Lopes

Trago Comigo (2013)

Actors: Selma Egrei (actress), Carlos Alberto Riccelli (actor), Tata Amaral (director), Tata Amaral (producer), Willem Dias (editor), Willem Dias (writer), Matias Mariani (producer), Emílio Di Biasi (actor), Caru Alves de Souza (producer), Felipe Rocha (actor), Gustavo Brandão (actor), Paula Pretta (actress), Júlio Machado (actor), Georgina Castro (actress), Rafaella Costa (producer),

Plot: Telmo is a retired theater director that realizes he doesn't remember the time he spent kept in jail during the military dictatorship in Brazil. He decides to stage a play and, with threads of memory, he improvises the lines with his young cast. Telmo dives into his own history and ends up revealing for himself what, being so painful, he'd rather forget.

Genres: Drama,

Divã (2009)

Actors: Carlos Eduardo Rodrigues (producer), Antonio Pedro (actor), Henrique César (actor), Elias Gleizer (actor), Diana Vasconcellos (editor), José Mayer (actor), Anna Luiza Müller (miscellaneous crew), Lília Cabral (actress), Iafa Britz (producer), Iafa Britz (producer), Marcelo Guerra (producer), Marcelo Guerra (miscellaneous crew), Marcelo Saback (writer), Walkiria Barbosa (producer), Walkiria Barbosa (producer),

Plot: In Rio de Janeiro, the forty-something year old, Mercedes, goes to the psychoanalyst and tells the story of her life - from a child who lost her mother. Over three years of analysis, her life changes and she divorces her husband, Gustavo, and has love affairs with Theo and other young men, always supported by her best friend Monica.

Keywords: art-gallery, bad-cook, based-on-play, best-friend, brazilian-culture, brazilian-middle-class, bride-dress, cancer, church, coiffeur
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance,

Quotes:

Mercedes: I hate female intuition. Mine has never given me any good news.

[while setting the dining table]::Mercedes: Today I decided to do something different.::Gustavo: [looking at the food] Roast beef?::Mercedes: No, chicken.::Gustavo: [making a face] Oh... even better.::[She goes back to the kitchen. Their son arrives the room]::Filho de Mercedes 2: [looking at the food] Roast beef?::Gustavo: No, chicken.::Filho de Mercedes 2: Oh, shit.

Mercedes: Oh, impossible loves... No woman can resist an impossible love.

[First lines]::Mercedes: [Voiceover] We get born and we die. And in the mean time we study, we work, we get married, we have children, we exercise... we get sick. No one escapes it. When I paint, I'm not thinking about becoming a celebrity. My painting is a way to express all the loose things about me, about my personality. [pause] That's me. My name is Mercedes.

[about her wedding night]::Mercedes: [Voiceover] When we got to our room and he shut the door, we realized our marriage wouldn't be like the others. He didn't say "alone at last". He said...::Gustavo: Together at last.

[Mercedes is setting the dining table]::Mercedes: Today I decided to do something different.::Gustavo: [looking at the food] Oh, I love roast beef!::Mercedes: No, it's chicken.::Gustavo: [making a face] Oh. Even better.::[She goes back into the kitchen]::Filho de Mercedes 1: [whispering] Dad... the chicken is still breathing.::[Filho de Mercedes 2 walks into the dining room]::Filho de Mercedes 2: Roast beef?::Gustavo: No, chicken.::Filho de Mercedes 2: Oh, shit.

Mercedes: [to her shrink] There are so many women inside of me... and a few men as well. Prepare for group therapy!... Just kidding.

[Trying to get her husband's attention]::Mercedes: I told her I work as a *ho* in a downtown strip club!::Gustavo: [shocked] You said that to her?

Hillary: Sexual harassment is only criminal when the guy is ugly. Am I right?

[At the theater with Mercedes]::Gustavo: [voiceover] I can't believe I came to the theater on a Saturday night. It can't be. I've been here for half an hour and it seems like I walked in Tuesday! When I get out of here, I'll get hammered. And you'll start nagging me, saying I'll pass out because I don't have a young man's liver anymore! The only thing she talks about now is my liver. Few years ago, she talked about my legs, my smile, my ass, my gaze... Now it's my liver, my pancreas! *That's* loving someone's inside!

