Araci Esteves

Oriundi (2000)

In a love story set in Curitiba, Southern Brazil, a patriarch witnesses the crumbling of his life-long family business at the hands of his descendants. Suddenly Sofia appears. Is she from this world, and is she the key to this family's happiness and their hope for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ricardo Bravo
CAST:  Anthony Quinn  •  Paulo Betti  •  Thiago Real  •  Gabriela Duarte

In a love story set in Curitiba, Southern Brazil, a patriarch witnesses the crumbling of his life-long family business at the hands of his descendants. Suddenly Sofia appears. Is she from this world, and is she the key to this family's happiness and their hope for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ricardo Bravo
CAST:  Anthony Quinn  •  Paulo Betti  •  Thiago Real  •  Gabriela Duarte

Concerto Campestre (2005)

In the 19th century, rich farmer with a passion for music dreams of having an orchestra. He hires a conductor, to help him organize the musicians. But the man falls in love with his daughter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henrique de Freitas Lima
CAST:  Leonardo Vieira  •  Sirmar Antunes  •  Antônio Abujamra  •  Roberto Birindelli

In the 19th century, rich farmer with a passion for music dreams of having an orchestra. He hires a conductor, to help him organize the musicians. But the man falls in love with his daughter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henrique de Freitas Lima
CAST:  Leonardo Vieira  •  Sirmar Antunes  •  Antônio Abujamra  •  Roberto Birindelli

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DIRECTION:  Paulo Nascimento
CAST:  Walmor Chagas  •  Araci Esteves  •  Ingra Lyberato  •  Leonardo Machado

Netto Perde Sua Alma (2002)

The story of a man who invented a country.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Beto Souza  •  Tabajara Ruas
CAST:  Werner Schünemann  •  André Arteche  •  Álvaro Rosacosta  •  Laura Schneider

The story of a man who invented a country.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Beto Souza  •  Tabajara Ruas
CAST:  Werner Schünemann  •  André Arteche  •  Álvaro Rosacosta  •  Laura Schneider

Winter (1983)

At 24, our hero is a trained journalist but has a ,uch simpler job. His flat full of discs, movies, and books, but he has trouble socializing. This situation can't last long.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos Gerbase
CAST:  Werner Schünemann  •  Luciene Adami  •  Luciana Tomasi  •  Marta Biavaschi

At 24, our hero is a trained journalist but has a ,uch simpler job. His flat full of discs, movies, and books, but he has trouble socializing. This situation can't last long.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos Gerbase
CAST:  Werner Schünemann  •  Luciene Adami  •  Luciana Tomasi  •  Marta Biavaschi

Aqueles Dois (1985)

Raul and Saul work at the same office. Raul, outgoing and good-natured comes from a broken marriage. Saul is shy, with a critical and bitter disposition. He comes from a broken engagement, and a failed suicide attempt. In spite of their differences, they become ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sérgio Amon
CAST:  Pedro Wayne  •  Beto Ruas  •  Suzana Saldanha  •  Maria Inês Falcão

Raul and Saul work at the same office. Raul, outgoing and good-natured comes from a broken marriage. Saul is shy, with a critical and bitter disposition. He comes from a broken engagement, and a failed suicide attempt. In spite of their differences, they become ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sérgio Amon
CAST:  Pedro Wayne  •  Beto Ruas  •  Suzana Saldanha  •  Maria Inês Falcão

O Mentiroso (1988)

The friendship between four men is at stake when one of them is invited to work in another city. But the other three decide to go along.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Werner Schünemann
CAST:  Angel Palomero  •  Lila Vieira  •  Paulo José  •  Vicente Barcellos

The friendship between four men is at stake when one of them is invited to work in another city. But the other three decide to go along.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Werner Schünemann
CAST:  Angel Palomero  •  Lila Vieira  •  Paulo José  •  Vicente Barcellos

Anahy de las Misiones (1997)

Told by gauchos from Brazil, Argentina and Uruguai, the legend says that Anahy de las Missiones wandered around the Plata Basin during the time of Cisplatina War (1825-1828), stealing the dead.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sérgio Silva
CAST:  Araci Esteves  •  Marcos Palmeira  •  Dira Paes  •  Cláudio Gabriel

Told by gauchos from Brazil, Argentina and Uruguai, the legend says that Anahy de las Missiones wandered around the Plata Basin during the time of Cisplatina War (1825-1828), stealing the dead.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sérgio Silva
CAST:  Araci Esteves  •  Marcos Palmeira  •  Dira Paes  •  Cláudio Gabriel

Noite de São João (2003)

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DIRECTION:  Sérgio Silva
CAST:  Dira Paes  •  Marcelo Serrado  •  Fernanda Rodrigues  •  Araci Esteves

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DIRECTION:  Sérgio Silva
CAST:  Dira Paes  •  Marcelo Serrado  •  Fernanda Rodrigues  •  Araci Esteves

Quase Um Tango... (2009)

Batavo is a simple man living in the interior of RS. The calm of his routine comforts him, but it is the greater cause of the boredom that slaughter his wife, who decides to abandon it and to run away with another man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sérgio Silva
CAST:  Marcos Palmeira  •  Vivianne Pasmanter  •  Alexandre Paternost  •  Clemente Viscaíno

Batavo is a simple man living in the interior of RS. The calm of his routine comforts him, but it is the greater cause of the boredom that slaughter his wife, who decides to abandon it and to run away with another man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sérgio Silva
CAST:  Marcos Palmeira  •  Vivianne Pasmanter  •  Alexandre Paternost  •  Clemente Viscaíno

Um é Pouco, Dois é Bom (1970)

Um é Pouco, Dois é Bom is a Brazilian film, with an urban theme, produced and filmed in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, in 1970. The film is divided into two parts (Com um Pouquinho de Sorte and Vida Nova Por Acaso) that have different character cores and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Odilon Lopez
CAST:  Araci Esteves  •  Odilon Lopez  •  Francisco Silva

Um é Pouco, Dois é Bom is a Brazilian film, with an urban theme, produced and filmed in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, in 1970. The film is divided into two parts (Com um Pouquinho de Sorte and Vida Nova Por Acaso) that have different character cores and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Odilon Lopez
CAST:  Araci Esteves  •  Odilon Lopez  •  Francisco Silva

Empty House (2021)

Raúl is an unemployed cattleman that lives in an isolated house on the fields. The landscape of pastures is being superimposed by huge soy plantations. Devastated by poverty, he joins a gang of other peasants that steals cattle during the darkness of the nights on ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giovani Borba
CAST:  Araci Esteves  •  Nelson Diniz  •  Liane Venturella  •  Hugo Noguera

Raúl is an unemployed cattleman that lives in an isolated house on the fields. The landscape of pastures is being superimposed by huge soy plantations. Devastated by poverty, he joins a gang of other peasants that steals cattle during the darkness of the nights on ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giovani Borba
CAST:  Araci Esteves  •  Nelson Diniz  •  Liane Venturella  •  Hugo Noguera