Rui Rezende

Acting

Rui Rezende

Born 1937-11-18 · Araguari, Minas Gerais, Brazil

José Pereira Rezende Filho (Araguari, November 18, 1938) is a Brazilian actor.

Acting credits

Insônia poster
9.0

A three-episode anthology film based on short stories by Brazilian writer Graciliano Ramos.

Insônia

1982

Hipertensão poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Hipertensão

1986

O Casal poster
9.0

The story of the first steps of a very young couple. Their love is great, as are the financial obstacles and an unexpected pregnancy.

O Casal

1975

Father’s Chair poster
7.0

Theo is living the good life in an upscale Brazilian neighborhood. He’s a hardworking doctor, husband, and father. However, Theo has chosen his career over his family, and little by little he discovers that his world is crumbling around him. His beloved mentor and surrogate father is dying, and his wife announces that she wants a divorce. Yet nothing prepares him for the day when he comes home to discover that his 15-year-old son, Pedro, has disappeared. Theo takes to the road in search of his son. In a journey that leads him throughout Brazil, Theo discovers what really matters to him. Searching for his missing son, Theo finds himself.

Father’s Chair

2012

García poster
7.1

García has managed to accomplish his wedding promise to his wife, Amalia: buy her a wretched farm outside the city, which is far from his wife's dream. But life turns unexpectedly as he arrives home and finds Amalia missing.

García

2010

Moon Over Parador poster
5.8

Underappreciated actor Jack Noah is on location in Parador at the time the dictator dies. The dictator's right-hand man makes Jack an offer he cannot refuse... to play the dictator. Jack's acting skills fool the masses but not close friends and employees of the dictator.

Moon Over Parador

1988

The Storytellers poster
7.2

A small poor community called Javé is under threat of being flooded by a new dam that is being built, and the only way to prevent this is to prove the town's historical value. As most of the inhabitants are illiterate, they have no choice but to ask for the help of Antônio Biá, a man who has been ostracized ever since it was discovered that he had sent out letters with lies about their reputations as a way to keep his job in Javé's seldom-used post office. He now has the task of documenting people's memories of how the city was founded, yet each inhabitant has his or her own version of what happened.

The Storytellers

2003

O Desconhecido poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

O Desconhecido

1978

Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands poster
6.8

After the death of her handsome but good-for-nothing husband Vadinho, Flor, a widow, marries Dr. Teodoro, a respectable gentleman. Hilarity ensues when Vadinho's spirit returns into her life.

Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands

1976

Love and Co. poster
6.0

Godofredo suffers a terrible blow when he comes back home earlier than usual and finds his wife in the arms of his partner. He sends his wife away to a coast town and dares his rival to a duel. But he begins to miss his wife and the company of his friend.

Love and Co.

1998

O Pistoleiro poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

O Pistoleiro

1975

A Difícil Viagem poster
8.0

Evandro Souza is an engineer and travels for the first time to the interior of the country, in the village of Barreira Pequé, on the banks of the Araguaia River. He begins to make friends with the natives of the region, like Marão, but what he did not expect was to be involved in a murder. Evandro was the only witness to the crime committed by Marão, however, when questioned, he does not know what to say. Until there is a meeting between Evandro, Marão and the local corporal.

A Difícil Viagem

1983

Kuarup poster
4.6

This epic Brazilian film was based on the equally epic novel by Antonio Callado. Set between 1954 and 1964, the film's focus is the saga of Jesuit priest Nando. Fed up with civilization, he ventures deep into Amazon country to live with and work among the Xingu Indians.

Kuarup

1989

Embodiment of Evil poster
5.3

Released from the Mental Health Wing of São Paulo State Penitentiary after forty years, the sadistic undertaker Zé do Caixão is back on the streets, haunted by ghostly visions and spirits of past victims but still set upon the goal that sent him to prison in the first place: finding a woman who can give him the perfect child.

Embodiment of Evil

2008

A Gostosa da Gafieira poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

A Gostosa da Gafieira

1981

Si tu vas à Rio... tu meurs poster
5.4

Twin brothers arrive in Rio during the Carnival. One is a priest and is going to work in a parish; the other, a drug-dealer, in a business trip to sell cocaine. They’re not aware of each other’s presence. People expecting them always get in touch with the wrong guy.

Si tu vas à Rio... tu meurs

1987

Fable of the Beautiful Pigeon-Fancier poster
4.8

Orestes, a rich factory owner, falls for the beautiful Fulvia. They communicate using pigeons, to avoid being discovered by her husband.

Fable of the Beautiful Pigeon-Fancier

1990

The Big Family: The Movie poster
6.0

Public functionary and family man Lineu and his beloved wife Nenê celebrate the 40th anniversary of their first date. In the present day, Lineu feels uncomfortable when colleague Pacheco dies and goes to the doctor for an examination. When the result of his tomography arrives, Lineu steals the document, afraid of having a tumor, but he believes he will die sooner. Meanwhile, Nenê meets Lineu's old rival Carlinhos, who manages the local market, and invites him to dinner.

The Big Family: The Movie

2007

Fire and Passion poster
8.7

A bus tour to São Paulo’s touristic spots bumps into several strange people.

Fire and Passion

1989

The Man Who Challenged the Devil poster
6.9

After being forced into a marriage and enduring a humiliating work routine in the hands of his father-in-law, Zé Araújo becomes the mythical Ojuara, an unconventional hero devoted to debauchery.

The Man Who Challenged the Devil

2007

In Evil Hour poster
5.7

The old servant and chronicler Dom Sabas tells how his desolate South American town is the scene of a ruthless power struggle. The landowning Assis family, reduced to a widow and son, tries to hold out against the young, despotic mayor. No less effective then actions are anonymous rumors and accusations, which often stir the inhabitants' moves.

In Evil Hour

2006

Fish in a Barrel poster
8.3

Young robber, son of a prostitute who had killed herself, gets involved with two police informers, who force him to share the loot he gets.

Fish in a Barrel

1977

Hoje tem Felicidade poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Hoje tem Felicidade

2005

The Nutty Boy 2 poster
4.5

In this new adventure, Maluquinho is spending the holidays at the home of his grandfather Tônico (Stênio Garcia), an inventor who lives in a small community in the interior of Minas Gerais. His friends Junim (Samuel Brandão), Lucio (Cauã Bernard Souza), Bocão (João Romeu Filho) and Nina (Fernanda Guimarães) are coming to the city to help Maluquinho organize the circus for the centenary of the city. On this trip, they meet Tatá-Mirim, a small flame that ends up making the city believe that they are being invaded by the Capeta. So they end up living many adventures.

The Nutty Boy 2

1998