Modesto de Souza
Know for: Acting
Born: 1894-11-13
Place of birth: São Miguel dos Campos, Alagoas, Brazil
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A Carrocinha (1955)
Man finds a job as a dog catcher, but feels sorry for the animals and sets them free.
Tico-Tico no Fubá (1952)
Tico-Tico no Fubá is a 1952 Brazilian comedy film directed by Adolfo Celi and starring Anselmo Duarte. It was entered into the 1952 Cannes...
Osso, Amor e Papagaios (1957)
A small town is taken upside down when an inventor finds a way to turn bones into gold.
Rio, 100 Degrees F. (1955)
On a scorching summer day in Rio de Janeiro, five impoverished black boys venture out of their favela to peddle peanuts throughout the bustling city....
Entranced Earth (1967)
Eldorado, a fictitious country in America, is sparkling with the internal struggle for political power. In the eye of this social convulsion, the...
Carnaval no Fogo (1949)
A gang, leaded by the unknown and mysterious Anjo, robs a jewelry and schedules a meeting in the Copacabana Palace Hotel, in Copacabana. The...
Leonora of the Seven Seas (1955)
A great mystery surrounds Leonora, and it becomes even more mysterious when a stranger arrives from Buenos Aires looking for her, saying he knows...
Rua sem Sol (1954)
A poor girl must find the money to pay for her blind sister's eyesight operation.
Romance Proibido (1944)
The love misadventures of a teacher, a woman who gives up living in a big city in order to teach country children how to read and write.
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo (1967)
Originally produced for German TV, Improvised and Purposeful is a firsthand look at the "Cinema Novo" movement (otherwise known as the 'Brazilian New...