Nina de Pádua

The Scarlet Scorpion (1990)

Anjo is a millionaire playboy who fights the forces of crime, especially his deadly enemy, the arch-villain Scarlet Scorpion, who recently has kidnapped the fashion designer Glória Campos, who is in love with our hero.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ivan Cardoso
CAST:  Herson Capri  •  Andréa Beltrão  •  Nuno Leal Maia  •  Monique Evans

Anjo is a millionaire playboy who fights the forces of crime, especially his deadly enemy, the arch-villain Scarlet Scorpion, who recently has kidnapped the fashion designer Glória Campos, who is in love with our hero.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ivan Cardoso
CAST:  Herson Capri  •  Andréa Beltrão  •  Nuno Leal Maia  •  Monique Evans

It's Not All True (1986)

Orson Welles goes to Brazil to shoot his documentary It's All True.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rogério Sganzerla
CAST:  Arrigo Barnabé  •  Grande Otelo  •  Helena Ignez  •  Orson Welles

Orson Welles goes to Brazil to shoot his documentary It's All True.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rogério Sganzerla
CAST:  Arrigo Barnabé  •  Grande Otelo  •  Helena Ignez  •  Orson Welles

Eternamente Pagu (1987)

Eternamente Pagu is a biographical film about Patrícia Galvão, best known as Pagu, a Brazilian political, literary and artistic activist. An important figure of the Brazilian Modernism, Pagu was also a militant for the Brazilian Communist Party after she married ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norma Bengell
CAST:  Carla Camurati  •  Antônio Fagundes  •  Otávio Augusto  •  Norma Bengell

Eternamente Pagu is a biographical film about Patrícia Galvão, best known as Pagu, a Brazilian political, literary and artistic activist. An important figure of the Brazilian Modernism, Pagu was also a militant for the Brazilian Communist Party after she married ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norma Bengell
CAST:  Carla Camurati  •  Antônio Fagundes  •  Otávio Augusto  •  Norma Bengell

Avaete, Seed of Revenge (1985)

Little Indian boy survives his tribe massacre, growing up together with his wish for revenge and his quest for his own identity. Based on a true story.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zelito Viana
CAST:  Hugo Carvana  •  Macsuara Kadiweu  •  José Dumont  •  Milton Rodríguez

Little Indian boy survives his tribe massacre, growing up together with his wish for revenge and his quest for his own identity. Based on a true story.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zelito Viana
CAST:  Hugo Carvana  •  Macsuara Kadiweu  •  José Dumont  •  Milton Rodríguez

A Farra do Circo (2013)

This documentary highlights the evolution of Brazil's Circo Voador venue from homespun artists' performance space to national cultural institution.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberto Berliner  •  Pedro Bronz
CAST:  Regina Casé  •  Caetano Veloso  •  Bebel Gilberto  •  Nina de Pádua

This documentary highlights the evolution of Brazil's Circo Voador venue from homespun artists' performance space to national cultural institution.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberto Berliner  •  Pedro Bronz
CAST:  Regina Casé  •  Caetano Veloso  •  Bebel Gilberto  •  Nina de Pádua

Engraçadinha (1981)

After the funeral of her father Arnaldo, who committed suicide, Engraçadinha confesses to the priest the motives. On the engagement party of her cousin Sílvio with Letícia, Engraçadinha seduces him in the library, and later she ends her engagement with Zózimo and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Haroldo Marinho Barbosa
CAST:  Lucélia Santos  •  Luiz Fernando Guimarães  •  Nina de Pádua  •  Wilson Grey

After the funeral of her father Arnaldo, who committed suicide, Engraçadinha confesses to the priest the motives. On the engagement party of her cousin Sílvio with Letícia, Engraçadinha seduces him in the library, and later she ends her engagement with Zózimo and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Haroldo Marinho Barbosa
CAST:  Lucélia Santos  •  Luiz Fernando Guimarães  •  Nina de Pádua  •  Wilson Grey

The Secret of the Mummy (1982)

Laughed at when he announced the discovery of the elixer of life, Brazilian scientist Expedito Vitus ends up making the most important archaeological discovery of the century: the tomb of Runamb, the Mummy, in the sands of Egypt. Back in Brazil, he brings the Mummy ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ivan Cardoso
CAST:  Wilson Grey  •  Anselmo Vasconcelos  •  Evandro Mesquita  •  Clarice Piovesan

