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Átila Iório
Átila Iório (1 April 1921 – 10 December 2002) was a Brazilian actor of Calabrese descent. He appeared in 48 films and television shows between 1946 and 1997. He starred in the 1964 film '' Os Fuzis'', which won the Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize at the 14th Berlin International Film Festival. Partial filmography * ''Caídos do Céu'' (1946) – Roberto Boaventura * ''Também Somos Irmãos'' (1949) – Delegado * '' The Terrible Twosome'' (1953) * ''A Baronesa Transviada'' (1957) – Lover in the movie * ''Os Três Cangaceiros'' (1959) * ''Virou Bagunça'' (1960) – Detective * ''Os Dois Ladrões'' (1960) – Delegado * ''Briga, Mulher e Samba'' (1960) – Valentino * ''O Assalto ao Trem Pagador'' (1962) – Tonho * ''Os Cosmonautas'' (1962) – Zeca * ''Sonhando com Milhões'' (1963) – Arquimedes * '' Barren Lives'' (1963) – Fabiano * ''Quero Essa Mulher Assim Mesmo'' (1963) * '' The Guns'' (1964) – Gaúcho * '' Lana, Queen of the Amazons'' (1964) – Black gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Os Fuzis
''The Guns'' () is a 1964 in film, 1964 cinema of Brazil, Brazilian-cinema of Argentina, Argentine drama film directed by Ruy Guerra. Synopsis The film's plot alternates between two stories, both set in the drought-stricken ''sertão'' of Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeastern Brazil in 1963. In one storyline a holy man urges a group of peasant pilgrims to follow an sacred bull, ox deemed as sacred in hopes that their devotion to it will bring an end to the drought. The other storyline follows a group of soldiers who are sent to the region to thwart the attempts of impoverished civilians to plunder a storehouse for food owned by the wealthy mayor of the small town of Milagres, Bahia. Guerra filmed ''The Guns'' in a triptych of styles. The pilgrims appear as an anonymous mass in their devotion to their project, while the hungry peasants are given a more documentary film, documentarian treatment. By contrast, the soldiers are more individuated, with long swaths of time devoted to s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silver Bear
The Berlin International Film Festival (), usually called the Berlinale (), is an annual film festival held in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the festival has been held every February since 1978 and is one of Europe's " Big Three" film festivals alongside the Venice Film Festival held in Italy and the Cannes Film Festival held in France. Furthermore, it is one of the " Big Five", the most prestigious film festivals in the world. The festival regularly draws tens of thousands of visitors each year. About 400 films are shown at multiple venues across Berlin, mostly in and around Potsdamer Platz. They are screened in nine sections across cinematic genres, with around twenty films competing for the festival's top awards in the Competition section. The major awards, called the Golden Bear and Silver Bears, are decided on by the international jury, chaired by an internationally recognisable cinema personality. This jury and other specialised Berlinale ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
14th Berlin International Film Festival
The 14th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 26 June to 7 July 1964. The Golden Bear was awarded to '' Dry Summer'' directed by Metin Erksan. The Swedish film ''491'' by Vilgot Sjöman was rejected by festival director Alfred Bauer owing to its controversial nature. Juries The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival: Main Competition * Anthony Mann, American filmmaker - Jury President * Hermann Schwerin, West-German jurist and film producer * Lucas Demare, Argentine filmmaker and producer * Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, French actor, filmmaker and critic * Yorgos Javellas, Greek director and screenwriter * Richard Todd, British actor * Takashi Hamama, Emirati * Gerd Ressing, West-German historian and journalist Documentary and Short Film Competition * Girija Kanta Mookerjee, Indian diplomat, educator and writer - Jury President * Ferdinand Kastner, Austrian film critic * Burhan Arpad, Turkish journalist and writer * Hans-Joa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Terrible Twosome
