a dread outlaw, whom the police is looking for. In his life of crime, he has the love and support of a strange woman, Rosa Meia-Noite, chorus girl who likes to wear rich costumes in Carnival Balls.
Release Date:1969-01-01
Character:Gonçalo
Wealthy banker Antônio witnesses the murder of a journalist, who got killed for exposing the activities of a gang of smugglers. After they find out about him, Antônio and his wife are both targeted and pursued by the criminals.
Release Date:1969-01-01
Vote Count:1
During the Brazilian military government, journalist Estêvão is sent from Rio de Janeiro to Brasilia to cover the important statement of a minister, but takes the opportunity to deliver incriminating documents to another one.
Release Date:1968-11-26
Character:General Passos
Vote Count:3
Young congressman Miguel Horta represents a party that is directly opposed to the present government. He slyly switches parties in order to gain favor with those in power, seriously compromising his own ideals and ethics in the process.
Release Date:1968-11-22
Character:Augusto
Vote Count:5
Directed by Sérgio Bernardes Filho, "Desesperato" tells the story of a writer (Raul Cortez) who leaves his home to carry out literary research in the country's most obscure settings. Unhappy with the current national situation, the historian joins a guerrilla force with serious consequences.
Release Date:1968-03-17
Vote Count:1
Eldorado, a fictitious country in America, is sparkling with the internal struggle for political power. In the eye of this social convulsion, the jaded journalist Paulo Martins opposes two equally corrupt political candidates: a pseudopopulist and a conservative. In this context, Paulo is torn between the madness of the elite and the blind submission of the masses. But, in this complex tropical reality, nothing really is what it seems to be.
Release Date:1967-05-02
Character:Capitão
Vote Count:117
Release Date:1967-02-21
Character:Tamura
Episode Count:106
A common robber is turned into a killer when he discovers that his sister was sexually assaulted by a policeman. After his act of vengeance, the police force begins a man hunt which corners the man into the building of a district attorney of whom he takes hostage.
Release Date:1967-01-01
Release Date:1966-12-21
Department:Writing
Job:Screenstory
Character:
Release Date:1966-12-21
Vote Count:1
In a small town in Minas Gerais, the arrival of a young priest causes a commotion in the conservative atmosphere of the place, aggravated by the sudden attraction this priest feels for a beautiful girl. This forbidden love affair soon turns into an unbridled passion.
Release Date:1966-03-28
Character:Fortunato
Vote Count:29
Release Date:1966-03-01
Vote Count:2
Release Date:1965-05-26
Release Date:1962-05-26
Tristão dos Prazeres is a television consultor who is very popular amongst married women. In his show, he defends his theory that jealousy is a small feeling, a "termite" that destroys relationships. However, once he suspects his wife to be cheating on him, he gets enraged and sends his butler to investigate.
Release Date:1959-12-28
Department:Writing
Job:Screenstory
Release Date:1959-02-03
Release Date:1956-01-01
Department:Writing
Job:Original Story
Release Date:1954-01-14
A drama about double personality
Release Date:1950-10-27
Release Date:1949-08-15
An adventure film...
Release Date:1948-06-06
A man in charge of a publicity campaign for bananas decides to kidnap the Queen of 'Bananaland', a tropical island paradise, and take her to Rio, where she falls in love with a member of Carmen Miranda's backing ensemble, 'Bando da Lua'.
Release Date:1939-02-10
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay