Carla Camurati

Writing

Carla Camurati

Born

1960-10-14 (66)

Place of birth

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Known for

Writing

Credits

53 titles

Carla de Andrade Camurati (Rio de Janeiro, October 14, 1960) is a Brazilian filmmaker, screenwriter, cultural producer and former actress. After being featured in telenovelas such as Livre para Voar (1984) and Fera Radical (1988), she left her acting career in 1994 to dedicate herself to filmmaking, founding Copacabana Filmes and directing several films since then. She also became an influential cultural producer, having chaired the International Children's Film Festival and the Municipal Theater of Rio de Janeiro between 2007 and 2014.

Known for

Celebrity poster
7.7

A successful businesswoman in the music industry sees her life fall apart after a young and mysterious woman starts work as her secretary. The scheming girl is totally obsessed by the famous businesswoman and she tries to steal everything from her, including her career.

Celebrity

2003

Wildcat poster
7.0

Cláudia returns to her rural hometown in order to take revenge for the murder of her family a long time ago. She believes that the Flores family committed the crime and tries to destroy them....

Wildcat

1988

Champagne poster
7.0

In 1970, during a glittering New Year's Eve party attended by the aristocracy, a young pantry maid named Zaíra is mysteriously murdered. Thirteen years later, the prime suspect—Gastão, a humble waiter and former colleague of the victim—seeks to prove his innocence with the help of his son, Nil, becoming entangled in the lives of the other party guests. The story also follows a cunning pair of jewel thieves: the sophisticated Antônia Regina and João Maria—a criminal lawyer and member of the declining aristocracy who takes up the cause of Nil's father.

Champagne

1983

Brasileiras e Brasileiros poster
9.0

Brasileiros e Brasileiras is a Brazilian telenovela shown in some schedules SBT between November 5, 1990 and May 14, 1991. Writing for the show was done by Carlos Alberto Sofredini and Walter Avancini, who also directed it. The show was a co-production of the Miksom.

Brasileiras e Brasileiros

1990

The Summer Sun poster
7.0

Unhappy in her marriage, Rachel decides to separate from her husband, the businessman Virgílio. Determined to turn her life around, she moves from Petrópolis to the southern zone of Rio de Janeiro with her daughter, Clara, and goes to live in her mother Laura's house in Ipanema. There she falls in love with the charming, but gruff, Heitor, owner of a mechanic shop. He lives with his sister, Irene, in an old townhouse, one of the main settings of the telenovela.

The Summer Sun

1982

Brilhante poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Brilhante

1981

Film credits

1990s · 5 titles

1980s · 8 titles

New Wave poster
5.8

São Paulo, 1983: Women’s soccer has just been legalized in Brazil. A group of rebellious young women form the Gayvotas Football Club and begin training for their first match. But as the team quickly becomes a media sensation, its members are forced to confront the prejudices of the conservative military dictatorship that they live under.

New Wave

1984

Naked Star poster
5.2

An aspiring actress is hired to dub a recently deceased movie star in an upcoming erotic thriller. As the recording sessions go on, the voice actress finds herself slowly being influenced by the dead star’s presence.

Naked Star

1985

O Olho Mágico do Amor poster
5.3

An innocent working girl finds a hole in her wall through which she can see the action in her neighboring apartment, where a prostitute meets her bizarre clients.

O Olho Mágico do Amor

1982

A Mulher do Atirador de Facas poster
6.2

In a circus, the big act is that of the knife thrower, assisted by his wife. The couple takes risks in real life, in a show of great skill and coldness, which respects a blood treaty.

A Mulher do Atirador de Facas

1984

The Good Times Are Here: Let It All Hang Out poster
6.0

Two stories chronicle the days of the bohemian, libertine youth of 1960s Rio de Janeiro.

The Good Times Are Here: Let It All Hang Out

1985

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

The Femme Fatale Meets the Ideal Man poster
6.0

A poor woman is visited by the fairy godmother who turns her into a brilliant movie and TV star.

The Femme Fatale Meets the Ideal Man

1987

Hidden City poster
5.3

After seven years in jail, Anjo meets up with his former accomplice, now head of a criminal organization. The former detainee finds himself embroiled with an underworld star, Shirley Sombra, and finds enmity with a corrupt police officer.

Hidden City

1986

Series credits

Celebrity poster
7.7

A successful businesswoman in the music industry sees her life fall apart after a young and mysterious woman starts work as her secretary. The scheming girl is totally obsessed by the famous businesswoman and she tries to steal everything from her, including her career.

