Vera Holtz

Vera Lúcia Fraletti Holtz (Tatuí, August 7, 1953) is a Brazilian actress and theater director. She began her artistic career in theater in 1975 and, from the early 1980s, she also began acting in cinema and television.

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Love is All (2011)

A family with financial difficulties has a brilliant idea: to make their daughter Lindinha get pregnant of the famous singer Ivan Cláudio to inherit a lot of money and get them out of the choke. They plan the right day that the girl should go out with the star and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Fresnot
CAST:  Luana Piovani  •  Lima Duarte  •  Caco Ciocler  •  Vera Holtz

A family with financial difficulties has a brilliant idea: to make their daughter Lindinha get pregnant of the famous singer Ivan Cláudio to inherit a lot of money and get them out of the choke. They plan the right day that the girl should go out with the star and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Fresnot
CAST:  Luana Piovani  •  Lima Duarte  •  Caco Ciocler  •  Vera Holtz

Women in Fury (1984)

The young, pretty and shy Angela Duvall is jailed for murder in some Latin American country. In the prison she gets brutally "initiated" by the other inmates. The nice, honest and handsome prison doctor believe she's innocent and tries to help her out.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michele Massimo Tarantini
CAST:  Suzane Carvalho  •  Rossana Ghessa  •  Gloria Cristal  •  Henri Pagnoncelli

The young, pretty and shy Angela Duvall is jailed for murder in some Latin American country. In the prison she gets brutally "initiated" by the other inmates. The nice, honest and handsome prison doctor believe she's innocent and tries to help her out.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michele Massimo Tarantini
CAST:  Suzane Carvalho  •  Rossana Ghessa  •  Gloria Cristal  •  Henri Pagnoncelli

Carlota Joaquina, Princess of Brazil (1995)

The life of Carlota Joaquina, the Spanish infanta who met the prince of Portugal when she was only 10 years old and was immensely disappointed with her future husband.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carla Camurati
CAST:  Marco Nanini  •  Marieta Severo  •  Ludmila Dayer  •  Maria Fernanda

The life of Carlota Joaquina, the Spanish infanta who met the prince of Portugal when she was only 10 years old and was immensely disappointed with her future husband.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carla Camurati
CAST:  Marco Nanini  •  Marieta Severo  •  Ludmila Dayer  •  Maria Fernanda

Meus Dois Amores (2015)

Manuel is a crafty cowboy and swindler who lives to serve his two great loves – his fiancée Das Dô, and his mule Beija-fulô – and his business of selling unsound horses to suckers. The killer Targino arrives in town looking for a horse. Thinking that he is being ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luiz Henrique Rios
CAST:  Caio Blat  •  Maria Flor  •  Alexandre Borges  •  Julio Adrião

Manuel is a crafty cowboy and swindler who lives to serve his two great loves – his fiancée Das Dô, and his mule Beija-fulô – and his business of selling unsound horses to suckers. The killer Targino arrives in town looking for a horse. Thinking that he is being ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luiz Henrique Rios
CAST:  Caio Blat  •  Maria Flor  •  Alexandre Borges  •  Julio Adrião

Bendito Fruto (2004)

An accident involving a flying manhole cover leads to a chance meeting between two childhood friends: a widow and the owner of a beauty parlor. Thus begins an entertaining game of seduction that brings memories and hidden desires to the surface - furtive passions ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sérgio Goldenberg
CAST:  Otávio Augusto  •  Zezeh Barbosa  •  Vera Holtz  •  Lúcia Alves

An accident involving a flying manhole cover leads to a chance meeting between two childhood friends: a widow and the owner of a beauty parlor. Thus begins an entertaining game of seduction that brings memories and hidden desires to the surface - furtive passions ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sérgio Goldenberg
CAST:  Otávio Augusto  •  Zezeh Barbosa  •  Vera Holtz  •  Lúcia Alves

Apolônio Brasil, Campeão da Alegria (2003)

Apolônio Brasil was a pianist at a famous nightclub in Rio de Janeiro, from the 1950s until his untimely death. Quite a character, Apolônio was loved by women and idolized by his audience and friends. His contagious joy attracts the attention of American scientist ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hugo Carvana
CAST:  Marco Nanini  •  Louise Cardoso  •  Antônio Pitanga  •  Marcos Paulo

Apolônio Brasil was a pianist at a famous nightclub in Rio de Janeiro, from the 1950s until his untimely death. Quite a character, Apolônio was loved by women and idolized by his audience and friends. His contagious joy attracts the attention of American scientist ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hugo Carvana
CAST:  Marco Nanini  •  Louise Cardoso  •  Antônio Pitanga  •  Marcos Paulo

