Acting

Antônio Edson

Acting credits

Febre poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Febre

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes poster
6.5

In São Paulo, Brazil, the lonely 40-something guitar teacher Baby lives a tedious life in a low middle-class apartment. She is addicted to her only companions: cigarettes. Baby has a constant conflict with her two sisters, over a couch she inherited from their deceased aunt. When Max, a restaurant musician, moves to the next door apartment, Baby has a crush on him and sees a chance to have a life again. Soon they start having a love affair, and Baby decides to quit smoking. However, her abstinence will be tough to deal with, when she notices Max still misses his ex-wife.

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

2009

GRUPO GALPÂO: Os Gigantes da Montanha na Praça do Papa poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

GRUPO GALPÂO: Os Gigantes da Montanha na Praça do Papa

2013

Partida de Vôlei à Sombra do Vulcão poster
6.0

Mesmerized by the image of an active volcano on the other side of the world, a woman sets out to meet her fury. On the way, without being able to return, she finds herself in an extraordinary pregnancy, starting the account of the journey that gives shape to this play-film, a journey between theater and cinema inspired by the narratives of fantastic realism.

Partida de Vôlei à Sombra do Vulcão

2021

O Menino da Porteira poster
6.3

Diogo, a cowboy, meets Rodrigo, a boy who dreams of becoming a cattle herder, when he drives a large herd of cattle to the Ouro Fino farm. They become friends and witness the injustices that occur in the region due to the greed of Major Batista, the owner of the property where they take the cattle.

O Menino da Porteira

2009

Menino Gepeto poster
NR

This is the story of Geppetto, an 11-year-old boy who likes to create his own toys. His father, Genaro, is the one who builds them using wood from fallen trees in the Enchanted Forest. But what Geppetto doesn't know is that the Fairy Godmother lives there, who has the power to give life to his wooden toys. The forest is beautiful, but all this wonder is under threat! Our characters will get involved in a great adventure to stop the evil Mr. Machado from illegally cutting down a single tree!

Menino Gepeto

2025

Joaquim poster
7.0

Brazil, 18th century. The colony of Portugal endures a decline in gold production. A Portuguese minority rules over a corrupt and autocratic society. Joaquim is an efficient soldier, famous for capturing gold smugglers. While waiting for his promotion to Lieutenant, he leaves for a risky mission in search of new gold mines - the only way to buy the freedom of Blackie, a slave he is in love with. Inspired by the true story of Tiradentes, the first leader of the Brazilian revolutionary movement.

Joaquim

2017

GRUPO GALPÂO: Romeu & Julieta na Praça do Papa poster
NR

William Shakespeare's classic tale of impossible love between two young people from rival families, adapted to the context of Brazilian popular culture by director Gabriel Villela. Considered a milestone in the history of Grupo Galpão and one of the most significant plays in Brazilian theater in the 1990s.

GRUPO GALPÂO: Romeu & Julieta na Praça do Papa

2017

O Lodo poster
5.0

Manfredo seeks out a psychiatrist. The doctor insists on knowing his past, but there is something that Manfredo doesn't want to reveal and he abandons treatment. Dr. Pink starts to chase Manfredo and his life turns into hell.

O Lodo

2020

Romeo & Juliet: at the Globe Theatre poster
NR

Grupo Galpão’s Romeu e Julieta (1992), directed by Gabriel Villela, is an intercultural adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, a production that intentionally draws on a range of popular practices such as street theatre, circus performance and the tradition of the commedia dell’arte, as well as on elements from the cultural imaginary of Minas Gerais in southeast Brazil.

Romeo & Juliet: at the Globe Theatre