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Vida De Menina
Vida de Menina is a 2004 Brazilian drama film. It was the first feature-length fiction film directed by Helena Solberg. The film is an adaptation of ''Minha Vida de Menina'', the diary of Helena Morley. It won five awards at the 2004 Gramado Film Festival. Cast * Ludmila Dayer as Helena Morley * Daniela Escobar as Carolina * Dalton Vigh as Alexandre * Maria de Sá as Teodora * Camilo Bevilacqua as Geraldo * Lolô Souza Pinto as Madge * Benjamim Abras as Teodomir * Lígia Cortez as Iaiá Plot The film takes place in Diamantina, Minas Gerais Diamantina () is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Minas Gerais. Its estimated population in 2020 was 47,825 in a total area of 3,870 km2. ''Arraial do Tijuco'' (as Diamantina was first called) was built during the colonial era in th ... in the period following the abolition of slavery in Brazil. It focuses on the life of Helena Morley, an adolescent who tells her daily life in her diary which, when published in the 1950s, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helena Solberg
Helena Solberg (born June 17, 1938 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian-born documentarist who, since 1971, has made her career in the United States. She is recognized as the only woman to participate in "Cinema Novo" movement in Brazil. In 1983, Solberg received an Emmy Award for '' From the Ashes: Nicaragua Today'', documentary on a new society that born of political turmoil in Central America and the role that the U.S. plays in determining its future. Biography Helena Solberg was born in Rio de Janeiro, daughter of a Norwegian father and Brazilian mother, lived for a long time in New York City, and established herself as a producer and director of documentaries in Brazil and the United States. She began her career from contact with big names of the new movies, as Carlos Diegues and Arnaldo Jabor, a time when she lived with them during the studies at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro. Solberg began in adolescence working as a reporter at the ''Metropolita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helena Morley
Alice Dayrell Caldeira Brant (August 28, 1880 – June 20, 1970) was a Brazilian juvenile writer. When she was a teenager, she kept a diary, which describes life in Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil which was then published in 1942. The diary was published under a pen name Helena Morley. When it was originally published it was in portuguese under the title '' Minha Vida de Menina''. The diary was then translated in to English by Elizabeth Bishop in 1957. Biography She was born in Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil to an English father and a Brazilian mother. Her father worked as a diamond miner. The diary chronicles Brant's daily life, and covers her teenage years until 1895. In 1900 Brant married Augusto Mário Calderia Brant, they had five children together. Brant says that she published her diaries in order to act as a role model for younger females who may read the book. She wrote that the diary was a way to show young women what becoming an adult means, and in this way she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludmila Dayer
Ludmila Dayer-Middleton (born 18 June 1983) is a Brazilian-American actress, producer and director. Career Dayer began acting at the age of 10 in the movie ''Carlota Joaquina – Princesa do Brasil'' released in 1995, for which she was named by the Associação Paulista de Críticos de Arte (APCA) as the revelation of the year. She rose to prominence after being discovered in a Spanish dance class and getting cast for a double role in two different languages in ''Carlota Joaquina'': the Spanish infant princess Carlota and the little British girl Yolanda. At that time, she didn't speak English and Spanish fluently; but after two months of training with a language coach, she could deliver her lines in both languages. For her next film "Traição" where she plays the "Diabólica" character by playwright Nelson Rodrigues, she got the "Candango" for best supporting actress at the Festival de Brasília. The first part she landed as a teenager was a TV role in the Rede Manchete tele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniela Escobar
Daniela Escobar Duncan (born 16 January 1969) is a Brazilian actress, television presenter and voice actress. Biography Escobar was born in São Borja, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil At the age of ten, she moved with her family to Porto Alegre, Brazil. Her father Joao Carlos Escobar is a corporate lawyer and author, and her mother Lucia Iara Tatsch, an English teacher. Escobar's ancestry includes German, Austrian, and Portuguese. Career Escobar began her acting career in Rio de Janeiro at the age of 19 years old. In 1990 she made the transition from stage to television. From 1994 to 2015 she was contracted to star in a myriad of prime time popular television shows for TV Globo Brasil appearing in more than 25 TV Series as well as a series of independent movies. She starred in the film ''Diário de um Novo Mundo''. Her most memorable performance was in ''O Clone'' novel 2001, where she played a mother who suffers and struggles to regain the trust of her daught ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dalton Vigh
Dalton Vigh de Sousa Vales (born July 10, 1964) is a Brazilian actor. Biography At three years Dalton moved to Santos, and in 1986 moved to São Paulo. Graduated in Advertising in the Methodist University of São Paulo, did not follow his career. He also studied drama at school Célia Helena. Career Dalton's first job in television soap opera was the ''Tocaia Grande'', 1995. He starred with Patrícia de Sabrit novels the ''Pérola Negra'' of SBT and ''Vidas Cruzadas'' of Rede Record. Dalton gained notoriety when introducing the ''Top TV'' program in 2000. It was also host of the cable television channel People & Arts. But the greatest public recognition came with his interpretation of Said Rachid in the soap opera ''O Clone'', 2001. Interpreted the historical character Luigi Rossetti in the miniseries ''A Casa das Sete Mulheres'' (2003). After some work with fewer repercussions, Dalton returned to shine as the Clovis Moura villain in the soap opera ''O Profeta'', 2006. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wagner Tiso