Tônica Dominante (2000)

Three days in the life of a young clarinetist (Fernando Alves Pinto), who is in love with a violinist (Vera Zimmerman), but can't get her attention. In the first day he feels alone and frail; in the second day what was supposed to be pleasant becomes a nightmare; ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lina Chamie
CAST:  Fernando Alves Pinto  •  Vera Zimmermann  •  Vera Holtz  •  Carlos Gregório

Three days in the life of a young clarinetist (Fernando Alves Pinto), who is in love with a violinist (Vera Zimmerman), but can't get her attention. In the first day he feels alone and frail; in the second day what was supposed to be pleasant becomes a nightmare; ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lina Chamie
CAST:  Fernando Alves Pinto  •  Vera Zimmermann  •  Vera Holtz  •  Carlos Gregório

Something Like That (2017)

Caio and Mari are two young people living in a relationship that goes beyond any definition. Over ten years, the plot transits between three striking moments where their desires conflict and their relationship is put to the test. The film, originated from the short ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Esmir Filho  •  Mariana Bastos
CAST:  Caroline Abras  •  André Antunes  •  Clemens Schick  •  Bruno Guida

Caio and Mari are two young people living in a relationship that goes beyond any definition. Over ten years, the plot transits between three striking moments where their desires conflict and their relationship is put to the test. The film, originated from the short ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Esmir Filho  •  Mariana Bastos
CAST:  Caroline Abras  •  André Antunes  •  Clemens Schick  •  Bruno Guida

Berenice Seeks (2017)

Berenice is a dedicated female taxi driver in Rio de Janeiro. She is consumed by her job and the little free time she has needs to be divided between raising her son Thiago, a teenager exploring his sexuality, and her troubled relationship with her husband Domingos ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Allan Fiterman
CAST:  Cláudia Abreu  •  Eduardo Moscovis  •  Vera Holtz  •  Valentina Sampaio

Berenice is a dedicated female taxi driver in Rio de Janeiro. She is consumed by her job and the little free time she has needs to be divided between raising her son Thiago, a teenager exploring his sexuality, and her troubled relationship with her husband Domingos ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Allan Fiterman
CAST:  Cláudia Abreu  •  Eduardo Moscovis  •  Vera Holtz  •  Valentina Sampaio

Malasartes e o Duelo com a Morte (2017)

Small-town trickster Pedro Malasartes has to face two great enemies: Próspero, who will do anything to impede such a lazy, cowardly person like Malasartes from dating his sister, Áurea; and Death incarnated, who wants to take a vacation after two thousand years ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paulo Morelli
CAST:  Jesuíta Barbosa  •  Isis Valverde  •  Júlio Andrade  •  Leandro Hassum

Small-town trickster Pedro Malasartes has to face two great enemies: Próspero, who will do anything to impede such a lazy, cowardly person like Malasartes from dating his sister, Áurea; and Death incarnated, who wants to take a vacation after two thousand years ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paulo Morelli
CAST:  Jesuíta Barbosa  •  Isis Valverde  •  Júlio Andrade  •  Leandro Hassum

Neurotic Quest for Serenity (2017)

Kika K is a successful star with millions of fans, but behind the scenes, she is in personal and professional crisis: she has to deal with an obsessive fan, a boyfriend with no concept, professional appointments scheduled by the businesswoman and her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Teo Poppovick  •  Paulinho Caruso
CAST:  Tatá Werneck  •  Bruno Gagliasso  •  Vera Holtz  •  Daniel Furlan

Kika K is a successful star with millions of fans, but behind the scenes, she is in personal and professional crisis: she has to deal with an obsessive fan, a boyfriend with no concept, professional appointments scheduled by the businesswoman and her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Teo Poppovick  •  Paulinho Caruso
CAST:  Tatá Werneck  •  Bruno Gagliasso  •  Vera Holtz  •  Daniel Furlan

Maresia (2016)

Where do you draw the line between fact and fiction in one man's life? That's the issue confronting an art expert delving into the biography of a painter who drowned 50 years ago, whose presence suddenly makes itself felt through the appearance of a contemporary friend.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcos Guttmann
CAST:  Júlio Andrade  •  Pietro Bogianchini  •  Vera Holtz  •  Mariana Nunes

