Esther Góes

Acting

Esther Góes

Born 1946-02-04 · São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Ester Contim Góes (São Paulo, February 4, 1946) is a renowned and award-winning Brazilian actress.

Acting credits

Uma Mulher para Sábado poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Uma Mulher para Sábado

1971

Almost Winter poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Almost Winter

2026

Desire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro Oficina poster
5.0

In six decades, Teatro Oficina has done more than revolutionize theatrical language in the country: the aesthetic influence of José Celso Martinez Corrêa's company extends from Tropicalism to the renewal of Brazilian audiovisual languages ​​from the 1960s onwards. The film revisits a story that it involves personalities such as Caetano Veloso, Glauber Rocha, Lina Bo Bardi, Chico Buarque and Zé do Caixão, brings together scenic art, ecology, architecture and sexuality, and mixes art and life in the search for a Brazilian based language.

Desire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro Oficina

2021

Espelho de Tarsila poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Espelho de Tarsila

2026

The Next Victim poster
4.6

A TV reporter tries to find out who is killing prostitutes in a São Paulo neighbourhood.

The Next Victim

1983

An Eye and a Knife poster
4.0

A group of friends working on an offshore oil rig maintain close bounds and do their best to face the difficulties presented by living and working isolated out in the middle of the sea. A job promotion triggers events that disrupt, in an irreversible way, the group friendship and the protagonist’s own life on land. He is tested by the force of destiny and experiences the drama of an ordinary man facing a gradual process of isolation.

An Eye and a Knife

2018

An Eye and a Knife poster
4.0

A group of friends working on an offshore oil rig maintain close bounds and do their best to face the difficulties presented by living and working isolated out in the middle of the sea. A job promotion triggers events that disrupt, in an irreversible way, the group friendship and the protagonist’s own life on land. He is tested by the force of destiny and experiences the drama of an ordinary man facing a gradual process of isolation.

An Eye and a Knife

2018

Hunting Season poster
5.3

Hunting Season deals with the wave of homosexual murders that plagued São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro in the 1980s. With street statements and cultural and artistic figures such, such as Zé Celso, Jorge Mautner, Roberto Piva and others.

Hunting Season

1988

As Meninas poster
6.3

During the military dictatorship in Brazil, Lorena, Lia and Ana Clara, three university students of different social backgrounds and origins meet at a nun's pension in São Paulo. Besides their differences, they become close friends, sharing their dramas and dreams, helping each other until the day they have to separate permanently.

As Meninas

1995

The Patient poster
7.0

The true story of Tancredo Neves, the first civilian president of Brazil after a 20-year military dictatorship, and the infamous hospitalization which led to his death before he ever managed to take office.

The Patient

2018

Mandrake poster
3.8

An intriguing case lands on Mandrake's desk. Just when he thinks he has it solved, some unexpected news changes the course of events.

Mandrake

2012

No artwork available
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

A Hora Marcada

2000

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Determinadas Pessoas - Weigel

2017

Stelinha poster
6.4

A young rock singer meets his childhood heroine, a famous singer who is now wallowing in alcohol and sex.

Stelinha

1990

The King of the Candle poster
5.3

Filming of the historical montage of Oswald de Andrade's play, where decadent millionaires, depraved children, corrupt and implacable capitalists are the characters interpreted by the Grupo Oficina, in a celebrated theatrical performance from 1967, fundamentally recorded in 1971 and released only in the 1980s.

The King of the Candle

1982

Eternamente Pagu poster
7.2

Eternamente Pagu is a biographical film about Patrícia Galvão, best known as Pagu, a Brazilian political, literary and artistic activist. An important figure of the Brazilian Modernism, Pagu was also a militant for the Brazilian Communist Party after she married writer Oswald de Andrade. She broke up with Andrade and, as a journalist was arrested by the Dictatorship of Getúlio Vargas. After she left prison, she abandoned Communism in favor of Trotskyist Socialism, married Geraldo Ferraz, and started a career as theatre director.

Eternamente Pagu

1987

A Grande Noitada poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

A Grande Noitada

1997

O Calor da Pele poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

O Calor da Pele

1994

A Causa Secreta poster
3.3

Theater director asks his actors for a research on human cruelty and misery in Brazil, while trying to raise funds for his next production, a play based on a story by Machado de Assis, "A Causa Secreta" (The Secret Cause). The troupe oblige and go around town witnessing long lines in National Health Services, inhuman conditions in public hospitals and poor people being constantly humiliated. They find people are becoming indifferent to human suffering.

A Causa Secreta

1994

No artwork available
5.6

A famous actor believes he has totally mastered his craft. A young and talented actress is open to new challenges. They meet, and confront each other; on, and off the stage. From his personal and artistic lethargy, he sees the possibilities of a new beginning, new opportunities, after starting to see her. The story unravels, as the title states, "behind the curtain."

Por Trás do Pano

1999

Anos 30: Entre Duas Guerras, Entre Duas Artes poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Anos 30: Entre Duas Guerras, Entre Duas Artes

1989