Guel Arraes

Guel Arraes

Nacimiento : 1953-12-12, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

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Guel Arraes was born on December 12, 1953 in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. He is a director and writer, known for A Dog's Will (2000), Lisbela and the Prisoner (2003) and A Comedy of Private Lives (1995). He has been married to Carolina Jabor since 2003. He was previously married to Virginia Cavendish and Andrea Beltrão.

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Guel Arraes
Guel Arraes

Películas

O Debate
Writer
Paula and Marcos have just split up after 20 years together. He is editor-in-chief of a news program and she is a television presenter. They have differing opinions, but remain friends and work partners. But despite this, the relationship of respect between them does not prevent them from having different views on how they should conduct the edition of the best moments of the debate that the TV will show - and that can interfere in the choice of hundreds of thousands of undecided voters.
Vai Dar Nada
Writer
O Auto da Boa Mentira
Associate Producer
Express Kidnapping
Associate Producer
Sao Paulo, Brazil. Isabel, a 25-year-old girl, is kidnapped. The first ATM the criminals try to withdraw money from is broken. It's almost 10:00pm. The kidnappers realize they will not be able to get to the next one on time. What was meant to be an express kidnapping becomes an all-night imprisonment.
Rend Your Heart
Associate Producer
40 years after fighting for what he thought was new and revolutionary, a former anonymous militant against the now fallen Brazilian dictatorship is accused of being conservative, antiquated and anachronistic by his own son.
Tungstênio
Associate Producer
A retired army sergeant, a police officer and his wife and a drug dealer apparently have nothing in common, but they will unite for a greater good. When people start using explosives to fish on the edge of Salvador, Bahia, this group will do everything to end this environmental crime. But in the search for the paths that seem most correct, each one of them will go through more personal and moral conflicts.
Under Pressure
Associate Producer
Over a tense day in the emergency hospital, we follow the surgeon's work Evandro and staff in three cases that require risk surgery: a drug dealer, a military police officer and a rich family child, all injured during a shootout in a slum next to the hospital.
Vidas Partidas
Associate Producer
A married couple lives peacefully with two children until the husband starts getting violent.
The Moving Forest
Associate Producer
Based on William Shakespeare's "Macbeth". Elias is a successful executive who works in the second largest private bank in Brazil. One day, Elias meets a mysterious woman who claims to be able to predict his future and says he will become vice president that day and the next day, he will become president of the Bank. The wheel of fortune is bound activated and a series of murders is committed by Elias and his wife Clara, leaving a trail of blood on his way to power and making them executioners and victims of their own destinies.
Real Beleza
Associate Producer
Photographer gets involved with a family as he seeks for a new model in a small town.
Una segunda madre
Associate Producer
Val es una interna que se toma su trabajo muy en serio. Sirve a un adinerado matrimonio de São Paulo día y noche, y cuida a su hijo adolescente, al que ha criado desde su infancia. El orden de este hogar parece inquebrantable, hasta que un día llega desde su ciudad de origen la inteligente y ambiciosa hija de Val, Jessica, a la que había dejado al cuidado de unos familiares en el norte de Brasil 13 años atrás. La presencia de la joven pone en peligro el balance de poder en la casa. Esta nueva situación pondrá en tela de juicio las lealtades de Val y la obligará a valorar lo que está dispuesta a perder.
Amorteamo — O Filme
Creator
Recife, 1900. Malvina (Marina Ruy Barbosa), daughter of a wealthy merchant, falls in love with Gabriel (Johnny Massaro), however, on her wedding day he abandons her at the altar. Disconcerted, she commits suicide and then returns as a dark spirit. However she brings with her all the dead in the city. At first, the residents are happy, but then they discover that the natural course of life should continue to be followed.
