Rafael de Carvalho

Acting

Rafael de Carvalho

Born 1918-02-16 · Caiçara, Paraíba, Brazil

Acting credits

Macunaima poster
6.9

Born a fully grown black man in a village in the Brazilian jungle, Macunaíma later magically transforms into a white man before making an adventure-filled trip to the city of São Paulo. Once there, he becomes something of a dandy, falling in love with Ci, a revolutionary who dies in an accidental bombing. After robbing a ruthless industrialist, Macunaima returns to his village where he finds his newly acquired knowledge and possessions of little use.

Macunaima

1969

O Trapalhão na Ilha do Tesouro poster
5.8

Two fishermen Dogfish names Zé Cação and Lula discover the result of a theft of a dangerous gang of smugglers and go immediately to be persecuted by them. In pursuit of the bandits is also the federal agent Carlos, passionate young Diana, of which the fishermen meet and become friends. The action takes place on board the Fishermen, however, when the weather warms there comes the pirate Long John Silver, who is looking for a fabulous map of a treasure that was hidden on a nearby island. The map, now divided into two parts, it becomes cause for persecution, with plenty of good humor and adrenaline, which changed hands throughout the film and leading everyone to the island where the treasure was buried.

O Trapalhão na Ilha do Tesouro

1975

Entranced Earth poster
7.2

Eldorado, a fictitious country in America, is sparkling with the internal struggle for political power. In the eye of this social convulsion, the jaded journalist Paulo Martins opposes two equally corrupt political candidates: a pseudopopulist and a conservative. In this context, Paulo is torn between the madness of the elite and the blind submission of the masses. But, in this complex tropical reality, nothing really is what it seems to be.

Entranced Earth

1967

Two Stories poster
9.0

Cacareco is a clumsy worker at a dry cleaners who constantly causes losses for his boss, the Portuguese Rebuçado. One day, he receives a package from his relatives in the north: Maria do Socorro, his goddaughter. Pursuing his dream of working in television, Socorro ends up involving Cacareco in numerous disputes, including fights, robberies, and gambling in an underground casino.

Two Stories

1960

A Film to Remind Us of Utopia poster
NR

In Esdras Baptista's film archives, kept at his home for decades, one can feel the fervor of those who believed in a new tomorrow. Filmed in Brazil in the early 1960s, in the heat of a libertarian political movement, the filmmaker's images materialize the incandescence of collective desires at the historic moment of their emergence. Utopia, though unattainable, is never a mere abstraction. A force that mobilizes actions and feelings, it constitutes the impetus necessary for human existence.

A Film to Remind Us of Utopia

2026

O Doce Esporte do Sexo poster
7.0

Erotic comedy in five segments, starring the same actor, Chico Anysio: O Torneio (The Tournament), A Boca (The Mouth), O Filminho (The Short Film), A Suspeita (The Suspicion) and O Apartamento (The Apartment).

O Doce Esporte do Sexo

1971

They Don't Wear Black Tie poster
8.3

Otavio is an idealistic union leader trying to organize workers at a factory to resist the company's exploitative practices. His son, Tião, one of the employees, is more of a realist and doesn't want to risk losing his job by striking. This clash of perspectives puts the father and son at odds. Fortunately, Tião's mother, Romana, is on hand to act as a moderator between the two opinionated men.

They Don't Wear Black Tie

1981

Mais ou Menos Virgem poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Mais ou Menos Virgem

1974

O Grande Gozador poster
7.0

"Lula, 'bon vivant' who subsists at the expense of small blows, goes on with his life without a present or future purpose. Basically, he just tries to forget having been abandoned by his fiancee Helena, who gave in to his father's imposition. The situations in which he gets involved from then on are paradoxical, trying to survive in the best possible way and spending money he doesn't have, but which comes to him in one way or another. On a day of complete despair, Lula meets a group of "hippies" and leaves catechized. Willing to anything, he becomes a preacher of new customs and new ethics of life. In turn, Helena, whose marriage had failed, dreams of meeting Lula again, hoping to return to his arms.

O Grande Gozador

1972

Gargalhada Final poster
7.0

Father and son are members of a decadent circus. Tired of being constantly criticized by the owner of the circus, Trombada, the ventriloquist, makes a joke about his boss, and the two fight. The clown Marreco hits their boss on the head. Now the two have to run from the police while living an adventure.

Gargalhada Final

1979

O Baiano Fantasma poster
6.5

Lambusca, a man from the State of Paraíba, Brazil, goes to São Paulo, looking for a job. But he ends up working for a group of fishy loan sharks, collecting money. In one of his visits, the debtor dies. The police then starts chasing him, believing he had murdered the man.

O Baiano Fantasma

1984

Vida, Vida poster
8.0

In Rio de Janeiro, a successful yet underpaid young accountant lives with his pregnant wife in small apartment in middle class neighborhood of Copacabana. Unsatisfied with their way of life, the couple decides to accept the offer of becoming housekeepers of a rich man's vacation residence in a beach town.

Vida, Vida

1977

O Menino Arco-Íris poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

O Menino Arco-Íris

1983

The Naked Man poster
5.9

A man gets locked naked outside of his apartment.

The Naked Man

1968

As Aventuras Amorosas de um Padeiro poster
7.0

A newlywed woman, frustrated after her honeymoon, decides to search for lovers on the streets and ends up causing a conflict between her husband, a baker and a black artist.

As Aventuras Amorosas de um Padeiro

1975

Fogo Morto poster
8.0

In 1910, in the State of Paraíba, Brazil, a man is expelled from his own land by the ruthless colonel who owns the sugar mill. He asks some outlaws to help him retrieve his land.

Fogo Morto

1976

Ana, a Libertina poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ana, a Libertina

1975

Cômicos... + Cômicos... poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Cômicos... + Cômicos...

1971

Deadly Cruelty poster
6.0

Man leaves his family behind and moves to Nova Iguaçu, a poor and violent city in the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. He tries to rebuild his life, but falls in love with a woman who despises him, which drives him mad.

Deadly Cruelty

1976

The Wrung-Out Man poster
7.2

Deraldo, a popular poet from Northeast Brazil, arrives in the capital of São Paulo, making a living only from his poetry and pamphlets. All is well until he is mistaken for a multinational worker who killed the boss at a party where he received the title of symbolic worker.

The Wrung-Out Man

1980

Sai Dessa, Recruta poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Sai Dessa, Recruta

1960

Salve-Se Quem Puder - O Rally da Juventude poster
5.5

A millionaire Aníbal sponsor a car racing, the "Youth's Rally". A couple, Helena and Fernando, want to be part of the competition but after a fight between both, they decide to compete in a team only with men and another one with women.

Salve-Se Quem Puder - O Rally da Juventude

1973

A Noiva da Cidade poster
8.0

When Daniela, a famous actress, decides to return to her hometown to reconnect with a simpler lifestyle, local politicians decide to exploit her influence in order to get ambiguous deeds done.

A Noiva da Cidade

1978

Um Homem sem Importância poster
7.5

A man, trying to get a job, meets a lot of unusual characters on his way.

Um Homem sem Importância

1971