Ligia Diniz

Acting

Ligia Diniz

Born

1951-10-19 (75)

Place of birth

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Known for

Acting

Credits

10 titles

Known for

Amor Bandido poster
5.4

Police investigator Galvão is pursuing two trails, one professional and one personal. While he looks for a serial killer, he also searches for his estranged daughter, Sandra, whom he kicked out of the house. Lives intersect when the serial killer, Toninho, befriends Sandra, now an exotic dancer and prostitute living and working in the seamy underside of late 1970s Rio.

Amor Bandido

1979

The Kiss poster
7.2

When a pedestrian is hit by a bus, the simple clerk Arandir runs and kisses the moribund in a gesture of sympathy and unconditional pure love. Opportunist photographer Amado Pinheiro witnesses the scene and sees the opportunity to sell newspaper and, together with the despicable and abusive chief of police Cunha, accuses Arandir of homosexuality.

The Kiss

1981

Memories of Prison poster
6.8

In the 1930s, novelist and politician Graciliano Ramos is accused of being a communist sympathizer. He is then arrested and sent to the Ilha Grande prison, where he experiences the disturbing treatment reserved for common prisoners.

Memories of Prison

1984

The Adventures of a Paraíba poster
4.5

Young guy from the poor Northeast region of Brazil comes to Rio de Janeiro to try his luck. Naturally, he is faced with many adversities along the way.

The Adventures of a Paraíba

1982

Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar poster
8.0

Conducted 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

Bububu no Bobobó poster
8.5

No synopsis available yet.

Bububu no Bobobó

1980

Film credits

1980s · 6 titles

1970s · 3 titles