
Directing
Dainara Toffoli
Born
1969-03-21 (57)
Place of birth
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Known for
Directing
Credits
9 titles
Dainara Toffoli (Porto Alegre, March 21, 1969) is a Brazilian filmmaker, director of series such as “Manhãs de Setembro”, “As Five” and “De volta aos 15”, and films such as the documentary “Dona Helena” and the fiction feature “Mar de Dentro”.
Known for
NRIsabel is a very religious young woman whose life is transformed when she starts working with Enrico, a free-spirited and seductive man. As she tries to deny her attraction to her colleague and the awakening of her most forbidden desires, she finds herself confronting everything she always believed.
Pecadora
2026
No synopsis available yet.
Marília: O Filme
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NRMonte Castelo is a fluvial shell midden, an artificial island, which was built and occupied from at least 6 thousand years. Located in the Guaporé river basin, in Rondônia, this site was excavated for the first time by archaeologist Eurico Miller in the 1980s. Thirty years later, it was located again by a team of archaeologists and the excavations were resumed, starting a new stage of surprising discoveries.
Amazônia, Arqueologia da Floresta
2022
7.0Hilário Pestana, the most famous, funniest and, ironically, saddest Brazilian actor, has died. He has passed through many stages of Brazilian cinema: the chanchadas, the Vera Cruz classics, the pornochanchadas, and even experimental movies. He was beloved by the public and had a gift for laughter, but he only desired to be a serious man.
Um Homem Sério
1996
NR"Louceiras" portraits the daily life of the last ceramists of the Brazilian indigenous ethnic group Kariri-Xocó, who earn a living from clay. They inherit a tradition passed from mother to daughter concerning the art of choosing, manufacturing and cooking clay pots and pans. Living in a village by the São Francisco river in the city of Porto Real do Colégio(AL), they share with their people the secret of medicinal herbs, the Toré dance, the labour songs (rojão) and the secret of Ouricuri.
Louceiras
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NRNo synopsis available yet.
Dona Helena
2004
Behind the camera
NRIsabel is a very religious young woman whose life is transformed when she starts working with Enrico, a free-spirited and seductive man. As she tries to deny her attraction to her colleague and the awakening of her most forbidden desires, she finds herself confronting everything she always believed.
Pecadora
2026
No synopsis available yet.
Marília: O Filme
—
NRMonte Castelo is a fluvial shell midden, an artificial island, which was built and occupied from at least 6 thousand years. Located in the Guaporé river basin, in Rondônia, this site was excavated for the first time by archaeologist Eurico Miller in the 1980s. Thirty years later, it was located again by a team of archaeologists and the excavations were resumed, starting a new stage of surprising discoveries.
Amazônia, Arqueologia da Floresta
2022
7.0Hilário Pestana, the most famous, funniest and, ironically, saddest Brazilian actor, has died. He has passed through many stages of Brazilian cinema: the chanchadas, the Vera Cruz classics, the pornochanchadas, and even experimental movies. He was beloved by the public and had a gift for laughter, but he only desired to be a serious man.
Um Homem Sério
1996
7.0Hilário Pestana, the most famous, funniest and, ironically, saddest Brazilian actor, has died. He has passed through many stages of Brazilian cinema: the chanchadas, the Vera Cruz classics, the pornochanchadas, and even experimental movies. He was beloved by the public and had a gift for laughter, but he only desired to be a serious man.
Um Homem Sério
1996
NR"Louceiras" portraits the daily life of the last ceramists of the Brazilian indigenous ethnic group Kariri-Xocó, who earn a living from clay. They inherit a tradition passed from mother to daughter concerning the art of choosing, manufacturing and cooking clay pots and pans. Living in a village by the São Francisco river in the city of Porto Real do Colégio(AL), they share with their people the secret of medicinal herbs, the Toré dance, the labour songs (rojão) and the secret of Ouricuri.
Louceiras
—
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Dona Helena
2004
5.7A successful professional, Manuela must deal with the changes in her body when she finds out she is pregnant. Ahead, when the baby is born, she also needs to learn to be a mother.
Mar de Dentro
2020
5.7A successful professional, Manuela must deal with the changes in her body when she finds out she is pregnant. Ahead, when the baby is born, she also needs to learn to be a mother.
Mar de Dentro
2020
