Miguel Falabella de Sousa Aguiar (Rio de Janeiro, October 10, 1956) is a Brazilian actor, filmmaker, comedian, writer, presenter, playwright, screenwriter and director. Considered one of the most versatile artists in the country, Falabella's career was marked by roles on television, in cinema and on the theater stage, whether acting, writing or directing.
The daily lives of a typical Brazilian middle-class family, that are always very close and tries, in their way, to survive the financial and relationship difficulties.
Release Date2001-03-29
Charactersd Pastor Wellington
Episode Count1
Vote Count44
Release Date1982-03-04
Charactersd estrangulador
Episode Count1
Vote Count2
Gerluce became pregnant as a teenager and, just like her mother, Lígia, she raised her child alone. Now, Gerluce watches her daughter Joélly become the third generation of the family to go through the same situation. Besides the impact that teenage pregnancy brings to the whole family, the three Marias das Graças must deal with Lígia’s worsening health.
Release Date2025-10-20
Charactersd Kasper Damatta
Episode Count179
Vote Count14
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
Charactersd Olavo Bilac
Episode Count1
Vote Count6
Inspired on Jorge Amado's romance "Tieta do Agreste", the plot is set on the fictional city of Santana do Agreste, at Brazil's northwest, and has as main theme Tieta's life turnarounds. Twenty-five years after being chased out of town by her father Zé Esteves, she returns to her home town seeking revenge against everyone who mistreated her and laugh at her face in the past.
Release Date1989-08-14
Charactersd Miguel
Episode Count2
Vote Count24
It follows the lives of the members of a dysfunctional family, their maid and the doorman of the apartment building in which they lived.
Release Date1996-03-31
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Charactersd Caco Antibes
Episode Count3
Vote Count27
Fernanda and Vivi are identical, but from different worlds. A cruel plan swaps their identities and transforms their lives into a game of lies and ambition.
Release Date1995-07-24
Charactersd Mauro Alcântara Prates/Alberto Alcântara Prates
Episode Count215
Vote Count7
Brazilian comedy about two couples living next to each other in the same building. This show explores the antics between the two couples.
Release Date2007-08-07
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Charactersd Mário Jorge Dassoin
Episode Count91
Vote Count29
The soap opera's central theme is life after death, inspired by the philosophy of Allan Kardec, the codifier of Spiritism. The character who drives the plot is Alexandre, a delinquent who kills himself in prison after being convicted of robbery followed by homicide and goes on to torment the lives of all those he considers responsible for his tragic fate.
Release Date1994-04-11
Charactersd Raul Toledo
Episode Count167
Vote Count23
Cristiano Vilhena is a young man from the countryside who dreams of high society, risking his happiness alongside Simone.
Release Date1986-02-24
Charactersd Miro (Argemiro Tavares)
Episode Count155
Vote Count6
The synopsis was loosely inspired by an argument by Paulo José called Cidade das Formigas. It was based on what happened in the city of Formiga, in Minas Gerais, where women work for large clothing manufacturers in the country. In Formiga Real, women guarantee a large part of their families' livelihood with this work.
Release Date2003-03-24
Charactersd João Carlos Ramos Zabelheira (Juca Tigre)
Episode Count143
Vote Count3
Release Date2013-01-24
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Charactersd Gedivan Pereira (Ruço)
Episode Count71
Vote Count6
Unhappy in her marriage, Rachel decides to separate from her husband, the businessman Virgílio. Determined to turn her life around, she moves from Petrópolis to the southern zone of Rio de Janeiro with her daughter, Clara, and goes to live in her mother Laura's house in Ipanema. There she falls in love with the charming, but gruff, Heitor, owner of a mechanic shop. He lives with his sister, Irene, in an old townhouse, one of the main settings of the telenovela.
Release Date1982-10-11
Charactersd Romeu
Episode Count137
Vote Count2
Nonô Corrêa, a character inspired by Molière's "The Miser", is the story's protagonist. The orphan Zezinho crosses paths with Nonô and wins the neurotic gentleman's heart.
Release Date1984-03-19
Charactersd Renato
Episode Count160
Vote Count3
The disappearance of Áurea Menezes Garcia sparks a fierce dispute over her business dealings. Firmino, her attorney, assumes power, but faces the greed of her children.
