Maurício Branco

Acting

Maurício Branco

Born

1969-12-01 (56)

Place of birth

Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

Known for

Acting

Credits

10 titles

Known for

Desejos de Mulher poster
7.5

Andréa and Júlia are two estranged sisters. Until one of their lives changes when she discovers she is adopted and that her biological sister is living with her.

Desejos de Mulher

2002

Hidden Truths poster
7.8

A teenager who dreams with a career as a top model becomes part of a prostitution scheme and meets a powerful and obsessive businessman. As a last resort, he marries the girl's mother just to be near her. This series explores the limits of obsession, wealth and pleasure, using the fashion world as backdrop.

Hidden Truths

2015

Of Body and Soul poster
7.0

Diogo is an upright judge, professionally recognized, married to the submissive Antônia, with whom he maintains a relationship of appearances, only to preserve the family institution. Diogo falls madly in love with Bettina, and the two have an affair. Deciding to fully embrace their passion, Diogo and Bettina plan a trip together, but he ends up not having the courage to abandon Antônia and leaves his lover waiting at the airport. Upon realizing she is alone, Bettina despairs and suffers a serious car accident. Her brain death is diagnosed, and her heart is transplanted into Paloma. Upon learning of Bettina's death and the transplant of her heart, Diogo, feeling guilty, becomes obsessed with the idea of ​​getting close to Paloma, believing that in doing so he would be close to the heart of the woman he loved. Paloma is a young woman who abandoned her fiancé Tavinho at the altar to marry Juca, her first boyfriend.

Of Body and Soul

1992

Dona Anja poster
NR

Dona Anja is a Brazilian telenovela produced by JPO Produções and originally broadcast by SBT from December 9, 1996, to April 26, 1997. Based on the novel of the same name by Josué Guimarães, it was adapted by Cristianne Fridman and Yoya Wursch, with general direction by Roberto Talma. The telenovela stars Lucélia Santos, Jonas Mello, Angelina Muniz, Danton Mello, Manuela Dias, Giuseppe Oristânio, Luiz Guilherme, and Sérgio Mamberti. Set in 1977 in the countryside of Rio Grande do Sul, the story follows Anja Guimarães Castilhos, a woman who breaks with the conservative traditions of her town after discovering her fiancé's betrayal. Together with Colonel Quineu, she becomes the owner of a brothel and challenges the values of local society by defending women's independence and questioning social norms. Surrounded by political conflicts, rivalries, and personal disputes, Anja fights for her freedom while facing powerful enemies.

Dona Anja

1996

A Idade da Loba poster
NR

Valquíria, after the death of her husband, leaves the small town of São José do Barreiro, in the interior of São Paulo state, in search of professional fulfillment, alongside her best friend, Irene. In this new phase of their lives, they encounter a shared love from thirty years ago, Montenegro. This reunion is marked by many misunderstandings, including the difficulty Montenegro and Valquíria have in being together permanently. In parallel, other storylines will develop: that of Suzana, Valquíria's daughter who discovers that Montenegro is her real father and does not accept him; and that of the various residents of Piconês's boarding house, where Valquíria lives, who seek professional success and romantic fulfillment.

A Idade da Loba

1995

AI-5 - O Dia que Não Existiu poster
7.0

Documentary about a political episode during the Brazilian military dictatorship, which resulted in the issue of the Institutional Act #5 (AI-5), abolishing freedom of opinion in Brazil, and marking the transition to the toughest period of violation of human rights in the country. The episode was the Congress Assembly on December 12th, 1968, in which its members denied permission to punish congressman Márcio Moreira Alves, as was the Government's wish.

AI-5 - O Dia que Não Existiu

2001

Film credits

Series credits

Desejos de Mulher poster
7.5

Andréa and Júlia are two estranged sisters. Until one of their lives changes when she discovers she is adopted and that her biological sister is living with her.

Desejos de Mulher

2002

Hidden Truths poster
7.8

A teenager who dreams with a career as a top model becomes part of a prostitution scheme and meets a powerful and obsessive businessman. As a last resort, he marries the girl's mother just to be near her. This series explores the limits of obsession, wealth and pleasure, using the fashion world as backdrop.

Hidden Truths

2015

Of Body and Soul poster
7.0

Diogo is an upright judge, professionally recognized, married to the submissive Antônia, with whom he maintains a relationship of appearances, only to preserve the family institution. Diogo falls madly in love with Bettina, and the two have an affair. Deciding to fully embrace their passion, Diogo and Bettina plan a trip together, but he ends up not having the courage to abandon Antônia and leaves his lover waiting at the airport. Upon realizing she is alone, Bettina despairs and suffers a serious car accident. Her brain death is diagnosed, and her heart is transplanted into Paloma. Upon learning of Bettina's death and the transplant of her heart, Diogo, feeling guilty, becomes obsessed with the idea of ​​getting close to Paloma, believing that in doing so he would be close to the heart of the woman he loved. Paloma is a young woman who abandoned her fiancé Tavinho at the altar to marry Juca, her first boyfriend.

Of Body and Soul

1992

Dona Anja poster
NR

Dona Anja is a Brazilian telenovela produced by JPO Produções and originally broadcast by SBT from December 9, 1996, to April 26, 1997. Based on the novel of the same name by Josué Guimarães, it was adapted by Cristianne Fridman and Yoya Wursch, with general direction by Roberto Talma. The telenovela stars Lucélia Santos, Jonas Mello, Angelina Muniz, Danton Mello, Manuela Dias, Giuseppe Oristânio, Luiz Guilherme, and Sérgio Mamberti. Set in 1977 in the countryside of Rio Grande do Sul, the story follows Anja Guimarães Castilhos, a woman who breaks with the conservative traditions of her town after discovering her fiancé's betrayal. Together with Colonel Quineu, she becomes the owner of a brothel and challenges the values of local society by defending women's independence and questioning social norms. Surrounded by political conflicts, rivalries, and personal disputes, Anja fights for her freedom while facing powerful enemies.

Dona Anja

1996

A Idade da Loba poster
NR

Valquíria, after the death of her husband, leaves the small town of São José do Barreiro, in the interior of São Paulo state, in search of professional fulfillment, alongside her best friend, Irene. In this new phase of their lives, they encounter a shared love from thirty years ago, Montenegro. This reunion is marked by many misunderstandings, including the difficulty Montenegro and Valquíria have in being together permanently. In parallel, other storylines will develop: that of Suzana, Valquíria's daughter who discovers that Montenegro is her real father and does not accept him; and that of the various residents of Piconês's boarding house, where Valquíria lives, who seek professional success and romantic fulfillment.

A Idade da Loba

1995

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