Gonzaga: From Father to Son
Associate Producer
Luiz Gonzaga decides to change his destiny and leaves his childhood home for the big city to overcome a romance. When he arrives, he meets a woman he falls in love with, the Odaleia (Nanda Costa). After the birth of his son and his wife's health complications, he decides to return to the road to ensure a better future for his son. He has a friend in Rio de Janeiro and with him leaves the little one and heads to Brazil. He didn't imagine that this distance between them would develop into a complicated relationship, enhanced by the strong personalities of both. Based on conversations between father and son, this is the story of Luiz Gonzaga, a singer and accordion player known as Rei do Baião or Gonzagão.
The Well Beloved One
Screenplay
Based on the homonymous work of Dias Gomes , The Well Beloved tells the story of the mayor Paraguassu Odorico, whose primary goal in his administration in the city of Sucupira is the inauguration of a cemetery. One side is supported by the sisters Cajazeiras. On the other, he has to fight against strong opposition led by Vladmir, owner of rag city. For lack of a corpse, the mayor can never accomplish his goal. Not even the arrival of Ernesto - a dying man who does not die - and hiring Zeca Diabo, a bandit killer, provide him with the realization of his dream. Odorico gun situations for someone to die, but the first body to be buried in Sucupira may be the mayor himself, that the hunter becomes the hunted and goes from villain to martyr.
The Well Beloved One
Director
Based on the homonymous work of Dias Gomes , The Well Beloved tells the story of the mayor Paraguassu Odorico, whose primary goal in his administration in the city of Sucupira is the inauguration of a cemetery. One side is supported by the sisters Cajazeiras. On the other, he has to fight against strong opposition led by Vladmir, owner of rag city. For lack of a corpse, the mayor can never accomplish his goal. Not even the arrival of Ernesto - a dying man who does not die - and hiring Zeca Diabo, a bandit killer, provide him with the realization of his dream. Odorico gun situations for someone to die, but the first body to be buried in Sucupira may be the mayor himself, that the hunter becomes the hunted and goes from villain to martyr.
Romance
Writer
Director y actor de teatro, Pedro (Wagner Moura) se enamora de Ana (Letícia Sabatella), actriz con quien actua como pareja en la obra “Tristan e Isolda”. Entre bastidores, la pareja resbala en los obstáculos del amor contemporáneo: pasión, celos, rutina… ¿Es posible un feliz amor recíproco? Antes de llegar a una conclusión, Pedro y Ana tendrán su trayectoria afectada por la carrera de ella _ que empieza a tener éxito en la TV _ estimulada por la empresaria Fernanda (Andréa Beltrão). El nuevo escenario abre paso para la entrada de Orlando/José de Arimatéia (Vladimir Brichta). Haciendo el papel de actor, protagonizará con Ana en un programa especial de televisión y, lo más importante, ganará su corazón.
Romance
Director
Director y actor de teatro, Pedro (Wagner Moura) se enamora de Ana (Letícia Sabatella), actriz con quien actua como pareja en la obra “Tristan e Isolda”. Entre bastidores, la pareja resbala en los obstáculos del amor contemporáneo: pasión, celos, rutina… ¿Es posible un feliz amor recíproco? Antes de llegar a una conclusión, Pedro y Ana tendrán su trayectoria afectada por la carrera de ella _ que empieza a tener éxito en la TV _ estimulada por la empresaria Fernanda (Andréa Beltrão). El nuevo escenario abre paso para la entrada de Orlando/José de Arimatéia (Vladimir Brichta). Haciendo el papel de actor, protagonizará con Ana en un programa especial de televisión y, lo más importante, ganará su corazón.
Ó Paí, Ó: O Filme
Writer
During Carnival at the historic site of Pelourinho, we follow the lives of tenants in a run-down rental house who try to survive using creativity, irony, humor and music. This is an adaptation of the TV show, not the 2007 movie which inspired the TV show.
Cidade dos Homens
Producer
Narra la historia de Acerola (Douglas Silva) y Laranjinha (Darlan Cunha), dos amigos adolescentes que se han convertido prácticamente en hermanos en medio de un mundo marcado por la violencia y las bandas callejeras. Laranjinha irá en busca de su padre, al que no conoce, mientras Acerola trata de educar a su propio hijo. Sin embargo, la guerra de bandas pondrá a prueba su antigua amistad y amenazará con sacar a la luz secretos del pasado.
