José Roberto Torero (Writer)
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Works
The Screenwriter
32 renowned Brazilian screenwriters of the contemporary Brazilian cinema talk about their creative processes. From the concept of script to their agreements and disagreements, going through their experiences with filmmakers, their reaction to the finished film, critic, and even controversies on auteurism.
Release Date2012-01-01
Charactersd Himself
Vote Count1
Um Homem Sério
Hilário Pestana, the most famous, funniest and, ironically, saddest Brazilian actor, has died. He has passed through many stages of Brazilian cinema: the chanchadas, the Vera Cruz classics, the pornochanchadas, and even experimental movies. He was beloved by the public and had a gift for laughter, but he only desired to be a serious man.
Release Date1996-01-01
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Charactersd Mourner
Eu Sei Que Você Sabe
Disagreements, incommunicability between people. What is said is not heard, what is heard is not understood. Everything is ambiguous. What appears to be is not, except poetry.
Release Date1995-08-21
Charactersd Motorista
Felicidade É...
Four directors tell stories related to the concept of happiness.
Release Date1995-09-15
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Tecendo o Saber
Release Date2005-10-03
DepartmentWriting
JobWriters' Production
Episode Count64
Vote Count1
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An original comic-drama fiction series that portrays the routine of a Brazilian soccer referee in the pursuit of his biggest dream: to blow the whistle at a World Cup final.
Release Date2012-08-26
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count13
Vote Count7
Posthumous Memories
Free adaptation of Machado de Assis' classic. The narrator is a rich dead man, who tells us about his life and times, making fun of both.
Release Date2001-08-17
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count50
Morte.
Couple prepare their "great voyage" in all details, not forgetting the flowers, music and luggage.
Release Date2002-01-19
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Love!
A funny yet bitter panorama of the several possible viewpoints of this feeling that fulfils hearts and minds.
Release Date1994-01-01
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count1
Little Book of Love
Luiza is an architect who just got out of a ruinous relationship. Gabriel is a biologist and he has finished a long marriage with divorce. When they both meet, chances that they can do well together are not that big. But they will try to, even if their friends Barata (a convict bachelor totally skeptical when it comes to love) and Marta (a mathematic analyst who wishes that human relations were just as exact as numbers are) think otherwise.
Release Date1997-01-31
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count22
Nunc et Semper
Release Date1993-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
For Sale or Rent
A once-rich family of women in Rio de Janeiro must sell their mansion in order to keep their high standard of living, but the proximity to the slums disrupts business.
Release Date2013-08-09
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count20
Celeste e Estrela
While waiting for her at the airport, a film critic recounts to a receptionist how he met his great love, Celeste.
Release Date2005-02-17
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count3
The Story of Me
Based on the life of Roberto Carlos Ramos, a Brazilian teacher and storyteller brought up in a state educational institution for poor children.
Release Date2009-08-07
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count18
Louise's Wedding
Two women, from opposite worlds, Louise and her maid Luzia, both share a passion for music and finding the perfect man. What can happen during a luncheon where the tastes of both women coincide and clash, while in the presence of two desirable men?
Release Date2001-06-08
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count1
Pelé Forever
The life of the "King of Football" Pelé is shown through testimonials from former players, friends and important celebrities of the time. Following a chronological order, several of his goals, key moves and facts that marked his career are displayed.
Release Date2004-06-25
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count33
The Soul of Business
A modern couple from a typical advertisement: young, attractive, and brand-conscious. As they use the products on their breakfast table they begin to quote lines from the relevant advertisemnet. Soon their behavior departs from the accepted advertising norm as they zealously defend each other´s products to the death.
Release Date1996-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
A Comédia Divina
The Devil himself comes to Earth to open his own church and the world becomes a pandemonium of delights and confusions. Based on a short story by Machado de Assis, the most famous realistic Brazilian writer of the XIX century.
Release Date2017-10-12
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count24
Fim
Release Date2022-08-16
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Manual for Love Stories
Laura and Alan fall in love, but have to deal with the strange death of Alan's wife and with a rival, Lilith, who wants to break their relationship. At the same time, a narrator gives lessons on how to make a love story movie, exposing all clichés on that kind of film.
Release Date2004-01-01
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count6
Chorar de Rir
Nilo Perequê is a successful comedian who stars in a TV show. When he wins the award for best comedian of the year, the comedian decides to radically change his career and devote himself totally to drama, leaving his family and businessman desperate.
Release Date2019-03-21
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count16
Brevíssima História das Gentes de Santos
Release Date1996-01-01
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Final Night Minus Five Minutes
While there's still oil, a maverick rushes through empty roads.
Release Date1994-04-13
DepartmentDirecting
JobAssistant Director
Vote Count1
It's Dough That Girls Like
After watching an erotic animation in the movie theater, Ana falls in love for the lead character, the "macho man" Valdisnei. She tries to reach him through telephone, and she deceives him through an invitation to an audition. While in the audition, a tragedy happens.
Release Date1998-08-24
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count3
Tônica Dominante
Three days in the life of a young clarinetist (Fernando Alves Pinto), who is in love with a violinist (Vera Zimmerman), but can't get her attention. In the first day he feels alone and frail; in the second day what was supposed to be pleasant becomes a nightmare; in the third day he finally achieves fulfillment through music and helps a pianist (Vera Holtz) who is rehearsing for a concert. These three days correspond to a three movement sonata - the director (Lina Chamie) is a musician, so she imprinted a musical structure to her movie, with few dialogs and poetic images. It's a movie for music lovers. Written by CeciliaWolf
Release Date2000-05-31
Vote Count1