Directing
Apr 22, 1933
Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Herval Rossano
Directing
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Feature Films (19)
Winner of a Theater talent contest, in which he was the only one to enroll, Belizário da Silva leaves his hometown, and tries to make it in Rio de Janeiro.
Eu Sou o Tal
The project of urbanization of a shantytown is endangered by lack of money. To get the necessary sum, three friars start to sing in plain clothes, incognito, also recording records and doing shows in nightclubs.
Três Colegas de Batina
A documentary film about the taboos, stereotypes, and struggles of black actors in Brazilian television "soaps". Based on his own memories and on a sturdy body of research evidence, the director analyses race relations in Brazilian soap operas, calling attention to their likely influence on Brazilian African-Americans' identity-forming processes.
Denying Brazil
Minutes before the start of an important football match between Corinthians and the Uruguayan team of Carrasco, the main player of the São Paulo team, Baltazar ends up cut because of a serious appendicitis crisis. In place of the Corinthians top scorer, reserve Julinho is selected.
O Craque
Poor crook gets a job as janitor in a luxury house. But he starts pretending be the rich owner of the house and in no time is owing multiple debts.
O Homem dos Papagaios
Television & Series (15)
The plot takes place in a fictional city called Vale do Café, where two powerful families, the Toledo and Fontes, are locked in an intense dispute for power and land ownership. Conflicts are marked by betrayals, forbidden loves and dark secrets. The soap opera addresses themes such as ambition, revenge, romance and conflicts between families, showing the fire that consumes the land and human relationships.
Fogo Sobre Terra
After getting lost on a sea excursion, Jô Penteado and Fábio Coutinho develop mutual feelings during the two months they spend stranded on a deserted island.
A Gata Comeu
A widower who was anything but traditional for the 1950s, Álvaro has a frank relationship with his daughters and becomes the target of criticism from his sister-in-law Fausta, especially when he meets Marta.
Bambolê
The central character of the story is Salomé, a woman ahead of her time. Bold and rebellious, the young woman scandalizes Parisian society by performing a veiled dance in which she is semi-nude. The news reaches Brazil, and her mother, Santa, and her stepfather, Antunes, worried about the girl's reputation, decide that she must leave Paris. Antunes travels to fetch Salomé, and she only agrees to return to her country of origin if her inseparable friends, Berta and Ruggero, go with her. Antunes agrees, and they all leave together. In Brazil, Salomé goes to live on the Pindorama farm in São Paulo, where her mother awaits her. There she meets Duda, with whom she falls in love. Duda owned the Pindorama farm, but his father, Colonel Venâncio, in debt, was forced to sell the property to Antunes. The pain of losing the farm led Venâncio to commit suicide. Some time later, Duda, unemployed, returned to the farm and began a secret romance with Santa.
