Maria Alice Vergueiro

Maria Alice Vergueiro

Birth : 1935-01-19, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Death : 2020-06-03

History

Maria Alice Vergueiro (January 19, 1935 – June 3, 2020) was a Brazilian actress.

Profile

Maria Alice Vergueiro

Movies

Vergel
A sudden mourning brings a woman to the edge of madness. Funeral procedures, heat and a neighbor that comes to water the plants, come together in an emotional journey where it is impossible to distinguish the real from the unreal.
Górgona
Rosinha
Rosinha
A short film about love and sexuality in the old age, and the struggle to overcome social conventions.
Evoé: Portrait of an Anthropophage
Herself
A film that mixes labyrinthine recent testimonies and historical images of the career of the tropicalista director, actor and playwright Zé Celso, of Teatro Oficina, one of the greatest personalities of the Brazilian arts of all time. The documentary acquired its main verb in four trips to key points in the trajectory of Zé: Bahia badlands, Cururipe Beach in Alagoas (where Bishop Sardinha was devoured), Epidaurus and Athens in Greece and his apartment in São Paulo.
Paulista
Síndica
Three metropolitan stories entwine in São Paulo. Would-be actress Marina arrives in the city looking for independence, falls madly in love with Justine, a bisexual rock singer, and is swept up into her wild, edgy lifestyle. Marina shares a flat on Avenida Paulista with Suzana, a mysterious transsexual lawyer who begins a relationship with a male colleague who is unaware of her condition. Jay lives a few floors above them. He is a frustrated writer trying to give a meaning to his life by idealizing a stunningly beautiful prostitute, whom he transforms into a sort of muse. Following the frenetic pace of the city, the three "Paulista" characters will experience the euphoria of passion and its downside.
Tapa na Pantera
Smoker
Meet a Brazilian lady who uses marijuana for more than thirty years and shares her experiences with the drug.
Tudo o Que é Sólido Pode Derreter
Mulher na biblioteca
At age 15, Debora shares with Hamlet the angst and doubts of her adolescence.
Chronically Unfeasible
Filmed over a five-year period, Chronically Unfeasible dissects Brazilian problems, using six people who meet in a restaurant in São Paulo as models to illustrate political, sociological and economic disparities between Brazil's upper and lower classes.
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
Self
"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."
Scent of Gardenias
Driver who was left by his wife, who wanted to try a career in the movies, has to deal with their son's revolt when the latter finds his mother, whom he thought dead, singing in a nightclub.
The Body
Xavier, a pharmacist, lives peacefully in bigamy with his two women, Carmen and Beatriz, but the harmony breaks down when they find he has another lover, Monique, a nightclub dancer.
Olímpicos
At a poker table, five players discuss the possibility of having, in the Olympic Games, instead of the bow and arrow, the game of poker as an official modality.
Urubus e Papagaios
High Court judge returns to the small town where he was born, bringing along his beautiful and young wife. The local men get aroused and start looking for young lovers at the local bordello. Their wives even make promises and novenas asking the disappearance of the new couple. One day, the judge dies, leaving his wife unsatisfied. The corpse, as if wanting revenge, keeps an erection on.
The King of the Candle
Dona Cesarina
Filming of the historical montage of Oswald de Andrade's play, where decadent millionaires, depraved children, corrupt and implacable capitalists are the characters interpreted by the Grupo Oficina, in a celebrated theatrical performance from 1967, fundamentally recorded in 1971 and released only in the 1980s.
Maldita Coincidência
At the height of the military dictatorship, an abandoned mansion in the center of São Paulo is occupied by militants, hippies, maniacs, homosexuals, punks, artists and poets, as well as immigrants from different parts of the world.
Muito Prazer
Mãe
Two contrasting social groups get in touch: three architects and three street urchins, all struggling for survival.
Amor e Medo