Writing

Tabajara Ruas

Born

1942-08-11 (84)

Place of birth

Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Known for

Writing

Credits

14 titles

Known for

Edifício Bonfim poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Edifício Bonfim

2026

The Screenwriter poster
8.0

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.

The Screenwriter

2012

Netto Perde Sua Alma poster
7.3

The story of a man who invented a country.

Netto Perde Sua Alma

2002

Time and the Wind poster
7.1

Based on Érico Verissimo's literary trilogy, Time and the Wind follows 150 years of the Terra Cambará family and their opponents, the Amaral family. The struggles between the two families begin in the missions and lasts until the end of the 19th century. The film also features the period of formation of the state of Rio Grande do Sul and the dispute of territory between the Portuguese and Spanish crowns.

Time and the Wind

2013

Netto e o Domador de Cavalos poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Netto e o Domador de Cavalos

2008

The Head of Gumercindo Saraiva poster
4.9

A fiction based on true events, which happened at the end of the Federalist Revolution in 1895, in the south of Brazil. When Gumercindo Saraiva was killed in an ambush and buried at graveyard at some roadside, the legalists discovered it, unburied the body, and cut its head off so it would be taken to the Governor as a war trophy. Major Ramiro de Oliveira and two men were chosen for the unusual task. The film tells the saga of the Capitan Franciso Saraiva, son of Gumercindo, and his team of five riders in the attempt to recover his father's head. The moments of approximation and distancing between the pursued and the pursuers, the confrontation and the conflicts, the duels that happened on both sides until the final encounter, when there are only Ramiro and Francisco left standing; all these events are thoroughly narrated in the film. The lessons learned in the journey blossom at end and both men, due to everything they went through, decide for an honorable outcome for them both.

The Head of Gumercindo Saraiva

2018

Film credits

Behind the camera

Edifício Bonfim poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Edifício Bonfim

2026

Edifício Bonfim poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Edifício Bonfim

2026

Netto Perde Sua Alma poster
7.3

The story of a man who invented a country.

Netto Perde Sua Alma

2002

Time and the Wind poster
7.1

Based on Érico Verissimo's literary trilogy, Time and the Wind follows 150 years of the Terra Cambará family and their opponents, the Amaral family. The struggles between the two families begin in the missions and lasts until the end of the 19th century. The film also features the period of formation of the state of Rio Grande do Sul and the dispute of territory between the Portuguese and Spanish crowns.

Time and the Wind

2013

Netto e o Domador de Cavalos poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Netto e o Domador de Cavalos

2008

The Head of Gumercindo Saraiva poster
4.9

A fiction based on true events, which happened at the end of the Federalist Revolution in 1895, in the south of Brazil. When Gumercindo Saraiva was killed in an ambush and buried at graveyard at some roadside, the legalists discovered it, unburied the body, and cut its head off so it would be taken to the Governor as a war trophy. Major Ramiro de Oliveira and two men were chosen for the unusual task. The film tells the saga of the Capitan Franciso Saraiva, son of Gumercindo, and his team of five riders in the attempt to recover his father's head. The moments of approximation and distancing between the pursued and the pursuers, the confrontation and the conflicts, the duels that happened on both sides until the final encounter, when there are only Ramiro and Francisco left standing; all these events are thoroughly narrated in the film. The lessons learned in the journey blossom at end and both men, due to everything they went through, decide for an honorable outcome for them both.

The Head of Gumercindo Saraiva

2018

The Head of Gumercindo Saraiva poster
4.9

A fiction based on true events, which happened at the end of the Federalist Revolution in 1895, in the south of Brazil. When Gumercindo Saraiva was killed in an ambush and buried at graveyard at some roadside, the legalists discovered it, unburied the body, and cut its head off so it would be taken to the Governor as a war trophy. Major Ramiro de Oliveira and two men were chosen for the unusual task. The film tells the saga of the Capitan Franciso Saraiva, son of Gumercindo, and his team of five riders in the attempt to recover his father's head. The moments of approximation and distancing between the pursued and the pursuers, the confrontation and the conflicts, the duels that happened on both sides until the final encounter, when there are only Ramiro and Francisco left standing; all these events are thoroughly narrated in the film. The lessons learned in the journey blossom at end and both men, due to everything they went through, decide for an honorable outcome for them both.

The Head of Gumercindo Saraiva

2018

Os Senhores da Guerra poster
5.0

During the Rio Grande do Sul revolution of 1923, two brothers fight on opposite sides.

Os Senhores da Guerra

2016

Os Senhores da Guerra poster
5.0

During the Rio Grande do Sul revolution of 1923, two brothers fight on opposite sides.

Os Senhores da Guerra

2016

The Killers poster
5.7

"Kilas" (a Portuguese misrepresentation of the English word "killers") is the nickname of a petty con-man who gets involved with a deadly ring of spies.

The Killers

1980

No artwork available
8.0

A friendly couple from Porto Alegre. They enjoy traveling, old records, and gastronomy. They invent games... strange games.

Paulo e Ana Luiza em Porto Alegre

1998

Anahy de las Misiones poster
5.0

Told by gauchos from Brazil, Argentina and Uruguai, the legend says that Anahy de las Missiones wandered around the Plata Basin during the time of Cisplatina War (1825-1828), stealing the dead.

Anahy de las Misiones

1997

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Brizola - Tempos de Luta

2007