Adoniran Barbosa

Acting

Adoniran Barbosa

Born — Died

1910-08-06 — 1982-11-26

Place of birth

Valinhos, São Paulo, Brazil

Known for

Acting

Credits

26 titles

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 2 titles

2000s · 2 titles

1950s · 8 titles

A Carrocinha poster
7.2

Man finds a job as a dog catcher, but feels sorry for the animals and sets them free.

A Carrocinha

1955

Candinho poster
7.1

Candinho is a hillbilly who leaves the countryside, taking his donkey along, and goes to São Paulo, trying to find his mother.

Candinho

1954

A Real Woman poster
6.0

A nurse falls in love with her patient and secretly marries him. When treating another patient, he falls in love with her and, pretending to be in agony, asks for one last wish: to marry him, and she accepts.

A Real Woman

1955

Carnival in A Major poster
8.0

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Carnival in A Major

1955

A Pensão de D. Estela poster
9.0

The story takes place in a boarding house, on the verge of bankruptcy, where the most different characters parade: a solitary woman, a womanizer singer, a musical group, an unemployed doctor, a football player and a radio singer, and where everyone gets involved to pay the mortgage that threatened the pension.

A Pensão de D. Estela

1956

The Bandit poster
6.8

In the time of the "cangaceiros" in the badlands of the Northeast of Brazil, the cruel Captain Galdino Ferreira and his band abduct the schoolteacher Olívia, expecting to receive a ransom for her. However, one of his men, Teodoro, falls in love and flees with her through the arid backcountry chased by the brigands.

The Bandit

1953

Esquina da Ilusão poster
9.0

This comedy tells the confusion created by Dante Rossi, owner of a pizza restaurant in Braz, namesake of a powerful industrial São Paulo. This coincidence, arranged by good luck, enabled him to lie for many years, writing letters to his brother in Italy in which he said that he had "made America". His brother, delighted with so many wonders, decides to visit the fake millionaire. But Dante can borrow with other immigrants without fortune, but attached to the idea of appearing great life.

Esquina da Ilusão

1953

Os Três Cangaceiros poster
7.0

A small town is invaded by bandits who kidnap a rich man's daughter and other young girls. A group of rescuers is assembled, but three of the town's most fearful residents decide to transform into the funniest three musketeers in cinematic history.

Os Três Cangaceiros

1959

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