Basic Sanitation: The Movie
Associate Producer
When they discover their town lacks funding for a sewage system, but does have a federal grant to make a movie, a group of villagers decide to make a sci-fi joint about a monster who lives in the building site of a septic tank.
Antônia
Associate Producer
Determined to escape their poverty-stricken lives, four talented young women living on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil, form an all-female rap group but find their road to success is riddled with sexism, racism, and violence. One by one, they succumb to their grim realities...until they discover that out of struggle come strength, and out of strength, the courage to continue on.
A Grande Família: O Filme
Producer
For forty years, the public functionary and family man Lineu and his beloved wife Nenê celebrate their first date going to the same ball where Lineu borrowed the jacket his competitor Carlinhos. In the present days, Lineu feels uncomfortable when his colleague Pacheco dies and goes to the doctor for health examination. When the result of his tomography arrives, his doctor says that he had seen some blur in his lungs and with that report he would give the correct diagnosis. Lineu steals the document afraid of having a tumor, but he believes he will die sooner. Meanwhile, Nenê meets Carlinhos in the supermarket where he is the manager and invites him to have dinner with her family. Lineu hides his concerns to Nenê, and his attitudes in the dinner misguide Nenê, and she believes Lineu has a lover and does not love him anymore
A Grande Família: O Filme
Writer
For forty years, the public functionary and family man Lineu and his beloved wife Nenê celebrate their first date going to the same ball where Lineu borrowed the jacket his competitor Carlinhos. In the present days, Lineu feels uncomfortable when his colleague Pacheco dies and goes to the doctor for health examination. When the result of his tomography arrives, his doctor says that he had seen some blur in his lungs and with that report he would give the correct diagnosis. Lineu steals the document afraid of having a tumor, but he believes he will die sooner. Meanwhile, Nenê meets Carlinhos in the supermarket where he is the manager and invites him to have dinner with her family. Lineu hides his concerns to Nenê, and his attitudes in the dinner misguide Nenê, and she believes Lineu has a lover and does not love him anymore
Casseta & Planeta: Seus Problemas Acabaram!!!
Producer
O Coronel e o Lobisomem
Producer
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.
O Coronel e o Lobisomem
Writer
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.
My Uncle Killed a Guy
Producer
Eder (Lázaro Ramos) is arrested after confessing the murder of a man. Duca (Darlan Cunha), a 15 years old boy who is Eder's nephew, wants to prove the innocence of his uncle, he's sure that his uncle confessed the crime to protect his girlfriend, Soraya (Deborah Secco), ex-wife of the deceased. Duca also wants to win the heart of Isa (Sophia Reis), a classmate who seems more interested in his best friend, Kid (Renan Gioelli). To be able to prove his theory, Duca gets help from Isa and Kid.
My Uncle Killed a Guy
Screenplay
Eder (Lázaro Ramos) is arrested after confessing the murder of a man. Duca (Darlan Cunha), a 15 years old boy who is Eder's nephew, wants to prove the innocence of his uncle, he's sure that his uncle confessed the crime to protect his girlfriend, Soraya (Deborah Secco), ex-wife of the deceased. Duca also wants to win the heart of Isa (Sophia Reis), a classmate who seems more interested in his best friend, Kid (Renan Gioelli). To be able to prove his theory, Duca gets help from Isa and Kid.
Lisbela and the Prisoner
Director
Lisbela is a young woman who loves going to the movies. Leléu is a con man, going from town to town selling all sort of things and performing as master of ceremonies for some cheesy numbers, such as the woman who gets transformed into a gorilla. He gets involved with Linaura, a sexy and beautiful woman who happens to be the wife of the most frightening hitman of the place. The hitman finds out his wife's affair and goes after Leléu, who has to leave in a hurry. In another town, he meets and falls instantly in love with Lisbela, who is engaged to Douglas, a hillbilly who tries hard to pass for a cosmopolitan Rio de Janeiro dweller.
