Breno Mello

Acting

Breno Mello

Born 1931-09-07 · Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Breno Higino de Mello (Porto Alegre, September 7, 1931 – Porto Alegre, July 11, 2008) was a Brazilian actor and football player.

Acting credits

Black Orpheus poster
7.0

Young lovers Orfeu and Eurydice run through the favelas of Rio during Carnaval, on the lam from a hitman dressed like Death and Orfeu's vengeful fiancée Mira and passing between moments of fantasy and stark reality. This impressionistic retelling of the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice introduced bossa nova to the world with its soundtrack by young Brazilian composers Luiz Bonfá and Antonio Carlos Jobim.

Black Orpheus

1959

Looking for Black Orpheus poster
9.0

Documentary about Marcel Camus' 1959 film Black Orpheus, its cultural and musical roots, and its resonance in Brazil today.

Looking for Black Orpheus

2005

Prisoner of Rio poster
8.0

The story of the great train robber Ronald Biggs.

Prisoner of Rio

1988

Os Vencidos poster
8.0

A young woman, raised in the big city, provokes the greed of several fishermen. She falls in love with a black man, challenges social conventions and faces the fury of her former companion, a millionaire "playboy" who had taken her to the village to spend the summer holidays.

Os Vencidos

1964

O Negrinho do Pastoreio poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

O Negrinho do Pastoreio

1973

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

Papão de 54 poster
NR

History of Renner, football club champion Gaúcho undefeated in 1954. A rescue of the time formed by players, former workers of Renner companies, who overcame Grêmio and Internacional. The feat made alive in the memory of several generations

Papão de 54

2005

Rata de puerto poster
NR

The son of a prostitute, longshoreman, fighter and bully.

Rata de puerto

1963

O Santo Módico poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

O Santo Módico

1964