Oduvaldo Vianna Filho, also known as Vianinha (Rio de Janeiro, June 4, 1936 — Rio de Janeiro, July 16, 1974), was a Brazilian playwright, communist activist, actor and director of theater and television. An active participant in Teatro de Arena, founder of the Centro Popular de Cultura da UNE and Grupo Opinião, his dramaturgy is marked by the exposure of Brazilian reality through the simple and hard-working man, in opposition to foreign cultural hegemony.
Passively facing the repression imposed by military dictatorship in Brazil in the 60s, a journalist gets into a personal crisis, aggravated by his love affair with an industrialist's wife, who doesn't want to leave her home because of her son
Release Date1965-07-09
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Charactersd Marcelo
Vote Count10
When a woman discovers her husband's infidelity, she decides to get divorced. But he still loves her, and learning that another guy has fallen for her, decides to change places with him. He would be the lover.
Release Date1958-01-01
Charactersd Sampaio
Five segments about the hardships faced by people living in slums on hills in Rio de Janeiro.
Release Date1962-11-20
Charactersd (segment "Escola de Samba Alegria de Viver")
Vote Count9
Release Date1967-06-30
Charactersd Clovis
A man, trying to get a job, meets a lot of unusual characters on his way.
Release Date1971-09-30
Charactersd Flávio
Vote Count1
Follows the story of Opinião, a theatre group created in 1964 during the early Brazilian dictatorship period to oppose the government through artistic performances. Considered the first left-wing response to the dictatorship, the group gathered now famous Brazilian artists such as Nara Leão, Maria Bethânia, João do Vale and Millôr Fernandes.
Release Date2019-05-15
Charactersd Self (archive footage)
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 Date2000-12-26
DepartmentWriting
JobNovel
Episode Count1
Vote Count3
Release Date1971-09-10
DepartmentWriting
JobOriginal Story
Episode Count1
Vote Count1
Release Date1972-10-26
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Old couple are being evicted and turn to their five children for help. Since no one can accommodate the two of them, the children decide to separate the couple.
Release Date1971-04-19
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count3
Erotic comedy in five segments, starring the same actor, Chico Anysio: O Torneio (The Tournament), A Boca (The Mouth), O Filminho (The Short Film), A Suspeita (The Suspicion) and O Apartamento (The Apartment).
Release Date1971-01-01
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count1
The story of the first steps of a very young couple. Their love is great, as are the financial obstacles and an unexpected pregnancy.
Release Date1975-05-22
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
40 years after fighting for what he thought was new and revolutionary, a former anonymous militant against the now fallen Brazilian dictatorship is accused of being conservative, antiquated and anachronistic by his own son.
Release Date2018-10-15
DepartmentWriting
JobTheatre Play
Vote Count13
An elderly couple, Dona Lu and Seu Souza, live in the district of Paty do Alferes, in a simple little house where they raised their children. When the tenant dies, the landlord's heirs evicted the couple, and it is up to the four children to decide their future.
Release Date1983-06-22
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Release Date1970-06-26
A long time public servant is told by an angel that he will die at midnight of the following day.
Release Date1969-05-22
A young female fugitive escapes from a juvenile institution (the Child Assistance Service) and joins a group of poor beggars with the intention of finding a potential partner to marry in order to avoid her return to that place.
Release Date1963-12-21
Release Date1987-09-14
Vote Count1
Release Date1967-03-28
