Dias Gomes

Creator

Dias Gomes

Born — Died

1922-10-19 — 1999-05-18

Place of birth

Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Known for

Creator

Credits

9 titles

Alfredo de Freitas Dias Gomes, better known by the surname Dias Gomes was a novelist, playwright, soap opera author and member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. Also known for his marriage to also writer Jenete Stocco Emmer (Janete Clair).

Known for

Assim na Terra Como no Céu poster
6.3

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Assim na Terra Como no Céu

1970

The Given Word poster
8.1

Zé is a very poor man whose most prized possession is his donkey. When his donkey falls terminally ill, Zé makes a promise to Saint Bárbara: If his donkey recovers, he will carry a cross - like Jesus - all the way from his city to Saint Bárbara's church, in the state capital. Upon the recovery of his donkey, Zé leaves on his journey. He makes it to the church, but the priest refuses to accept the cross once he discovers the context of Zé's promise.

The Given Word

1962

Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado poster
5.8

The life of a famous Brazilian film and television actor, including testimonials from people who knew him and worked with him, as well as excerpts from films and videos in which he acted.

Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado

2009

Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Dona Flor e Seus 2 Maridos - O Filme poster
6.5

The beautiful Flor marries Vadinho -- and soon finds out he's spending all their money on gambles and has mistresses all over the city. Vadinho suddenly dies while partying during Carnival, and Flor, left helpless and full of debts, ends up marrying Teodoro, who's the exact opposite of her late husband.

Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Dona Flor e Seus 2 Maridos - O Filme

2015

É Um Caso de Polícia! poster
6.5

A young woman obsessed with true crime overhears two men in a restaurant plotting a murder.

É Um Caso de Polícia!

1959

Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: O Pagador de Promessas - O Filme poster
6.0

Adaptation of the series shown in 1988. The humble farmer Zé do Burro makes a promise to Santa Bárbara to save his donkey Nicolau from death. The payment is to carry a heavy cross from the interior of Bahia to a church in Salvador. When you reach the steps of the church, with injured shoulders, you have to deal with the incomprehension of a conservative priest.

Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: O Pagador de Promessas - O Filme

2015

Film credits

Series credits

Behind the camera

The Given Word poster
8.1

Zé is a very poor man whose most prized possession is his donkey. When his donkey falls terminally ill, Zé makes a promise to Saint Bárbara: If his donkey recovers, he will carry a cross - like Jesus - all the way from his city to Saint Bárbara's church, in the state capital. Upon the recovery of his donkey, Zé leaves on his journey. He makes it to the church, but the priest refuses to accept the cross once he discovers the context of Zé's promise.

The Given Word

1962

Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Dona Flor e Seus 2 Maridos - O Filme poster
6.5

The beautiful Flor marries Vadinho -- and soon finds out he's spending all their money on gambles and has mistresses all over the city. Vadinho suddenly dies while partying during Carnival, and Flor, left helpless and full of debts, ends up marrying Teodoro, who's the exact opposite of her late husband.

Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Dona Flor e Seus 2 Maridos - O Filme

2015

É Um Caso de Polícia! poster
6.5

A young woman obsessed with true crime overhears two men in a restaurant plotting a murder.

É Um Caso de Polícia!

1959

Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: O Pagador de Promessas - O Filme poster
6.0

Adaptation of the series shown in 1988. The humble farmer Zé do Burro makes a promise to Santa Bárbara to save his donkey Nicolau from death. The payment is to carry a heavy cross from the interior of Bahia to a church in Salvador. When you reach the steps of the church, with injured shoulders, you have to deal with the incomprehension of a conservative priest.

Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: O Pagador de Promessas - O Filme

2015

Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: As Noivas de Copacabana - O Filme poster
7.7

Adaptation of the series shown in 1992. A sequence of crimes in the same style intrigue: a man walks with a woman on the beach; she dresses as a bride and is brutally strangled in the middle of the act of love. To prove the authorship of the crimes is the great challenge of detective França.

Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: As Noivas de Copacabana - O Filme

2015

O Marginal poster
6.0

Fleeing from the orphanage where he was living, young Valdo immediately entered the life of the crime, establishing himself as a dangerous adult criminal. However, his petty thefts do not satisfy him and he longs for bigger things and when he becomes a lover of Beth, the young criminal realizes that he can enrich himself very and very fast.

O Marginal

1974