Luís Fernando Veríssimo
出生 : 1936-09-26, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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Over the years, the monthly meetings of the Stew Club – a fraternity that has gathered seven long-time friends for decades – has gone from rituals of power to melancholic failure assemblies. The end would be its only worthy fate. Until a mysterious cook appears, and starts serving them magnificent feasts. The bonds of friendship are back, gluttony as a celebration of life. But there is a catch: after each dinner, a member of the brotherhood is found dead the next morning.
After years of dating women, Simone meets Pedro. He's charming, intelligent and attractive, and he's appeared at a time when Simone's relationship with her live-in girlfriend is falling apart. Tormented by uncertainties and doubts that test everything Simone thinks she knows about herself, she must make a decision. But in the end is it really a question of gender? This is a film about sexual expression and choice, and about the importance of following your heart.
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On a Saturday, unhappy with her marriage, Carol gets ready to leave, her husband usually goes to a soccer match and bring his friends back home for lunch. The dish of the day is feijoada.
This film is an adaptation of the short story "Feijoada Completa" by Luis Fernando Verissimo, in turn inspired by the homonymous Chico Buarque' song.
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Documentary discussing the life and work of José Lewgoy, one of the most important Brazilian actors of all times.
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August 16, 2006. An endless day. Football transforming logic, winning time, making history everlasting. You will be thrilled with this documentary that shows the most important 24 hours of the 97 years of Internacional. During a whole day, five news teams followed the movement of the fans in the streets and in Beira-Rio, details of the concentration, the atmosphere of the decisive game. Unpublished testimonials, exclusive images, an unforgettable match. The passion of colorado fans in a day that lasts forever.
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A detective is hired by a mysterious woman to find her missing husband, a master of disguises, and important industry executive.
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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.
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A droll Brazilian short on the theme of an incriminating earring.
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Um é Pouco, Dois é Bom is a Brazilian film, with an urban theme, produced and filmed in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, in 1970. The film is divided into two parts (Com um Pouquinho de Sorte and Vida Nova Por Acaso) that have different character cores and independent narrative structures.