Celebrity

2003

Wildcat poster
7.0

Cláudia returns to her rural hometown in order to take revenge for the murder of her family a long time ago. She believes that the Flores family committed the crime and tries to destroy them....

Wildcat

1988

Champagne poster
7.0

In 1970, during a glittering New Year's Eve party attended by the aristocracy, a young pantry maid named Zaíra is mysteriously murdered. Thirteen years later, the prime suspect—Gastão, a humble waiter and former colleague of the victim—seeks to prove his innocence with the help of his son, Nil, becoming entangled in the lives of the other party guests. The story also follows a cunning pair of jewel thieves: the sophisticated Antônia Regina and João Maria—a criminal lawyer and member of the declining aristocracy who takes up the cause of Nil's father.

Champagne

1983

Brasileiras e Brasileiros poster
9.0

Brasileiros e Brasileiras is a Brazilian telenovela shown in some schedules SBT between November 5, 1990 and May 14, 1991. Writing for the show was done by Carlos Alberto Sofredini and Walter Avancini, who also directed it. The show was a co-production of the Miksom.

Brasileiras e Brasileiros

1990

The Summer Sun poster
7.0

Unhappy in her marriage, Rachel decides to separate from her husband, the businessman Virgílio. Determined to turn her life around, she moves from Petrópolis to the southern zone of Rio de Janeiro with her daughter, Clara, and goes to live in her mother Laura's house in Ipanema. There she falls in love with the charming, but gruff, Heitor, owner of a mechanic shop. He lives with his sister, Irene, in an old townhouse, one of the main settings of the telenovela.

The Summer Sun

1982

Brilhante poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Brilhante

1981

Livre Para Voar poster
8.6

Set in Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais, the story shows how Pardal and Bebel, young people newly arrived in the city, fall in love. However, each hides their true identity from the other.

Livre Para Voar

1984

Pacto de Sangue poster
10.0

Antônio is on his deathbed after helping a Black man escape his own father's plantation. Before dying, Antônio asks his father, Judge Queiroz Antunes, to raise the young enslaved boy, Bento, as his own son.

Pacto de Sangue

1989

O Tempo e o Vento poster
7.8

It tells the story of the Camabará family for many generations, which were fundamental to the social and political formation of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The stories are remembered by Dona Bibiana, who remembers the life of her grandmother Ana, her husband, the Captain Rodrigo, his son Bolivar and his daughter-in-law Luzia.

O Tempo e o Vento

1985

Delegacia de Mulheres poster
8.6

No synopsis available yet.

Delegacia de Mulheres

1989

Amizade Colorida poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Amizade Colorida

1981

Behind the camera

Copacabana poster
8.2

Moments before turning 90 years of age, Alberto remembers his life, lived in Copacabana, a neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro. The film is a comedy about old age nowadays, with Copacabana as a background.

Copacabana

2001

Copacabana poster
8.2

Moments before turning 90 years of age, Alberto remembers his life, lived in Copacabana, a neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro. The film is a comedy about old age nowadays, with Copacabana as a background.

Copacabana

2001

Copacabana poster
8.2

Moments before turning 90 years of age, Alberto remembers his life, lived in Copacabana, a neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro. The film is a comedy about old age nowadays, with Copacabana as a background.

Copacabana

2001

Carlota Joaquina, Princess of Brazil poster
6.5

The Spanish Infanta Carlota Joaquina is promised to D. João VI at the age of 10. Forced to leave for Portugal, Carlota suffers a great disappointment when she meets her promised prince. With the death of D. José, Carlota Joaquina and D. João VI inherit the Portuguese crown. However, frightened by the French Revolution and the approach of Napoleon's army, they decide to flee to their colony: Brazil.

Carlota Joaquina, Princess of Brazil

1995

Carlota Joaquina, Princess of Brazil poster
6.5

The Spanish Infanta Carlota Joaquina is promised to D. João VI at the age of 10. Forced to leave for Portugal, Carlota suffers a great disappointment when she meets her promised prince. With the death of D. José, Carlota Joaquina and D. João VI inherit the Portuguese crown. However, frightened by the French Revolution and the approach of Napoleon's army, they decide to flee to their colony: Brazil.

Carlota Joaquina, Princess of Brazil

1995

8 Presidentes 1 Juramento: A História de um Tempo Presente poster
8.0

The movie is a collage and comentary of varied third party footage on news relating to each and every one of the eight Presidents of Brazil who took office since the end of the military government, from José Sarney to Jair Bolsonaro.

