Newton Cannito

Newton Cannito

Birth : , São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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Newton Cannito

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A Suspeita
Writer
Lúcia is a renowned police investigator. At age 50, has dedicated her entire life to her profession and is a respected name among her peers. Everything changes during an investigation, a writer that was writing the memoir of one of the drug trafficking lord, and had his phone tapped illegally by Lúcia, is assassinated and she is under investigation by her superiors. At the same time, she finds out she has Alzheimer.
EAS
Screenplay
A group of terrorists kidnaps a soccer player's daughter and plans to blow up the Maracanã in the middle of the World Cup. Rafael, a former member of the Anti-Kidnapping Squad, has a mission to save the girl and prevent this disaster.
Magal e os Formigas
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Magal e os Formigas
Director
O Crime e o Burguês
Writer
Bróder
Writer
Three childhood friends plan meeting for a day in order to reassert their friendships and fight for their differences. One of them is involved with crime, one is a famous football player and the other struggles to maintain a middle-class lifestyle.
The Mystery of Sintra
Screenplay
Summer of 1870. Two writers, Eça de Queiroz and Ramalho Ortigão, decide to write a four-handed whodunit for the daily "Diário de Notícias". Could it be that the story they wrote as fiction is based on a real case? This question fuels the conflict between the two writers and drives them to a nearly fatal duel. Lisbon is in commotion. One crime follows another in a story in which love is stronger than tradition. Everything happens at frenzied pace, as in a game.
Jesus no Mundo Maravilha
Director
Jesus, Lucio and Pereira are former police officers who were expelled from service and now work in Mundo Maravilha, an amusement park. The embarrassment of leaving led Jesus to try suicide. Today, he coordinates the work of 28 private security guards and wishes to return to the Police. Lucio got in to avenge his mother's murder and hunt outlaws. Pereira today is a protestant Christian and plays Perereco, a child's character that entertains kids at church. In the cheerful landscape of the park, the Brazilian documentary Jesus no Mundo Maravilha reveals, through the dreams of these three former police officers, the values of Police culture in Brazil.
What Is It Worth?
Screenplay
Free adaptation of Machado de Assis's short story "Pai Contra Mãe", having some of Nireu Cavalcanti's 18th Century chronicles as inspiration, the film traces parallels between life in during the slavery period and in modern Brazil.