Wagner Tiso Veiga (born 12 December 1945) is a musician, arranger, conductor, pianist and composer from Brazil. Born in Três Pontas, Tiso learned music theory with Paulo Moura and specialised in keyboards. In 1970, he joined Som Imaginário, working with Milton Nascimento. Tiso and Nascimento were then together in Clube da Esquina, who toured internationally. The group also included Beto Guedes, Toninho Horta Antônio Maurício Horta de Melo (born December 2, 1948) is a Brazilian jazz guitarist and vocalist. In addition to composing and performing his own work, Horta has worked for many years as arranger or sideman for Brazilian artists such as El ... and Flávio Venturini. He has also worked on several soundtracks. References External links Official site 1945 births Living people People from Minas Gerais Brazilian composers Brazilian pianists Musicians from Minas Gerais 21st-century pianists {{Brazil-composer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gramado Film Festival
The Gramado Film Festival ( pt, Festival de Gramado) is an international film festival held annually in the Brazilian city of Gramado, Rio Grande do Sul, since 1973. In 1992, the festival began to award Latin American films produced outside of Brazil. It is the biggest film festival in the country. History Formed by the National Cinema Institute (''Instituto Nacional de Cinema - INC'') in January 1973, the Gramado Film Festival was originally launched at the ''Hydrangeas'' Festivity (''Festa das Hortênsias''), where film exhibitions were promoted between 1969 and 1971. The efforts of the artistic community, the press, tourists, and locals made the initiative a successful event. By the 1980s, it was already the most important film festival of Brazil. Awards Currently, the festival grants awards in 24 categories (13 for Brazilian films, eight for international films, and three special awards). Its awards, called "''Kikitos''", are 13 inch statuettes created by the artisan Elisabe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O Globo
''O Globo'' (, ''The Globe'') is a Brazilian newspaper based in Rio de Janeiro. ''O Globo'' is the most prominent print publication in the Grupo Globo media conglomerate. Founded by journalist Irineu Marinho, owner of ''A Noite'', it was originally intended as a morning daily to extend the newspaper interests of the company. In time, it became the flagship paper of the group. When Irineu died weeks after the founding of the newspaper in 1925, it was inherited by his son Roberto. At age 21, he started working as a trainee reporter for the paper and later became managing editor. Roberto Marinho developed Grupo Globo (the conglomerate of media companies consisting of ''O Globo,'' TV Globo, Rádio Globo, Editora Globo and other subsidiaries) as Brazil's largest media group, entering radio in the 1940s and TV in the 1960s, and picking up other interests. An active supporter of the military dictatorship that lasted from 1964 to 1985 in Brazil, ''O Globo'' is still considered a righ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diamantina, Minas Gerais
Diamantina () is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Minas Gerais. Its estimated population in 2020 was 47,825 in a total area of 3,870 km2. ''Arraial do Tijuco'' (as Diamantina was first called) was built during the colonial era in the early 18th century. As its name suggests, Diamantina was a center of diamond mining in the 18th and 19th centuries. A well-preserved example of Brazilian Baroque architecture, Diamantina is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Other historical cities in Minas Gerais are Ouro Preto, São João del-Rei, Mariana, Tiradentes, Congonhas and Sabará. Statistical micro-region Diamantina is a statistical micro-region that includes the following municipalities: Diamantina, Datas, Felício dos Santos, Gouveia, Presidente Kubitschek, São Gonçalo do Rio Preto, Senador Modestino Gonçalves, and Couto de Magalhães de Minas. The area of this region is 7,348 km2 and in 2006 the population was 80,063 inhabitants. The population density (2000) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 Films
The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 2003 by worldwide gross are as follows: '' The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' grossed more than $1.14 billion, making it the highest-grossing film in 2003 worldwide and in North America and the second-highest-grossing film up to that time. It was also the second film to surpass the billion-dollar milestone after ''Titanic'' in 1997. '' Finding Nemo'' was the highest-grossing animated movie of all time until being overtaken by ''Shrek 2'' in 2004. Events * February 24: '' The Pianist'', directed by Roman Polanski, wins 7 César Awards: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Sound, Best Production Design, Best Music and Best Cinematography. * June 12: Gregory Peck dies of bronchopneumonia. * June 29: Katharine Hepburn dies of cardiac arrest. * November 17: Arnold Schwarzenegger sworn in as Governor of California. * December 22: Both of the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazilian Drama Films
Brazilian commonly refers to: * Something of, from or relating to Brazil * Brazilian Portuguese, the dialect of the Portuguese language used mostly in Brazil * Brazilians, the people (citizens) of Brazil, or of Brazilian descent Brazilian may also refer to: Sports * Brazilian football, see football in Brazil * Brazilian jiu-jitsu, a martial art and combat sport system *''The Brazilians'', a nickname for South African football association club Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. due to their soccer kits which resembles that of the Brazilian national team Other uses * Brazilian waxing, a style of Bikini waxing * Brazilian culture, describing the Culture of Brazil * "The Brazilian", a 1986 instrumental by Genesis * Brazilian barbecue, known as churrasco * Brazilian cuisine See also * ''Brasileiro ''Brasileiro'' is a 1992 album by Sérgio Mendes and other artists including Carlinhos Brown which won the 1993 Grammy Award for Best World Music Album. Track listing # "Fanfarra" (Carlinhos Brown) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000s Portuguese-language Films
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Origin Northwest Semitic šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a phoneme, so the derived Greek letter sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter ''samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the '' xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its association with the Greek word (earlier ) "to hiss". The original name of the letter "sigma" may have been ''san'', but due to the complica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
