Gianfrancesco Sigfrido Benedetto Marinenghi de Guarnieri (August 6, 1934 Milan, Italy - July 22, 2006 São Paulo, Brazil) was an Italian–Brazilian actor, director, lyricist, poet and playwright naturalised Brazilian. He was an outstanding artist in the Theater of Arena in São Paulo and his most important work was "They Don't Wear Black Tie". In 2006, Guarnieri was honored in the 18th edition of the Shell Theatre Prize for his contribution to the Brazilian theater.
A young law student starts to work as a detective, decided to uncover the identity behind a series of murders, as well as who is next.
Release Date1995-03-13
Charactersd Eliseo Giardini
Episode Count203
Vote Count28
Release Date1969-08-04
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Charactersd Dirceu (Tomás Antônio Gonzaga)
Episode Count209
Vote Count1
Maria do Carmo becomes wealthy through her father's business dealings and becomes a successful businesswoman, but she retains the habits of her humble past.
Release Date1990-04-02
Charactersd Saldanha
Episode Count179
Vote Count11
Release Date1977-06-06
Charactersd Júlio Abílio de Lemos
Episode Count180
Vote Count2
In the imaginary king of Avilan, the bastard prince Jean Pierre leads a popular group against councilors who will invade Rainha Valentine's palace and take away the power.
Release Date1989-02-13
Charactersd Rei Petrus II
Episode Count2
Vote Count10
Twin sisters with contrasting personalities, Ruth and Raquel, rival in the fictional Pontal D'Areia, on the coast of Rio de Janeiro.
Release Date1973-03-26
Charactersd Tonho da Lua
Episode Count272
Vote Count2
The story revolves around the conflicts within Silvana and Oliva's family—her mother and paternal grandfather—who are fighting for custody of Zeca after the child's father dies.
Release Date1984-07-23
Charactersd Jamil Beirute / Genaro
Episode Count167
Vote Count3
Release Date1996-05-06
Charactersd Alcides
Episode Count185
Vote Count1
The story follows the lives of Naná and Gegê, a pair of con artists. Gegê is the uncle of Tina Pepper, a Tina Turner fan who dreams of becoming a famous singer.
Release Date1986-03-10
Charactersd Jerônimo Machado (Gegê)
Episode Count179
Vote Count5
Release Date2005-11-07
Charactersd Pepe Molina
Episode Count209
Vote Count17
Release Date1972-10-05
Charactersd Olegário Harpagão
Episode Count146
Vote Count1
The soap opera critiques the power struggles among rural politicians in the 1920s. Joaquim is shocked when a doctor reveals that his son, Luís Jerônimo, has a lung lesion. To recover his health, the young man leaves Rio de Janeiro for Colonel Boanerges's farm in Vila da Mata, Espírito Santo. There, he meets Zuca, and the two fall in love. Zuca is the colonel's goddaughter and the fiancée of the fearless cowboy Tobias, who refuses to accept the possibility of losing her to the outsider. Zuca and Luís Jerônimo face numerous obstacles in pursuing their love. Their romance is also threatened by the arrival of Pepa in Vila da Mata; having been in love with Luís Jerônimo back when he lived in Rio, she tries by every means possible to drive the couple apart.
Release Date1979-06-04
Charactersd Padre Genésio
Episode Count170
Vote Count1
Release Date1981-07-06
Charactersd Ubaldo
Episode Count20
The main plot revolves around a hidden treasure. The story begins when a gang steals ten million dollars worth of diamonds in Uruguay. To escape the police, one of the thieves, Rodolfo Torres de Almeida, flees to Argentina. His partner, Ivo Simeone, travels to São Paulo with the jewels. Ivo decides to hide the precious stones and, to ensure he doesn't forget the hiding place, has a map tattooed above the buttocks of a girl, the daughter of his neighbor. The thief takes care to photograph the girl so he can identify her in the future. Ivo is arrested and, eight years later, when he gets out of jail, he is run over and killed. Before dying, however, he manages to tell his son Rodrigo the secret about the treasure map. The young man follows the clues given by his father and discovers that the young woman with the tattooed map is Elisa, a novice nun cloistered in a convent, about to take perpetual vows.
Release Date1993-03-29
Charactersd Vicente Rocha
Episode Count137
Vote Count2
Release Date1978-05-01
Charactersd Dr. Vitor
Episode Count156
Vote Count1
Release Date1969-03-24
DepartmentDirecting
JobCo-Director
Charactersd Bernardo
Episode Count115
Vote Count1
Four stories intertwine, revolving around moral dilemmas of life in society. A secret unites student Alice and mega-businessman Raul Pelegrini, who are major ideological opponents.
