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Gero Camilo
Gero Camilo (born Paulo Rogério da Silva on December 18, 1970) is a Brazilian actor, dramatist, singer-songwriter and poet. A descendant of Indigenous, African, Portuguese, and Dutch people, he was born in Fortaleza, Ceará from parents of Acopiara. He was a militant of Liberation theology in Ceará, where he started to act in amateur theater when he was 19 years old. In 1994, he entered the School of Dramatic Art of University of São Paulo, acting on university productions, and concluded the course four years later. In March 2022, he was cast as Didi, a character created and originally played by Renato Aragão, in the upcoming film '' Mussum: O Filmis'', about the comedian who died in 1994. Selected filmography ;Films * '' Brainstorm'' (2000) * '' Behind the Sun'' (2001) * ''Maids'' (2001) * '' City of God'' (2002) * ''Madame Satã'' (2002) * '' Carandiru'' (2003) * '' Man on Fire'' (2004) * ''Assalto ao Banco Central'' (2011) * '' I'd Receive the Worst News from Your Beautif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fortaleza
Fortaleza (, locally , Portuguese for ''Fortress'') is the state capital of Ceará, located in Northeastern Brazil. It belongs to the Metropolitan mesoregion of Fortaleza and microregion of Fortaleza. It is Brazil's 5th largest city and the twelfth richest city in the country in GDP. It also has the third richest metropolitan area in the North and Northeast regions. It is an important industrial and commercial center of Brazil, the nation's eighth largest municipality in purchasing power. According to the Ministry of Tourism, the city reached the mark of second most desired destination of Brazil and fourth among Brazilian cities in tourists received. The BR-116, the most important highway of the country, starts in Fortaleza. The municipality is part of the Common Market of Mercosur Cities, and also the Brazilian state capital which is closest to Europe, from Lisbon, Portugal. To the north of the city lies the Atlantic Ocean; to the south are the municipalities of Pacatuba, E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grupo Folha
Grupo Folha is the second largest Brazilian media conglomerate, after Grupo Globo. It was founded by Octávio Frias (1912–2007) and led by his son Luiz Frias since 1992. The group publishes ''Folha de S.Paulo'', the largest circulation paper in the country, which since 1986 keeps the leadership among quality general-interest newspapers in Brazil. In the last decade, the group nearly tripled its revenue, getting to R$2.7 billion in 2010. EBITDA reached R$600 million in 2011. Newspapers In February 2012, Folha widened its lead among prestige newspapers in Brazil, with an average of 297.5 thousand monthly copies in circulation, 12% ahead of O Globo and 20.3% ahead of O Estado de S. Paulo, competitors in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo states. Besides Folha, the group publishes Agora São Paulo newspaper and has 50% shares at Valor Econômico, in partnership with Organizações Globo. Both are circulation leaders, respectively, in popular journalism and business journalism market ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoje é Dia De Maria
Hoje or variants may refer to: Geography * Höje River (Swedish: ''Höje å''), a river in Scania in southern Sweden * Høje Gladsaxe (Gladsaxe Heights), a housing project in Copenhagen, Denmark * Høje Sandbjerg, part of Søllerød Naturpark in Rudersdal Municipality, Copenhagen, Denmark * Høje-Taastrup Municipality, eastern Denmark ** Høje Taastrup station, a railway station in Høje-Taastrup municipality, Denmark * Lindholm Høje (Lindholm Hills), a Viking burial site, Aalborg Film and TV * ''Hoje'' (film), a 2011 Brazilian film *''Jornal Hoje'', a news program aired by the Brazilian television broadcaster Rede Globo Music * ''Hoje'' (Ludmilla album), 2014 * ''Hoje'' (Os Paralamas do Sucesso album) *''Hoje'', am album by Gal Costa *''Hoje É o Primeiro Dia do Resto da Sua Vida ''Hoje É o Primeiro Dia do Resto da Sua Vida'' (Portuguese for "Today is the first day of the rest of your life") is the second solo record by Brazilian singer Rita Lee. Originally intended to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rede Globo
