Fernando de Barros
Directing
Biography
Fernando Policarpo de Barros e Silva (Lisbon, January 6, 1915 — São Paulo, September 11, 2002) was a Portuguese journalist, filmmaker and fashion editor who became a naturalized Brazilian citizen.
Known For
Divided into three episodes based on stories by Stanislaw Ponte Preta (Sérgio Porto), the film portrays three young people from Rio de Janeiro: a furious lover, a beautiful beachgoer, and a former beauty queen. All live in profound solitude amid the apparent social vibrancy of Copacabana.
As Cariocas
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Memória Vera Cruz: A Recuperação de um Sonho
A fictionalized biography of Brazilian composer Zequinha de Abreu (1880–1935), who penned the song "Tico-Tico no Fubá" that became an international hit in the 1940s.
Tico-Tico no Fubá
Sílvia Nogalis, a renowned concert pianist, prefers her career to her marriage. On the night she performs Beethoven's "Appassionata", she learns of the death of her husband, maestro Walter Hauser.
Appassionata
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A Arte de Amar Bem
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Uma Certa Lucrécia
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Lua de Mel e Amendoim
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Quando a Noite Acaba
A young and sensitive couple's impossible love affair.
Cleo e Daniel
A mine boss hires a policeman to chase some runaways who stole a precious diamond.
Scarlet Macaw
A man who's memorized his town's telephone directory tries his luck on a TV Show. But a small group of people who control the bettings in town try to get advantage of his simple-mindedness.
Absolutely Right
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Riacho do Sangue
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Caminhos do Sul
Ms. Violante Miranda is a bordello owner who raises a small girl as her own granddaughter. When she gets a little older, she is sent to study in Europe, and when she returns, she becomes a socialite, rejecting her previous milieu and her "grandmother".
Dona Violante Miranda
Rosario is a prostitute who lives in her married sister's house. When the latter wants to be a hooker too, she doesn't approve.