Release Date1994-07-18
Charactersd Waldomiro Bezerra de Quental
Episode Count203
Vote Count5
Release Date1987-10-12
Charactersd Túlio Silveira
Episode Count185
Vote Count2
Release Date1983-04-04
Charactersd Pedro
Episode Count95
Vote Count2
Release Date1998-12-07
Charactersd Manuel Valadares (Portuga)
Episode Count101
Vote Count2
Release Date1971-09-01
Charactersd Giuliano
Episode Count151
Vote Count1
Release Date1974-02-05
Charactersd Chico
Episode Count185
Vote Count2
Release Date1989-10-23
Charactersd Artur
Episode Count168
Vote Count2
Release Date1987-05-04
Charactersd Walter Scott
Episode Count162
Vote Count2
A Muralha is a Brazilian telenovela that first aired on TV Excelsior in 1968. It is based on a novel by Diná Silveira de Queirós.
Release Date1968-07-09
Charactersd Leonel Olinto
Episode Count210
Vote Count3
The cheerful and outgoing Jordana lived alongside Silas for 20 years, helping him become wealthy. Despite this, he abandons her to run away with the opportunistic Carla. After the separation, Jordana faces financial difficulties. She then meets Dona Mena, an eccentric and lonely old woman abandoned by her family. Jordana takes care of Dona Mena and, when she dies, inherits four bronze cupids containing a million dollars. The problem is that the cupids disappear without a trace. The cupids become the subject of a fight between Dona Mena's nephews, Loreta and Carlito. The two are the villains of the story. Jordana, however, ends up falling in love with Carlito. In the final chapters, Jordana manages to recover the cupids and rebuild her life. She has the help of her friend Vieira.
Release Date1981-10-26
Charactersd Manoel Vieira de Souza (Seu Vieira)
Episode Count167
Vote Count2
Release Date1972-03-06
Charactersd Tio Emílio Fellicci
Episode Count178
Vote Count2
Release Date1981-02-09
Charactersd Agenor
Episode Count149
Vote Count2
Unhappy in her marriage, Rachel decides to separate from her husband, the businessman Virgílio. Determined to turn her life around, she moves from Petrópolis to the southern zone of Rio de Janeiro with her daughter, Clara, and goes to live in her mother Laura's house in Ipanema. There she falls in love with the charming, but gruff, Heitor, owner of a mechanic shop. He lives with his sister, Irene, in an old townhouse, one of the main settings of the telenovela.
Release Date1982-10-11
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Charactersd Caetano Spina
Episode Count137
Vote Count2
The show features Lucas Silva e Silva, a boy who earns a recorder from his paternal grandfather, Orlando, at the age of 10. Amid the typical problems of moving from childhood to adolescence, Lucas creates stories on the tape recorder from how he would like things to be. He lives at his grandfather's house with his parents, Rogerio, a teacher who works out for three jobs and Carolina, who works in a boutique; the older sister, Juliana; and maid Rosa, who dates Marcelo and talks to broadcaster Ney Nunes on her radio.
Release Date1991-10-06
Charactersd Orlando Silva
Episode Count52
Vote Count14
Release Date1997-09-15
Charactersd Juarez
Episode Count145
Vote Count1
Release Date2004-03-14
Charactersd Eugênio
Episode Count122
Vote Count2
Release Date1998-06-22
Charactersd Dr. Gross
Episode Count120
Vote Count1
Release Date1967-07-17
Charactersd Padre Alonso
Episode Count210
Vote Count2
Release Date1968-02-12
Charactersd Alexandre
Episode Count126
Vote Count1
Mini series about the 1960s in Rio de Janeiro, when a politically engaged student falls in love with a left wing journalist's daughter who doesn't care for politics. The romance follows 15 years of Brazilian history, since President João Goulart deposition by military reactionary forces, until the first signs of restoration of democracy, in the 1980s.
Release Date1992-07-14
Charactersd Dr. Salviano
Episode Count20
Vote Count11
Release Date1976-04-26
Charactersd Estragon - Esperando Godot, de Samuel Beckett
Vote Count2
Release Date1979-01-01
Charactersd Leitor do poema
Release Date1980-02-25
Charactersd Martins
Vote Count1
Story of a modest but talented soccer player for an obscure club in a small Brazilian town who comes to São Paulo and reaches stardom.
Release Date1980-01-07
Charactersd Toninho
Vote Count6
A TV reporter tries to find out who is killing prostitutes in a São Paulo neighbourhood.
Release Date1983-05-10
Charactersd Guido Andreolli
Vote Count11
Release Date1963-01-01
Charactersd Narrador
Release Date2000-11-20
Charactersd Prof. Policarpo Quaresma
Episode Count127
In the fictional town of Antares, a general strike prevents seven corpses from being buried in the local cemetery. The corpses then come back to life to demand the authorities the right to be buried.
Release Date1994-11-29
Charactersd Pudim de Cachaça
Episode Count12
Vote Count3
The story of two immigrant couples: Teresa and Angelo; Pierina and Massimo. While fighting for survival in the new world, the unexpected love of Massimo and Teresa appears. They react against family and cultural traditions and leave to a new destiny, leaving their partners. Quatrilho is the name of a card game in wich the player have to betray his partner in order to become the champion.
