Acting

Cícero Filho

Poção de Pedras, Maranhão

Cícero Filho is a Brazilian filmmaker, born in the Maranhense city of Poção de Pedras but based in Teresina. Son of the owner of a community television station in Poção de Pedras, as a child he used his father's equipment to rehearse his first productions.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Babaçu Love poster
NR

On an odyssey along the dusty roads of the Brazilian states of Piauí and Maranhão, the forró band Babaçu Love, managed by Tetéu (Lailtinho), faces the challenges of performing on makeshift stages in small towns across Northeastern Brazil. With the slogan, "The passion that burns in your heart," the story follows Diloura (Amanda Odillon), her mother Paraibana (Gisele Vasconcelos), and the kind-hearted Araújo (Alisson Emanoel). Diloura is seduced by the promises of her unscrupulous boyfriend, Ransquelson Ruschel (Whindersson Nunes), who convinces her to leave Babaçu Love and join the band Quiabo com Maxixe, managed by the swindler Capa Rato (Mano Silva). Meanwhile, Paraibana leads the struggle of the babaçu coconut breakers for fair labor rights, equality, and environmental preservation.

Babaçu Love

Babaçu Love poster
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On an odyssey along the dusty roads of the Brazilian states of Piauí and Maranhão, the forró band Babaçu Love, managed by Tetéu (Lailtinho), faces the challenges of performing on makeshift stages in small towns across Northeastern Brazil. With the slogan, "The passion that burns in your heart," the story follows Diloura (Amanda Odillon), her mother Paraibana (Gisele Vasconcelos), and the kind-hearted Araújo (Alisson Emanoel). Diloura is seduced by the promises of her unscrupulous boyfriend, Ransquelson Ruschel (Whindersson Nunes), who convinces her to leave Babaçu Love and join the band Quiabo com Maxixe, managed by the swindler Capa Rato (Mano Silva). Meanwhile, Paraibana leads the struggle of the babaçu coconut breakers for fair labor rights, equality, and environmental preservation.

Babaçu Love

Ai que Vida! poster
7.7

In the fictional Poço Fundo, politics and affection mingle in saga against corruption. Cleonice decides to run for mayor while her son, Valdir, pays his respects to a philanthropic institution and ends up falling in love with a girl.

Ai que Vida!

2008

Ai que Vida! poster
7.7

In the fictional Poço Fundo, politics and affection mingle in saga against corruption. Cleonice decides to run for mayor while her son, Valdir, pays his respects to a philanthropic institution and ends up falling in love with a girl.

Ai que Vida!

2008

Sentimento Verdadeiro poster
NR

The drama tells the story of Cristina, a poor girl who longs for better days, but in life Cristina carries a pain, the death of her mother during her birth and the abandonment of her father a few days after her birth.

Sentimento Verdadeiro

2001

Sentimento Verdadeiro poster
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The drama tells the story of Cristina, a poor girl who longs for better days, but in life Cristina carries a pain, the death of her mother during her birth and the abandonment of her father a few days after her birth.

Sentimento Verdadeiro

2001

Entre o Amor e a Razão poster
5.0

In a small city in northeastern Brazil, a poor family goes though many hardships and pains while seeking a better life.

Entre o Amor e a Razão

2007

Entre o Amor e a Razão poster
5.0

In a small city in northeastern Brazil, a poor family goes though many hardships and pains while seeking a better life.

Entre o Amor e a Razão

2007

Eli Sibita, sua arte sua VIDA poster
NR

Actress and folklorist Zulmira Bezerra, popularly known as Sibita, still keeps her art alive by passing on her knowledge to new generations and offering us great performances. The actress became nationally known for playing Dona Raimunda in the hit comedy OH, WHAT A LIFE!, and the charismatic Vó Iaiá in the drama APRIL FLOWER, both feature films by filmmaker Cícero Filho.

Eli Sibita, sua arte sua VIDA

2021

Eli Sibita, sua arte sua VIDA poster
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Actress and folklorist Zulmira Bezerra, popularly known as Sibita, still keeps her art alive by passing on her knowledge to new generations and offering us great performances. The actress became nationally known for playing Dona Raimunda in the hit comedy OH, WHAT A LIFE!, and the charismatic Vó Iaiá in the drama APRIL FLOWER, both feature films by filmmaker Cícero Filho.

Eli Sibita, sua arte sua VIDA

2021

Dê Uma Xanxa ao Amor poster
NR

In the story, this northeastern woman is personified by Xanxa, chubby and friendly, who without having much hope that her life will improve, will try her luck in the big city. It is in the urban environment that she meets Bob, aspiring actor, only child, rich boy, handsome, spoiled and loved by his father Cachorrão. These two characters Xanxa and Bob, with completely different lives and expectations, live a great love.

Dê Uma Xanxa ao Amor

2010

Dê Uma Xanxa ao Amor poster
NR

In the story, this northeastern woman is personified by Xanxa, chubby and friendly, who without having much hope that her life will improve, will try her luck in the big city. It is in the urban environment that she meets Bob, aspiring actor, only child, rich boy, handsome, spoiled and loved by his father Cachorrão. These two characters Xanxa and Bob, with completely different lives and expectations, live a great love.

Dê Uma Xanxa ao Amor

2010

Kassandra com K poster
NR

Kassandra is a young trans woman who finds in funeral makeup a way to live out her art. One day, she comes across her brother’s body on a stretcher and has the chance to confront her father and mother’s prejudice during the wake.

Kassandra com K

O Milagre do Amor poster
NR

The Miracle of Love tells the dramatic story of Sarah and Pedro, two children who suffer from the death of their father and the constant aggression of their mother Madalena. Madalena lives immersed in a psychological crisis, due to the sudden loss of her husband in a terrible accident on Christmas Eve. In one of these crises, the mother attacks the children and ends up losing custody of them. Sarah and Pedro are taken to Pedrinhas Orphanage.

O Milagre do Amor

2003

O Milagre do Amor poster
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The Miracle of Love tells the dramatic story of Sarah and Pedro, two children who suffer from the death of their father and the constant aggression of their mother Madalena. Madalena lives immersed in a psychological crisis, due to the sudden loss of her husband in a terrible accident on Christmas Eve. In one of these crises, the mother attacks the children and ends up losing custody of them. Sarah and Pedro are taken to Pedrinhas Orphanage.

O Milagre do Amor

2003

No artwork available
NR

The movie follows the trajectory of Teresa, a naive and romantic young woman who becomes a victim of a series of extreme circumstances.

Flor de Abril

2011

No artwork available
NR

The movie follows the trajectory of Teresa, a naive and romantic young woman who becomes a victim of a series of extreme circumstances.

Flor de Abril

2011