Maria Alice Vergueiro

Acting

Maria Alice Vergueiro

Born 1935-01-19 · São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Maria Alice Monteiro de Campos Vergueiro (São Paulo, January 19, 1935 — São Paulo, June 3, 2020) was a Brazilian pedagogue, university professor and theater actress with an extensive career on stage, in cinema and on television.

Acting credits

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6.0

At age 15, Debora shares with Hamlet the angst and doubts of her adolescence.

Tudo o Que é Sólido Pode Derreter

2005

Evoé: Portrait of an Anthropophage poster
2.3

A film that mixes labyrinthine recent testimonies and historical images of the career of the tropicalista director, actor and playwright Zé Celso, of Teatro Oficina, one of the greatest personalities of the Brazilian arts of all time. The documentary acquired its main verb in four trips to key points in the trajectory of Zé: Bahia badlands, Cururipe Beach in Alagoas (where Bishop Sardinha was devoured), Epidaurus and Athens in Greece and his apartment in São Paulo.

Evoé: Portrait of an Anthropophage

2011

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NR

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Górgona

2016

The Ghosts of Alcacer-Kibir poster
6.3

Alentejo 1975. The Police associate a group of traveling players with a strike of agricultural workers. The action takes place in the open space and harsh heat of the Alentejo. With the connivance of Lianor, the troupe enters the palace of Don Gonzalo an old aristocrat. The gentleman is obsessed by visions of great past deeds in a universe of ghosts. This was the first example of militant cinema in Portugal after the end of the Estado Novo dictatorship, exploring the world after the Carnation Revolution and its contradictions.

The Ghosts of Alcacer-Kibir

1976

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NR

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Carlota Amorosidade

1987

Twisted Fate poster
4.7

At the height of the military dictatorship, an abandoned mansion in the center of São Paulo is occupied by militants, hippies, maniacs, homosexuals, punks, artists and poets, as well as immigrants from different parts of the world.

Twisted Fate

1979

Vergel poster
4.9

A sudden mourning brings a woman to the edge of madness. Funeral procedures, heat and a neighbor that comes to water the plants, come together in an emotional journey where it is impossible to distinguish the real from the unreal.

Vergel

2017

Olímpicos poster
NR

At a poker table, five players discuss the possibility of having, in the Olympic Games, instead of the bow and arrow, the game of poker as an official modality.

Olímpicos

1991

The Body poster
7.0

Xavier, a pharmacist, lives peacefully in bigamy with his two women, Carmen and Beatriz, but the harmony breaks down when they find he has another lover, Monique, a nightclub dancer.

The Body

1991

Desire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro Oficina poster
5.0

In six decades, Teatro Oficina has done more than revolutionize theatrical language in the country: the aesthetic influence of José Celso Martinez Corrêa's company extends from Tropicalism to the renewal of Brazilian audiovisual languages ​​from the 1960s onwards. The film revisits a story that it involves personalities such as Caetano Veloso, Glauber Rocha, Lina Bo Bardi, Chico Buarque and Zé do Caixão, brings together scenic art, ecology, architecture and sexuality, and mixes art and life in the search for a Brazilian based language.

Desire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro Oficina

2021

Amor e Medo poster
9.0

A film director and his wife retreat to the countryside to escape personal and professional struggles. With their autistic son, they seek a fresh start in a freer, more natural life.

Amor e Medo

1974

Divine Providence poster
NR

The short film depicts the neglect of an injured homeless man by the public service.

Divine Providence

1983

Chronically Unfeasible poster
5.6

Filmed over a five-year period, Chronically Unfeasible dissects Brazilian problems, using six people who meet in a restaurant in São Paulo as models to illustrate political, sociological and economic disparities between Brazil's upper and lower classes.

Chronically Unfeasible

2000

Ato II Cena 5 poster
6.0

The theater, the actress, the actor: a love-hate relationship, a dispute, performances, the stage and life.

Ato II Cena 5

2004

Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional poster
NR

"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."

Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional

1997

Tapa Na Pantera poster
6.9

Meet a Brazilian lady who uses marijuana for more than thirty years and shares her experiences with the drug.

Tapa Na Pantera

2006

Pela Desordem Natural das Coisas poster
NR

A deep dive into the life and work of Brazilian actress Maria Alice Vergueiro. The documentary explores her turbulent beginning in the theatrical world, highlighting her strength and courage during the Military dictatorship in Brazil, which culminated in the foundation of the Teatro do Ornitorrinco.

Pela Desordem Natural das Coisas

2012

Scent of Gardenias poster
6.6

Daniel is a taxi driver who’s married to Adalgisa. When she starts acting in low-budget movies, he forbids her from seeing their son, Joaquim. For more than a decade, Daniel nurtures a feeling of revenge for his ex-wife, which gains strength when their now adult son finds his mother in full professional decay.

Scent of Gardenias

1992

Urubus e Papagaios poster
4.3

High Court judge returns to the small town where he was born, bringing along his beautiful and young wife. The local men get aroused and start looking for young lovers at the local bordello. Their wives even make promises and novenas asking the disappearance of the new couple. One day, the judge dies, leaving his wife unsatisfied. The corpse, as if wanting revenge, keeps an erection on.

Urubus e Papagaios

1987

Paulista poster
4.1

Three metropolitan stories entwine in São Paulo. Would-be actress Marina arrives in the city looking for independence, falls madly in love with Justine, a bisexual rock singer, and is swept up into her wild, edgy lifestyle. Marina shares a flat on Avenida Paulista with Suzana, a mysterious lawyer who begins a relationship with a male colleague who is unaware that she's transsexual. Jay lives a few floors above them. He is a frustrated writer trying to give a meaning to his life by idealizing a stunningly beautiful prostitute, whom he transforms into a sort of muse. Following the frenetic pace of the city, the three "Paulista" characters will experience the euphoria of passion and its downside.

Paulista

2009

Rosinha poster
7.0

A short film about love and sexuality in the old age, and the struggle to overcome social conventions.

Rosinha

2016

Muito Prazer poster
8.0

Two contrasting social groups get in touch: three architects and three street urchins, all struggling for survival.

Muito Prazer

1979

Chiquinho Brandão: Um Sopro Vital poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Chiquinho Brandão: Um Sopro Vital

2024

The King of the Candle poster
5.3

Filming of the historical montage of Oswald de Andrade's play, where decadent millionaires, depraved children, corrupt and implacable capitalists are the characters interpreted by the Grupo Oficina, in a celebrated theatrical performance from 1967, fundamentally recorded in 1971 and released only in the 1980s.

The King of the Candle

1982

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