
João Stamato
Directing
Known For

Film based on the book "O Gaúcho" by the writer José de Alencar.
Coração de Gaúcho

The oldest surviving animated film from Brazil. The only animal in a zoo, a monkey, escapes its cage, causing a lot of trouble.
Macaco Feio… Macaco Bonito

The French girl Nanette Lubin came to Rio looking for her aunt and ended up finding the son of a baroness, Ricardo de Toneleiros. Not finding her aunt, Nanette became a manicurist for a baroness and later the lover of the lady's nephew. The film ends with the death of Nanette, who had been located by her aunt, but the aunt, upon learning how her niece was living, returned to the farm where she lived.
Perdida

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A Quadrilha do Esqueleto

Ubirajara, chief of the Araguaias, is engaged to Jandyra. One day, however, he falls in love with Aracy, daughter of Itaquê, chief of the Tocantins and sister of Pojucã, his prisoner. He frees Pojucã so he can declare war on Itaquê and retrieve his daughter. Itaquê is wounded by other enemies and goes blind. The two tribes unite and elect Ubirajara as chief.
Ubirajara

Lost film. Based on the novel of the same name by writer José de Alencar.