Labanca
Acting
Biography
João Angelo Labanca (Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 1913 - 1988) was a Brazilian actor and businessman. One of the founders of Os Comediantes, Labanca also founded and organized the groups Teatro de Equipe and Teatro de Hoje. An activist, he serves on the union's board of directors and is part of the team that discusses and defines the text of the law regulating the acting profession.
Known For
Saramandaia is a Brazilian telenovela originally written by Dias Gomes in 1976. It's considered remarkable because of the Magic Realism (used by the author to subtly criticize the Military Regime of the time) and had 160 chapters. The story centers on the name change that the city undergoes, promoted by the younger citizens and reviled by the older ones. It also focuses on the lives of the city's quirky residents.
Saramandaia
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Selva de Pedra
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O Semideus
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Corpo Santo
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Sangue e Areia
The story of a civil servant who lives with his elderly mother. Falling in love with a corrupt politician's young and rich daughter, he abandons himself to crazy and violent situations.
Face to Face
A veteran popular singer remembers her early days before fame as a humble woman who faced many obstacles in order to achieve fame, notoriety and make her dreams come true. Her life, the songs, the men she knew and helped her on her ladder to success all have a big influence on her life.
The Star Rises
In a company trading maté, workers are treated as slaves. Some of them try to escape, but those who are caught suffer severe punishments.
Tragic Jungle
The story of Paulo Honório, a poor ploughman who becomes a rich farmer. Obsessed by his desire to get even richer, he doesn't pay much attention to his wife, Madalena, a teacher who reacts against his tyrannical ways.
Saint Bernard
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Terra Violenta
An UFO that could be the Russian satellite Sputnik falls on a hillbilly's hencoop.
The Man of The Sputnik
Rio de Janeiro is a city of very well defined contrast between the seafront, narrow, where the rich live and very close, the hills with their slums, where life changes very quickly in the short space of time.
Crônica À Beira do Rio
A three-episode anthology film based on short stories by Brazilian writer Graciliano Ramos.
Insônia
Five segments about the hardships faced by people living in slums on hills in Rio de Janeiro.
Five Times Favela
Two fanatical Flamengo fans get drunk after a defeat of time; a voyeurist peers at his neighbor's nakedness with binoculars; a suburbanite kills his wife over a chicken; an ambitious father makes money from his daughter who pretends to see the virgin Mary; a loving couple desperately seeks to satisfy their sexual desires; a priest tries to extort more alms from his parishioners; a married man, to survive, poses as a transvestite on a boat; a suburbanite prepares to sing on the Chacrinha show! Anything can happen in this film!
How Are You, Well?
The story of how D. Pedro I proclaimed the Brazilian independence on September 7th, 1822, and rose from prince of Portugal to first emperor of Brazil.
Independência ou Morte
Taxi driver gets in a jam when he receives a lot of money as inheritance from a distant family member when in fact, the money came from a bank robbery.
Rico Ri à Toa
A Brazilian crime film
Viver de Morrer
Brazilian criminal takes part in a major train robbery in England and when he finds out his boss plans to betray him, stoles the loot first and hide in Brazil.
O Grande Assalto
A rich uncle demands that his nephews live a healthy existence, with a lot of exercise, instead of clubs, in order to live up to their inheritance, . But a sentimental affair complicates everything.