Soia Lira

Acting

Soia Lira

Born

1962-03-06 (64)

Place of birth

Cajazeiras, Paraíba, Brazil

Known for

Acting

Credits

18 titles

Soia Lira, stage name of Maria Auxiliadora Lira de Souza (Cajazeiras, March 6, 1962) is a Brazilian actress. She gained notoriety for playing Ana in the film Central do Brasil, by Walter Salles, and Maria, in the film Pacarrete, by Alan Deberton.

Known for

Film credits

2010s · 7 titles

Familiar Environment poster
NR

There are many ways to overcome the losses and drop-outs of childhood. Three boys reinvent the concept of family to face the traumas of their lives.

Familiar Environment

2019

Tattoo poster
7.5

Paulete, the star of a daring theater group, is visited by his military brother-in-law, the young Fininha. A torrid relationship arises between the two, and now the soldier must deal with the prevailing repression during the Brazilian military dictatorship.

Tattoo

2013

Pacarrete poster
7.8

Russas, a small town in northeastern Brazil, is the home of Pacarrete, a grumpy retired dance teacher who dreams of getting a big shot and starring at a dance spectacle for the whole town to see. She's close to fulfilling that dream, but not without overcoming a few impediments along the way.

Pacarrete

2019

The Devil's Knot poster
6.3

During the slavery period in Brazil, a sugar cane farm was the stage for the darkest kinds of horrors. Years later, the place's cruel past is still stained in its walls, even if unnoticed, until a series of strange events starts happening and death returns to the farm. The film is divided in five short horror stories.

The Devil's Knot

2018

Moído poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Moído

2015

Coconut Sweet poster
5.5

Diana's family produces coconut sweets. João gathers the coconut and Diana and Lucia make the sweets. Zacarias sells product in the city. One day, Diana goes to the river with her mother and her aunt Maria.

Coconut Sweet

2010

O Hóspede poster
6.8

In a hostel in the interior of Brazil, a strange guest and a mysterious incident leave the landlord restless and obsessed with finding out who that man is and what he is doing there.

O Hóspede

2011