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Brazilian Films Of 2011 ...
In 2011, eight Brazilian films drew more than a million people to theaters. All of the 2011 Brazilian films together received an audience of nearly 19 million people. Brazil produced nearly 100 films in 2011, up from 30 in 2001 and less than five in 1994. Highest-grossing These were the top ten Brazilian films in 2011. The films are ranked according to public. 2011 releases See also *2011 in Brazil *2011 in Brazilian television References {{Films by country 2011 Films Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De Pernas Pro Ar
''De Pernas pro Ar'' (Portuguese for ''Upside Down'') is a 2010 Brazilian comedy film directed by Roberto Santucci. The film had its premiere on December 25, 2010, with official debut on December 31, 2010. Its sequel, ''De Pernas pro Ar 2'', debuted in Brazilian theaters on 28 December 2012. Plot Alice is a successful executive in her 30s, married to João, with whom she has a son. She is a workaholic who tries to balance between work and family routine, but loses her job and husband on the same day. She attempts to start a new life with the help of her neighbor Marcela, who tries to show that it's possible to be successful at business without foregoing the pleasures of life. Alice and Marcela become investors in a bankrupt sex shop, while Marcela helps Alice to discover the pleasures of sex toys. Cast * Ingrid Guimarães as Alice Segretto * Maria Paula as Marcela * Bruno Garcia Bruno Garcia da Silva (born 29 November 1970) is a Brazilian actor.Cinemateca Brasileira, ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O Abismo Prateado
''The Silver Cliff'' ( pt, O Abismo Prateado) is a 2011 Brazilian drama film directed by Karim Aïnouz. Alessandra Negrini won the Best Actress prize on the Havana Film Festival for her role. Plot Violeta (Alessandra Negrini) is a dentist married and with one son, having a normal working day. While listening to a message left on the phone she panics. The message was written by her husband, Djalma (Otto Jr.), who said he was leaving her and going to Porto Alegre. He asks Violeta to not go after him, but she does not follow the advice and tries to travel as soon as possible, to the capital of Rio Grande do Sul. Cast * Alessandra Negrini Alessandra Vidal de Negreiros Negrini (born 29 August 1970) is a Brazilian actress. She is known for her roles in Brazilian telenovelas and films. She began her television career after starring in '' Olho no Olho'' (1993) playing the role of Cla ... as Violeta * Camilla Amado as Norma * Thiago Martins as Nassir * Otto Jr. as Djalma * Carla Riba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy Film
A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the oldest genres in film and it is derived from the classical comedy in theatre. Some of the earliest silent films were comedies, as slapstick comedy often relies on visual depictions, without requiring sound. When sound films became more prevalent during the 1930s, comedy films took another swing, as laughter could result from burlesque situations but also dialogue. Comedy, compared with other film genres, puts much more focus on individual stars, with many former stand-up comics transitioning to the film industry due to their popularity. In '' The Screenwriters Taxonomy'' (2017), Eric R. Williams contends that film genres are fundamentally based upon a film's atmosphere, character, and story. Therefore the labels "drama" and "comedy" are t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernanda Machado
Fernanda Arrias Machado (born 10 October 1980) is a Brazilian actress. She is best known for her role as Maria in the film ''Tropa de Elite''. Career Her first television work was in 2004, when she played Sonya in Rede Globo's telenovela ''Começar de Novo'', by Antônio Calmon and Elizabeth Jhin. She played Dalila in 2005 Rede Globo's telenovela ''Alma Gêmea'' and Joana in 2007's telenovela ''Paraíso Tropical''. where she won the 2007 best supporting actress of TV Globo. Fernanda Machado played the role of Laís in Rede Globo's 2009 telenovela ''Caras & Bocas'', by Walcyr Carrasco. She had previously worked with him in Alma Gêmea. Fernanda Machado starred in the same year as Maria in ''Tropa de Elite'' which won the Berlin Film Festival in 2008. She was part of the cast of 2011 Rede Globo's telenovela ''Insensato Coração'', playing the role of Luciana. Her character was killed in a plane crash on January 25, 2011's episode. In 2013 returns in the novels '' Amor à Vida'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Luisa Mendonça
Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial *170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 *Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, dark basaltic plains on Earth's Moon Terrestrial *Maria, Maevatanana, Madagascar *Maria, Quebec, Canada *Maria, Siquijor, the Philippines *María, Spain, in Andalusia *Îles Maria, French Polynesia *María de Huerva, Aragon, Spain *Villa Maria (other) Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Maria'' (1947 film), Swedish film * ''Maria'' (1975 film), Swedish film * ''Maria'' (2003 film), Romanian film * ''Maria'' (2019 film), Filipino film * ''Maria'' (2021 film), Canadian film directed by Alec Pronovost * ''Maria'' (Sinhala film), Sri Lankan upcoming film Literature * ''María'' (novel), an 1867 novel by Jorge Isaacs * ''Maria'' (Ukrainian novel), a 1934 novel by the Ukrainian writer Ulas Samchuk * ''Maria'' (play), a 1935 play b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lázaro Ramos
Luís Lázaro Sacramento Ramos (born November 1, 1978) is a prolific Brazilian actor, television presenter, director, writer, and voice actor. He started his acting career with the Flock of Olodum Theater group, in Salvador, and is best known for his portrayal of João Francisco dos Santos in the 2002 film ''Madame Satã''. Ramos is married to Brazilian actress Taís Araújo. In 2007, he was nominated for the 35th International Emmy Awards for Best Actor for his role in ''Cobras & Lagartos''. Filmography Television Film As director Awards and nominations See also * Afro-Brazilian Afro-Brazilians ( pt, afro-brasileiros; ) are Brazilians who have predominantly African ancestry (see "Black people#Brazil, preto"). Most members of another group of people, Pardo Brazilians, multiracial Brazilians or ''pardos'', may also have a ...s References External links Lazaro's official Blog [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tadeu Jungle
Tadeu Jungle (born 1956 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian multimedia artist. He works as a videomaker, photographer, poet, designer, producer and director of cinema and television. Graduated in Social Communication through the School of Communication and Arts, USP, in 1980, Tadeu Jungle was part of an inventive group called TVDOhttp://site.videobrasil.org.br/en/news/1690583 , - Counter-TV: meetings to discuss the 80s - Videobrasil were, along with his friends, made various experimental productions. Arlindo Machado refers to them as part of the Brazilian independent video generation and most recently he directed two feature films: Amanhã Nunca Mais ( Tomorrow Never More, 2011) and the documentary Evoé, Retrato de um Antropófago (Evoé, Portrait of an Anthropophagist, 2011), about the playwright Zé Celso Martinez Correa. He is currently married to the director and screenwriter Estela Renner Estela Renner is a movie director, writer, and co-founder of Maria Farinha Filmes. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanhã Nunca Mais
Magazines in Portugal are mostly women's magazines, society magazines and TV magazines. In 1994 there were nearly 984 magazines in the country. The following is an incomplete list of current and defunct magazines published in Portugal. They may be published in Portuguese or in other languages. A * '' Activa'' * ''Alma feminina'' * '' Amanhã'' * '' Árvore'' * '' Atlantida'' * ''Azulejos'' B * ''Blitz'' C * ''Caras'' * ''Centauro'' * '' Colóquio'' * ''Contemporânea'' * '' Contestável'' E * '' Essential Lisboa'' * ''Essential Madeira'' * ''Exame'' * ''Exame Informática'' F * ''As Farpas'' * '' Flama'' * ''Focus'' * ''Fortuna'' G * ''Grande Reportagem'' L * ''A Leitura'' M * ''Mais Alto'' * ''Maria'' * '' Maxima'' * ''Media XXI'' * ''Mística'' * ''Mundo Literário'' N * '' Nova Gente'' P * '' Portugal Colonial'' * '' Portugal Socialista'' * ''Presença'' R * '' Revista ACP'' * '' Roda dos Milhoes'' S * ''Sábado'' * '' Sudoeste'' T * '' Teleculinária'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Directors' Fortnight