Release Date1995-10-20
Charactersd Padre Giobbe
Vote Count48
Otavio is an idealistic union leader trying to organize workers at a factory to resist the company's exploitative practices. His son, Tião, one of the employees, is more of a realist and doesn't want to risk losing his job by striking. This clash of perspectives puts the father and son at odds. Fortunately, Tião's mother, Romana, is on hand to act as a moderator between the two opinionated men.
Release Date1981-09-28
DepartmentSound
JobOriginal Music Composer
Charactersd Otávio
Vote Count73
Based on fact, this is the story of the struggles of Japanese immigrants who traveled to and settled in Brazil looking for a better life.
Release Date1980-02-20
Charactersd Enrico
Vote Count8
Film adaptation of the TV Show in 1994, based on the novel of the same name by Érico Veríssimo. During a general strike in the city of Antares, gravediggers refuse to carry out burials, to increase pressure on employers. During the night, however, the dead claim the right to be buried.
Release Date2018-01-19
Charactersd Pudim de Cachaça
Vote Count5
On the day of his wedding, young man from a family of immigrants faces some problems to get the money needed for the last arrangements. The family do what they can in order to honour the great event, selling personal belongings and buying enough supplies for a decent party.
Release Date1958-12-03
Charactersd Zeca
Vote Count4
The dreams and problems of three friends: Malagueta, an inveterate gambler; Perus, former factory worker who abandoned the assembly line to earn his living at the billiards; and Bacanaço, trickster who puts on chic airs, always dreaming of performing the ultimate big swindle.
Release Date1977-06-17
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Charactersd Perus
Vote Count1
A man who works at a nuclear plant is contaminated by radioactivity. On the way to the hospital, the ambulance has an accident, and the man's head disappears. Lost and free from its body, the head goes through many adventures.
Release Date1986-01-02
Charactersd Líder dos Grevistas
Vote Count2
Release Date2007-01-01
Charactersd Self
Develops from the life, work and memory of Gianfrancesco Guarnieri, one of the most important names in the history of Brazilian theater, to examine the courses of dramaturgy and politics in the last decades. Guarnieri, besides being a TV star, was also seen as the synthesis of the politically engaged artist in Brazil. His sons, also actors, saw a separation between art, work, and politics. As he investigates the portraits of two generations, grandson and director Francisco aims to understand the place of his own generation in history, in art and the world as a whole.
Release Date2017-01-28
Charactersd Self (archive footage)
Vote Count3
"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."
Release Date1997-01-01
Charactersd Self
Release Date2003-04-29
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Vote Count13
At the Philharmonie de Paris, Brazilian music legend Gilberto Gil revisits half a century of his career in a gentle, committed, and eclectic concert.
Release Date2025-01-11
DepartmentWriting
JobAuthor
Release Date1972-12-22
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
Driven mad by his wife's disappearance, Amadeu enters an existential crisis and tries to find her through the streets of São Paulo, facing obstacles and encountering all sorts of people.
Release Date1988-09-26
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count4
Vote Count2
Augusto Matraga is a violent agressive farmer who, after being betrayed by his wife and trapped by several enemies, is beaten up and left for dead, being rescued by a couple of humble small farmers who nurse him for a long time until he is well again. Influenced by the couple, Matraga starts a long penitent life while waiting for his hour and chance to payback, starting a fight between his violent nature, his hidden desire of vengeance and the mysticism and goodness which is also part of him.
Release Date1965-07-16
DepartmentCrew
JobAdditional Dialogue
Vote Count14
Release Date1963-06-22
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count1
Release Date1971-09-10
Episode Count1
Vote Count1
Release Date1978-05-26
Vote Count1
Release Date1967-07-11
Episode Count15
Vote Count1
Release Date1975-01-01
Worker Norival's life turns upside down when he is caught kissing his co-worker Catarina during work hours. He is fired for just cause and faces the hardships of the labor lawsuit he filed against the company.
Release Date1990-10-01
Vote Count7
A documentary of profound irony about the bourgeois dream of establishing a film industry in Brazil in the 1930s. The project in question, the Companhia Americana de Filmes, went bankrupt before finishing its only film, which was called 'Eterna Esperança' (Eternal Hope).
Release Date1971-12-31
Vote Count1
Release Date1968-01-01
Solano is often plagued by nightmares in which, during the Middle Ages, he is pursued by the hunter Faro, who intends to kill him. On discovering, in an antiquarian, a tapestry that represents a hunt and that reminds him of his dream, he tries to buy it, but the owner refuses to sell it.
Release Date1976-11-11
Vote Count4
Amid the civil-military dictatorship implanted with the 1964 coup, Sergio Muniz had the idea of making a documentary about the action of the Death Squad. At the time, the press still had some freedom to disseminate the work of these death squads formed by police officers of various ranks, and that he acted on the outskirts of cities like Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. The victims of police repression (as today) were men, poor and black, and this condition is supposed criminals.
Release Date2006-07-05
Vote Count1
Release Date1999-01-01
Vote Count1
Release Date1987-09-14
Vote Count1
