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João do Vale

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Biography

João Batista do Vale, better known as João do Vale (Pedreiras, October 11, 1934 — São Luís, December 6, 1996), was a Brazilian musician, singer and composer. From humble origins, João has always loved music. In 1947, he moved to São Luís. In 1964, he debuted as a singer. His main compositions are: Carcará, in partnership with José Cândido and immortalized in the interpretation of Maria Bethânia, Peba na pepper, with Adelino Rivera, and Pisa na fulô, with Ernesto Pires and Silveira Júnior.

Known For

Memories of Prison
6.8

In the 1930s, novelist and politician Graciliano Ramos is accused of being a communist sympathizer. He is then arrested and sent to the Ilha Grande prison, where he experiences the disturbing treatment reserved for common prisoners.

Memories of Prison

1984
O Canto Livre de Nara Leão
9.5

Nara Leão revolutionized Brazilian music, broke prejudices, confronted the military dictatorship, opened paths for women. All this without changing the tone of her voice.

O Canto Livre de Nara Leão

2022
The Dare
7.9

Passively facing the repression imposed by military dictatorship in 1960s Brazil, a journalist enters a personal crisis, aggravated by his affair with an industrialist's wife, who doesn't want to leave her home because of her son.

The Dare

1965
Chico: Brazilian Artist
7.8

Chico Buarque is a constant presence in Brazil's art scene and makes up its citizen's popular culture. This wealth in music, poems, theater and novels has been created over the last 50 years and in this film Chico Buarque converses about his memories, shows, daily life, work methods, creative process, in summary all his trajectory. The musician’s search for his German brother, whom he never got to meet, serves as one of the axis for the narrative.

Chico: Brazilian Artist

2015
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
N/A

Follows the story of Opinião, a theatre group created in 1964 during the early Brazilian dictatorship period to oppose the government through artistic performances. Considered the first left-wing response to the dictatorship, the group gathered now famous Brazilian artists such as Nara Leão, Maria Bethânia, João do Vale and Millôr Fernandes.

Memórias do Grupo Opinião

2019
Meu Nome é Lampião
9.3

Lampião's gang raids a farm just as the wedding of Antônio Saraiva and the Baroness's goddaughter is being prepared. In the shootout, Lampião's brother, Ezequiel, is killed, and in revenge, Lampião burns the Baroness alive and orders the bride to be beaten. Upon arriving at the farm, Antônio discovers everything and vows to follow the gang's footsteps to hell. The cangaceiros continue their atrocities, robbing, killing, and looting, until a priest places a curse on Lampião. The curse transforms into the avenging figure of Antônio, who acquires supernatural powers. He meets Lampião during Maria Bonita's birthday party, and a life-or-death duel ensues.

Meu Nome é Lampião

1969
Dunas do Barato
5.5

A rescue of the history of Ipanema beach in the 1970s, when the construction of a pier changed the landscape and created fertile soil for a generation of artists and sportsmen.

Dunas do Barato

2017
João do Vale, Muita Gente Desconhece
N/A

Latest images of the artist still alive, an unprecedented composition, testimonies of friends, family and icons of Brazilian culture.

João do Vale, Muita Gente Desconhece

2005
No Mundo da Lua
10.0

For a long time a couple exchanged love letters, he living in the Northeast and she in Rio de Janeiro. One day he goes to the wonderful city together with a colleague, but he soon faces a problem: since he has sent the girl a photo of someone else, he is afraid to approach and reveal who he really is. At the same time, the colleague has a falling out with a girl who defends rock 'n' roll tooth and nail.

No Mundo da Lua

1958