Vinicius de Moraes
Know for: Acting
Born: 1913-10-19
Place of birth: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Also know as:
Masters of Bossa Nova: Jobim, Toquinho, Vinicius (1978)
Legendary bossa nova artists Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes and Antonio Toquinho demonstrate on stage why this infectious Brazilian musical...
Vinicius de Moraes (2005)
To celebrate the life and the work of a multifaceted creator – playwright, poet, partner of the most important names of Brazilian pop music...
Pixinguinha: Um Homem Carinhoso (2021)
The life of legendary Brazilian musician Alfredo da Rocha Vianna Filho, better known as Pixinguinha.
Garoto - Vivo Sonhando (2020)
A prodigy of stringed instruments, a pioneer of Bossa Nova, a modernizing master of the guitar: Aníbal Augusto Sardinha, better known as...
ABC of a Strike (1990)
ABC of a Strike captures the 1979 metal workers strikes outside of São Paulo. The footage sat untouched until after the death of...
Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova (2005)
Documentary about the birth of bossa-nova, in Brazil, and the major stars of this musical style.
They Shot the Piano Player (2023)
New York, 2010. Jeff Harris, a music journalist, sets out to uncover the truth about Francisco Tenório Júnior, a young Brazilian...
The Girl from Ipanema (1967)
Chronicles the life of a 17 year-old girl living in the upper-class Rio de Janeiro neighbourhood of Ipanema. Márcia lives a life of parties...
Mario Wallace Simonsen, Entre a Memória e a História (2013)
The documentary is an investigation into the life of Mario Wallace Simosen, a man who commanded conglomerates of several companies and was threatened...
Phono 73: A Country and its Music (2005)
The biggest Brazilian historical festival of all time. The great cast of the 1973 Phonogram (now Universal Music) meets in three nights to protest...
Pluft, o Fantasminha (1962)
It tells the story of a girl being abducted by the evil pirate with a wooden leg.
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...
Vinicius de Moraes, Um Rapaz de Família (1983)
A documentary on Brazilian poet and composer Vinicius de Moraes, made by his daughter a few months before his death.
Musicalmente (1978)
Witness here a historical moment of Brazilian music. At the end of the 70’s, Vinícius de Moraes, Toquinho, Tom Jobim and Miúcha...
Certas Palavras com Chico Buarque (1980)
The life and work of Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer, playwright, writer and poet Chico Buarque de Hollanda.
Caterina Valente presents Brazilian music (1979)
Brasil (1981)
João Gilberto receives Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil and Maria Bethânia during the recording of his album Brasil.
The Crystallization of Brasília (2019)
Fourth chapter of the "Atlas", "The Crystallization of Brasília" explores the ideia of the future as a petrified past. In an accelerated...
Toquinho Maravilhoso (2024)
The documentary narrates the life of Toquinho, one of the greatest Brazilian artists, a musician who transcends the barriers of time and language...
Os Afro-Sambas: The Brazil of Baden and Vinicius (2024)
Released in 1966 by Vinicius de Moraes and Baden Powell, the record Os Afro-Sambas is one of Brazil's most revered. Participants of the original...
The Dead at the Phone (1963)
This story begins with Marcelo's funeral. His family, his fiancée Lúcia and three suspicious men are the only people accompanying the...
Orfeu (1999)
Orfeu is a popular composer from a samba school. He lives in the favela and falls madly in love when he meets Euridice, a newcomer to the...
Noah's Ark (2024)
A pair of mice attempt to board Noah's Ark: Vini, a charismatic poet with terrible stage fright, and Tito, a talented and charming guitarist. When...
Di Cavalcanti Di Glauber (1977)
This controversial film from director Glauber Rocha records the funeral of his friend, major Brazilian painter Emiliano Di Cavalcanti.
Language of the Infinite Cycle of All Things (2023)
There is no disorder in nature, we just don't understand it’s language.
The Girl from Ipanema (1967)
Chronicles the life of a 17 year-old girl living in the upper-class Rio de Janeiro neighbourhood of Ipanema. Márcia lives a life of parties...
The Girl from Ipanema (1967)
Chronicles the life of a 17 year-old girl living in the upper-class Rio de Janeiro neighbourhood of Ipanema. Márcia lives a life of parties...
The Girl from Ipanema (1967)
Chronicles the life of a 17 year-old girl living in the upper-class Rio de Janeiro neighbourhood of Ipanema. Márcia lives a life of parties...
Para Viver Um Grande Amor (1984)
Poor people who live in the slums in Rio de Janeiro decide to occupy an empty apartment building in the rich part of the city. Meanwhile, a rich...
Para Viver Um Grande Amor (1984)
Poor people who live in the slums in Rio de Janeiro decide to occupy an empty apartment building in the rich part of the city. Meanwhile, a rich...
Black Orpheus (1959)
Young lovers Orfeu and Eurydice run through the favelas of Rio during Carnaval, on the lam from a hitman dressed like Death and Orfeu's vengeful...
Orfeu (1999)
Orfeu is a popular composer from a samba school. He lives in the favela and falls madly in love when he meets Euridice, a newcomer to the...
Sol Sobre a Lama (1963)
A poor community in Salvador organizes a resistance against the destruction of the Água de Meninos street market.
Doomed Lovers (1967)
The legend of Tristan and Isolde is one of the most beautiful love epics ever conceived. Richard Wagner, in a famous opera, had already tarnished its...
Iracema, a Virgem dos Lábios de Mel (1979)
The loves and life of a beautiful Brazilian Indian woman.