TV Globo (, "Globe TV", or simply Globo), formerly known as Rede Globo, is a Brazilian free-to-air Television broadcasting, television network, launched by media proprietor Roberto Marinho on 26 April 1965. It is owned by media conglomerate Grupo Globo. The TV station is by far the largest of its holdings. Globo is the largest commercial TV network in Latin America and the second-largest commercial TV network in the world behind the American Broadcasting Company and the largest producer of telenovelas. All of this makes Globo renowned as one of the most important television networks in the world and Grupo Globo as one of the largest media groups. Globo is headquartered in the Jardim Botânico, Rio de Janeiro, Jardim Botânico neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, where its news division is based. The network's main production studios are located at a complex dubbed ''Estúdios Globo'', located in Jacarepaguá, in the same city. Globo is composed of 5 owned-and-operated television st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brava Gente
Brava or La Brava may refer to: Geography * Brava, Cape Verde, a volcanic island * Brava, Costa Rica, an island of Costa Rica (Isla Brava) * Costa Brava, a coastal area Mediterranean of northeast Spain *Barawa, a town in Somalia commonly known as ''Brava'' *La Brava Lake *La Brava San Javier Department, Santa Fe *Ciénaga La Brava Pedraza, Magdalena *La Brava Atlántida, Uruguay People *Linda Brava, Finnish violinist * La Brava (''My Hero Academia''), a character in the manga series ''My Hero Academia'' Books * ''La Brava'', Elmore Leonard Brands *Vauxhall Brava, a pickup truck *Fiat Bravo/Brava, a car *Brava, a brand of premium lager from the Lakeport Brewing Company *Brava, an infrared countertop oven Film and TV *Brava, a Dutch cultural television channel Music *"Brava", a song by Mina, 1965 *''Brava'', an album by Rebeca, 2000 * ''Brava!'' (Paulina Rubio album), 2011 * ''Brava'' (Brodinski album), 2015 * ''Brava'' (Lali Espósito album), 2018 See also * Braava, an i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriela (2012 TV Series)
''Gabriela'' is a Brazilian telenovela created by Jorge Amado (written by Walcyr Carrasco) and starring Juliana Paes and Humberto Martins. It premiered on June 18, 2012 on Rede Globo at 11pm timeslot. It has Juliana Paes, Humberto Martins, Antônio Fagundes, José Wilker, Mateus Solano, Chico Diaz, Leona Cavalli, Vanessa Giácomo, Marcelo Serrado, Maitê Proença, Erik Marmo, Ivete Sangalo and Laura Cardoso Laura Cardoso, artistic name of Laurinda de Jesus Cardoso Balleroni OMC (born 13 September 1927) is a Brazilian actress. She is celebrated as one of the best and most well known Brazilian actresses of cinema, theater and television. Early li ... in the leading roles. Synopsis Naïve and provocative Gabriela is a raggedy migrant worker who arrives in town to mesmerize all with her playful and simple, yet raw sensuality. Set in 1925, the story unravels in Ilhéus, a quiet northeastern coastal city thriving with cocoa crops and aspirations for progress, even though the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I'd Receive The Worst News From Your Beautiful Lips
''I'd Receive the Worst News from Your Beautiful Lips'' ( pt, Eu Receberia as Piores Notícias dos Seus Lindos Lábios) is a 2011 Brazilian romance drama film directed by Beto Brant and Renato Ciasca. Based on a novel of the same name by Marçal Aquino, it stars Camila Pitanga, Gustavo Machado, and Zecarlos Machado, in a love triangle. Pitanga plays the role of Lavínia, a former prostitute and drug addict who is taken from the Rio de Janeiro streets by Ernani (husband), a pastor. After a period of time, the couple is shown to be living in Santarém, Pará, where Lavínia fall in love with Cauby (lover), a photographer who sees in her a muse. It took over four months to shoot it in Santarém and Rio de Janeiro. Cast *Camila Pitanga as Lavínia *Gustavo Machado as Cauby *Zecarlos Machado as Ernani *Gero Camilo as Viktor Laurence *Antonio Pitanga as Isaías *Adriano Barroso as Polozzi *Magnólio de Oliveira as Chico Chagas *Simone Sou as Xamã Reception It was first screened at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assalto Ao Banco Central
''Federal Bank Heist'' ( pt, Assalto ao Banco Central) is a 2011 Brazilian thriller film directed and produced by Marcos Paulo Simões, starring Milhem Cortaz, Hermila Guedes, Eriberto Leão and Lima Duarte. It is based on the 2005 Banco Central burglary at Fortaleza. Plot In 2005, high-ranked criminal Barão (Milhem Cortaz) and his wife Carla (Hermila Guedes) are planning Banco Central burglary at Fortaleza, the heist that inspired the film - they need to dig a tunnel linking a house to the Banco Central's vault in Fortaleza, where they'll steal millions of Brazilian real, reals. To accomplish their objective, they assemble a group of eight other criminals: Mineiro (Eriberto Leão), the couple's right-hand and chief of the band when Barão's not around; Doutor (Tonico Pereira), a communism, communist civil engineer; Tatu (Gero Camilo), the chief of the brickies; Caetano (Fábio Lago), Saulo (Créo Kellab), Décio (Juliano Cazarré) and Firmino (Cadu Fávero), all brickies; and L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Man On Fire (2004 Film)
