Plínio Marcos

Plínio Marcos

Birth : 1935-09-29, Santos, São Paulo, Brazil

Death : 1999-11-19

History

Plínio Marcos de Barros (September 29, 1935 – November 19, 1999) was a Brazilian writer, author, actor, theater director and journalist. He wrote numerous plays, written mainly during the time of the military regime in Brazil. He was married for 25 years to journalist Vera Artaxo, who died in July 2010, and, previously, to actress Walderez de Barros, with whom he had three children, including playwright Leo Lama.

Profile

Plínio Marcos

Movies

Letter Beyond the Walls
Self (archive footage)
Letter Beyond the Walls reconstructs the trajectory of HIV and AIDS with a focus on Brazil, through interviews with doctors, activists, patients and other actors, in addition to extensive archival material. From the initial panic to awareness campaigns, passing through the stigma imposed on people living with HIV, the documentary shows how society faced this epidemic in its deadliest phase over more than two decades. With this historical approach as its base, the film looks at the way HIV is viewed in today's society, revealing a picture of persistent misinformation and prejudice, which especially affects Brazil’s most historically vulnerable populations.
Querô
Story
Querô is an orphan teenager, living alone near the docks in Santos, Brazil. Her mother, a prostitute, died when he was a baby, and he was raised in the bordello where she worked. Believing he rules his own destiny, he refuses to compromise with anyone else, the corrupt policemen always chasing him, the oppressive discipline in the juvenile institution Febem, or the drug dealers who try to lure him. But this independence has a price.
Querô
Novel
Querô is an orphan teenager, living alone near the docks in Santos, Brazil. Her mother, a prostitute, died when he was a baby, and he was raised in the bordello where she worked. Believing he rules his own destiny, he refuses to compromise with anyone else, the corrupt policemen always chasing him, the oppressive discipline in the juvenile institution Febem, or the drug dealers who try to lure him. But this independence has a price.
Two Lost in a Dirty Night
Story
Paco and Tonho are illegal Brazilian immigrants in New York. Shy Tonho dreams of being successful, but misses his family and Brazil. Pursued by Immigration Service and later arrested, he is about to be deported. Paco, a rapper and performer, indifferent to all except her career, dreams of hitting the top ten chart. The film shows the relationship of the couple in love mid hope, difficulties, and misencounters in a beautiful and violent metropolis
Two Lost in a Dirty Night
Theatre Play
Paco and Tonho are illegal Brazilian immigrants in New York. Shy Tonho dreams of being successful, but misses his family and Brazil. Pursued by Immigration Service and later arrested, he is about to be deported. Paco, a rapper and performer, indifferent to all except her career, dreams of hitting the top ten chart. The film shows the relationship of the couple in love mid hope, difficulties, and misencounters in a beautiful and violent metropolis
Razor in the Flesh
Theatre Play
The story of three characters in a brothel room: the prostitute Neusa Sueli, the gigolo Vado and the homosexual Veludo speak of their lives and expose their marginality.
Barrela: Escola de Crimes
Writer
In an overcrowded prision cell, each man has to make his own way and secure himself from the constant threat of sexual violence coming from the rest of the inmates.
Fênix
Self
A Santa Donzela
Jordão Magalhães, a young plastic artist from a small inland city, is hired to sculpt the statue of the local virgin patron. The model that inspires her is Verinha, with whom she maintains a loving relationship.
Fish in a Barrel
Novel
Young robber, son of a prostitute who had killed herself, gets involved with two police informers, who force him to share the loot he gets.
Fish in a Barrel
Writer
Young robber, son of a prostitute who had killed herself, gets involved with two police informers, who force him to share the loot he gets.
The Devil Queen
Story
Rio's criminal underworld is run by an unexpected boss: a femme Queen with a taste for power and violence. But heavy lies the crown: what Queen can trust her subjects, however fabulous? When she sets up a stoolie to take the fall for her boy, a plot against Her Majesty arises!
Nenê Bandalho
Story
The police mobilize their resources to capture Nenê Bandalho and, while he tries to escape, he remembers some of his life's most important episodes.
Uma Garota em Maus Lençóis
Writer
Two Lost in a Dirty Night
Writer
Two outcasts fight over a pair of shoes in a run-down boarding-house room.
Two Lost in a Dirty Night
Theatre Play
Two outcasts fight over a pair of shoes in a run-down boarding-house room.
Beto Rockefeller
Vitório
Razor in the Flesh
Story
A decadent hooker, her pimp and the bordello's gay cleaner fight over the gigolo's missing money, with the utmost mental cruelty.
Razor in the Flesh
Theatre Play
A decadent hooker, her pimp and the bordello's gay cleaner fight over the gigolo's missing money, with the utmost mental cruelty.