
Acting
Jun 28, 1923
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Sérgio Britto
Acting
Biography
Sérgio Pedro Corrêa de Britto (Rio de Janeiro, June 29, 1923 — Rio de Janeiro, December 17, 2011) was a renowned Brazilian actor, director, presenter, and screenwriter for film, television, and theater. Considered one of the country's greatest actors, Sérgio Britto directed Ilusões Perdidas, the first telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo.
Feature Films (18)

Heitor and Matilde are two siblings who decide to murder their rich father in order to quickly inherit his wealth. They get the killing done, aided by Matilde's boyfriend Henrique, but after a while the three of them begin to recieve mysterious notes which suggest that their secret is in danger.
A Culpa

Antônio is an astrophysicist who has just found out he has an inoperable brain tumor. After decades living in the United States, he returns to Brazil and tries to learn more about his biological mother. His quest sends him off into the slums of Rio de Janeiro.
The Greatest Love of All

The ups and downs in the lives of immigrants from post-war Europe, arriving in Brazil in search of a better future.
O Amanhã Será Melhor

Gafanhoto is a smuggler who tries to take a hit by stealing a valuable stone. He awakens the fury of the old boss of the gang, and ends up involving in the plot a former colleague, Poeta and his girlfriend Cris, a beautiful woman who brings in the eyes the mark of the tragedy.
A Maldição do Sanpaku

Over two years, actor Sergio Britto, 88, faces a challenging creative process in a Samuel Beckett play. A dramatic accident takes place in the middle of the shootings and highlights Sergio Britto's passion for the theater.
A Última Gravação

Adventures of a migrant who comes from Northeast Brazil to Rio de Janeiro, where he meets a prostitute.
Na Ponta da Faca

Two women from Méier, a suburban neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, marry wealthy men who suddenly become millionaires. Displaced from their original social background and unsuited to wealth, the two wives must devise a plan to, acting like socialites, win over high society and win back their husbands.
Society em Baby-Doll

Passively facing the repression imposed by military dictatorship in 1960s Brazil, a journalist enters a personal crisis, aggravated by his affair with an industrialist's wife, who doesn't want to leave her home because of her son.
The Dare

All the magic of the theatre is revealed to viewers as they follow the challenges involved in the various stages of putting on a play – from selection and reading to rehearsals and, finally, opening night before the audience.
The Language of Theatre

The story of Domitila de Castro Canto e Melo, the Marquise of Santos, the most famous of the mistresses of Dom Pedro I, Emperor of Brazil.
Marquesa de Santos

One of Brazil's most popular contemporary dance ensembles, Grupo Corpo combines Afro-Brazilian movements with ballet and modern dance to create an innovative and visually dynamic stage performance unlike any other. Documentarian Jürgen Wilcke gives viewers a glimpse into the inner workings of this world-renowned troupe as the 19 dancers prepare to wow audiences around the globe with their energetic presentations of grace and passion.
Grupo Corpo: Dance Theatre from Brazil
Television & Series (19)

A poor young woman, unhappy with her inevitable destiny as a suburban housewife, gets a job as a nanny for a wealthy family and falls in love with her employer's brother, using every trick to win him over and ultimately become the lady of the mansion. .
Anjo Mau

Despite a striking physical resemblance, Paulo and Denizard live completely opposite lives in Copacabana. After an accident, their lives and those of their families take different paths.
O Outro

Manoela is employed in the home of Donato, an employee at a cosmetics factory, and Carolina. After her boss's death, Carolina finds herself unprepared to deal with the serious financial difficulties and fires Manoela, who agrees to work for free, becoming a kind of guardian angel, advisor, and administrator of the house. To pay the mortgage on the property, she suggests that Carolina rent out two of the vacant rooms. The new tenants are four students who have recently arrived in Rio to take the university entrance exam. During their studies, the young men meet Marcelo, nicknamed Belo, who falls in love with Manoela. The relationship gives her the opportunity, for the first time, to forget about other people's problems and live her own life.









