Glauce Rocha

Acting

Glauce Rocha

Born — Died

1933-08-16 — 1971-08-12

Known for

Acting

Credits

31 titles

Glauce Rocha (16 August 1930 – 12 October 1971) was a Brazilian actress. She appeared in 34 films and television shows between 1950 and 1971. She starred in the film Os Cafajestes, which was entered into the 12th Berlin International Film Festival.

Known for

Film credits

1960s · 13 titles

Entranced Earth poster
7.2

Eldorado, a fictitious country in America, is sparkling with the internal struggle for political power. In the eye of this social convulsion, the jaded journalist Paulo Martins opposes two equally corrupt political candidates: a pseudopopulist and a conservative. In this context, Paulo is torn between the madness of the elite and the blind submission of the masses. But, in this complex tropical reality, nothing really is what it seems to be.

Entranced Earth

1967

Na Mira do Assassino poster
7.0

A common robber is turned into a killer when he discovers that his sister was sexually assaulted by a policeman. After his act of vengeance, the police force begins a man hunt which corners the man into the building of a district attorney of whom he takes hostage.

Na Mira do Assassino

1967

Razor in the Flesh poster
4.9

A decadent hooker, her pimp and the bordello's gay cleaner fight over the gigolo's missing money, with the utmost mental cruelty.

Razor in the Flesh

1969

Five Times Favela poster
7.9

Five segments about the hardships faced by people living in slums on hills in Rio de Janeiro.

Five Times Favela

1962

The Unscrupulous Ones poster
6.2

Upon learning that his rich dad is on the brink of bankruptcy, spoiled Vavá summons his friend Jandir with a plan to get some quick cash: they will blackmail an uncle of Vavá by taking compromising photos of his lover, Leda.

The Unscrupulous Ones

1962

Homage at Siesta Time poster
6.0

The widows of four missionaries condemned by the Indians to die at the stake, go to the Amazon jungle to pay homage to them.

Homage at Siesta Time

1962

Sol Sobre a Lama poster
7.0

A poor community in Salvador organizes a resistance against the destruction of the Água de Meninos street market.

Sol Sobre a Lama

1963

Incredible, Fantastic, Extraordinary poster
9.0

Based on a radio show that was broadcast for 11 years (1947-1958) and ended only when the host and creator, the genius Henrique Foreis "Almirante" Domingues, had a stroke. There were hundreds of horror stories, supposedly true, sent by listeners from all corners of the country, radiophoned and broadcast by Rádio Tupi in Rio de Janeiro. It became a book in 1951 (reissued in 1984), a film in 1969 and a TV show in 1994-1995, broadcast by the extinct Rede Manchete.

Incredible, Fantastic, Extraordinary

1969

The Kiss poster
3.5

When a dying man receives a kiss from a bereaved man who tries to save him, the man is jailed as a homosexual. He is released from jail, but his life has been ruined by the incident -- and the man eventually is killed by his own father-in-law. The kiss that resulted in the eventual persecution and death of the man is never shown in this plodding, downbeat drama.

The Kiss

1965

Garden of War poster
7.1

Edson is having an affair with actress Maria do Rosário, who dreams of being a movie director. So he tries to get some easy money for her film, but is arrested and meets a police torturer instead.

Garden of War

1969

Time of Violence poster
7.5

Wealthy banker Antônio witnesses the murder of a journalist, who got killed for exposing the activities of a gang of smugglers. After they find out about him, Antônio and his wife are both targeted and pursued by the criminals.

Time of Violence

1969

Mulheres & Milhões poster
8.0

Three men who never met each other are hired by a mysterious client to carry out a daring bank robbery.

Mulheres & Milhões

1961

No artwork available
7.0

A man, arrested and tortured physically and psychologically because of a confession he refuses to give, reverses the situation of victim and desperately tries to liquidate the gang that imprisoned him.

The Defeat

1967

1950s · 6 titles

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