
Acting
Jô Soares
Born — Died
1938-01-16 — 2022-08-05
Place of birth
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Known for
Acting
Credits
71 titles
José Eugênio Soares (Rio de Janeiro, January 16, 1938 – São Paulo, August 5, 2022), better known as Jô Soares, was a Brazilian television presenter, writer, playwright, theater director, actor, comedian, musician and visual artist.
Known for
8.0Os Trapalhões was a Brazilian comedy group and also a Brazilian television series created by Wilton Franco. Its members were Dedé Santana, Zacarias, Mussum and their leader Didi Mocó, that was played by Renato Aragão. The name Trapalhões is derived from the Portuguese verb atrapalhar, which means the opposite of helping, to do something the wrong way or to Those that confuse. The name is translated "Tramps" in English DVD subtitles. It was aired by Rede Globo from 1977 to 1999. On March 18, 1990, Zacarias died due to respiratory failure, but the group and the series didn't come to an end until July 29, 1994, when Mussum died due to an unsuccessful heart transplant.
The Trapalhões
1977
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Chico Anysio Show
1982
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Balança Mas Não Cai
1968
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Planeta dos Homens
1976
8.3It follows the lives of the members of a dysfunctional family, their maid and the doorman of the apartment building in which they lived.
Sai de Baixo
1996
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Sessão +SBT
2026
Film credits
2020s · 9 titles
NRThe historical, political, and social context of Brazil in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, and the impact of each decade on the life and work of the acclaimed actress Marília Pêra.
Viva Marília
2026
8.6The documentary retraces the band's meteoric rise, as they became the biggest phenomenon in Brazilian music in 1995 — and one of the most remarkable in the country's history.
Mamonas: Eu Te Ai Lóve Iú
2026
8.5A sound and visual journey that portrays the life and work of singer and composer Luiz Melodia. The Poet of Estácio himself tells us, in the first person, his trajectory as a black boy born on the hill until his transformation into one of the greatest artists in the history of MPB. The film also features an unpublished collection made available by Jane Reis, his wife and businesswoman.
Luiz Melodia - Within the Heart of Brazil
2025
NRThe film reveals the creation of poet Dorival Caymmi's musical works with testimonies from researchers, journalists and friends who lived with him and were able to enjoy his wisdom and talent.
Nas Ondas de Dorival Caymmi
2024
7.3The life and career of Brazilian singer Chorão, Charlie Brown Jr's frontman. The story of one of the most important rock stars in Brazil, from testimonies about his personal and professional life and archival footage. Beginning in the early 1990s, when his band released their first album and hit the radio stations, Chorão lived two intense decades of national and international success, full of controversial moments, until his premature death in 2013.
Outcast Rockstar
2021
NRArmando Costa was one of Brazil's most successful authors, both in terms of audience and critical acclaim, responsible for shows like "A Grande Família" and "Malu Mulher." Despite this, he didn't care about fame or signing his works.
Armando Costa: “Televisão pra Mim Não é Bico”
2024
9.0Born on May 3, 1943, Drauzio Varella is a physician, writer, and communicator who has built one of the most remarkable and respected careers in Brazilian medicine. His ability to democratize health information goes far beyond the clinic, teaching the public about prevention, exercise, and healthy habits through radio, television, the internet, and more than 20 published books. Now, at 82, Drauzio looks back on his childhood in Brás, his work as an oncologist, his AIDS-prevention campaigns, his volunteer work in prisons, and his deep relationship with sports as a path to balance and well-being.
A Vida é uma Maratona
2025
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Luis Fernando Verissimo - O Filme
2023
8.2Just before her departure, Rita Lee writes a farewell letter to her three children and her husband and musical partner, Roberto de Carvalho, in which she reflects on her life and joyfully celebrates her family. Her final moments also mark the time to look back and review a career full of unforgettable successes, which led her to sell more than 55 million records. But it is also a time to reveal her downfalls, her vulnerable side, and her excesses as the queen of rock. With completely unseen personal archives and exclusive testimonies from her own family, as well as producers, journalists, musicians, and celebrities such as Gilberto Gil and Ney Matogrosso, "Rita Lee: Mania de Você" presents her definitive legacy.
Rita Lee: Mania de Você
2025
2010s · 8 titles
5.0Some people seem to have come into the world to confuse, annoy, swim against the current, like the guys from Gangrena Gasosa, the first and only Sarava Metal band of the universe. "Desagradável" covers all the 23 years of the band. A special reunion of people that stirred the underground scene of 90's until today. All the legends detailed in a film that will show the most shameful chapters in history of Brazilian Rock. Jello Biafra, Jão and João Gordo, BNegão, Marcelo D2, Anjo Caldas, Dado Villa-Lobos, Rafael Ramos, Fabio from Garage, Marcos Bragatto, Tom Leão, Pedro Só, Adilson Pereira, Larry Antha and the former members (more than 15!) recalls the regrettable moments that Sarava Metal happened in their lives. Archive images, photos and videos to prove, once for all, that "Home Saint makes miracles too".
