Jardel Filho
A arte de representar - em todas as suas facetas esteve presente na vida de Jardel Jercolis Filho todos os dias, do primeiro ao último. Nascido em família tradicional de artistas, seu pai foi o empresário teatral Jardel Jercolis e sua mãe a atriz Lídia Bôscoli, tendo seu parto acontecido em São Paulo durante uma temporada artística da companhia paterna naquela cidade. Por dificuldades financeiras, sua mãe ficou mais de um mês na maternidade até que houvesse como pagar o parto e retornar ao Rio de Janeiro. Na adolescência tentou a carreira militar, mas o chamado do palco acabou por leva-lo ao teatro, onde estreou na Companhia Dulcina & Odilon, trabalhando a seguir com Bibi Ferreira e Henriette Morineau. Sua primeira experiência de uma longa carreira cinematográfica - que como a de muitos seus colegas se desenvolveu paralela à televisão - foi em Dominó Negro em 1949.1 Com a peça Jezebel, ganhou medalha de ouro da ABCT. Trabalhou na Companhia Cinematográfica Vera Cruz, para a qual fez, entre outros, filmes como Floradas na Serra e Uma Pulga na Balança. Fez parte do elenco de trinta filmes, entre outros, Macunaíma, de Joaquim Pedro de Andrade, Pixote, a Lei do Mais Fraco, de Hector Babenco, Terra em Transe, obra-prima de Glauber Rocha e filme emblemático do Cinema Novo'; O Bom Burguês de Oswaldo Caldeira, em 1982 e Rio Babilônia de Neville D'Almeida que foi seu último trabalho no cinema e que estreou depois da morte do ator. Versátil, trabalhou muito em televisão, ...
Pixote
(1980)
10-year-old Pixote endures torture, degradation, and corruption at a local youth detention center where two of its members are murdered by policemen who frame Lilica, a 17-year-old trans hustler. Pixote helps Lilica and three other boys escape and they start to ... (more)
10-year-old Pixote endures torture, degradation, and corruption at a local youth detention center where two of its members are murdered by policemen who frame Lilica, a 17-year-old trans hustler. Pixote helps Lilica and three other boys escape and they start to ... (more)
Macunaima
(1969)
Born a fully grown black man in a village in the Brazilian jungle, Macunaíma later magically transforms into a white man before making an adventure-filled trip to the city of São Paulo. Once there, he becomes something of a dandy, falling in love with Ci, a ... (more)
Born a fully grown black man in a village in the Brazilian jungle, Macunaíma later magically transforms into a white man before making an adventure-filled trip to the city of São Paulo. Once there, he becomes something of a dandy, falling in love with Ci, a ... (more)
Carnival of Crime (1962)
Mike, an architect, is married to Lin, a beautiful and unfaithful woman. Returning from a trip, he finds she's disappeared. When he tries to locate her, he also learns about her many affairs, and he gets closer to Marina, his efficient assistant, who helps him ... (more)
Mike, an architect, is married to Lin, a beautiful and unfaithful woman. Returning from a trip, he finds she's disappeared. When he tries to locate her, he also learns about her many affairs, and he gets closer to Marina, his efficient assistant, who helps him ... (more)
The Female: Seventy Times Seven (1962)
Cora is a Mexican prostitute with typically inconsiderate johns. She is troubled by a hole in the ceiling. The hole triggers flashbacks regarding how she got to where she is; she hooked up with a gringo and got involved in digging a well. A horse thief given up for ... (more)
Cora is a Mexican prostitute with typically inconsiderate johns. She is troubled by a hole in the ceiling. The hole triggers flashbacks regarding how she got to where she is; she hooked up with a gringo and got involved in digging a well. A horse thief given up for ... (more)
Tangarella - A Tanga de Cristal (1976)
Cinderella spoof. During the carnival, in Rio de Janeiro, rich farmer meets lovely girl in a ball, but at midnight she flees, leaving behind her breechcloth, part of her costume. The man in love tries to find her all around town. (more)
Cinderella spoof. During the carnival, in Rio de Janeiro, rich farmer meets lovely girl in a ball, but at midnight she flees, leaving behind her breechcloth, part of her costume. The man in love tries to find her all around town. (more)
Three Loves in Rio (1959)
Meus Amores no Rio is a thin romantic comedy about a young woman (Suzana Freyre) who wins a trip to Rio de Janeiro on a television quiz show. Being both young and attractive and excited about the city, she manages to enchant three different men. The first man to ... (more)
