Maria Padilha

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Praça Saens Peña
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Praça Saens Peña

Oct 03, 2008
Paulo works as a high school literature teacher, his wife Teresa is a local shopkeeper, and their daughter Bel is still in school. They live in a rented flat in Saens Peña Square, in the heart of Tijuca, a neighborhood in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro. An unexpected and alluring job offer may have a profound effect on the routine of this family and even jeopardize a 20-year marriage.
Drama
Os Matadores
5.7

Os Matadores

Sep 10, 1997
Two hit men, a veteran and a beginner, chatter in a bar on Brazil-Paraguai border, while waiting for their victim to appear.
Drama
Zoando na TV
4

Zoando na TV

Feb 11, 1999
Angel works in a wedding dress store. Ulisses, her boyfriend, works as personal trainer. They are swallowed for the television and, to leave, need to discover how to use the Ulisses' ring.
Fantasy
País do Desejo
1

País do Desejo

Jan 26, 2012
Roberta is a renowned classical pianist battling a chronic kidney disease. However, an unexpected encounter with Father José will forever change her life.
Drama
Das Tripas Coração
6.2

Das Tripas Coração

Nov 09, 1982
Financial problems in a religious school for girls force the government to interfere. While waiting in the conference hall to communicate the fact to the school administrators, the intervenor falls asleep and a crazy dream begins, involving teachers, students and strange characters.
Drama
Boca
3.5

Boca

Sep 16, 1994
A photo-journalist goes to Brazil to investigate a savage crime boss. She becomes infatuated with the story.
Drama
Sábado
7.4

Sábado

Apr 06, 1995
On a Saturday morning, an advertising crew arrives at a decadent old building downtown São Paulo to shoot a TV commercial. And then everything goes wrong, beginning with a broken elevator
Comedy
Land
1

Land

Jul 22, 1987
The Amazonian jungle, Brazil, 1987. Ruthless landowners are evicting peasants from their land. The peasants look to the priest for help, and are contemplating taking up arms. A stranger arrives who provides an answer to their plight.
Drama
Rio de Topless
1

Rio de Topless

Jan 01, 2020
Topless muse in Rio de Janeiro, Ana Paula Nogueira uses the ban on bare breasts and her story to debate freedom and feminism in the city that exported thongs and which has the false reputation of being libertarian.
Documentary
Histórias de Alice
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Histórias de Alice

Mar 31, 2016
Il raconte l'histoire d'un cinéaste brésilien, Lucas. À la mort de sa mère, Alice, à Belo Horizonte, elle cherche les racines portugaises de sa famille à travers l'océan, découvrant une histoire d'amour complexe. Le père de Lucas, Olavo, était le fils d'un très riche industriel portugais, Joaquim, est déshérité lorsqu'il épouse Alice, la mère de Lucas, une femme très pauvre qui vivait dans une maison de chambres de la ville de Porto, au Portugal. Face à l'imminence de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, tout le monde part pour le Brésil, s'installant dans le Minas Gerais. En enquêtant sur son passé le plus lointain, Lucas fait des découvertes sur d'éventuels actes criminels de son propre père, Olavo. Lucas est aidé par Teresa, une jeune femme portugaise qui travaille comme restauratrice d'anciennes églises portugaises à l'intérieur du Portugal. Lucas, aidé de Teresa, tente de reconstituer les histoires de sa mère Alice, et finit par tomber amoureux de Teresa.
Drama
Doce Família
5.167

Doce Família

Sep 06, 2024
To fulfill her dream of wearing her mother's wedding dress, Tamara undergoes a transformation, but she will only find peace when she learns to love herself.
Comedy
O Candidato Honesto 2
5.8

O Candidato Honesto 2

Aug 30, 2018
Brazilian politician João Ernesto surrenders to justice and is arrested for corruption, before attempting to overturn with sincerity and real proposals.
Comedy
Os Bigodes da Aranha
1

Os Bigodes da Aranha

Oct 01, 1991
Sensuality, beauty, sophistication, elegance turning into a great debauchery. Both sides: chic and tacky. Where does one start? Where does the other end? Black tie party with pool, "waterfalls", champagne and murder. A police farce full of humor to the sound of great hitz by Artie Shaw, Marilyn Monroe, Alberta Hunter, Andre Previn and Gipsy Kings.
Malhação
5.9