''The Terrible Twosome'' (Portuguese: ''A Dupla do Barulho'') is a 1953 Brazilian comedy film directed by Carlos Manga and starring Oscarito, Grande Otelo and Edith Morel.Dennison & Shaw p.99 Cast * Oscarito as Tinoco * Grande Otelo as Tião * Edith Morel * Mara Abrantes * Renato Restier * Wilson Grey * Fregolente * Gregorio Barrios * Hélio Celano * Paulo Correa * Paulo Croccia as Ronaldo * Clóvis de Castro * Átila Iório * Roberto Leandro * Madame Lou as Madame Chouchou * Nelson Morrisson * Blanche Mur * Ana Maria Neumann * Ilma Pereira * João Péricles * Adriano Reys as Reporter * Frederico Schlee as Van Der Fleet * Aloisio Viana * Anthony Zamborsky as Coronel Mata Gatos References Bibliography * Shaw, Lisa & Dennison, Stephanie. ''Brazilian National Cinema''. Routledge, 2014. External links * 1953 comedy films 1953 films Brazilian comedy films Brazilian black-and-white films 1950s Portuguese-language films 1950s Brazilian films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barren Lives (film)
''Barren Lives'' (, (, meaning "Dry Lives"; Pre-Reform spelling: ''Vidas sêcas'') is a 1963 Brazilian drama film directed by Nelson Pereira dos Santos, and based on the 1938 novel of the same name by Graciliano Ramos. It tells the story of a poverty-stricken family in the dry Brazilian northeast. The film stars Átila Iório, Orlando Macedo, Maria Ribeiro and Joffre Soares. It is one of the key films in the Brazilian Cinema Novo movement. It was entered into the 1964 Cannes Film Festival. Synopsis 1940s. A poor peasant family from the Northeast flees drought and famine. The family is made up of a mother, father and two young sons. After a tiring walk through the sertão, they reach the dilapidated house of Tomas, a friend who has gone to try his luck in other regions. The walk to get to Tomas was very long. The dog makes sure that the kid does not get left behind and at one point the father has to carry the oldest child because he is exhausted. Fabiano, the head of the family, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guns (film)
''The Guns'' () is a 1964 Brazilian-Argentine drama film directed by Ruy Guerra. Synopsis The film's plot alternates between two stories, both set in the drought-stricken ''sertão'' of Northeastern Brazil in 1963. In one storyline a holy man urges a group of peasant pilgrims to follow an ox deemed as sacred in hopes that their devotion to it will bring an end to the drought. The other storyline follows a group of soldiers who are sent to the region to thwart the attempts of impoverished civilians to plunder a storehouse for food owned by the wealthy mayor of the small town of Milagres, Bahia. Guerra filmed ''The Guns'' in a triptych of styles. The pilgrims appear as an anonymous mass in their devotion to their project, while the hungry peasants are given a more documentarian treatment. By contrast, the soldiers are more individuated, with long swaths of time devoted to showing their boredom in their task at hand. One soldier, Mario, becomes smitten with a young woman named Lu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lana, Queen Of The Amazons
''Lana, Queen of the Amazons'' (German: ''Lana - Königin der Amazonen'') is a 1964 West German-Brazilian adventure film written and directed by Cyl Farney and Géza von Cziffra and starring Anton Diffring, Catherine Schell and Christian Wolff. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alexandre Horvat. Location shooting took place in Brazil in Belém, Rio de Janeiro and along the Amazon River. Plot Queen Lana is aided by a scientist and his nephew as they battle prospectors in the Brazilian jungle to protect a legendary Amazon treasure. Cast * Anton Diffring as Professor Van Vries * Catherine Schell as Queen Lana * Christian Wolff as Peter van Vries * Michael Hinz as Matteo * Yara Lex as Tahira * Dieter Eppler as Giovanni di Araúza / Gerónimo de Araújo * Haydee Pinto as Amazon #2 * Átila Iório Átila Iório (1 April 1921 – 10 December 2002) was a Brazilian actor of Calabrese descent. He appeared in 48 films and television shows between 1946 and 1997 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Duel
The Duel may refer to: Literature * The Duel (poem), a poem by Eugene Field *The Duel (Chekhov novel), an 1891 novella by Anton Chekhov *The Duel (Kuprin novel), a 1905 novel by Aleksandr Kuprin * The Duel (Conrad story), 1908 short story by Joseph Conrad * "The Duel" (Borges story), a 1970 short story by Jorge Luis Borges *'' The Duel: Pakistan on the Flight Path of American Power'', a 2008 book by Tariq Ali Film and television * ''The Duel'' (1910 film) * ''The Duel'' (1912 film) * ''The Duel'' (1927 film) * ''The Duel'' (1939 film) * ''The Duel'' (1971 film), a 1971 Hong Kong film * ''The Duel'' (2000 film), a 2000 Chinese Lunar New Year's ''wuxia'' film directed by Andrew Lau * ''The Duel'' (2010 film) * ''The Duel'' (2016 film) * "The Duel" (''How I Met Your Mother''), a 2005 episode of ''How I Met Your Mother'' * "The Duel" (''The Office''), a 2009 episode of ''The Office'' * "The Duel" (''Star Wars: Visions'') *'' Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Duel'', the 2006–200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Emerald Forest