Release Date1990-05-07
Charactersd José Luiz Menezes Garcia / Arnaldo Menezes Garcia
Episode Count179
Vote Count2
Release Date1971-09-10
Charactersd Wanderley
Episode Count1
Vote Count1
Release Date1987-03-23
Charactersd João Silvério Antunes
Episode Count173
Vote Count1
Release Date2025-05-22
Charactersd Padre Sebastião
Episode Count1
Vote Count3
Isabel is a promising screenwriter who has dedicated her life to become a writer for a hit telenovela. When she finally gets her chance, her mentor Lauro Valente betrays her. At the premiere, Isabel decides to confront him and magically ends up in his telenovela as the main character. From the inside, she will be able to prove her creativity.
Release Date2023-07-27
Charactersd Lauro Valente
Episode Count8
Vote Count10
The series is set in the 1970s. In the story, the mayor clashes with the idealist Francisgleydisson, owner of Cine Holliúdy—the only cultural attraction in Pitombas, a fictional town in Ceará.
Release Date2019-05-07
Charactersd Miguel
Episode Count1
Vote Count7
Set in Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais, the story shows how Pardal and Bebel, young people newly arrived in the city, fall in love. However, each hides their true identity from the other.
Release Date1984-09-17
Charactersd Dr. Sérgio
Episode Count16
Vote Count5
Ten young artists reach the final round of auditions to join the Theater Company. Each one will be evaluated based on their talent as they face their dreams, passions, fears, and uncertainties of the past, which may define their future.
Release Date2022-09-28
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Charactersd Renato
Episode Count10
Vote Count4
The story of two radically different men thrown together in a Latin American prison cell. One is Valentin, a journalist being tortured for his political beliefs. The other is Molina, a gay window-dresser who fills their lonely nights by spinning romantic fantasies drawn from memories of old movies.
Release Date1985-07-26
Charactersd Lieutenant
Vote Count345
When the progress of robotics makes Paralympic athletes the new sports stars, Maria dreams of competing against her sister. For that, she will have to enter a world of crime and violence.
Release Date2024-05-28
Charactersd Modelo
Vote Count174
Donato Menezes, a renowned art restorer from Copacabana is also a serial killer obsessed with women in their bridal gowns. His crimes follows the same pattern: he seduces and then kills the victim during the sexual act, always when they're wearing the gown.
Release Date1992-06-02
Charactersd Donato Menezes
Episode Count16
Vote Count7
Release Date2020-09-12
Charactersd Convidado
Episode Count1
Vote Count2
The series invites the audience to take to the skies with the dysfunctional Cavalcanti family, owners of Piorá Linhas Aéreas—a thoroughly ramshackle airline.
Release Date2018-01-25
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenstory
Charactersd Vadeco (Valdemar Larico)
Episode Count12
Vote Count3
Inspired by film noir and North American pulp fiction from the 1930s and 1940s, “Forbidden City” follows the adventures of a former police officer turned private eye. Specialized in adultery cases, the detective employs his power of seduction and ends up mixing his personal and professional lives, getting involved in complex plots that might be a threat to his own life.
Release Date2017-09-26
Charactersd Leon
Episode Count1
Vote Count5
Vídeo Show is a long-running Brazilian TV program on Globo TV. From its debut in 1983 to 1994, the show aired weekly. Since then, it has been airing from Monday to Friday at 1:45 pm, following the lunchtime news, Jornal Hoje and being one of the most-watched afternoon shows. Currently hosted by the actor André Marques, its format is that of a daily "electronic magazine", where the network's backstages are shown, with on-set and behind-the-scenes footage on Globo's series and telenovelas, including bloopers, interviews with the actors, directors and authors, funny segments with scenes from soaps, and old videos from the network's archives. At the end of the show, there is the Vídeo Game segment, consisting on a week-long game show hosted by Angélica, where actors, divided into two teams, must answer questions and complete funny tasks related to the network's current and/or past shows. The winner team is announced on Friday, and donates the prize to a charity of their choice. The opening theme is based on Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough, by Michael Jackson.
Release Date1983-03-20
Charactersd Apresentador
Episode Count1
Vote Count3
Reunited for their mother’s funeral, four sisters – Selma, Regina, Laura and Lúcia – find themselves forced to divide much more than an apartment in Copacabana. While dividing the articles, the sisters compare options, destinies, lifestyles, and expectations. The turbulent sale of the apartment represents a turning point in their lives: they know they have never been so deeply involved as accomplices, or as sisters.
Release Date2001-06-08
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Charactersd Ator no Funeral
Vote Count47
After meeting a beguiling woman in a movie theater, a realtor becomes embroiled in a mysterious plot involving murder, double identities and movies.
Release Date1987-07-19
Charactersd Lana
Vote Count17
In order to get evidence for her case and dismantle a criminal organization, an uptight undercover cop crashes a high school graduation trip to a party-heavy beach in Brazil.
