Breno Mello
Acting
Biography
Breno Higino de Mello (Porto Alegre, September 7, 1931 – Porto Alegre, July 11, 2008) was a Brazilian actor and football player.
Known For
Young lovers Orfeu and Eurydice run through the favelas of Rio during Carnaval, on the lam from a hitman dressed like Death and Orfeu's vengeful fiancée Mira and passing between moments of fantasy and stark reality. This impressionistic retelling of the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice introduced bossa nova to the world with its soundtrack by young Brazilian composers Luiz Bonfá and Antonio Carlos Jobim.
Black Orpheus
The story of the great train robber Ronald Biggs.
Prisoner of Rio
"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
Documentary about Marcel Camus' 1959 film Black Orpheus, its cultural and musical roots, and its resonance in Brazil today.
Looking for Black Orpheus
A young woman, raised in the big city, provokes the greed of several fishermen. She falls in love with a black man, challenges social conventions and faces the fury of her former companion, a millionaire "playboy" who had taken her to the village to spend the summer holidays.
Os Vencidos
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O Negrinho do Pastoreio
The son of a prostitute, longshoreman, fighter and bully.
Rata de puerto
History of Renner, football club champion Gaúcho undefeated in 1954. A rescue of the time formed by players, former workers of Renner companies, who overcame Grêmio and Internacional. The feat made alive in the memory of several generations
Papão de 54
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