''The Emerald Forest'' is a 1985 British adventure drama film set in the Brazilian rainforest, directed by John Boorman, written by Rospo Pallenberg, and starring Powers Boothe, Meg Foster, and Charley Boorman with supporting roles by Rui Polanah, Tetchie Agbayani, Dira Paes, Estee Chandler, and Eduardo Conde. The film tells the story of an American boy who is kidnapped by an indigenous tribe in the Amazon jungle. It is allegedly based on a true story, although the accuracy of this claim has been disputed. The film was screened out of competition at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival, where it was chosen as the closing film. In promoting the film for awards competition, Boorman created the first Oscar screeners, but the film received no Academy Award nominations. Plot summary Bill Markham ( Powers Boothe) is an engineer who has moved to Brazil with his family to work on a large hydro-electric dam. The film opens on Markham, his wife Jean (Meg Foster), his young son Tommy (Will ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O Mistério De Robin Hood
Xuxa e os Trapalhões em O Mistério de Robin Hood () is a 1990 Brazilian comedy-adventure film, directed by José Alvarenga Júnior. The film is starring Xuxa Meneghel and Os Trapalhões. Plot The tramp Didi is a modern Robin Hood who steals from the smugglers and moneylenders to give to the needy. He lives in hiding near a circus, and is in love with Tatiana, the daughter of an old magician. In this circus, Tonho and Fredo are very clumsy employees. Cast * Renato Aragão as Didi * Dedé Santana as Fredo * Antônio Carlos "Mussum" Gomes as Tonho * Xuxa Meneghel as Tatiana *Carlos Eduardo Dolabella as Gavião *Márcio Seixas as Gavião's voice *Duda Little as Rosa / Luisa Cavalcante Rocha * Roberto Guilherme as circus guard * Átila Iório as circus owner * Nildo Parente as Rosa's father *Juan Daniel as Sebastian, the dad of Tatiana * Tião Macalé as himself * Beto Carrero as himself *Amadeu Celestino Critical reception Conrado Heoli in his criticism for the website ''P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O Rei Do Gado
''O Rei do Gado'' (English: ''King of Cattle'') is a Brazilian telenovela written by Benedito Ruy Barbosa and directed by Luiz Fernando Carvalho that was produced and broadcast on Rede Globo, from 17 June 1996 to 15 February 1997, totaling 209 episodes and 130 in the original version of the SIC in Portugal. History Synopsis First phase Occurs during the Second World War in the 1940s. In São Paulo, two families, Berdinazzi and Mezenga have a feud over land. It happens that the children of two families, Giovanna Berdinazzi and Enrico Mezenga, fall in love, going against the fight of his parents, Giuseppe and Antonio. Giovanna and Enrico get married and have one son who is named Bruno, named after a brother of Giovanna, who died in the war and was a close friend of Enrico, despite the enmity between the families. Second phase Occurs in 1996, and Bruno is now a successful farmer, known by the nickname "King of the Cattle" for possessing a large herd. A man of simple habi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anjo Mau (1997 TV Series)
''Anjo Mau'' (English: ''Evil Angel'') is a remake of the original 1976 Brazilian telenovela that was produced and broadcast by TV Globo between September 8, 1997, and March 27, 1998. It was produced in 173 chapters. Glória Pires, Kadu Moliterno, Alessandra Negrini, Leonardo Brício, Maria Padilha, Daniel Dantas, Mauro Mendonça and Gabriel Braga Nunes Gabriel Braga Nunes (born February 7, 1972) is a Brazilian actor, best known for his work in telenovelas, specially '' Essas Mulheres'', '' Cidadão Brasileiro'', '' Caminhos do Coração'' and '' Poder Paralelo''. He also stars in '' Insensato C ... appear in the leading roles. Synopsis Nice is a poor young woman with an angelic face but far from angelic actions. She refuses to accept a predictable fate: marrying her boyfriend from the suburbs and having lots of children. She takes a job as a nanny in the Medeiros family mansion, where her father, Augusto, already works as a chauffeur. There, she falls in love with Rodrigo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
