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José Manuel Cerqueira Afonso dos Santos, known as Zeca Afonso (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈzɛkɐ aˈfõsu]) or just Zeca (2 August 1929 – 23 February 1987), was born in Aveiro, Portugal, the son of José Nepomuceno Afonso, a judge, and Maria das Dores. Zeca is among the most influential folk and political musicians in Portuguese history. He became an icon among Portuguese left-wing activists due to the role of his music in the resistance against the dictatorial regime of Oliveira Salazar, resistance that triumphed in 1974 with the pro-democratic leftist military coup of the Carnation Revolution. In the ensuing revolutionary process, Zeca was a very active musician and continued composing political and folk songs, often criticizing the post-revolutionary changes. Years after his death, Zeca Afonso is still widely listened to, not only in Portugal, but also abroad.
José Afonso was born in Aveiro on 2 August 1929, at 10:30 am.
In 1930 his parents travelled to Angola, a Portuguese colony at the time, where his father had been placed as a judge in the city of Silva Porto (present-day Kuito). José Afonso stayed at Aveiro, in a house named "Fonte das Cinco Bicas", due to some health problems with his aunt Gigé and his uncle Xico, who called himself "republican and anticlerical". In 1933 Zeca travelled to Angola at his mother's request. On the ship Zeca met a missionary who became his companion during the voyage. José Afonso stayed for three years in Angola, where he began his primary education.
Raimundo Fagner Cândido Lopes (born in Orós, Ceará, October 13, 1949) is a Brazilian singer, composer, musician, actor and music producer. He is commonly known by the stage name Fagner.
The youngest of the five children of José Fares, Lebanese immigrant to Brazil, and Dona Francisca, Fagner was born in Fortaleza, the capital of the state of Ceará, although his birth was recorded in Orós.
Actors: Emmanuel Cavalcanti (actor), Joao Andre Grossi (director), Joao Andre Grossi (writer), Bruno Cardoso (actor), Diogo Henrique (composer), Jamil Boali (costume designer), Cristiano Almeida Praia (editor), Luis Bocchino (miscellaneous crew), Jackeline Matins (miscellaneous crew), Aládia Leitão (actor), Duda Magalhães (actor), Leila Cunha (producer),
Plot: The short film Passage narrates the character Zeca's last day of life. He is an 80 years old man, who was born and grew up on Mariana city in the country side of Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Mariana is also the name of his best friend, who became his wife in the past and who passed away sometime ago. On that day, Zeca takes a know route through the streets of his hometown to the old train station, a place that brings good memories of his childhood games with his best friend and beloved Mariana.
Genres: Drama, Family, Romance, Short,Actors: Emmanuel Cavalcanti (actor), Joao Andre Grossi (director), Joao Andre Grossi (writer), Bruno Cardoso (actor), Diogo Henrique (composer), Jamil Boali (costume designer), Cristiano Almeida Praia (editor), Luis Bocchino (miscellaneous crew), Jackeline Matins (miscellaneous crew), Aládia Leitão (actor), Duda Magalhães (actor), Leila Cunha (producer),
Plot: The short film Passage narrates the character Zeca's last day of life. He is an 80 years old man, who was born and grew up on Mariana city in the country side of Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Mariana is also the name of his best friend, who became his wife in the past and who passed away sometime ago. On that day, Zeca takes a know route through the streets of his hometown to the old train station, a place that brings good memories of his childhood games with his best friend and beloved Mariana.
Genres: Drama, Family, Romance, Short,Actors: Carlos Eduardo Rodrigues (producer), Leandro Scorsafava (miscellaneous crew), Luis Zahera (actor), Antón Reixa (producer), Rogério Márcico (actor), María Pujalte (actress), Monti Castiñeiras (actor), Carlos Alberto Riccelli (director), Carlos Alberto Riccelli (producer), Bruno Garcia (actor), Fernando Alves Pinto (actor), Bruna Lombardi (producer), Bruna Lombardi (actress), Bruna Lombardi (writer), Marcelo Adnet (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Hugo Carvana (actor), Daniel Dantas (actor), Sérgio Penna (miscellaneous crew), Sérgio Penna (miscellaneous crew), Caio Blat (actor), Maria Ribeiro (actress), Paulo Halm (director), Paulo Halm (writer), Heloísa Rezende (producer), Ewa Wawelberg (miscellaneous crew), Reka Koves (costume designer), Luz Cipriota (actress), Lúcia Bronstein (actress), Quanta (producer),
Plot: In Lapa, Rio de Janeiro, the idle aspirant writer Zeca has been living with Arts Professor Júlia for five years. He is stuck on page 50 of his novel for a long time and Zeca claims lack of inspiration to conclude the plot. He leads a comfortable life from inheritance left by his mother and administrated by his father Humberto. When Zeca sees Júlia alone with her best friend Carol in his flat, he believes that they are having a love affair and becomes obsessed with Carol, following her. Júlia travels to São Paulo with work giving Zeca the perfect opportunity to have an affair with Carol. So begins his complicated life: while Júlia works and studies for her doctorate, Zeca has sex with Carol during the days and with Júlia during the nights. Zeca plots a scheme to stay with either Carol or Júlia but his plan does not go as he hoped.
