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Lula Carvalho
Lula Carvalho, (born 1977) is a Brazilian cinematographer. His work includes ''Elite Squad'' (2007) and '' Elite Squad: The Enemy Within'' (2010), ''RoboCop'' (2014) and ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' (2014). He is the son of cinematographer Walter Carvalho. As of 2018, Carvalho is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers. Filmography Features Shorts * Atrocidades Maravilhosas' (2001, also director) * Uma Estrela Pra Ioiô' (2004) * Trópico das Cabras' (2004) Documentary *Moacir Arte Bruta' (2006) *Fabricando Tom Zé' (2006) *''Secrets of the Tribe'' (2010) *Elevado 3.5' (2010) *Carta Para o Futuro' (2011, also producer) *Raul - O InÃcio, o Fim e o Meio(2012) *' Television *''Força-Tarefa'' (2011), episodes "Marcas do Passado, Part 1" and "S03E08" *''Falcón'' (2011), episode "The Blind Man of Seville" *''Narcos'' (2015) *''The Mechanism "The Mechanism" is a song by British electronic music duo Disclosure and Friend Within. It was released as a d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rio De Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a beta global city, Rio de Janeiro is the sixth-most populous city in the Americas. Part of the city has been designated as a World Heritage Site, named "Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea", on 1 July 2012 as a Cultural Landscape. Founded in 1565 by the Portuguese, the city was initially the seat of the Captaincy of Rio de Janeiro, a domain of the Portuguese Empire. In 1763, it became the capital of the State of Brazil, a state of the Portuguese Empire. In 1808, when the Portuguese Royal Court moved to Brazil, Rio de Janeiro became the seat of the court of Queen Maria I of Portugal. She subsequently, under the leadership of her son the prince regent João VI of Portugal, raised Brazil to the dignity of a k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
À Beira Do Caminho
''À Beira do Caminho'' is a 2012 Brazilian drama film directed by Breno Silveira, starring João Miguel, Ângelo Antônio, Dira Paes, VinÃcius Nascimento, and Ludmila Rosa. The title of the film is a reference to the 1969 popular song " Sentado à Beira do Caminho" by Erasmo Carlos. Plot João, a truck driver, leaves his hometown and travels across the country. On one of his trips, he discovers a boy, Duda, hidden in his truck; the child, who has no mother, is in search of his father. João reluctantly agrees to take him to the nearest city, and ends up forming a friendship with him. Cast and characters * João Miguel as João * VinÃcius Nascimento as Duda * Ângelo Antônio as Afonso * Dira Paes as Rosa * Ludmila Rosa as Helena Reviews The film received mixed reviews. Several critics pointed out similarities with Silveira's 2005 feature ''Two Sons of Francisco ''Two Sons of Francisco'' ( pt, Dois Filhos de Francisco) is a 2005 Brazilian drama film about the lives of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1977 Births
Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). * January 17 ** 49 marines from the and are killed as a result of a collision in Barcelona harbour, Spain. * January 18 ** Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease. ** Australia's worst railway disaster at Granville, a suburb of Sydney, leaves 83 people dead. ** SFR Yugoslavia Prime minister Džemal Bijedić, his wife and 6 others are killed in a plane crash in Bosnia and Herzegovina. * January 19 – An Ejército del Aire CASA C-207C Azor (registration T.7-15) plane crashes into the side of a mountain near Chiva, on approach to Valencia Airport in Spain, killing all 11 people on board. * January 20 – Jimmy Carter is sworn in as the 39th Pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mechanism (TV Series)
() is a Brazilian political drama television series created by José Padilha and Elena Soarez, directed by Padilha, Felipe Prado, and Marcos Prado, and written by Elena Soarez. The show depicts Operation Car Wash ( pt, Operação Lava Jato), an ongoing police taskforce that discovered a widespread corruption scheme involving the Brazilian government and several prominent engineering firms. The series premiered all episodes of the first season March 23, 2018, worldwide, on Netflix. On May 28, 2018, the series was renewed for a second season. The second season premiered on Netflix on May 10, 2019. Plot Marco Ruffo (Selton Mello) is a Federal Police delegate obsessed with the case he is investigating. When he least expects it, he and his apprentice, Verena Cardoni (Carol Abras), are already immersed in one of the largest diversion and money laundering investigations in Brazilian history. The proportion is so great that the course of investigations completely changes the lives of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narcos
''Narcos'' is an American-Colombian crime drama television series created and produced by Chris Brancato, Carlo Bernard, and Doug Miro. Set and filmed in Colombia, seasons 1 and 2 are based on the story of Colombian narcoterrorist and drug kingpin Pablo Escobar, who is the leader of the Medellin Cartel and became a billionaire through the production and distribution of cocaine. The series also focuses on Escobar's interactions with drug lords, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents, and various opposition entities. Season 3 picks up after the fall of Escobar and continues to follow the DEA as they try to shut down the rise of the infamous Cali Cartel. Season 1, comprising 10 episodes, originally aired on August 28, 2015, as a Netflix exclusive. The series was renewed for a second season, which premiered on September 2, 2016, with 10 episodes. On September 6, 2016, Netflix renewed the series for its third and fourth seasons. Season 3 premiered on September 1, 2017, but on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falcón (TV Series)