Desagradável
2013
NRThis film documents in depth the life and artistic trajectory of the musician and poet Itamar Assumpção. He was one of the pillars of a moment of Brazilian popular music that was conventionally called "Vanguarda Paulista". Starting from extensive research which resulted in more than 250h of images and a dive into the personal universe of this incredible artist, Itamar comes up with a poetic, intuitive plot where facts and testimonies speak louder than preconceived ideas.
Daquele Instante em Diante
2011
8.0From his origins as a poet to his success as a singer and composer, Arnaldo Antunes revisits the most remarkable moments of his career.
Com a Palavra, Arnaldo Antunes
2018
4.9Giovanni Improtta is a criminal who wants to climb the social ladder and become a law-abiding citizen. To achieve it, he commits some more crimes He is betrayed, and ends up under the spotlight of the media and the radar of the police, falsely charged for murder.
Giovanni Improtta
2013
2.3The trajectory of the clumsy reporter Agamenon Mendes Pereira, always present in key events of history, his biggest scoops and his eternal love for Isaura, who survives his unexpected travels around the world, in search of news and fame.
Agamenon: The Film
2012
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Zéfiro Explícito
2012
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Lygia, Uma Escritora Brasileira
2017
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Chico Eterno
2015
2000s · 4 titles
6.4A 50 year-old woman who analyses her past. She pictures herself when she was 20 years old and she re-creates the story of her life through a game of innumerous possibilities. What if she wouldn't have gone to that ball? What if... instead of meeting the man of her life, with whom she married and had kids, she would have called a girlfriend and they went to the theater? What would be her destiny? What would have happened? In the plot the present talks to the past. A young woman projects her future in a fascinating game between memories and desires.
Owner of the Story
2004
6.3Rio de Janeiro, 1886. A precious Stradivarius violin presented to Emperor Dom Pedro II is stolen. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are called to solve the case.
The Xango from Baker Street
2001
7.5In less than ten months, the music band Mamonas Assassinas went from being completely unknown to becoming one of the biggest phenomena in Brazilian music. Irreverent, intelligent, sarcastic and creative, the band took over Brazil and sold two million albums in just six months. Never-before-seen footage and interviews from family, friends, producers, and musicians tell the band’s story, their challenges, their rise to fame, and the tragic aeroplane accident that killed all its members in 1996.
Mamonas Forever
2009
No synopsis available yet.
Ele é o Espetáculo: José Vasconcelos
2009
1990s · 2 titles
NR"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
1997
7.3On a Saturday morning, an advertising crew arrives at a decadent old building downtown São Paulo to shoot a TV commercial. And then everything goes wrong, beginning with a broken elevator
Saturday
1995
1970s · 5 titles
5.5The police mobilize their resources to capture Nenê Bandalho and, while he tries to escape, he remembers some of his life's most important episodes.
Nenê Bandalho
1971
7.0Cinderella spoof. During the carnival, in Rio de Janeiro, rich farmer meets lovely girl in a ball, but at midnight she flees, leaving behind her breechcloth, part of her costume. The man in love tries to find her all around town.
Tangarella - A Tanga de Cristal
1976
9.5No synopsis available yet.
Loucuras, o Bumbum de Ouro
1979
6.5After a nuclear war renders all men on Earth sterile, only one remains fertile due to an unlikely stroke of luck. Dubbed the "Father of the People," he becomes the object of a tug-of-war between governments while trying to escape the mission of ensuring humanity's survival.
O Pai do Povo
1976
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Amante Muito Louca!
1973
1960s · 6 titles
4.0A group of scoundrels want to make it by planning hoaxes.
Vai Que é Mole
1960
7.8Ângela Carne e Osso (Angela Meat and Bone), a young nymphomaniac, lives surrounded by delinquents, and exerts intense allure on them, dominating them all with her erotic power.
The Woman of Everyone
1969
8.3Paranoia, guilt, misery, and technology in the developing country. A fragmented narrative, distorted frames, shouts, and noises. The Nazis take over São Paulo: prison and torture of revolutionaries, a samurai lost in chaos, locked lovers, a dictator and his bunch. Considered one of the most influential films of the marginal period.
Hitler in the Third World
1968
10.0A rich uncle demands that his nephews live a healthy existence, with a lot of exercise, instead of clubs, in order to live up to their inheritance, . But a sentimental affair complicates everything.
Papai Trapalhão
1968
10.0On the rise, singer Agnaldo Reis finds himself forced to escape the pursuit of Baby's gang, who demand a monthly bribe from the artist in exchange for protection. The young man devises an ingenious escape plan.
Agnaldo, Perigo à Vista
1969
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Tudo Legal
1960
1950s · 2 titles
6.8An UFO that could be the Russian satellite Sputnik falls on a hillbilly's hencoop.
O Homem do Sputnik
1959
Petrônio drives a bus and his friend Cabeleira is a ticket collector. When Petrônio's sister needs money to do a surgery they get involved with a film production company, where a psychopath is trying to be the protagonist of the movie.