Where do you draw the line between fact and fiction in one man's life? That's the issue confronting an art expert delving into the biography of a painter who drowned 50 years ago, whose presence suddenly makes itself felt through the appearance of a contemporary friend.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcos Guttmann
CAST:  Júlio Andrade  •  Pietro Bogianchini  •  Vera Holtz  •  Mariana Nunes

Savage Capitalism (1994)

Elisa is a journalist who becomes romantically involved with Hugo, a director of the company Jota Mineração, when she receives an order to write a story about the company. However, the relationship between the two begins to destabilize when the company that Hugo ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  André Klotzel
CAST:  José Mayer  •  Fernanda Torres  •  Marisa Orth  •  Marcelo Tas

Elisa is a journalist who becomes romantically involved with Hugo, a director of the company Jota Mineração, when she receives an order to write a story about the company. However, the relationship between the two begins to destabilize when the company that Hugo ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  André Klotzel
CAST:  José Mayer  •  Fernanda Torres  •  Marisa Orth  •  Marcelo Tas

The Nutty Boy (1995)

The principal character in Helvécio Ratton's delightful film has been adapted from a book and comic created by the Brazilian cartoonist Ziraldo, and tells the tale of a happy-go-lucky 10-year-old child growing up in a city in the 60s.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Helvécio Ratton
CAST:  Samuel Costa  •  Luiz Carlos Arutin  •  Patricia Pillar  •  Levildo Barbosa Júnior

The principal character in Helvécio Ratton's delightful film has been adapted from a book and comic created by the Brazilian cartoonist Ziraldo, and tells the tale of a happy-go-lucky 10-year-old child growing up in a city in the 60s.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Helvécio Ratton
CAST:  Samuel Costa  •  Luiz Carlos Arutin  •  Patricia Pillar  •  Levildo Barbosa Júnior

Angels of the Sun (2006)

In Northeastern Brazil, twelve-year-old Maria is sold to have a better life as a housemaid. However, Maria is resold and sent to a brothel in the Amazon gold fields and put to work by the despicable Saraiva.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rudi Lagemann
CAST:  Antonio Calloni  •  Otávio Augusto  •  Darlene Glória  •  Vera Holtz

In Northeastern Brazil, twelve-year-old Maria is sold to have a better life as a housemaid. However, Maria is resold and sent to a brothel in the Amazon gold fields and put to work by the despicable Saraiva.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rudi Lagemann
CAST:  Antonio Calloni  •  Otávio Augusto  •  Darlene Glória  •  Vera Holtz

O Cavaleiro Didi e a Princesa Lili (2006)

This adventure movie features Didi as King's Lindolfo groom and valet, a faithful servant to the royal family. After the King's death, his evil brother Jafar tries to seize the throne. He plots for his son Galante to marry young princess Lili, but Didi won't let ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcus Figueiredo
CAST:  Renato Aragão  •  Livian Aragão  •  Camila Rodrigues  •  Guilherme Berenguer

This adventure movie features Didi as King's Lindolfo groom and valet, a faithful servant to the royal family. After the King's death, his evil brother Jafar tries to seize the throne. He plots for his son Galante to marry young princess Lili, but Didi won't let ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcus Figueiredo
CAST:  Renato Aragão  •  Livian Aragão  •  Camila Rodrigues  •  Guilherme Berenguer

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DIRECTION:  Maurício Squarisi
CAST:  Vera Holtz  •  Wandi Doratiotto

Nightly Diary (1993)

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DIRECTION:  Monique Gardenberg
CAST:  Chico Diaz  •  Marieta Severo  •  Tony Ramos  •  Vera Holtz

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DIRECTION:  Monique Gardenberg
CAST:  Chico Diaz  •  Marieta Severo  •  Tony Ramos  •  Vera Holtz

Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Presença de Anita - O Filme (2015)

Adapted from the series aired in 2001. Looking for inspiration during the holidays, Nando sees Anita as the ideal character for his novel. She lives in a townhouse where a passionate crime happened in the past. Intense, Anita seduces Nando and awakens to  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandre Avancini  •  Edgard Miranda  •  Ricardo Waddington
CAST:  Carolina Kasting  •  Helena Ranaldi  •  José Mayer  •  Júlia Almeida

Adapted from the series aired in 2001. Looking for inspiration during the holidays, Nando sees Anita as the ideal character for his novel. She lives in a townhouse where a passionate crime happened in the past. Intense, Anita seduces Nando and awakens to  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandre Avancini  •  Edgard Miranda  •  Ricardo Waddington
CAST:  Carolina Kasting  •  Helena Ranaldi  •  José Mayer  •  Júlia Almeida
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