Release Date2025-01-17
Charactersd Delegado Genaro
Vote Count20
Based on the classic Brazilian television series that conquered audiences during Sunday night prime time on TV Globo, with improv that happens like in scenes of a play. The feature film’s structure maintains the members of a middle-class family from São Paulo, their maid, and the building’s doorman. It’s the return of iconic characters like Caco Antibes, Magda and Ribamar, and also new characters.
Release Date2019-02-21
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Charactersd Caco Antibes
Vote Count66
Release Date2025-04-28
Charactersd Caco Antibes
Vote Count4
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.
Release Date2004-09-10
Charactersd Otávio Sabóia
Vote Count27
The great battles are the backdrop for the unfolding of the Egyptian Queen's personal life. The strategy of Cleopatra is to seduce the Roman General Julius Caesar and Mark Antony to protect their civilization.
Release Date2007-09-02
Charactersd Júlio César
Vote Count16
Adaptation of the series shown in 1992. A sequence of crimes in the same style intrigue: a man walks with a woman on the beach; she dresses as a bride and is brutally strangled in the middle of the act of love. To prove the authorship of the crimes is the great challenge of detective França.
Release Date2015-01-20
Charactersd Donato Menezes
Vote Count3
Worker Norival's life turns upside down when he is caught kissing his co-worker Catarina during work hours. He is fired for just cause and faces the hardships of the labor lawsuit he filed against the company.
Release Date1990-10-01
Charactersd Zecão
Vote Count7
Angel works in a wedding dress store. Ulisses, her boyfriend, works as personal trainer. They are swallowed for the television and, to leave, need to discover how to use the Ulisses' ring.
Release Date1999-02-11
Charactersd Rodolpho Augusto
Vote Count30
The routine of a group of brazilian teenagers living in Brasília, Brazil's capital. Their aspirations, dreams and illusions presented in a context of a country that was on the final years of a dictatorship back in the 1980s.
Release Date1982-08-06
Charactersd Silveirinha
Vote Count7
Release Date2013-06-06
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Charactersd Horace Vandergelder
Vote Count1
A final conversation with departed actor, director and musical producer Julio Calasso Jr., a key character in the Brazilian artistic scene. At his old house in Butantã, São Paulo, Julio talks about his experiences, frustrations, joys and tragedies.
Release Date2022-10-16
Charactersd Zecão (archive footage)
Release Date2019-08-06
Charactersd Self
Episode Count1
Vote Count8
Release Date2017-04-10
Charactersd Self
Episode Count1
Vote Count6
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.
Release Date2009-10-04
Charactersd Self
Vote Count16
A portrays of the period in which Brazilian humor had fewer limits (1986-2003), free from military dictatorship.
Release Date2018-11-09
Charactersd Self
Eight iconic performers of the first generation of Brazilian transvestite artists go on stage to celebrate their 50th career jubilee. The film depicts the human, personal dimension behind these icons, deconstructing gender stereotypes.
Release Date2016-10-06
Charactersd Self
Vote Count20
Inspired by the life of the french-born photographer and ethnographer, Pierre Verger, the movie follows his journey between Bahia, Brazil and Benin, Oriental Africa, showing places and people he met and his life study project: the Candomblé culture.
Release Date1998-12-31
Charactersd Self
Vote Count1
The story of Rio de Janeiro’s movie theaters and the radical transformation they have endured since the invention of Cinema.
Release Date2001-09-27
Charactersd Self
Vote Count1
The elegant and wealthy Bárbara gives birth to a stillborn child, but never receives the bad news. Her husband, Guilherme, swaps the child's body for that of a baby whose mother is very poor and unable to raise him. Thirty years later, Eugênio, the swapped boy, suffers mercury poisoning, develops leukemia, and needs an urgent bone marrow transplant. But the surgery can only be performed with a donation from a blood relative. Faced with the risk of his son's death, Guilherme tells Bárbara the truth. With everything clarified, the two go in search of Anabel Muñoz, the boy's real mother and the only one who can save his life. Anabel kept her pregnancy a secret, but never forgot the child she had with the unscrupulous Urbano. She is the widow of the Cuban Félix Muñoz and has five other children: Valentim, Remédios, Amparo, Assunção, and Antônio.
Release Date1996-09-30
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Vote Count2
Release Date2008-10-06
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count136
Vote Count3
Frustrated in their relationships, Claudia and Vicente meet on a trip to Colombia. Chance sparks a great friendship between them, but a kiss puts their future in jeopardy.