Malhação

Apr 03, 2020
Malhação is a Brazilian television series for the teenage audience. The soap started in 1995, and was set in a fictional Gym Club called Malhação on Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro. Through the years the location varied slightly. Although the name of the soap remains the same, it is now set in the Múltipla Escolha High School.
Soap
Justiça
7.5

Justiça

May 23, 2024
In this realistic and touching series told in an innovative format, seemingly independent plots intertwine to show how justice can sometimes be a personal matter.
Drama
Os Normais
7.806

Os Normais

Oct 03, 2003
Rui and Vani, are a couple facing normal discussions, problems and situations such as infidelity and convivency problems, but they solve it with great humor.
Comedy
Paraíso Tropical
8.1

Paraíso Tropical

Sep 28, 2007
The search for a successor provokes the beginning of a clash between two young and talented executives of his group: Daniel Bastos, a lad of simple origins and excellent character, who is not only handsome and charming, but also intelligent and skilled, and Olavo Novaes, an ambitious and unscrupulous man who is ready to fight for the position, at any cost. To fight against Olavo‘s treacherous plans, Daniel will have the help of the sweet and sensitive Paula, a young lady raised as an only child who founds, on the eve of her mother‘s death, that she is adopted and has a family. What Paula does not know is that she has an identical twin sister, the wicked Taís, who is as ambitious and unscrupulous as the man who becomes her main ally, Olavo Novaes. Antenor, for his part, decides on having an heir when he meets the headstrong and honest Lúcia, a woman who will make this cold businessman find true love is and a real reason to live.
Soap
Sai de Baixo
8.1

Sai de Baixo

Jul 02, 2013
It follows the lives of the members of a dysfunctional family, their maid and the doorman of the apartment building in which they lived.
Comedy
Mulheres Apaixonadas
6.2

Mulheres Apaixonadas

Oct 10, 2003
The series surrounds the damaged relationship between a saxophonist and a woman who falls in love for a former boyfriend, whom she had left to marry him.
Soap
Les couleurs de la liberté
9.2
Winner of the International Emmy Award for Best Telenovela, "Side by Side" focuses on two women of different origins and social classes. The brave Isabel, daughter of a former slave and in love with the capoeira player Zé Maria; and Laura, descendant from a wealthy family and destined to an undesired marriage to Edgar. In addition to an unshakable friendship, the two share the same purpose in life: the conquest of freedom in the conservative society of Rio de Janeiro of the early 20th century.
Drama
O Cravo e a Rosa
7.5

O Cravo e a Rosa

Mar 10, 2001
O Cravo e a Rosa is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by Rede Globo. It ran from June 26, 2000 to March 10, 2001. It is based on the Shakespearean comedy The Taming of the Shrew. It is currently being broadcast in Portugal, on SIC.
Soap
O Quinto dos Infernos
5.5

O Quinto dos Infernos

Nov 26, 2002
O Quinto dos Infernos was a 2002 mini Brazilian historical comedy television series. It was written by Carlos Lombardi, and directed by Wolf Maya and 48 episodes were produced. The protagonist was Marcos Pasquim.
Comedy
O Som e a Sílaba
1

O Som e a Sílaba

Aug 28, 2024
Sarah is a young autistic woman with an extraordinary ability for lyrical singing. She begins taking lessons with renowned soprano Leonor Delise, but there is tension in the relationship. Sarah will learn to turn her silences into emotions; Leonor will have to restore her faith in humanity and reconcile with her daughter. Music will be the bond that transforms their lives.
Drama
Anjo Mau
9.2

Anjo Mau

Mar 27, 1998
Anjo Mau is a Brazilian telenovela that was produced and aired by TV Globo between September 8, 1997 and March 27, 1998, in 173 chapters. Featured Glória Pires, Kadu Moliterno, Maria Padilha, Daniel Dantas, Leonardo Brício, Alessandra Negrini, Mauro Mendonça and Gabriel Braga Nunes in leading roles.
Drama