Moreira da Silva

Acting

Moreira da Silva

Born 1902-04-01 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Antônio Moreira da Silva (Rio de Janeiro, April 1, 1902 - Rio de Janeiro, June 6, 2000) was a Brazilian singer and composer, also known as Kid Morengueira. He is considered the creator of samba-de-breque, although the breque already existed in older compositions such as "Cansei", by Sinhô. (Wikipedia)

Acting credits

Maria 38 poster
8.0

Maria is a young woman who becomes a well-known crook in the bohemian district of Lapa, in Rio de Janeiro. She earns her living with little scams and tricks. Nevertheless, she is good-hearted, and that's why her latest cheat doesn't work at all.

Maria 38

1959

Flamengo Paixão poster
6.0

Documentary about Flamengo, one of the most popular soccer teams in Brazil

Flamengo Paixão

1980

Noitada de Samba poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Noitada de Samba

1977

Briga, Mulher e Samba poster
7.0

Marcelino, a country bumpkin, comes from the countryside to try his luck in Rio de Janeiro. His uncle Simão, a taxi driver and resident of a favela with Sofia, comes to greet him at the train station. A neighbor, Tereza, takes an interest in the newcomer. At the pier, the criminal Zé receives a package and is pursued by police. Mira Diler performs at the Caverna nightclub. In her dressing room, the criminal Zé is found, injured and without the package. Valentino complains about the police action that is disrupting his "business." Marcelino still hasn't found work; at the same time, he tries unsuccessfully to sell his compositions. He begins helping his uncle as a driver, but puts his own worries first: he goes to the nightclub looking for Mira, but finds himself caught up in Valentino's schemes.

Briga, Mulher e Samba

1961

Malandrando poster
NR

A docu-fiction film that dabbles on the soul of Rio de Janeiro culture as it exploits the figure of the local well-known archetype of the "malandro"

Malandrando

1986

No Way, Spider poster
6.4

Spider, a banker, lives with three women. A tycoon that is a caricature of Brazil's bourgeoisie, his trajectory is the starting point for an essay on the mental underdevelopment of Brazilian elites, in which black humor sets the tone for sharp criticism.

No Way, Spider

1970

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

Não Nasci para Deixar meus Olhos Perderem Tempo poster
NR

The fading of composer Zé Keti’s career. The sad portrait of Brazilian Congress closed in 1977. The pain of a mother who lost her 15-year old daughter run over by a car. The Brazilian Presidents since Castelo Branco. Characters and settings registered through the keen and sensitive perspective of photographer Orlando Brito, in a career spanning 50 years as a professional. From the political sidelines to the lives of Brazilians from the interior, Brito recalls experiences and discusses the role of the photographer and the pain of registering someone’s grief.

Não Nasci para Deixar meus Olhos Perderem Tempo

2019

Garota Enxuta poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Garota Enxuta

1959

Moreira da Silva poster
NR

Musical documentary focused on the iconic figure of singer and songwriter Antônio Moreira da Silva, also known as Kid Morangueira. Inventor of a way of singing called "samba de breque", at 70 he's in full shape, dressed in a white suit and panama hat, singing his best known songs at a number of places.

Moreira da Silva

1973