8 Presidentes 1 Juramento: A História de um Tempo Presente

2021

8 Presidentes 1 Juramento: A História de um Tempo Presente poster
8.0

The movie is a collage and comentary of varied third party footage on news relating to each and every one of the eight Presidents of Brazil who took office since the end of the military government, from José Sarney to Jair Bolsonaro.

8 Presidentes 1 Juramento: A História de um Tempo Presente

2021

8 Presidentes 1 Juramento: A História de um Tempo Presente poster
8.0

The movie is a collage and comentary of varied third party footage on news relating to each and every one of the eight Presidents of Brazil who took office since the end of the military government, from José Sarney to Jair Bolsonaro.

8 Presidentes 1 Juramento: A História de um Tempo Presente

2021

Raízes do Sagrado Feminino poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Raízes do Sagrado Feminino

2026

Raízes do Sagrado Feminino poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Raízes do Sagrado Feminino

2026

Irma Vap: O Retorno poster
6.9

A producer decides to revive the play *The Mystery of Irma Vap* and seeks out one of the original actors to secure the rights. However, a case of document forgery could jeopardize everything.

Irma Vap: O Retorno

2006

Irma Vap: O Retorno poster
6.9

A producer decides to revive the play *The Mystery of Irma Vap* and seeks out one of the original actors to secure the rights. However, a case of document forgery could jeopardize everything.

Irma Vap: O Retorno

2006

Irma Vap: O Retorno poster
6.9

A producer decides to revive the play *The Mystery of Irma Vap* and seeks out one of the original actors to secure the rights. However, a case of document forgery could jeopardize everything.

Irma Vap: O Retorno

2006

La Serva Padrona poster
7.7

Living in the house of Uberto as a child, Serpina is now a beautiful young woman who, seeing her master willing to marry, decides that it will be her and not any other woman. Adaptation of the Opera buffa La Serva Padrona.

La Serva Padrona

1998

La Serva Padrona poster
7.7

Living in the house of Uberto as a child, Serpina is now a beautiful young woman who, seeing her master willing to marry, decides that it will be her and not any other woman. Adaptation of the Opera buffa La Serva Padrona.

La Serva Padrona

1998

La Serva Padrona poster
7.7

Living in the house of Uberto as a child, Serpina is now a beautiful young woman who, seeing her master willing to marry, decides that it will be her and not any other woman. Adaptation of the Opera buffa La Serva Padrona.

La Serva Padrona

1998

The Femme Fatale Meets the Ideal Man poster
6.0

A poor woman is visited by the fairy godmother who turns her into a brilliant movie and TV star.

The Femme Fatale Meets the Ideal Man

1987

The Femme Fatale Meets the Ideal Man poster
6.0

A poor woman is visited by the fairy godmother who turns her into a brilliant movie and TV star.

The Femme Fatale Meets the Ideal Man

1987

Espelho d'Água - Uma Viagem no Rio São Francisco poster
8.0

Young woman goes looking for her missing boyfriend, a photographer last seen going down huge São Francisco River, in Brazil. On her search, she is told many stories about that river.

Espelho d'Água - Uma Viagem no Rio São Francisco

2004

Guerra & Paz: Portinari poster
NR

In 1956, the artist Candido Portinari donated a large work of art called "Guerra e Paz" to the United Nations building to be displayed at its headquarters.

Guerra & Paz: Portinari

2011

Guerra & Paz: Portinari poster
NR

In 1956, the artist Candido Portinari donated a large work of art called "Guerra e Paz" to the United Nations building to be displayed at its headquarters.

Guerra & Paz: Portinari

2011

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

No artwork available
NR

This short documentary captures the behind-the-scenes action of the play O Mistério de Irma Vap. The camera follows actors Marco Nanini and Ney Latorraca in a true race against time. To bring eight different characters to life, the duo performs 54 costume changes during the 90-minute show, revealing that the real spectacle unfolds at the breakneck pace of the dressing rooms.

Bastidores

1990

No artwork available
NR

This short documentary captures the behind-the-scenes action of the play O Mistério de Irma Vap. The camera follows actors Marco Nanini and Ney Latorraca in a true race against time. To bring eight different characters to life, the duo performs 54 costume changes during the 90-minute show, revealing that the real spectacle unfolds at the breakneck pace of the dressing rooms.

Bastidores

1990