Writing

Geraldo Carneiro

Born

1952-06-11 (74)

Place of birth

Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Known for

Writing

Credits

10 titles

Known for

Dzi Croquettes poster
7.7

A Brazilian theatre group that through talent, irony and humour confronted the Brazilian violent dictatorship in the 1970s revolutionising the gay movement worldwide and changing theatre and dance language to an entire generation.

Dzi Croquettes

2009

Marília Pêra: Elas por Ela poster
8.0

Elas por Ela reconstituted the history of MPB between 1920 and 1970, from the female perspective, also showing the transformation of the role of women in society over these years. Marília Pêra chose 35 singers to honor and, from 50 songs, put together the script for the show.

Marília Pêra: Elas por Ela

1992

The Inheritance poster
5.7

Reunited for their mother’s funeral, four sisters – Selma, Regina, Laura and Lúcia – find themselves forced to divide much more than an apartment in Copacabana. While dividing the articles, the sisters compare options, destinies, lifestyles, and expectations. The turbulent sale of the apartment represents a turning point in their lives: they know they have never been so deeply involved as accomplices, or as sisters.

The Inheritance

2001

No artwork available
NR

Taxi driver Oswaldir (Stepan Nercessian) entertains his passengers with stories from his daily work. In the special, the taxi driver tells several cases to a passenger (Luiz Gustavo), such as the story of the manicurist Ivonete (Rita Guedes), a woman so stunning that she was called to be Miss Irajá and pose for the cover of a magazine. Despite all the praise she received, she didn't have a boyfriend. Until Haroldão (Ernesto Piccolo) appeared. He won her over with a beautiful line, but soon let her down.

Faça Sua História

2007

O Santo que Não Acreditava em Deus poster
NR

God comes to Earth intending to turn a mule breeder into a saint.

O Santo que Não Acreditava em Deus

1993

José Aparecido de Oliveira – O Maior Mineiro do Mundo poster
NR

Documentary that chronicles the trajectory of the journalist, federal deputy, secretary of state, minister of state, governor and ambassador José Aparecido de Oliveira, who lived with the greatest authorities and personalities from the political, business and cultural circles in Brazil and the world.

José Aparecido de Oliveira – O Maior Mineiro do Mundo

2019

Film credits

Behind the camera

Marília Pêra: Elas por Ela poster
8.0

Elas por Ela reconstituted the history of MPB between 1920 and 1970, from the female perspective, also showing the transformation of the role of women in society over these years. Marília Pêra chose 35 singers to honor and, from 50 songs, put together the script for the show.

Marília Pêra: Elas por Ela

1992

No artwork available
NR

Taxi driver Oswaldir (Stepan Nercessian) entertains his passengers with stories from his daily work. In the special, the taxi driver tells several cases to a passenger (Luiz Gustavo), such as the story of the manicurist Ivonete (Rita Guedes), a woman so stunning that she was called to be Miss Irajá and pose for the cover of a magazine. Despite all the praise she received, she didn't have a boyfriend. Until Haroldão (Ernesto Piccolo) appeared. He won her over with a beautiful line, but soon let her down.

Faça Sua História

2007

O Santo que Não Acreditava em Deus poster
NR

God comes to Earth intending to turn a mule breeder into a saint.

O Santo que Não Acreditava em Deus

1993

Sônia Morta Viva poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Sônia Morta Viva

1985

The Jew poster
5.7

The story of Brazilian Antônio José da Silva, a jewish poet, playwright and lawyer living in the 18th Century Lisbon, who managed to avoid Inquisition by converting himself to Catholicism, after being tortured. But his fierce criticism of Portugal's élite led him to persecution and torture, becoming kind of a scapegoat.

The Jew

1996

O Compadre de Ogum poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

O Compadre de Ogum

1994

Eternamente Pagu poster
7.2

Eternamente Pagu is a biographical film about Patrícia Galvão, best known as Pagu, a Brazilian political, literary and artistic activist. An important figure of the Brazilian Modernism, Pagu was also a militant for the Brazilian Communist Party after she married writer Oswald de Andrade. She broke up with Andrade and, as a journalist was arrested by the Dictatorship of Getúlio Vargas. After she left prison, she abandoned Communism in favor of Trotskyist Socialism, married Geraldo Ferraz, and started a career as theatre director.

Eternamente Pagu

1987