Cazuza

Acting

Cazuza

Born 1958-04-04 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Agenor de Miranda Araújo Neto, better known as Cazuza (Rio de Janeiro, April 4, 1958 – July 7, 1990), was a Brazilian singer, composer and musician. Initially known as the vocalist and main lyricist of the band Barão Vermelho, in which he formed a successful partnership with Frejat, he later pursued a solo career, being acclaimed by critics as one of the main poets of Brazilian music.

Acting credits

Cazuza: Good News poster
7.5

It explores the last two years of Brazilian singer Cazuza's life, from his AIDS diagnosis until his death. Nilo Romero, Cazuza's music producer and the film's director, created a collection of rarely seen and controversial images.

Cazuza: Good News

2025

Cazuza: Time Doesn't Stop poster
7.1

Inspired by the moving book “Só as Mães São Felizes”, by Lucinha Araújo, Cazuza's mother, the film covers a little more than 10 years of the singer’s crazy and brief life – from the beginning of his career in the Circo Voador venue, in 1981, to the huge success and the apotheosis of his shows with the Barão Vermelho band, his solo career, his relations with his parents, friends, lovers and passions, and the courage he had to face his final years, with HIV, until his death, in 1990.

Cazuza: Time Doesn't Stop

2004

MTV ao Vivo: Barão Vermelho poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

MTV ao Vivo: Barão Vermelho

2005

Letter Beyond the Walls poster
8.1

Letter Beyond the Walls reconstructs the trajectory of HIV and AIDS with a focus on Brazil, through interviews with doctors, activists, patients and other actors, in addition to extensive archival material. From the initial panic to awareness campaigns, passing through the stigma imposed on people living with HIV, the documentary shows how society faced this epidemic in its deadliest phase over more than two decades. With this historical approach as its base, the film looks at the way HIV is viewed in today's society, revealing a picture of persistent misinformation and prejudice, which especially affects Brazil’s most historically vulnerable populations.

Letter Beyond the Walls

2019

Barão Vermelho 1985 - Rock in Rio poster
8.0

The Brazilian hit "Barão Vermelho" makes an enigmatic show that made the history of the biggest rock festival in the country, Rock in Rio

Barão Vermelho 1985 - Rock in Rio

1985

Bete Balanço poster
6.0

A small town girl, who's an aspiring singer, tries to make a living out of music in the big city of Rio de Janeiro.

Bete Balanço

1984

Cazuza: Uma Prova de Amor poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Cazuza: Uma Prova de Amor

1989

Subway to the Stars poster
6.3

In this highly stylized Brazilian drama a sax player fondly remembers one wonderful night spent with his life's love and decides to find her again. He embarks upon a quest through the wild streets of Rio to find her. Along the way he meets an assortment of odd urban underworld characters.

Subway to the Stars

1987

Naked Eye poster
6.0

“Naked Eye” is a film-documentary of long-length of the artistic and existential universe of the singer Ney Matogrosso, which proposes to recreate through archive’s images in counterpoint with the current production of the artist, thirty-five years of career marked for inventive and transgressing spectacles, always symphonize with its time. Through a coherent boarding with its intransigent trajectory, the film intends to translate the language musical-corporal of Ney Matogrosso, trying audiovisuals resources that express signs evoked poetical politicians and in the repertoire of the singer. A film-song that that looks for to, ultimately, embody the voices of an artist who searches for a nation.

Naked Eye

2014

Com a Palavra, Arnaldo Antunes poster
8.0

From his origins as a poet to his success as a singer and composer, Arnaldo Antunes revisits the most remarkable moments of his career.

Com a Palavra, Arnaldo Antunes

2018

Democracia em Preto e Branco poster
8.0

Brazilian soccer players Sócrates, Casagrande and Vladimir lead a historic movement in sports by adopting a democracy within their team, making a statement against the country's military dictatorship.

Democracia em Preto e Branco

2014

Ney - À Flor da Pele poster
NR

The impact of Ney Matogrosso's performances on his audience and the reverberation of that impact on Brazilian culture, from the second half of the 20th century to the present. An audiovisual anthology, all composed of archival images. The best way to get to know Ney is to be with him on stage.

Ney - À Flor da Pele

2020

Lupicínio Rodrigues, Confessions of a Sufferer poster
8.5

The documentary celebrates the poetic legacy of Lupicínio Rodrigues, investigating the musical contribution and historical context of this composer born in Rio Grande do Sul and author of hits that surpass generations.

Lupicínio Rodrigues, Confessions of a Sufferer

2022

Barão Vermelho: Por que a gente é assim? poster
6.4

A documentary about Barão Vermelho, one of Brazil's most famous rock bands during the 1980s, following its steps through archive footage and interviews with all of its remaining members and associated parties.

Barão Vermelho: Por que a gente é assim?

2017

Rock in Rio 30 Anos poster
4.5

Documentary of the legendary 1985 music festival in Brazil.

Rock in Rio 30 Anos

2015