Antonio Carlos da Fontoura

Directing

Antonio Carlos da Fontoura

Born

1939-11-20 (86)

Place of birth

São Paulo, Brazil

Known for

Directing

Credits

45 titles

A Brazilian film director, screenwriter and producer, Antonio Carlos da Fontoura was born in 1939, in the city of São Paulo. He wrote and directed a number of documentary shorts and feature-length films, including "Copacabana Me Engana" (1968), "A Rainha Diaba" (1974) and "Gatão de Meia Idade" (2006). Fontoura has also had a prolific work in TV, creating and writing soaps "Vidas Opostas" (2006), "Amor e Intrigas" (2007) and miniseries "Chapadão do Bugre" (1988) and "Capitães da Areia" (1989).

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 2 titles

2000s · 3 titles

Behind the camera

We're So Young poster
6.8

The life of Renato Russo, from his first involvement with music, to his years in the punk rock band Aborto Alétrico, to the formation of Legião Urbana, in the Brasília rock scene of 1970s and 1980s.

We're So Young

2013

We're So Young poster
6.8

The life of Renato Russo, from his first involvement with music, to his years in the punk rock band Aborto Alétrico, to the formation of Legião Urbana, in the Brasília rock scene of 1970s and 1980s.

We're So Young

2013

Copacabana Fools Me poster
7.2

Marquinhos is in his early 20s and lives in Copacabana with his petits bourgeois parents and older brother. He doesn't have a job, he doesn't go to school, he just lives on the spur of the moment, watches TV, plays soccer on the beach by day and goes out with his mates by night. He meets Irene, a 40 year-old woman and they have a love affair that is going to change his life - for a while.

Copacabana Fools Me

1969

Copacabana Fools Me poster
7.2

Marquinhos is in his early 20s and lives in Copacabana with his petits bourgeois parents and older brother. He doesn't have a job, he doesn't go to school, he just lives on the spur of the moment, watches TV, plays soccer on the beach by day and goes out with his mates by night. He meets Irene, a 40 year-old woman and they have a love affair that is going to change his life - for a while.

Copacabana Fools Me

1969

Copacabana Fools Me poster
7.2

Marquinhos is in his early 20s and lives in Copacabana with his petits bourgeois parents and older brother. He doesn't have a job, he doesn't go to school, he just lives on the spur of the moment, watches TV, plays soccer on the beach by day and goes out with his mates by night. He meets Irene, a 40 year-old woman and they have a love affair that is going to change his life - for a while.

Copacabana Fools Me

1969

O Último Homem poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

O Último Homem

1969

O Último Homem poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

O Último Homem

1969

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Wanda Pimentel

1972

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Wanda Pimentel

1972

Mirror of Flesh poster
4.2

A mirror bought in an auction changes the life of an executive and his wife. They become sexually aroused under the influence of the strange object, which belonged to a bordello in the past. Soon the friends who come to pay a visit also become affected by it.

Mirror of Flesh

1984

Mirror of Flesh poster
4.2

A mirror bought in an auction changes the life of an executive and his wife. They become sexually aroused under the influence of the strange object, which belonged to a bordello in the past. Soon the friends who come to pay a visit also become affected by it.

Mirror of Flesh

1984

Mirror of Flesh poster
4.2

A mirror bought in an auction changes the life of an executive and his wife. They become sexually aroused under the influence of the strange object, which belonged to a bordello in the past. Soon the friends who come to pay a visit also become affected by it.

Mirror of Flesh

1984

O Cangaceiro poster
7.2

This is a remake of Brazil's first international success in the cinema world. Just as its same name predecessor was, this film is a fictional version of the story of the "cangaceiros." These were bandits who sacked towns and spread terror throughout Northeastern Brazil in the 1930s. This group of outlaws is led by Captain Galdino and his wife Maria Bonita.

O Cangaceiro

1997

The Devil Queen poster
6.3

Rio's criminal underworld is run by an unexpected boss: a femme Queen with a taste for power and violence. But heavy lies the crown: what Queen can trust her subjects, however fabulous? When she sets up a stoolie to take the fall for her boy, a plot against Her Majesty arises!

The Devil Queen

1974

The Devil Queen poster
6.3

Rio's criminal underworld is run by an unexpected boss: a femme Queen with a taste for power and violence. But heavy lies the crown: what Queen can trust her subjects, however fabulous? When she sets up a stoolie to take the fall for her boy, a plot against Her Majesty arises!

The Devil Queen

1974

The Devil Queen poster
6.3

Rio's criminal underworld is run by an unexpected boss: a femme Queen with a taste for power and violence. But heavy lies the crown: what Queen can trust her subjects, however fabulous? When she sets up a stoolie to take the fall for her boy, a plot against Her Majesty arises!

The Devil Queen

1974

My Name is Gal poster
8.3

Gal Costa in her privacy. Unkempt hair, colorful clothes, many necklaces and rings, she and the streets of downtown Rio. She laughs a lot, gestures and sings. Rio's landscapes such as Lage Park, a quiet place in the neighborhood of Gávea, an active factory.