''Falcón'' is a 2012 crime television series based on the books by Robert Wilson, produced by Mammoth Screen for the Sky, Canal+ and ZDF channels. It starred Marton Csokas as Chief Inspector Javier Falcón. Cast and characters *Marton Csokas as Chief Inspector Javier Falcón * Hayley Atwell as Consuelo Jiménez *Charlie Creed-Miles as Inspector Luis RamÃrez *Santiago Cabrera as Judge Esteban Calderón *Emilia Fox as Inés Conde De Tejada, estranged wife of Javier * Kerry Fox as Manuela Falcón, sister of Javier * James Floyd as Rafa Falcón, nephew of Javier * Natalia Tena as Christina Ferrera Production The series was filmed in Seville Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula ..., Spain. The stunt co-ordinator for the series was Ricardo Cruz Ardura. Episode list Rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Força-Tarefa
''Força-Tarefa'' (in English, "Task-Force") is a Brazilian television series directed by José Alvarenga Jr. and Mário Márcio Bandarra and written by Fernando Bonassi and Marçal Aquino. The series aired two season since April 16, 2009 on Rede Globo. Plot The plot centers around Lieutenant Wilson, from the Military Police of Rio de Janeiro State (''PolÃcia Militar do Estado do Rio de Janeiro''), who works in the internal affairs department of the aforementioned police division. He and his teammates investigate crimes committed by the fellow members of the Military Police. Wilson answers to Colonel Caetano, an experienced and respected member of the Force, and dates Jaqueline, a nurse who regrets having a boyfriend that has no fixed time to be home. Wilson is also constantly confronted by the ghost of Jonas, a suicidal police officer who shot himself in the head in front of Wilson after being caught involved with crimes. Jonas acts like an alter-ego to Wilson, using sarc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secrets Of The Tribe
''Secrets of the Tribe'' is a 2010 Brazilian documentary film by director José Padilha. Content This documentary explores the allegations, first brought to light in the book '' Darkness in El Dorado'', written by Patrick Tierney, that anthropologists studying the Yanomami Indians in the 1960s and '70s engaged in bizarre and inappropriate interactions with the tribe, including sexual and medical violations. Scientists accused in this film are among others James Neel, Napoleon Chagnon, Kenneth Good and Jacques Lizot. Release Premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, the film was nominated for a Grand Jury Prize. Afterwards Alice Dreger, an historian of medicine and science, and an outsider to the debate, concluded in a peer-reviewed publication that most of Tierney's claims (the movie is based on claims originally made by Tierney) were "baseless and sensationalistic charges". A detailed investigation of these charges by a panel set up by the University of Michigan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Entebbe (film)
''Entebbe'' (titled ''7 Days in Entebbe'' in the U.S.) is a 2018 action thriller film directed by José Padilha and written by Gregory Burke. The film recounts the story of Operation Entebbe, a 1976 counter-terrorist hostage-rescue operation. The film stars Rosamund Pike and Daniel Brühl. It was released in the United States on 16 March 2018 and in the United Kingdom on 11 May 2018. Plot On 27 June 1976, Wilfried Böse and Brigitte Kuhlmann, two terrorists belonging to the Revolutionary Cells, an ultra-leftist terrorist organization, hijack Air France Flight 139, flying from Tel Aviv to Paris, during the flight's initial stopover at Athens. Elsewhere, Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and defense minister Shimon Peres are alerted of the hijacking. During a refueling stop in Benghazi, Böse releases a female passenger who, unbeknownst to the terrorists, had pretended to suffer a miscarriage. After taking off once more, the hijackers commandeer the plane to Entebbe, Uganda o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The King Of The Mornings
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Out Of The Shadows
Out of the Shadows may refer to: Films * ''Out of the Shadows'' (unfinished film), an unfinished 1931 film * ''Out of the Shadows'' (2012 film), a documentary film *'' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows'', a 2016 film Music * ''Out of the Shadows'' (The Shadows album), a 1962 album by the British group The Shadows * ''Out of the Shadows'' (Dave Grusin album), a 1982 album by Dave Grusin * ''Out of the Shadows'' (Billy Joe Royal album), a 1990 album by Billy Joe Royal * "Out of the Shadows", a song on Iron Maiden's 2006 album '' A Matter of Life and Death'' Video games * ''Out of the Shadows'' (video game), a 1984 video game *'' PK: Out of the Shadows'', a 2002 video game * ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows'' (video game), a 2013 video game Other uses *''Out of the Shadows'', a video by the British group Hawkwind *'' Alien: Out of the Shadows'', a 2014 book by Tim Lebbon See also *Out of the Shadow (other) *''Out of Shadows ''Out of S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Wolf At The Door (film)
''A Wolf at the Door'' ( pt, O Lobo Atrás da Porta) is a 2013 Brazilian drama thriller film written and directed by Fernando Coimbra. The film follows the story of Sylvia and Bernardo, the parents of a kidnapped girl, and Rosa, Bernardo's lover, who is suspected for the kidnapping. The film was based on a real life crime that occurred in the 60s where a woman called Neyde Maria Maia Lopes ("The Beast of Penha") kidnapped and killed 4-year- old Tania Maria Coelho de Araujo ("Taninha"). It received the Horizontes Latinos award at the 61st edition of the San Sebastián International Film Festival. Plot A mother and housewife named Sylvia goes to pick up her daughter Clara at school, and finds her missing. She is told by the teacher that she received a phone call from someone who claimed to be her, saying that she was sick and that a neighbor would come pick her up instead. At the police station, Sylvia, her husband Bernardo, and the teacher are questioned for possible clues about wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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