
Acting
Chiquinho Brandão
Born — Died
1952-04-20 — 1991-06-04
Place of birth
Jaú, São Paulo, Brazil
Known for
Acting
Credits
19 titles
Known for
7.2Maria Eduarda "Duda" Pinheiro is a successful top model. After being hired to model Covery brand clothes, she meets the Kundera brothers, Alex and Gaspar, owners of the company. Gaspar, a former beatnik, is over 40 but still practices surfing, lives in a beach-side house and raises five children: Elvis (named after Elvis Presley), Ringo (Starr), Jane (Fonda), Olívia (Newton-John) and (John) Lennon, all from different mothers who left them with him. Anastácia "Naná" Passos, Duda's friend and mentor, loves him platonically, and rivalizes with Mariza Borges over him. Alex by contrast is a yuppie. He and their mother Morgana have a love-hate relationship and rivalry with his brother over Morgana's attention and the company. Alex begins to love Duda, however she falls in love with Lucas, a graffiti artist who is on the run from the São Paulo police due to his involvement in a crime there. He is also searching for his real father, and thinks it's either Alex or Gaspar.
Top Model
1989
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Helena
1987
7.6In a fishing village, Vó Manuela, endowed with mystical powers, closes the body of her grandson, Nô, for love. But Eduarda's arrival completely changes the boy's destiny.
Riacho Doce
1990
7.5Inspired by the work of the same name by João Ubaldo Ribeiro, the miniseries tells the love story between João Pedros, a biologist who decides to make a living from fishing, and the unhappy Ana Clara, married to the corrupt Ângelo Marcos, Secretary of Health. Together with his lover, Bebel, Ângelo plans to take real estate speculation to the paradisiacal island of Santa Cruz. And for this he counts on the complicity of Tavinho and Nando, who belong to the local elite.
O Sorriso do Lagarto
1991
6.1A young man living in a cold southern village in South America, decides to start a trip looking for his father. By doing this he discovers unexpected facts about his Latin American essence.
The Journey
1992
6.0The path of Paraguayan immigrants who drive to Asuncion and then arrive in São Paulo. They are rural workers, musicians, vendors and underemployed people. Two parallel worlds: the Guarani culture and the Brazilian adventure in São Paulo juxtaposed with Paraguayan songs and the Guarani language, spoken by the main characters.
Noites Paraguayas
1982
Film credits
1990s · 5 titles
6.1A young man living in a cold southern village in South America, decides to start a trip looking for his father. By doing this he discovers unexpected facts about his Latin American essence.
The Journey
1992
No synopsis available yet.
Aquele Breve Encanto
1990
3.6Faustão, a fruit seller, is selected by God himself to become Inspector Faustão, defender of the animals. He's joined by Sérgio Mallandro in a mission to save a group of quails from an illegal smuggler, while also having to deal with a bratty kid and a jealous girlfriend.
Inspector Faustão and the Vagabond
1991
No synopsis available yet.
Real Desejo
1990
6.9Worker Norival's life turns upside down when he is caught kissing his co-worker Catarina during work hours. He is fired for just cause and faces the hardships of the labor lawsuit he filed against the company.
Kiss 2348/72
1990
1980s · 9 titles
6.0The path of Paraguayan immigrants who drive to Asuncion and then arrive in São Paulo. They are rural workers, musicians, vendors and underemployed people. Two parallel worlds: the Guarani culture and the Brazilian adventure in São Paulo juxtaposed with Paraguayan songs and the Guarani language, spoken by the main characters.
Noites Paraguayas
1982
No synopsis available yet.
Carlota Amorosidade
1987
6.0Many exotic characters meet in São Paulo night, looking for love and adventure: Malu, a model; Mauro, a drag queen; Teddy, a hustler; Guto, a gay reporter; and Marta, an actress.
Angels of the Night
1987
NRTropicália was a Brazilian cultural movement that occurred between 1967 and 1968, inspired by Oswald de Andrade's anthropophagic ideals, pop art and the concretism. Twenty years later, this film revisits the movement and shows that Tropicalismo will never die.
Infinita Tropicália
1986
7.1Nhô Quim has only one dream in his life: to eat red meat. He meets Carula, a young woman anxious to get married, who promises him that in their wedding her father will kill him an ox. But, before that, Nhô Quim must pass a series of tests.
That Damned Meat
1985
NRInterspersed with documentation of dancer Juliana Carneiro da Cunha’s "Possession" performance, which draws from Christian mysticism, in the filmmaker’s words this experimental short is about “the psychic suffering of women in a patriarchal society”. It takes the viewer on a disorienting journey—with abrupt cuts in sound and image—through the Catholic Church, repressed sexuality, racial violence perpetrated by white women, maternal fatigue, male chauvinism and drug addiction…
Hysteries
1983
6.5No synopsis available yet.
Lua Cheia
1988
NRA trip throught brazilian 60's/70's hippie universe.
The Long Trip
1984
5.3After seven years in jail, Anjo meets up with his former accomplice, now head of a criminal organization. The former detainee finds himself embroiled with an underworld star, Shirley Sombra, and finds enmity with a corrupt police officer.
Hidden City
1986
Series credits
7.2Maria Eduarda "Duda" Pinheiro is a successful top model. After being hired to model Covery brand clothes, she meets the Kundera brothers, Alex and Gaspar, owners of the company. Gaspar, a former beatnik, is over 40 but still practices surfing, lives in a beach-side house and raises five children: Elvis (named after Elvis Presley), Ringo (Starr), Jane (Fonda), Olívia (Newton-John) and (John) Lennon, all from different mothers who left them with him. Anastácia "Naná" Passos, Duda's friend and mentor, loves him platonically, and rivalizes with Mariza Borges over him. Alex by contrast is a yuppie. He and their mother Morgana have a love-hate relationship and rivalry with his brother over Morgana's attention and the company. Alex begins to love Duda, however she falls in love with Lucas, a graffiti artist who is on the run from the São Paulo police due to his involvement in a crime there. He is also searching for his real father, and thinks it's either Alex or Gaspar.
Top Model
1989
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Helena
1987
7.6In a fishing village, Vó Manuela, endowed with mystical powers, closes the body of her grandson, Nô, for love. But Eduarda's arrival completely changes the boy's destiny.
Riacho Doce
1990
7.5Inspired by the work of the same name by João Ubaldo Ribeiro, the miniseries tells the love story between João Pedros, a biologist who decides to make a living from fishing, and the unhappy Ana Clara, married to the corrupt Ângelo Marcos, Secretary of Health. Together with his lover, Bebel, Ângelo plans to take real estate speculation to the paradisiacal island of Santa Cruz. And for this he counts on the complicity of Tavinho and Nando, who belong to the local elite.
O Sorriso do Lagarto
1991