Lisbela and the Prisoner
Screenplay
Lisbela is a young woman who loves going to the movies. Leléu is a con man, going from town to town selling all sort of things and performing as master of ceremonies for some cheesy numbers, such as the woman who gets transformed into a gorilla. He gets involved with Linaura, a sexy and beautiful woman who happens to be the wife of the most frightening hitman of the place. The hitman finds out his wife's affair and goes after Leléu, who has to leave in a hurry. In another town, he meets and falls instantly in love with Lisbela, who is engaged to Douglas, a hillbilly who tries hard to pass for a cosmopolitan Rio de Janeiro dweller.
Lisbela and the Prisoner
Writer
Lisbela is a young woman who loves going to the movies. Leléu is a con man, going from town to town selling all sort of things and performing as master of ceremonies for some cheesy numbers, such as the woman who gets transformed into a gorilla. He gets involved with Linaura, a sexy and beautiful woman who happens to be the wife of the most frightening hitman of the place. The hitman finds out his wife's affair and goes after Leléu, who has to leave in a hurry. In another town, he meets and falls instantly in love with Lisbela, who is engaged to Douglas, a hillbilly who tries hard to pass for a cosmopolitan Rio de Janeiro dweller.
Caramuru: The Invention of Brazil
Writer
Diogo Álvares, a Portuguese map illustrator, reaches the Brazilian coast, after his caravel sinks. He is saved by the Indian chief Itaparica and his two daughters, Paraguaçu and Moema. They call him Caramuru and together they engage in a happy love triangle. But the chance to return to Portugal arises, and it is clear this amoral arrangement cannot last.
Caramuru: The Invention of Brazil
Director
Diogo Álvares, a Portuguese map illustrator, reaches the Brazilian coast, after his caravel sinks. He is saved by the Indian chief Itaparica and his two daughters, Paraguaçu and Moema. They call him Caramuru and together they engage in a happy love triangle. But the chance to return to Portugal arises, and it is clear this amoral arrangement cannot last.
A Dog's Will
Producer
En el interior del estado de Paríba, en el pueblo de Taperoá, viven João Grilo y Chicó, dos tipos muy pobres que van anunciando por las calles la mejor película del mundo, 'La Pasión de Cristo'. La sesión tiene éxito y ellos ganan algo de dinero pero siguen luchando por la supervivencia. João Grilo y Chicó planean nuevas tretas para conseguir algún dinero y se enfrentan a numeroso desafíos provocando múltiples confusiones causadas por la astucia de João Grilo, siempre acompañado de Chicó.
A Dog's Will
Director
En el interior del estado de Paríba, en el pueblo de Taperoá, viven João Grilo y Chicó, dos tipos muy pobres que van anunciando por las calles la mejor película del mundo, 'La Pasión de Cristo'. La sesión tiene éxito y ellos ganan algo de dinero pero siguen luchando por la supervivencia. João Grilo y Chicó planean nuevas tretas para conseguir algún dinero y se enfrentan a numeroso desafíos provocando múltiples confusiones causadas por la astucia de João Grilo, siempre acompañado de Chicó.
A Dog's Will
Writer
En el interior del estado de Paríba, en el pueblo de Taperoá, viven João Grilo y Chicó, dos tipos muy pobres que van anunciando por las calles la mejor película del mundo, 'La Pasión de Cristo'. La sesión tiene éxito y ellos ganan algo de dinero pero siguen luchando por la supervivencia. João Grilo y Chicó planean nuevas tretas para conseguir algún dinero y se enfrentan a numeroso desafíos provocando múltiples confusiones causadas por la astucia de João Grilo, siempre acompañado de Chicó.
Making of O Auto da Compadecida
O Alienista
Director
Talking Cinema
Party Guest
A fragmented style, patchwork of interviews with Caetano Veloso's friends, mixed with conversations, thoughts, scenes of dance and literature excerpts.
The King of the Candle
Editor
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.