My Name is Gal

1970

My Name is Gal poster
8.3

Gal Costa in her privacy. Unkempt hair, colorful clothes, many necklaces and rings, she and the streets of downtown Rio. She laughs a lot, gestures and sings. Rio's landscapes such as Lage Park, a quiet place in the neighborhood of Gávea, an active factory.

My Name is Gal

1970

Ver Ouvir poster
8.0

The expression of the idea through image, listening by way of seing.

Ver Ouvir

1967

No Meio da Rua poster
4.8

Leonardo, an upper-middle class boy from the south of Rio de Janeiro, befriends Kiko, a boy who lives on the street and who juggles balls at a traffic light. The rich kid decides to lend Kiko his handheld video game – but it is stolen by hill boys. This is just the beginning of a great friendship between the two. They begin a great adventure that takes Leonardo to the favela, where he knows a reality entirely different from his own.

No Meio da Rua

2006

No Meio da Rua poster
4.8

Leonardo, an upper-middle class boy from the south of Rio de Janeiro, befriends Kiko, a boy who lives on the street and who juggles balls at a traffic light. The rich kid decides to lend Kiko his handheld video game – but it is stolen by hill boys. This is just the beginning of a great friendship between the two. They begin a great adventure that takes Leonardo to the favela, where he knows a reality entirely different from his own.

No Meio da Rua

2006

No Meio da Rua poster
4.8

Leonardo, an upper-middle class boy from the south of Rio de Janeiro, befriends Kiko, a boy who lives on the street and who juggles balls at a traffic light. The rich kid decides to lend Kiko his handheld video game – but it is stolen by hill boys. This is just the beginning of a great friendship between the two. They begin a great adventure that takes Leonardo to the favela, where he knows a reality entirely different from his own.

No Meio da Rua

2006

Brasília, segundo roteiro de Alberto Cavalcanti poster
NR

It starts in the Indian tabas, goes through colonial architecture and arrives in the Brazilian capital. The film follows a script left by Alberto Cavalcanti, after a trip to Brasilia in 1978.

Brasília, segundo roteiro de Alberto Cavalcanti

1982

Cordão de Ouro poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Cordão de Ouro

1977

Cordão de Ouro poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Cordão de Ouro

1977

Chorinhos e Chorões poster
NR

An educational documentary short film on choro, an authentic brazilian musical genre, and its biggest and most influential musicians.

Chorinhos e Chorões

1974

Uma Aventura do Zico poster
4.0

Rich and spoiled kid, frustrated for not being chosen to join the soccer lessons his idol Zico was going to give, asks his father to clone the player. But a small girl smells something fishy going on and asks her friends to help save the Brazilian soccer star.

Uma Aventura do Zico

1998

Uma Aventura do Zico poster
4.0

Rich and spoiled kid, frustrated for not being chosen to join the soccer lessons his idol Zico was going to give, asks his father to clone the player. But a small girl smells something fishy going on and asks her friends to help save the Brazilian soccer star.

Uma Aventura do Zico

1998

Arquitetura de Morar poster
NR

An enchanted journey through three extraordinary houses built by Master José Zanine on the seaside hillside of Joatinga, in Rio de Janeiro, surrounded by a stunning musical score, specially created for the film by maestro Antonio Carlos Jobim.

Arquitetura de Morar

1975

Arquitetura de Morar poster
NR

An enchanted journey through three extraordinary houses built by Master José Zanine on the seaside hillside of Joatinga, in Rio de Janeiro, surrounded by a stunning musical score, specially created for the film by maestro Antonio Carlos Jobim.

Arquitetura de Morar

1975

Gatão de Meia Idade poster
4.8

Forty-year-old Cláudio is always looking for a romantic relationship. His routine changes when he has to take care of his 12-year-old daughter: women no longer look at him and the conquest tactics have no effect.

Gatão de Meia Idade

2006

Gatão de Meia Idade poster
4.8

Forty-year-old Cláudio is always looking for a romantic relationship. His routine changes when he has to take care of his 12-year-old daughter: women no longer look at him and the conquest tactics have no effect.

Gatão de Meia Idade

2006

Os Mutantes poster
9.6

A mutant prank improvised by Arnaldo Baptista, Sérgio Dias, and Rita Lee. Os Mutantes on a unique day in the streets of São Paulo.

Os Mutantes

1970

Brazilian Portraits: Odete Lara poster
NR

In this humorous review of her journey in our world, Odete Lara reveals all her authenticity and lucidity in front of the cameras.

Brazilian Portraits: Odete Lara

2010

Heitor dos Prazeres poster
8.0

Artist Heitor dos Prazeres talks about his life as a painter and samba musician.

Heitor dos Prazeres

1965

Heitor dos Prazeres poster
8.0

Artist Heitor dos Prazeres talks about his life as a painter and samba musician.

Heitor dos Prazeres

1965