Keywords: argentina, bathtub, beer, book, cocaine, dildo, lesbian, samba, sex, smokingActors: Carlos Eduardo Rodrigues (producer), Daniel Filho (director), Marilia Carneiro (costume designer), Daniel Filho (producer), Laura Cardoso (actress), Felipe Lacerda (editor), Daniel Rezende (actor), Sergio Farjalla Jr. (miscellaneous crew), Mariana Ximenes (actress), Iafa Britz (producer), Ailton Graça (actor), Paloma Duarte (actress), Leandro Hassum (actor), Thiago Lacerda (actor), Marcio Vito (actor),
Plot: Muito Gelo e Dois Dedos D'Água is a crazy romantic comedy that combines some delicious touches of dark humor and hilarious police persecutions. Everything comes with an amazing soundtrack of the greatest hits of the Brazilian pop music of the late eighties, involving the movie in a very sensual atmosphere. The story is not realistic; it is more cartoons like. As a matter of fact, the introduction is an animation, using the "The Simpsons" and "South Park" styles.
Keywords: animated-sequence, brazil, brazilian, brazilian-music, car-chase, family-relationships, flatulence, kidnapping, pod, stripteaseActors: Alexandre Ferreira (actor), Ricardo Pereira (actor), Ana Padrão (actress), Diogo Morgado (actor), Ricardo Carriço (actor), Nuno Bernardo (producer), Nuno Bernardo (writer), Nuno Bernardo (writer), Dinarte de Freitas (actor), Raquel Strada (actress), Ciomara Morais (actress), Tina Barbosa (actress), Pedro Carvalho (actor), Helena Salazar (actress), Gil Ferreira (director),
Genres: Comedy, Drama,Actors: Stepan Nercessian (actor), Oswaldo Loureiro (actor), Wolf Maya (director), John Herbert (actor), Marilia Carneiro (costume designer), Míriam Pires (actress), Cláudio Mamberti (actor), Wolf Maya (actor), Roberto Bonfim (actor), Ewerton de Castro (actor), Lima Duarte (actor), Geórgia Gomide (actress), Elias Gleizer (actor), Ricardo Petráglia (actor), Jardel Mello (actor),
Genres: ,Actors: Betty Faria (actress), Maria Gladys (actress), Paulo César Peréio (actor), Cláudio Marzo (actor), Louise Cardoso (actress), Anselmo Vasconcelos (actor), Oswaldo Loureiro (actor), Antonio Pedro (actor), Carlos Gregório (actor), Nelson Dantas (actor), Wilson Grey (actor), Hugo Carvana (actor), Daniel Filho (actor), Telma Reston (actress), Marília Pêra (actress),
Plot: Group of eccentric people gather at a popular bar in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, doomed to be closed to give way to the construction of a big building. Intellectuals, artists, night-people in general join forces to try to avoid its demolition. Among its costumers, we find Ana, an actress, her husband Zeca, an intellectual type in crisis about his work for TV, artists, newspapermen, a female researcher, and a couple who's always quarrelling, only to be reconciled moments later.
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Fausto Guerzoni (actor), Léa Garcia (actress), Zeni Pereira (actress), Antonio Carlos Jobim (composer), Jacques Viot (writer), Vinicius de Moraes (writer), Marcel Camus (director), Marcel Camus (writer), Marcel Camus (actor), Luiz Bonfá (composer), Andrée Feix (editor), Modesto De Souza (actor), Elizeth Cardoso (actress), Marpessa Dawn (actress), Sacha Gordine (producer),
Plot: In Rio, Orfeo is a trolley conductor and musician, engaged to Mira. During Carnival week, he sees Eurydice, who's fled her village in fear of a stalker; it's love at first sight. Her cousin Sarafina, with whom she stays in Rio, is a friend of Orfeo and Mira, so the star-crossed lovers meet again. Later, during the revels, wearing Sarafina's costume, Eurydice dances a provocative samba with Orfeo. Not only is Mira enraged when her rival is unmasked, but she is being stalked by Death: Eurydice is in danger, pursued through noisy crowds and a morgue. Can Orfeo conduct her to safety? Don't look back.
Keywords: based-on-play, bossa-nova, brazil, carnival, dance, electric-railway, latin-america, railway, rio-de-janeiro-brazil, sambaActors: Oswaldo Massaini (producer), Mário Benvenutti (actor), Jardel Filho (actor), Rubens de Falco (actor), José Cañizares (writer), José Cañizares (editor), Carlos Alberto de Souza Barros (writer), Odete Lara (actress), Abilio Pereira de Almeida (producer), Abilio Pereira de Almeida (writer), Armando Bógus (actor), Sebastião Campos (actor), Felipe Carone (actor), Fernando De Barros (director), Fernando De Barros (writer),
Genres: Comedy, Drama,(Instrumental)