''Man on Fire'' is a 2004 action thriller film directed by Tony Scott from a screenplay by Brian Helgeland, and based on the 1980 novel of the same name by A. J. Quinnell. The novel had previously been adapted into a feature film in 1987. In this film, Denzel Washington portrays John Creasy, a despondent, alcoholic former CIA SAD/SOG officer (and U.S. Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance captain) turned bodyguard, who goes on a revenge rampage after his charge, nine-year-old Lupita "Pita" Ramos (Dakota Fanning), is abducted in Mexico City. The supporting cast includes Christopher Walken, Radha Mitchell, Giancarlo Giannini, Marc Anthony, Rachel Ticotin and Mickey Rourke. The film received mixed reviews. It grossed $130 million worldwide against a production budget of $60–70 million. Plot Former CIA SAD/SOG officer John W. Creasy visits his old friend Paul Rayburn in Mexico. Rayburn convinces him to take a bodyguard position with Samuel Ramos, a Mexico City automaker whose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carandiru (film)
''Carandiru'' is a 2003 Brazilian drama film directed by Héctor Babenco. It is based on the book '' Estação Carandiru'' by Dr. Drauzio Varella, a physician and AIDS specialist, who is portrayed in the film by Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos. ''Carandiru'' tells some of the stories that occurred in Carandiru Penitentiary, which was the biggest prison in Latin America. The story culminates with the 1992 massacre where 111 prisoners were killed, 102 by Police. The film was the last thing for which the prison was used before it was demolished in 2002, one year before the release of the film. Babenco stated that ''Carandiru'' is the “most realistic film e’sever made", presenting a new kind of Brazilian realism inspired by Cinema Novo (not only is it meant to portray different sides of Brazil, but it was also shot on location and used many actual prisoners as actors). Due to this focus on portraying reality and the film's memoir inspiration, ''Carandiru'' can be read as a docudram ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madame Satã (film)
''Madame Satã'' is a 2002 Brazilian–French drama film directed by Karim Aïnouz. Shot in the neighborhoods of Lapa, Glória, Paquetá, and Centro in the Rio de Janeiro city, it tells the story of Madame Satã and premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Lázaro Ramos - João Francisco dos Santos / Madame Satã * Marcélia Cartaxo - Laurita * Flavio Bauraqui - Tabu * Fellipe Marques - Renatinho * Renata Sorrah - Vitória * Emiliano Queiroz - Amador * Giovana Barbosa - Firmina * Ricardo Blat - José * Guilherme Piva - Álvaro * Marcelo Valle - Delegado * Floriano Peixoto - Gregório * Gero Camilo Gero Camilo (born Paulo Rogério da Silva on December 18, 1970) is a Brazilian actor, dramatist, singer-songwriter and poet. A descendant of Indigenous, African, Portuguese, and Dutch people, he was born in Fortaleza, Ceará from parents of Ac ... - Agapito * Gláucio Gomes - Gordo no Danúbio (Fat man) * Orã Figueiredo - Policia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of God (2002 Film)
''City of God'' ( pt, Cidade de Deus) is a 2002 Brazilian epic crime film co-directed by Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund, released in Brazil in 2002 and worldwide in 2003. Bráulio Mantovani adapted the story from the 1997 novel of the same name written by Paulo Lins, but the plot is loosely based on real events. It depicts the growth of organized crime in the Cidade de Deus suburb of Rio de Janeiro, between the end of the 1960s and the beginning of the 1980s, with the film's closure depicting the war between the drug dealer Li'l Zé and vigilante-turned-criminal Knockout Ned. The tagline is "If you run, the beast catches you; if you stay, the beast eats you." The cast includes Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino da Hora, Phellipe Haagensen, Douglas Silva, Alice Braga, and Seu Jorge. Most of the actors were, in fact, residents of favelas such as Vidigal and the Cidade de Deus itself. The film received critical acclaim and garnered four nomination at the 76th Academy Awa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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