Laughed at when he announced the discovery of the elixer of life, Brazilian scientist Expedito Vitus ends up making the most important archaeological discovery of the century: the tomb of Runamb, the Mummy, in the sands of Egypt. Back in Brazil, he brings the Mummy ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ivan Cardoso
CAST:  Wilson Grey  •  Anselmo Vasconcelos  •  Evandro Mesquita  •  Clarice Piovesan

Menino do Rio (1982)

Romantic adventures of a group of Rio de Janeiro teenagers and surfers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antônio Calmon
CAST:  André De Biase  •  Cláudia Magno  •  Ricardo Graça Mello  •  Sérgio Mallandro

Romantic adventures of a group of Rio de Janeiro teenagers and surfers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antônio Calmon
CAST:  André De Biase  •  Cláudia Magno  •  Ricardo Graça Mello  •  Sérgio Mallandro

Noite (1985)

Night falls when, in an elegant neighborhood of Porto Alegre, a socialite is brutally murdered. The entire police department act immediately to identify and arrest the killer. A man in his 30s wanders down a large avenue. He wears fine clothes, he walks elegantly. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilberto Loureiro
CAST:  Cristina Aché  •  Otávio Augusto  •  Aldine Müller  •  Paulo César Peréio

Night falls when, in an elegant neighborhood of Porto Alegre, a socialite is brutally murdered. The entire police department act immediately to identify and arrest the killer. A man in his 30s wanders down a large avenue. He wears fine clothes, he walks elegantly. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilberto Loureiro
CAST:  Cristina Aché  •  Otávio Augusto  •  Aldine Müller  •  Paulo César Peréio

Me Beija (1984)

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DIRECTION:  Werner Schünemann
CAST:  Marcos Breda  •  Nina de Pádua  •  Rudi Lagemann  •  Luciene Adami

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DIRECTION:  Werner Schünemann
CAST:  Marcos Breda  •  Nina de Pádua  •  Rudi Lagemann  •  Luciene Adami

Observatorium (1982)

Post-modernity spaces brings out more violence from wars and love relationships. A young couple and the post-apocalyptic atmosphere of the Cold War.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pompeu Aguiar
CAST:  Nina de Pádua  •  Eduardo Machado

Post-modernity spaces brings out more violence from wars and love relationships. A young couple and the post-apocalyptic atmosphere of the Cold War.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pompeu Aguiar
CAST:  Nina de Pádua  •  Eduardo Machado

Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar (2021)

Conducted from interviews with personalities who lived with Leila Diniz (1945-1972), the documentary is a record of an era and, above all, it rescues the participation in Brazilian culture of the actress who opened the way for the sexual revolution during the dark ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ana Maria Magalhães
CAST:  Louise Cardoso  •  Lídia Brondi  •  Leila Diniz  •  Ligia Diniz

Conducted from interviews with personalities who lived with Leila Diniz (1945-1972), the documentary is a record of an era and, above all, it rescues the participation in Brazilian culture of the actress who opened the way for the sexual revolution during the dark ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ana Maria Magalhães
CAST:  Louise Cardoso  •  Lídia Brondi  •  Leila Diniz  •  Ligia Diniz

Verão (1983)

In a beach house, snapshots of a couple's relationship are interspersed with flashbacks to a political past that still threatens their lives.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wilson Barros
CAST:  Nina de Pádua  •  Nilson Villas-Boas  •  Renata Lúcia  •  Sebastião Isidoro

In a beach house, snapshots of a couple's relationship are interspersed with flashbacks to a political past that still threatens their lives.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wilson Barros
CAST:  Nina de Pádua  •  Nilson Villas-Boas  •  Renata Lúcia  •  Sebastião Isidoro

Madre Paulina: Súdita de Deus (1991)

This film tells the life of Mother Paulina, today Saint Paulina, who was born in Italy in 1865. Her original name was Amábile Lúcia Visintainer, second daughter of the couple Antônio Napoleone Visintainer and Anna Pianezzer. She emigrated to Brazil in 1875 with her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos Nascimbeni
CAST:  Nina de Pádua

This film tells the life of Mother Paulina, today Saint Paulina, who was born in Italy in 1865. Her original name was Amábile Lúcia Visintainer, second daughter of the couple Antônio Napoleone Visintainer and Anna Pianezzer. She emigrated to Brazil in 1875 with her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos Nascimbeni
CAST:  Nina de Pádua