
Acting
Maria Gladys
Born 1939-11-23 · Cachambi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Maria Gladys Mello da Silva (born 23 November 1939) is a Brazilian actress. Gladys made her acting debut in 1959 with Arthur Azevedo's play "O Mambembe" at the Municipal Theater of Rio de Janeiro. She earned recognition in the theater world by appearing topless in the publicity poster for the play "O Chão dos Penitentes". In 1964, she starred in Ruy Guerra's film "Os Fuzis," which won the Silver Bear in Berlin for directing and was nominated for a Golden Bear. She's considered the mother of marginal cinema. Being part of the resistance during the Brazilian dictatorship led Gladys to exile in London between 1965 and 1979. She is the maternal grandmother of actress Mia Goth.
Acting credits
6.8Santamaria and Urtigo are two bandits on the run, one is white, the other black. Santamaria is a mystical visionary and believes in the imminent coming of a purifying angel. Urtiga, his inseparable companion, is a simple-minded and ingenious man who follows Santamaria around and participates in the crimes he commits. The two bandits take over a house after kidnapping its owner and his girlfriend.
The Angel Was Born
1969
7.8Cropped hair, a rosemary branch behind the ear, yellow shirt of shiny satin, he's behind the wheel of his car when passing by a woman who walks by the roadside. Strongly painted lips, printed dress with round skirt and red shoes matching the color of the lipstick, she catches his attention. He gives her a ride, the two of them stare in silence for a few moments. They introduce themselves to one another and between the two establishes an absurd dialogue and full of metaphors. And they are driving around in corners of Rio de Janeiro, to the sound of Noel Rosa and Lamartine Babo. Eva and Antena, she a seer, he, an assassin on the run, initiate an unusual case of love, a marginal love, where boredom often gives way to tragedy, creating the agony of a holiday spent in an abyss.
The Agony
1976
6.5On the porch of a farm, a woman tells stories while cutting and sewing scraps of cloth, creating images that form a towel. There are four stories of humor and magic. The fisherman's wedding with Iara, a mermaid from the rivers. The altar boy of a church that sees the procession of souls. The encounter between a Santa Claus in a store and a street boy and the adventures of Zé Burraldo, a naive guy who always lets himself be carried away by others.
Pequenas Histórias
2007
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Manual de Barros - Retrato do poeta quando coisa
2006
NRBetween February an May of 1970, Julio Bresane and Rogerio Sganzerla made 7 films for their company Belair that were forbidden by the Brazilian censorship that reveal today images of an unique freedom.
Belair
2009
7.0A volatile young man, Edu is a typical Rio de Janeiro middle-class kind, who flirts with multiple women at the same time. None of them, however, had managed to make him fall in love, until he met with mysterious Tatiana.
Edu, Coração de Ouro
1968
4.3Malu is organising a gender-reveal party for a pregnant influencer – while dealing with her own grief, her persistent constipation problems and her adolescent transgender child (who disapproves of her job commission). At the condominium where Malu lives, some strange phenomena are unleashed in the home’s most private zone: the bathroom.
Bowels of Hell
2026
NRA film of the literary hallucinations and existential dreams of the character João, who is also José and Joyce, anthropophagically enchanted by cinema in his two hours of life.
Quebranto
2018
6.7Experimental film, guided by the feeling of oppressive, paranoid, obsessive life of its characters. An essay on the oppression and dehumanization of the Brazilian people.
Bandalheira Infernal
1976
9.0Marta, a young mother, hardly believes when she hears her young baby speak. She tries to convince the other people in the family of the fact, but soon discovers the baby only speaks with her, even in English.
O Bebê
1987
6.0Two stories chronicle the days of the bohemian, libertine youth of 1960s Rio de Janeiro.
The Good Times Are Here: Let It All Hang Out
1985
6.1Claudio and Helena are on the verge of breaking up, until the couple experiences another strange phenomenon that looks to help them understand one another more.
If I Were You 2
2009
No synopsis available yet.
Canalha em Crise
1965
6.4The publicist Claudio and the housewife and choral teacher Helena have been married for many years, but they do not understand and respect the feelings and view point of the partner. Claudio sees Helena as a shopper and "little teacher of a choral" and Helena sees Claudio as an insensitive and rough man. On the night before the fiftieth anniversary of Claudio, they changed places with each other.
If I Were You
2006
4.5Peter Mandrake, a North-American photojournalist becomes embroiled in South America's dangerous underworld of pimps, drug gangs and arms smugglers when he sets out to find the killer of a local call girl.
High Art
1991
NRA documentary about actress brazilian Maria Gladys, a strong presence in films by Júlio Bressane, Rogério Sganzerla among others.
Life
2008
4.5Roberta is an employee of the Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro who infiltrates an energy realignment clinic to investigate the mysterious death of actress Antuérpia Fox. During the course of the investigation, Roberta will have to deal with the dramas of actress Natasha Ferrero, who is being "cancelled" on the internet, and with the reunion of her great love from the past, the federal police officer Rodrigo, who is investigating a suspicion of international trafficking involving the same clinic. For this mission, she will have the support of Isabela, her therapist, with whom, little by little, she forms a great duo.
Out of Sight
2022
5.5In Rio de Janeiro, after an altercation with his father and mother, a young man named Bebeto kills his family and goes to a movie theater, where he watches four weird vignettes.
Killed the Family and Went to the Movies
1991
NRAfter her grandmother’s death, Nina leaves Rio for a small town in southern Brazil in search of a fresh start. There, she meets Pedro and goes through experiences that transform her perspective on love, friendship and the future.
Pedro e Nina
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7.5A group of armed soldiers is sent to the Northeast of Brazil in an attempt to stop a famine-struck population from invading and stealing a food deposit in the dry backlands. While the alienation and insanity of people driven to hallucination by their latent hunger is conducted by the predictions of a religious figure, a truck driver observes the situation and remains torn between his friendship with the soldiers and his revolt against the lack of government action in fighting the misery that lingers over the region.
The Guns
1964
8.0Conducted from interviews with personalities who lived with Leila Diniz (1945-1972), the documentary is a record of an era and, above all, it rescues the participation in Brazilian culture of the actress who opened the way for the sexual revolution during the dark years of the dictatorship.
Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
2021
8.3French poet Blaise Cendrars arrives by sea on the city of Rio de Janeiro and lives s life of bohemian parties during the celebration of carnaval.
Um Filme 100% Brasileiro
1985
8.0A man arrives in Tocantins river, looking for fortune.
Um Diamante e Cinco Balas
1966
7.2Marquinhos is in his early 20s and lives in Copacabana with his petits bourgeois parents and older brother. He doesn't have a job, he doesn't go to school, he just lives on the spur of the moment, watches TV, plays soccer on the beach by day and goes out with his mates by night. He meets Irene, a 40 year-old woman and they have a love affair that is going to change his life - for a while.
Copacabana Fools Me
1969