Nelson Rodrigues

Writing

Nelson Rodrigues

Born 1912-08-23 · Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Nelson Falcão Rodrigues (Recife, August 23, 1912 – Rio de Janeiro, December 21, 1980) was a writer, journalist, novelist, playwright, short story writer, and chronicler of Brazilian customs and football. He is considered Brazil's most influential playwright. His plays usually dealt with topics considered taboo by Brazilian society, such as sexuality, virginity and incest, denouncing the hypocrisy of family life in the middle and upper classes.

Acting credits

Mario Filho - O Criador das Multidões poster
NR

A record of the career and immense contribution of journalist and writer Mario Filho to the development of football in Brazil. Through a poetic and innovative approach, his columns captured the collective passion for the "British sport."

Mario Filho - O Criador das Multidões

2010

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9.5

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O Gesto, a Festa, a Mensagem - Dois Mil Anos de Teatro

1976

Zimba poster
5.0

The trajectory and artistic imagery of actor and director Zbigniew Ziembinski (1908-1978), precursor of modern theater in Latin America and master of generations of Brazilian actors. The polyphonic montage builds on vast unpublished material, covering half a century of performances, teletheaters and interviews by Zimba, as he was known – before and after fleeing Poland, on the eve of the invasion of Warsaw – and recreates fragments of Wedding Dress , a play by Nelson Rodrigues which the Polish-Brazilian director won a revolutionary montage in 1943.

Zimba

2021

Otto: De Trás p/ Diante poster
NR

The life story of journalist and writer Otto Lara Resende. Paulo Mendes Campos, a personal friend of Otto, provides intimate insights into the artist's life. The documentary's central theme is the interview published in 1975 in Manchete magazine, celebrating his centennial.

Otto: De Trás p/ Diante

2022

Fragmentos de Dois Escritores poster
10.0

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Fragmentos de Dois Escritores

1969

Máscara da Traição poster
6.4

Couple of lovers want to steal the income of a popular soccer game, at Maracanã Stadium, in Rio de Janeiro.

Máscara da Traição

1969

O Rei Pelé poster
7.0

The story of Pelé, from his birth to his rise as one of the most prominent players in both Brazilian and worldwide soccer.

O Rei Pelé

1962

Neville D'Almeida: Chronicler of Beauty and Chaos poster
10.0

This film seeks to rescue the role of filmmaker Neville D'Almeida by using many rare images, numerous interviews, vast archival and audiovisual material.

Neville D'Almeida: Chronicler of Beauty and Chaos

2019

24 Horas no Rio poster
7.0

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24 Horas no Rio

1970

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