Ju Colombo

Acting

Ju Colombo

Born 1964-05-08 · São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Acting credits

Our Secret poster
9.0

A Black Brazilian family in the city of Belo Horizonte, tries to rebuild their home after a recent loss. Caught between memories and nightmares, and unable to express what they feel to each other, a mother and her children shield themselves from the pain of grief through their individual routines. Only the youngest child understands the secret that the house holds within its four walls and tries to reveal it to the others, only to fall on deaf ears. Finally, confronted with the truth, they face the deep roots of their grief and come together to traverse this moment with love and courage.

Our Secret

2026

Narciso poster
6.0

Narciso is a Black orphan living with siblings Carmem and Joaquim. Just before his birthday, he is returned by a couple who decided not to adopt him. To cheer him up, Alexandre, another child living in the foster home, gives him a magical basketball. If Narciso makes three baskets, a genie will appear to grant him his greatest wish.

Narciso

2026

Great Sertão poster
7.1

In the concrete jungles of lawless futuristic Brazil, enemies spout slam poetry in duels as their movements remind us of parkour. The adrenaline rush breaks into three timelines: the past introduces teenager Riobaldo and handsome Diadorim, the present depicts a bloody clash and reveals sexual identities, and the future exposes Riobaldo’s deal with the devil.

Great Sertão

2024

Sleeping Princess poster
6.0

A sheltered teenager discovers she's actually a princess from another country — and she could be in grave danger. Based on Paula Pimenta's novel.

Sleeping Princess

2024

Astral City 2: The Messengers poster
6.9

A group of messenger spirits led by Aniceto, including doctor André Luiz, are tasked with going to Earth to help rescue three proteges whose interconnected stories are about to fail.

Astral City 2: The Messengers

2024

45 do Segundo Tempo poster
5.8

In order to recreate a picture taken in 1974, during the inauguration of São Paulo subway, Pedro meets two school friends he had not seen for 40 years. If their existential crises, ageing and (astray) ways were not enough, Pedro announces, to everyone's surprise, he intends to take his own life — even though not before he sees his soccer team win a championship.

45 do Segundo Tempo

2022

Making of Fossilização poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Making of Fossilização

2024

Preto poster
NR

A young black man, who as a baby was adopted by a white, upper-middle-class family, faces a series of everyday conflicts that lead him to question what makes him alike or different from the universes around him.

Preto

2016

Cartografia das Ondas poster
NR

Gledson is a lonely worker who left his hometown with the dream of becoming an actor in Rio de Janeiro. Tormented by vague memories of his past, he sees his life change when he begins to write a book about Teresa, a prostitute who goes through death expecting a child and ends up on a fantastic island. When a friend of Gledson decides to turn his book into a film, reality and fiction mix: while Teresa has to decide what to do with the child born on the island and the writer deals with the challenge of becoming a creator, the film changes when the director confronts the experience of her own motherhood.

Cartografia das Ondas

2025

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Carolina Maria de Jesus

2026

Falas Negras: Histórias (Im)possíveis poster
8.0

Janaína is a black screenwriter embarking on a new audiovisual project. She meets the rest of the team, where all of whom are white, on a farm. Pedro, the leader of the script room, disappears. Janaína investigates and makes unimaginable discoveries.

Falas Negras: Histórias (Im)possíveis

2023

M8 - When Death Rescues Life poster
7.2

When Maurício becomes a student at a top medical school, he becomes obsessed with a mystery linked to the dead bodies used for dissection.

M8 - When Death Rescues Life

2019

Amores (a)Típicos poster
NR

Whether for neurotypical or autistic people, love doesn't have a unique way of expressing itself. There is no typical love. Relationships and romantic love are challenging for everyone. For autistics, then, the matter can gain other layers of complexity. Or is it not? Marcos Maia and Sophia Mendonça mediate this dialogue, with great guests.

Amores (a)Típicos

2022

The Story of Me poster
6.6

Based on the life of Roberto Carlos Ramos, a Brazilian teacher and storyteller brought up in a state educational institution for poor children.

The Story of Me

2009

Fossilization poster
NR

On a deserted beach, Sílvia tries to talk to her granddaughter Elisa, but the girl is focused on digging a hole in search of a dinosaur fossil. Both of them know they have an important matter to deal, but they avoid it as much as possible, seeking to postpone the encounter with reality.

Fossilization

2023