Pé na Tábua
1957
Undated · 1 titles
Series credits
8.0Os Trapalhões was a Brazilian comedy group and also a Brazilian television series created by Wilton Franco. Its members were Dedé Santana, Zacarias, Mussum and their leader Didi Mocó, that was played by Renato Aragão. The name Trapalhões is derived from the Portuguese verb atrapalhar, which means the opposite of helping, to do something the wrong way or to Those that confuse. The name is translated "Tramps" in English DVD subtitles. It was aired by Rede Globo from 1977 to 1999. On March 18, 1990, Zacarias died due to respiratory failure, but the group and the series didn't come to an end until July 29, 1994, when Mussum died due to an unsuccessful heart transplant.
The Trapalhões
1977
8.0Os Trapalhões was a Brazilian comedy group and also a Brazilian television series created by Wilton Franco. Its members were Dedé Santana, Zacarias, Mussum and their leader Didi Mocó, that was played by Renato Aragão. The name Trapalhões is derived from the Portuguese verb atrapalhar, which means the opposite of helping, to do something the wrong way or to Those that confuse. The name is translated "Tramps" in English DVD subtitles. It was aired by Rede Globo from 1977 to 1999. On March 18, 1990, Zacarias died due to respiratory failure, but the group and the series didn't come to an end until July 29, 1994, when Mussum died due to an unsuccessful heart transplant.
The Trapalhões
1977
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Chico Anysio Show
1982
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Chico Anysio Show
1982
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Chico Anysio Show
1982
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Balança Mas Não Cai
1968
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Planeta dos Homens
1976
8.3It follows the lives of the members of a dysfunctional family, their maid and the doorman of the apartment building in which they lived.
Sai de Baixo
1996
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Sessão +SBT
2026
7.5No synopsis available yet.
Chico Total
1981
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Faça Humor, Não Faça Guerra
1970
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Satiricom
1973
No synopsis available yet.
Ceará contra 007
1965
8.0No synopsis available yet.
A Festa é Nossa
1983
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Chico Anysio: Um Homem à Procura de Um Personagem
2025
7.8No synopsis available yet.
Viva o Gordo
1981
7.8No synopsis available yet.
Viva o Gordo
1981
7.8No synopsis available yet.
Viva o Gordo
1981
7.8No synopsis available yet.
Viva o Gordo
1981
7.8No synopsis available yet.
Viva o Gordo
1981
7.8No synopsis available yet.
Viva o Gordo
1981
7.8No synopsis available yet.
Viva o Gordo
1981
7.8No synopsis available yet.
Viva o Gordo
1981
9.3The rise and fall of Fernando Collor de Mello, Brazil's youngest president and the first president in the Americas to be impeached.
Fernando Collor: The Maharajah Hunter
2025
9.3The rise and fall of Fernando Collor de Mello, Brazil's youngest president and the first president in the Americas to be impeached.
Fernando Collor: The Maharajah Hunter
2025
8.0Programa do Jô is a Brazilian late-night talk show broadcast by Rede Globo since April 3, 2000. It is shown after the late-night news bulletin, Jornal da Globo. The program is hosted by Brazilian comedian, author and musician Jô Soares, and follows the format of American talk shows such as Late Show with David Letterman. It began its life as Jô Soares Onze e Meia in 1988 on SBT. Following Jô Soares' return to Globo in 2000, the show was renamed as Programa do Jô, retaining the same format and late-night time slot. The show usually features interviews with 3 guests and a live musical performance. Usually, if one of the guests is a musician or band, they return to perform at the end of the show. There are also occasions when the first guest stays on to continue the interview past the first commercial break, in which case the show only features 2 interviews. In most cases, the interviews are longer and more in-depth than those on Letterman's show.
Programa do Jô
2000
No synopsis available yet.
Mãos ao Ar
1965
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Globo Gente
1973
NRWith never-before-seen images, never-before-told stories and unique access to Jô's private life, the series offers an exciting and hilarious tour of his comedy programs, plays and talk shows.
Um Beijo do Gordo
2024
6.5No synopsis available yet.
Jô Soares Onze e Meia
1988
Behind the camera
6.5After a nuclear war renders all men on Earth sterile, only one remains fertile due to an unlikely stroke of luck. Dubbed the "Father of the People," he becomes the object of a tug-of-war between governments while trying to escape the mission of ensuring humanity's survival.
O Pai do Povo
1976
6.5After a nuclear war renders all men on Earth sterile, only one remains fertile due to an unlikely stroke of luck. Dubbed the "Father of the People," he becomes the object of a tug-of-war between governments while trying to escape the mission of ensuring humanity's survival.
O Pai do Povo
1976
6.5After a nuclear war renders all men on Earth sterile, only one remains fertile due to an unlikely stroke of luck. Dubbed the "Father of the People," he becomes the object of a tug-of-war between governments while trying to escape the mission of ensuring humanity's survival.
O Pai do Povo
1976


