Francisco Milani

Birth : 1936-11-19, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Death : 2005-08-13

History

Começou sua carreira artística na rádio aos 13 anos. Estreou na TV Tupi em 1959, no teleteatro “TV Vanguarda”. Era um ativista da UNE (União Nacional dos Estudantes) na época em que ocorreu a revolução de 1964. Atuou no filme “Terra em Transe” de Glauber Rocha, em 1967. Por causa de sua orientação política (comunismo), sofreu perseguição política no regime militar e teve de viver clandestinamente como caminhoneiro, adotando o nome de Romeu. Atuou em várias novelas da TV Tupi e da TV Globo, sendo a primeira delas “Irmãos Coragem”, de 1970. Dirigiu programas humorísticos de Jô Soares e Chico Anysio na TV Globo. Foi o dublador de Tom Selleck, ator principal da série Magnum. Como membro do Partido Comunista Brasileiro, foi eleito vereador na cidade do Rio de Janeiro em 1989 e foi o autor da lei que criou a RioFilme.

Profile

Movies

Irma Vap: O Retorno

Francisco Machado

After many flops, theatrical producer decides to stage a former hit, "O Mistério de Irma Vap". But he is going to face many problems to find the right actors and get the necessary permissions.

Depois do Transe

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 Scorsese and the writer Marguerite Duras, who at the time considered a "fabulous filmic opera."

O Coronel e o Lobisomem

Doutor Serapião

Colonel Furtado struggles to keep his lands, the Sobradinho Farm, and win the heart of his cousin Esmeraldina. In the process, he fights big beasts, experiences the taste of a bohemian life in town, fends usurers and thieves off, and uses all his cunning to get rid of haunting entities. His rival is the man he was brought up with, Pernambuco Nogueira, a werewolf.

Eliana and the Secret of the Dolphins

Skull (voice)

While filming a TV special about dolphins in Mexico, Eliana meets a biologist who warns her of an ecological danger, since the greedy Esquivel has stolen a crystal skull from the deep waters of the ocean. That's the start of a great adventure and a romance with the dolphin trainer.

O Circo das Qualidades Humanas

O Lado Certo da Vida Errada

Josué de Castro, Cidadão do Mundo

Narrador

Deus é um Fogo

Narrador

Vento Sul

A Terra Queima

Narrador

They Don't Wear Black Tie

Sartini

Otavio is an idealistic union leader trying to organize workers at a factory to resist the company's exploitative practices. His son, Tião, one of the employees, is more of a realist and doesn't want to risk losing his job by striking. This clash of perspectives puts the father and son at odds. Fortunately, Tião's mother, Romana, is on hand to act as a moderator between the two opinionated men.

Essa Mulher é Minha... e dos Amigos

O Padre Que Queria Pecar

Beto

Pecado na Sacristia

O Último Malandro

Casa Grande e Senzala

Narrador

Entranced Earth

Aldo

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. In this context, Paulo is torn between the madness of the elite and the blind submission of the masses. But, in this complex tropical reality, nothing really is what it seems to be.

Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo

Originally produced for German TV, Improvised and Purposeful is a firsthand look at the "Cinema Novo" movement (otherwise known as the 'Brazilian New Wave'). Director Joaquim Pedro de Andrade focuses on six Cinema Novo filmmakers working in Rio in 1967.

That World and Mine

The film follows two men living in a Rio de Janeiro slum: a black shoe-shiner and a white mill worker.

Crime no Sacopã