Directing
Guilherme de Almeida Prado
Born 1954-11-06 · Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
Guilherme de Almeida Prado (Ribeirão Preto, November 6, 1954) is a Brazilian film director. He got his start as an assistant director in pornochanchada films in the so-called "boca do lixo" in São Paulo. From his second film onwards, Almeida Prado begun to make movies inspired by the atmosphere of 40s and 50s cinema, especially Hollywood film noir and Mexican melodrama.
Acting credits
7.0With death getting near, a retired officer remembers the most important passages in his life and his participation in historical events in Brazil, such as the Lieutenants' Movement, and the 1964 coup.
O País dos Tenentes
1987
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Do Triunfo à queda do Império Vitoriano
2014
NRThrough a historical-affective reconstruction of the Boca do Lixo region, in São Paulo, the documentary aims to investigate what was the cultural, social and geographic impact that the cinema made there had for the city and for the country during the from the 1960s to the 1980s.
Antropofagia Marginal
2020
7.0Xavier, 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
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Foi Bom pra Você, Benzinho?
2006
No synopsis available yet.
Dia de Preto
2012
10.0A documentary on Boca do Lixo, a dowtown São Paulo square that became a tentpole for film distribution on the early 20th century, becoming, from the 1960s on, a production district for popular eroctic films and for avant-garde directors.
Boca do Lixo: A Bollywood Brasileira
2011
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Antonio Meliande: Pau pra Toda Obra
2011
Behind the camera
10.0Three short tales of erotic drama. A shoe salesman falls in love with the perfect feet of a female costumer; a lonely widower keeps his house the exact same way his wife left it, until the arrival of a niece that ends up discovering a secret from her uncle; a troubled man falls deep into sexual fantasies after being rejected by his wife.
As Taras de Todos Nós
1982
10.0Three short tales of erotic drama. A shoe salesman falls in love with the perfect feet of a female costumer; a lonely widower keeps his house the exact same way his wife left it, until the arrival of a niece that ends up discovering a secret from her uncle; a troubled man falls deep into sexual fantasies after being rejected by his wife.
As Taras de Todos Nós
1982
4.7In the portuary zone of Santos, São Paulo, a prostitute teams up with an unemployed stevedore while looking for a better life.
Flor do Desejo
1983
4.7In the portuary zone of Santos, São Paulo, a prostitute teams up with an unemployed stevedore while looking for a better life.
Flor do Desejo
1983
4.7In the portuary zone of Santos, São Paulo, a prostitute teams up with an unemployed stevedore while looking for a better life.
Flor do Desejo
1983
5.5After meeting a beguiling woman in a movie theater, a realtor becomes embroiled in a mysterious plot involving murder, double identities and movies.
The Lady from the Shanghai Cinema
1987
5.5After meeting a beguiling woman in a movie theater, a realtor becomes embroiled in a mysterious plot involving murder, double identities and movies.
The Lady from the Shanghai Cinema
1987
6.6Daniel is a taxi driver who’s married to Adalgisa. When she starts acting in low-budget movies, he forbids her from seeing their son, Joaquim. For more than a decade, Daniel nurtures a feeling of revenge for his ex-wife, which gains strength when their now adult son finds his mother in full professional decay.
Scent of Gardenias
1992
6.6Daniel is a taxi driver who’s married to Adalgisa. When she starts acting in low-budget movies, he forbids her from seeing their son, Joaquim. For more than a decade, Daniel nurtures a feeling of revenge for his ex-wife, which gains strength when their now adult son finds his mother in full professional decay.
Scent of Gardenias
1992
6.6Daniel is a taxi driver who’s married to Adalgisa. When she starts acting in low-budget movies, he forbids her from seeing their son, Joaquim. For more than a decade, Daniel nurtures a feeling of revenge for his ex-wife, which gains strength when their now adult son finds his mother in full professional decay.
Scent of Gardenias
1992
NRA musical about a woman who hates music.
Glaura
1995
NRA musical about a woman who hates music.
Glaura
1995
NRA musical about a woman who hates music.
Glaura
1995
4.4In the 1980s, a journalist sets out to find the whereabouts of a famous singer/actress who disappeared decades earlier. During his search, he goes across several states in what ultimately becomes not only a search for a missing person but a journey of self-discovery.
What Ever Happened to Dulce Veiga?
2008
4.4In the 1980s, a journalist sets out to find the whereabouts of a famous singer/actress who disappeared decades earlier. During his search, he goes across several states in what ultimately becomes not only a search for a missing person but a journey of self-discovery.
What Ever Happened to Dulce Veiga?
2008
6.3In the 1950s, while radio is slowly being surpassed by television as the leading broadcast medium, Tito Balcárcel, a voice actor, becomes romantically involved with Lúcia, a fan of his who drags him into a mysterious crime plot.
A Hora Mágica
1998
6.3In the 1950s, while radio is slowly being surpassed by television as the leading broadcast medium, Tito Balcárcel, a voice actor, becomes romantically involved with Lúcia, a fan of his who drags him into a mysterious crime plot.
A Hora Mágica
1998
6.3In the 1950s, while radio is slowly being surpassed by television as the leading broadcast medium, Tito Balcárcel, a voice actor, becomes romantically involved with Lúcia, a fan of his who drags him into a mysterious crime plot.
A Hora Mágica
1998
The existential crisis of a woman in a constant state of waiting. The filmmaker's only Super 8 film with sound. Based on a short story by Cristina de Queiroz.
Waiting Exercise
2026
The existential crisis of a woman in a constant state of waiting. The filmmaker's only Super 8 film with sound. Based on a short story by Cristina de Queiroz.
Waiting Exercise
2026
The existential crisis of a woman in a constant state of waiting. The filmmaker's only Super 8 film with sound. Based on a short story by Cristina de Queiroz.
Waiting Exercise
2026
6.0Jezebel is a seasoned TV reporter focused on the next juicy story that will generate the highest ratings for the TV station. She is on assignment to track down a man named Elias, who supposedly performs miracles, in the rugged backlands of northeastern Brazil. Bent on getting the next sensational news, Jezebel is determined to prove Elias a charlatan.
A Palavra
2025
6.0Jezebel is a seasoned TV reporter focused on the next juicy story that will generate the highest ratings for the TV station. She is on assignment to track down a man named Elias, who supposedly performs miracles, in the rugged backlands of northeastern Brazil. Bent on getting the next sensational news, Jezebel is determined to prove Elias a charlatan.
A Palavra
2025
NRIn a huge and empty neoclassical mansion surrounded by an indefinite war, the daughter of a bourgeois family returns from Europe bringing a Kafkaesque toy. Because of this object without specific usefulness, everyone in the family begins to discuss life and discover their own weaknesses and follies. This process of self-discovery will lead them to meet phobias, hypocrisies and prejudices, but also their most intimate truth.
Odradek
2024