Vera Holtz

Acting

Vera Holtz

Born 1953-08-07 · Tatuí, São Paulo, Brazil

Vera Lúcia Fraletti Holtz (Tatuí, August 7, 1953) is a Brazilian actress and theater director. She began her artistic career in theater in 1975 and, from the early 1980s, she also began acting in cinema and television.

Acting credits

Cena Secreta poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Cena Secreta

2011

Bendito Fruto poster
8.0

An accident involving a flying manhole cover leads to a chance meeting between two childhood friends: a widow and the owner of a beauty parlor. Thus begins an entertaining game of seduction that brings memories and hidden desires to the surface - furtive passions that end up threatening the hairdresser's de facto marriage.

Bendito Fruto

2004

Carvana poster
NR

Chronicles the life and career of Hugo Carvana, brazilian actor and filmmaker.

Carvana

2018

A História de Rosa poster
8.7

No synopsis available yet.

A História de Rosa

2005

The Nutty Boy poster
6.7

The principal character in Helvécio Ratton's delightful film has been adapted from a book and comic created by the Brazilian cartoonist Ziraldo, and tells the tale of a happy-go-lucky 10-year-old child growing up in a city in the 60s.

The Nutty Boy

1995

Angels of the Sun poster
6.9

In Northeastern Brazil, twelve-year-old Maria is sold to have a better life as a housemaid. However, Maria is resold and sent to a brothel in the Amazon gold fields and put to work by the despicable Saraiva.

Angels of the Sun

2006

O Compadre de Ogum poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

O Compadre de Ogum

1994

Carlota Joaquina, Princess of Brazil poster
6.5

The Spanish Infanta Carlota Joaquina is promised to D. João VI at the age of 10. Forced to leave for Portugal, Carlota suffers a great disappointment when she meets her promised prince. With the death of D. José, Carlota Joaquina and D. João VI inherit the Portuguese crown. However, frightened by the French Revolution and the approach of Napoleon's army, they decide to flee to their colony: Brazil.

Carlota Joaquina, Princess of Brazil

1995

Tereza & Tereza poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Tereza & Tereza

2014

Aunt Virginia poster
7.5

Aunt Virginia is a 70-year-old woman who has no children and has never been married, and ends up being convinced by her sisters, Vanda and Valquíria, to move to another city in order to take care of her parents. Taking place in just one day, the film follows Virginia's preparation to receive the sisters who are coming to her house to celebrate Christmas.

Aunt Virginia

2023

Love is All poster
2.2

A family with financial difficulties has a brilliant idea: to make their daughter Lindinha get pregnant of the famous singer Ivan Cláudio to inherit a lot of money and get them out of the choke. They plan the right day that the girl should go out with the star and begin to follow his performance schedule. They just didn't count with one thing: the jealous Jennifer, wife of Ivan, who will not let this story cheap.

Love is All

2011

Apolônio Brasil, Campeão da Alegria poster
7.3

Apolônio Brasil was a pianist at a famous nightclub in Rio de Janeiro, from the 1950s until his untimely death. Quite a character, Apolônio was loved by women and idolized by his audience and friends. His contagious joy attracts the attention of American scientist Dr. Boris Lewitsky, who comes to Brazil in order to interview Apolônio's close friends and make them a most unusual offer concerning the remains of the late musician.

Apolônio Brasil, Campeão da Alegria

2003

Berenice Seeks poster
5.3

Berenice is a dedicated female taxi driver in Rio de Janeiro. She is consumed by her job and the little free time she has needs to be divided between raising her son Thiago, a teenager exploring his sexuality, and her troubled relationship with her husband Domingos, a police reporter. The scars of the worn-out relationship, ruined by her husband's violent outbursts, have erased her femininity and led her into a great existential emptiness. The murder of Isabelle, a beautiful transgender woman, on Copacabana Beach, ignites her investigative side and transforms her life.

Berenice Seeks

2017

The Knight Didi and the Princess Lili poster
4.2

This adventure movie features Didi as King's Lindolfo groom and valet, a faithful servant to the royal family. After the King's death, his evil brother Jafar tries to seize the throne. He plots for his son Galante to marry young princess Lili, but Didi won't let him get away so easily with his plans. The clumsy valet fights bravely to keep the kingdom safe from Jafar, and he's eager to do anything to help princess Lili and her childhood sweetheart Juan, who is a commoner, to be together.

The Knight Didi and the Princess Lili

2006

Neurotic Quest for Serenity poster
5.3

Kika K is a successful star with millions of fans, but behind the scenes, she is in personal and professional crisis: she has to deal with an obsessive fan, a boyfriend with no concept, professional appointments scheduled by the businesswoman and her obsessive-compulsive disorder

Neurotic Quest for Serenity

2017

Meus Dois Amores poster
4.5

Manuel is a crafty cowboy and swindler who lives to serve his two great loves – his fiancée Das Dô, and his mule Beija-fulô – and his business of selling unsound horses to suckers. The killer Targino arrives in town looking for a horse. Thinking that he is being clever, Manuel sells a sick horse to the assassin. Targino swears that he is going to kill Manuel, and dishonor Das Dô’s reputation after he’s dead. Under pressure, Manuel calls on the magic of Toniquinho das Pedras to protect his body. However, the witchdoctor demands the mule Beija-fulô as payment. Manuel, sees himself in the dilemma between having to choose between his fiancée Das Dô, and the mule, Beija-fulô.

Meus Dois Amores

2015

Café, um Dedo de Prosa poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Café, um Dedo de Prosa

2017

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

O Nosso Livro

2005

Tereza e Tereza poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Tereza e Tereza

Malasartes e o Duelo com a Morte poster
6.4

Small-town trickster Pedro Malasartes has to face two great enemies: Próspero, who will do anything to impede such a lazy, cowardly person like Malasartes from dating his sister, Áurea; and Death incarnated, who wants to take a vacation after two thousand years collecting lives and intends on tricking Malasartes into assuming his tedious job.

Malasartes e o Duelo com a Morte

2017

Assim na Tela Como no Céu poster
7.0

A religious comedy in 5 segments, illustrating maniqueism on Earth, as shown by movies. God and his son Jesus disagree on how to manage human life on Earth.

Assim na Tela Como no Céu

1990

Something Like That poster
5.3

Caio and Mari are two young people living in a relationship that goes beyond any definition. Over ten years, the plot transits between three striking moments where their desires conflict and their relationship is put to the test. The film, originated from the short film of the same name in 2006, proposes a reflection on sexuality, labels and how time constructs and transforms relationships.

Something Like That

2017

Savage Capitalism poster
5.1

Elisa is a journalist who becomes romantically involved with Hugo, a director of the company Jota Mineração, when she receives an order to write a story about the company. However, the relationship between the two begins to destabilize when the company that Hugo runs begins to extract gold from indigenous lands.

Savage Capitalism

1994

The True Story of the Ballerina in Red poster
8.5

Fictional Documentary. A dancer in one of the paintings by Edgar Degas one day stepped out of the canvas, conquers the world and disappears during the carnival in Rio; mix of the academic universe, avant-gard art and the underworld sex scene. The movie was shot in Paris, NY and RJ.

The True Story of the Ballerina in Red

2010