Release Date2011-10-17
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count155
Vote Count6
With lightness and humor, the soap opera tells the story of Heloísa, a kind and hardworking woman whose life is transformed when she becomes involved with her boss's family and business partners.
Release Date2005-04-18
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count143
Vote Count3
After becoming a widower, businessman Aparício Varela takes over as president of Tecelagem Abdala and decides to win back the great love of his life, Rebeca.
Release Date1987-11-09
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count185
Vote Count3
TV Pirata was a weekly Brazilian comedy show aired on Rede Globo between 1988 and 1990, being re-aired monthly in 1992. Some of the writers later went on to form the comedy troupe Casseta & Planeta. The show was first aired in April 1988 to fill a gap on Rede Globo's Tuesday night prime time line-up and its comedy was inspired by sketch comedy shows such as Saturday Night Live and Monty Python's Flying Circus with a no-nonsense approach to Brazilian comedy; however, it mixed a new style of comedy with elements of Brazilian culture such as football, politics, pop culture, telenovelas, economics and celebrities. No well-known figure or member of any economical or social class was spared from the show's cutting edge humor. The premise of the show was a TV studio being invaded by pirates who took over the programming department and put a tape on the air with some "unusual" programming. Another new element to Brazilian audiences was the performers, who weren't the usual comedic actors, but dramatic actors doing more comedic roles.
Release Date1988-04-05
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count34
Vote Count7
Release Date1989-12-28
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count17
Vote Count5
Release Date2010-04-08
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count20
Vote Count1
The story of an enmity that spans decades. Waging a war without truce, the neighbors go to the last consequences to make each other's lives miserable.
Release Date2019-11-29
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Vote Count4
Release Date2017-02-05
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Recording of the Brazilian production of 'Hairspray'. The story is set in 1962 in Baltimore and follows the dream of teenager Tracy Turnblad to dance on the Collins Corny Show. When Tracy lands a role on the show, she becomes a celebrity and launches a campaign to make the show more inclusive.
Release Date2009-07-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
The series follows the lives of four friends living in a community in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro as they pursue their dreams and loves.
Release Date2014-09-16
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Vote Count2
Comedic portrait of middle-aged women in Rio de Janeiro, including overworked housewife Magali and her over-the-top twin sister Magda, psychoanalyst Paula and her troublesome daughter Melanie, and stage star in crisis Lise.
Release Date2008-02-29
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count7
Sarah is a young autistic woman with an extraordinary ability for lyrical singing. She begins taking lessons with renowned soprano Leonor Delise, but there is tension in the relationship. Sarah will learn to turn her silences into emotions; Leonor will have to restore her faith in humanity and reconcile with her daughter. Music will be the bond that transforms their lives.
Release Date2024-08-28
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Vote Count1
Reencountering the only man she ever loved is Gringa’s dream. She is the owner of a brothel in the interior of Brazil and even though she is blind and very sick, she insists on fulfilling her last wish: to go to Venice to apologize to the lover she abandoned decades ago. To take her to the Italian city, Tonho, Rita and the other girls who work for Gringa come up with a fantastic plan with help from a circus troupe.
Release Date2021-06-17
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count6
Release Date2020-12-14
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
A theatrical musical filmed in Teatro Avenida, in Lisbon, Portugal. The several sketches are performed by women only.
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Vote Count1
Release Date2026-09-17
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Release Date2017-03-19
Episode Count13
Release Date1986-08-16
Vote Count2
Release Date2017-05-07
Episode Count1
Vote Count2
Release Date2021-07-30
Episode Count1
Famous soap opera actress finds out her sexuality after breaking up with her former boyfriend, an important TV executive.
Release Date1981-12-20
Vote Count5
For this behemoth, Bressane took his opera omnia and edited it in an order that first adheres to historical chronology but soon starts to move backwards and forward. The various pasts – the 60s, the 80s, the 2000s – comment on each other in a way that sheds light on Bressane’s themes and obsessions, which become increasingly apparent and finally, a whole idea of cinema reveals itself to the curious and patient viewer. Will Bressane, from now on, rework The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus when he makes another film? Is this his latest beginning? Why not, for the eternally young master maverick seems to embark on a maiden voyage with each and every new film!
Release Date2023-01-30
Vote Count4
An Italian businessman travels to Brazil looking for a new job. When things don't go his way, he becomes despondent until he meets a beautiful woman who reveals Rio de Janeiro's most magical, secret locales.
Release Date1984-10-30
Vote Count3
Release Date2022-07-04
Episode Count1
Vote Count2