Um Rio Chamado Tempo, uma Casa Chamada Terra (2005)

Actors: Paula Guedes (actress), Anabela Moreira (actress), José Carlos de Oliveira (director), José Carlos de Oliveira (writer), Ana Costa (producer), Alberto Magassela (actor), Jorge Loureiro (actor), Patrícia Nogueira (miscellaneous crew), Jorge Mota (actor), Mia Couto (writer), Mariana Coelho (miscellaneous crew), Ana Paula Mota (actress), Mariana Coelho (actress), Ana Magaia (actress), Gilberto Mendes (actor),

Genres: Drama,

Anjo Caído (2001)

Actors: António da Cunha Telles (producer), João Braz (editor), João Lagarto (actor), Vítor Norte (actor), Carmen Santos (actress), Gonçalo Waddington (actor), Maria d'Aires (actress), Helder Freire Costa (actor), Fátima Belo (actress), Paulo Pinto (actor), João Pedro Cary (actor), Sara Dantas (miscellaneous crew), Manuel S. Fonseca (producer), Mara Lúcia Galinha (actress), Mina Andala (actress),

Genres: Drama,

Condenado à Liberdade (2001)

Actors: Anselmo Vasconcelos (actor), Othon Bastos (actor), Odilon Wagner (actor), Nathália Timberg (actress), Cássia Kiss (actress), Antônio Pompêo (actor), Isabel Ampudia (actress), Camila Amado (actress), André Gonçalves (actor), Carlos Moletta (producer), Emiliano Ribeiro (writer), Emiliano Ribeiro (director), Emiliano Ribeiro (editor), Milla Christie (actress), Phydias Barbosa (producer),

Plot: In Brasília, the upper class Mauro and Beatriz Vilhena and Beatriz's mother Irene press their teenager son and grandson Maurinho to leave his girlfriend Ângela. Beatriz and Irene believe that Angela, who is a student of medicine but poor, wants to take economical advantage of their family. When Mauro and Beatriz are found dead in their bedroom apparently after committing suicide, Federal Agent Lopes and Police Detective Osmar are in charge of the investigation. Mauro would testify in a Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry and give an interview to the Spanish journalist Ines about the death of Indians. When Lopes learns that Mauro had an argument with Maurinho and hit violently his face on the previous night, the youngster becomes the prime-suspect of his investigations. The stubborn does not give attention to Beatriz's brother Carlos Vilhena that uses his influence to "resolve" the murder case.

Keywords: male-frontal-nudity, male-nudity
Genres: Drama,

Aqui D'El Rei! (1992)

Actors: Artur Semedo (actor), Raul Solnado (actor), Miguel Guilherme (actor), Rogério Samora (actor), Antonio Ferrandis (actor), Victor de Sousa (actor), Rui Luís (actor), José Coronado (actor), Jean-Pierre Cassel (actor), João Bénard da Costa (actor), Manuel Cavaco (actor), Joaquim de Almeida (actor), Pedro Efe (actor), Adelaide João (actress), Filipe Ferrer (actor),

Genres: History,

Pão, Amor e... Totobola (1964)

Actors: Perla Cristal (actress), Lídia Franco (actress), Victor Lima (actor), Perdigão Queiroga (miscellaneous crew), Nicolau Breyner (actor), Sara Ontañón (editor), Fernanda Borsatti (actress), Florbela Queirós (actress), Francisco de Castro (producer), Varela Silva (writer), Natalina José (actress), Henrique Campos (director), Óscar Acúrcio (actor), Costa Ferreira (actor), Luís Cerqueira (actor),

Genres: Comedy, Musical,

O Passarinho da Ribeira (1960)

Actors: Pablo G. del Amo (editor), António Silva (actor), Jaime Mendes (composer), Augusto Fraga (producer), Augusto Fraga (director), Manuel Santos Carvalho (actor), Américo Patela (miscellaneous crew), Manuel Queiroz (producer), Leónia Mendes (actress), Paiva Raposo (actor), Humberto Madeira (actor), Almeidinha (actor), Maria Cristina (actress), Alfredo Hurtado (writer), Manuel Marques (miscellaneous crew),

Genres: Comedy,

Mulheres, Cheguei! (1959)

Actors: Renato Restier (actor), Mário Lago (actor), Rafael Justo Valverde (editor), Victor Lima (director), Victor Lima (producer), Herbert Richers (producer), Remo Usai (composer), Victor Lima (writer), Carlos Imperial (actor), Zé Trindade (actor), Mário Petráglia (actor), Arnaldo Zonari (producer), Jaime Costa (actor), Duarte de Moraes (actor), Francisco Carlos (actor),

Genres: Comedy,

O Pai Tirano (1941)

Actors: António Lopes Ribeiro (director), António Lopes Ribeiro (writer), António Lopes Ribeiro (writer), António Lopes Ribeiro (producer), Arthur Duarte (actor), Francisco de Castro (actor), Vasco Santana (actor), Vasco Santana (writer), Francisco Ribeiro (writer), Francisco Ribeiro (actor), Emilia D'Oliveira (actress), Barroso Lopes (actor), Vieira de Sousa (editor), João Villaret (actor), Regina Montenegro (actress),

Plot: Everything is on the way for the annual performance of the Grandella's Store Theatre Group, "Os Grandelinhas", with the play "O Pai Tirano". That's when Chico Mega discovers that his beloved Tatão is turning her attention to another guy, Artur de Castro. When he tries to regain her love a series of mistakes between his personage on the play and his real life will lead to an unbelievable and much funny confusion with a great finale in the play's performance at stage.

Keywords: amateur-actor, play-within-a-play
Genres: Comedy,