The Directors' Fortnight (french: Quinzaine des Réalisateurs) is an independent selection of the Cannes Film Festival. It was started in 1969 by the French Directors Guild after the events of May 1968 resulted in cancellation of the Cannes festival as an act of solidarity with striking workers. The Directors' Fortnight showcases a programme of shorts and feature films and documentaries worldwide. Artistic directors Programming is overseen by an artistic director. The current artistic director is Paolo Moretti who has programmed Director's Fortnight since 2018. * – 1969–1999 * – 1999–2003 *Olivier Père – 2004–2009 *Frédéric Boyer Frédéric Boyer (born 2 March 1961, Cannes) is a French author of novels, poems, essays, and translations. Biography A former student of the École normale supérieure de Fontenay Saint-Cloud, he coordinated the ''Bible Nouvelle Traduction'' (Ba ... – 2009–2011 * – 2012–2018 * – 2018– Awards *Art Cinema Award *SACD Prize * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Borges
Alice may refer to: * Alice (name), most often a feminine given name, but also used as a surname Literature * Alice (''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''), a character in books by Lewis Carroll * ''Alice'' series, children's and teen books by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor * ''Alice'' (Hermann book), a 2009 short story collection by Judith Hermann Computers * Alice (computer chip), a graphics engine chip in the Amiga computer in 1992 * Alice (programming language), a functional programming language designed by the Programming Systems Lab at Saarland University * Alice (software), an object-oriented programming language and IDE developed at Carnegie Mellon * Alice mobile robot * Artificial Linguistic Internet Computer Entity, an open-source chatterbot * Matra Alice, a home micro-computer marketed in France * Alice, a brand name used by Telecom Italia for internet and telephone services Video games * '' Alice: An Interactive Museum'', a 1991 adventure game * ''American McGee's Alice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carla Ribas
Carla is the feminized version of Carl, Carlos or Charles, from ''ceorl'' in Old English, which means "free man". Notable people with the name include: * Carla, French singer and former member of the children's music group Kids United * Carla Abellana, Filipina actress and commercial model * Carla Azar, drummer and singer for the band Autolux * Carla Barbarino, retired Italian sprinter and hurdler * Carla Beck, Canadian politician * Carla Berrocal (born 1983), Spanish comics illustrator * Carla Berube, American college basketball coach * Carla Beurskens, prominent long-distance runner from the Netherlands * Carla Blank, American choreographer, writer, and editor * Carla Bley, American jazz composer, pianist, organist and bandleader * Carla Bonner, Australian actress * Carla Borrego, Jamaican basketball and netball player * Carla Boyce (born 1998), Scottish footballer * Carla Boyd, retired Australian basketball player with 2 Olympic medals * Carla Bozulich, lead singer, lyricist and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thiago Martins (footballer, Born 1976)
Thiago Martins (born 4 September 1976) is a retired Brazilian footballer who played professionally in the United States and Norway. Early life and education Martins was born on the east side of São Paulo, Brazil, and came to the United States in 1996. He landed in Los Angeles, at 19 years old and with little money. He eventually made his way to Santa Barbara, California, where he slept in hotels until his money ran out. He had to resort to sleeping on the beach. Fortunately he awoke one morning to a group of people playing soccer on the beach and joined them. One of the players took Martins into their home, even though Martins spoke little English or Spanish and they spoke no Portuguese. He began to play soccer in Sunday leagues, where Tim Vom Steeg noticed his skill as he attempted to defend him in one game. Thiago agreed and started taking classes at Santa Barbara City College, where he also played soccer for two years from 1997 to 1998 under head coach Tim Vom Steeg. Vom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