Meus Amores no Rio is a thin romantic comedy about a young woman (Suzana Freyre) who wins a trip to Rio de Janeiro on a television quiz show. Being both young and attractive and excited about the city, she manages to enchant three different men. The first man to ... (more)
Entranced Earth
(1967)
Eldorado, a fictitious country in America, is sparkling with the internal struggle for political power. In the eye of this social convulsion, the jaded journalist Paulo Martins opposes two equally corrupt political candidates: a pseudopopulist and a conservative. ... (more)
Eldorado, a fictitious country in America, is sparkling with the internal struggle for political power. In the eye of this social convulsion, the jaded journalist Paulo Martins opposes two equally corrupt political candidates: a pseudopopulist and a conservative. ... (more)
Cidade Ameaçada (1960)
Based on true events, the film tells the story of Brazilian outlaw Promessinha, one of the most famous and feared criminals of his time, depicting his crimes and cruelty, until his death confronting the police. (more)
Based on true events, the film tells the story of Brazilian outlaw Promessinha, one of the most famous and feared criminals of his time, depicting his crimes and cruelty, until his death confronting the police. (more)
Buscando a Mónica (1962)
A man has a street accident with his car in his way to Buenos Aires. While he waits for his car repairing, this business man learns that everybody in the little town where he's stuck seem to know about his wife Mónica. He knows little about her past, but the ... (more)
A man has a street accident with his car in his way to Buenos Aires. While he waits for his car repairing, this business man learns that everybody in the little town where he's stuck seem to know about his wife Mónica. He knows little about her past, but the ... (more)
Glauces, Estudo de um Rosto (2001)
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)
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)
Rio Babilônia (1982)
A public relations man is invited to guide an American millionaire during his stay in Rio de Janeiro. He gets involved in the most bizarre situations, from orgiastic mega-parties to confrontations with the police, meetings with drug dealers and movie stars, facing ... (more)
A public relations man is invited to guide an American millionaire during his stay in Rio de Janeiro. He gets involved in the most bizarre situations, from orgiastic mega-parties to confrontations with the police, meetings with drug dealers and movie stars, facing ... (more)
Depois do Transe (2006)
The documentary "Depois do Transe" covers the entire process of creating the masterpiece "Entranced Earth", which was released and awarded at the Cannes Film Festival in 1967. "Entranced Earth" charmed the world and won great admirers such as filmmaker Martim ... (more)
The documentary "Depois do Transe" covers the entire process of creating the masterpiece "Entranced Earth", which was released and awarded at the Cannes Film Festival in 1967. "Entranced Earth" charmed the world and won great admirers such as filmmaker Martim ... (more)
Floradas na Serra (1954)
Man and woman fall in love while in treatment for TB, in the beautiful town of Campos do Jordão. (more)
Man and woman fall in love while in treatment for TB, in the beautiful town of Campos do Jordão. (more)
Leonora dos Sete Mares (1955)
A great mystery surrounds Leonora, and it becomes even more mysterious when a stranger arrives from Buenos Aires looking for her, saying he knows her. In love with her, he is desperate when they say she is dead. Not believing what they say, he continues his search. ... (more)
A great mystery surrounds Leonora, and it becomes even more mysterious when a stranger arrives from Buenos Aires looking for her, saying he knows her. In love with her, he is desperate when they say she is dead. Not believing what they say, he continues his search. ... (more)
Crônica da Cidade Amada (1965)
Eleven small stories, loving chronicles about Rio de Janeiro and its people, written by some of the best Brazilian writers of the time. (more)
Eleven small stories, loving chronicles about Rio de Janeiro and its people, written by some of the best Brazilian writers of the time. (more)
Paraíba, Vida e Morte de um Bandido (1966)
True story of a famous and violent Brazilian outlaw nicknamed "Paraíba". After being shot, Paraíba tries to hide inside a church, where he starts remembering episodes of his criminal life. (more)
True story of a famous and violent Brazilian outlaw nicknamed "Paraíba". After being shot, Paraíba tries to hide inside a church, where he starts remembering episodes of his criminal life. (more)