Mauro Mendonça
Popularity:0.3294
Known For:Acting
Birthday:1931-04-02
Place of Birth:Ubá, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Also Known As:Мауру Мендонса
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional (1997)
"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (1976)
After the death of her handsome but good-for-nothing husband Vadinho, Flor, a widow, marries Dr. Teodoro, a respectable gentleman. Hilarity ensues...
Kuarup (1989)
This epic Brazilian film was based on the equally epic novel by Antonio Callado. Set between 1954 and 1964, the film's focus is the saga of Jesuit...
Love Strange Love (1982)
A man remembers forty-eight crucial hours in his life when, as a child, he visited his mother, the favorite woman of an important politician, in a...
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....
Nos Embalos de Ipanema (1978)
Toquinho is a young man living in Marechal Hermes, a poor neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, together with his widow mother and a younger sister....
Redeemer (2004)
Célio Rocha believes he was assigned by God Himself a difficult mission: to persuade his childhood friend Otávio Sabóia, a...
O Descarte (1973)
After Cláudia, haunted by her husband’s death on a car crash, starts a romance with another man, she starts receiving threatening...
Benjamim (2003)
Benjamim Zambraia is a lonely man, a famous model with a tragic past. Some time in the past, he showed some officers the exact location where the...
High Art (1991)
Peter Mandrake, a North-American photojournalist becomes embroiled in South America's dangerous underworld of pimps, drug gangs and arms smugglers...
Official Exterminator 3: Joy for Living Dead (1987)
Yet another Godfrey Ho-scripted / Joseph Lai-produced / IFD-distributed "cut-and-paste" job. This one takes much of its footage from the 1983...
Natal da Portela (1988)
Biography of one of the legendary names in the Samba genre of Brazilian music. Although he could hardly dance or play an instrument, he became one of...
Dona Violante Miranda (1960)
Ms. Violante Miranda is a bordello owner who raises a small girl as her own granddaughter. When she gets a little older, she is sent to study in...
The Clove and The Rose (2017)
Documentary on Rosamaria Murtinho and Mauro Mendonça’s 60-year long career in Brazilian theater, film and television. The film not only...
I'm Rich! (2016)
Selminha is a lower-class woman who receives a family inheritance, but only if she meets the challenge of spending 30 million reais in 30 days,...
Um Breve Encontro (1968)
Laura remembers an affair that just ended: for a few weeks, she and a married doctor, Alec, met every Thursday for lunch in a train station and a...
Desire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro Oficina (2021)
In six decades, Teatro Oficina has done more than revolutionize theatrical language in the country: the aesthetic influence of José Celso...
Didi - The Goofy Cupid (2003)
A clumsy angel is sent away from heaven by God Himself. He may only return after he becomes a good Cupid. But the first couple he tries to connect is...
Cabocla (2004)
Brasil República, 1918. Luís Jerônimo is a rich young man. Womanizer, spends all night on the street drinking and having fun with...
Paradise City (2009)
Zeca and Maria Rita experience a forbidden love in the fictional city of Paraíso, where faith and tradition clash amidst land disputes and...
A Vida Como Ela É... (1996)
Adaptations of 40 short stories of brazilian playwright Nelson Rodrigues, written between 1951 and 1961. The stories were considered scandalous at...
A Vida Como Ela É... (1996)
Adaptations of 40 short stories of brazilian playwright Nelson Rodrigues, written between 1951 and 1961. The stories were considered scandalous at...
A Vida Como Ela É... (1996)
Adaptations of 40 short stories of brazilian playwright Nelson Rodrigues, written between 1951 and 1961. The stories were considered scandalous at...
A Vida Como Ela É... (1996)
Adaptations of 40 short stories of brazilian playwright Nelson Rodrigues, written between 1951 and 1961. The stories were considered scandalous at...
Elas por Elas (1982)
Seven high school friends reunite after 20 years. Memories of the past and coincidences of the present reveal the secrets and affections that bind...
Sai de Baixo (1996)
It follows the lives of the members of a dysfunctional family, their maid and the doorman of the apartment building in which they lived.
A Gata Comeu (1985)
After getting lost on a sea excursion, Jô Penteado and Fábio Coutinho develop mutual feelings during the two months they spend stranded...
Golden Dream (1993)
Golden Dream is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by Rede Globo. It ran from September 27, 1993 to May 14, 1994. It was written by...
Mico Preto (1990)
The disappearance of Áurea Menezes Garcia sparks a fierce dispute over her business dealings. Firmino, her attorney, assumes power, but faces...
The Prophet (2006)
From a young age, Marcos has the gift of premonition and, in his future, he will have to choose between the path of light and the path of vanity. As...
Bang Bang (2005)
Twenty years after seeing his family decimated by gunmen, Ben Silver returns to Albuquerque to take revenge on the person responsible for the...
A Favorita (2008)
Donatela and Flora, two friends who became rivals. One of them committed a homicide and pretends to be innocent. There are two versions for the same...
The Buzz (2010)
Enemies since childhood, André Spina and Ariclenes Martins became Jacques Leclair and Victor Valentim and now compete for the spotlight in the...
Little Missy (1986)
Monarchists and Republicans confront themselves in Araruna, a small town in the interior of São Paulo, in 1886, two years before the...
Gabriela (2012)
Naïve and provocative Gabriela is a raggedy migrant worker who arrives in town to mesmerize all with her playful and simple, yet raw sensuality....
O Mapa da Mina (1993)
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...
Cara & Coroa (1995)
Fernanda and Vivi are identical, but from different worlds. A cruel plan swaps their identities and transforms their lives into a game of lies and...
A Grande Família (2001)
The daily lives of a typical Brazilian middle-class family, that are always very close and tries, in their way, to survive the financial and...
A Muralha (2000)
A hundred years after Europeans set foot in the New World, Brazil still remains largely unexplored. The Conquest recounts the saga of the earliest...
A Muralha (1968)
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.
O Espigão (1974)
Lauro Fontana wants to build the biggest hotel in Brazil, but he needs to convince the Camará brothers to sell the mansion they live in,...
Bachelor Party (1992)
After an unjust imprisonment, friends return to the town of Remanso, facing betrayals and lost loves, while battling a corrupt lawyer.
My Sweetheart (1998)
The plot revolves around the romantic conflict involving four young people who have known each other since childhood. Antônio Mourão, an...
The Good Side of Life (2016)
The Good Side of Life tells the story of a naïve young man from the countryside who was abandoned as a newborn against the will of his mother,...
Dancin' Days (1978)
A down-on-her-luck former inmate tries to reconnect with her daughter--to the objections of her sister who raised the girl, meets a millionaire, and...
Jogo da Vida (1981)
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...
A Vida Como Ela É... (1996)
Adaptations of 40 short stories of brazilian playwright Nelson Rodrigues, written between 1951 and 1961. The stories were considered scandalous at...
Carinhoso (1973)
Cecília is in love with Eduardo, a millionaire who doesn't care about their relationship. Ready for a new direction in life, she ends the...
A Vida Como Ela É... (1996)
Adaptations of 40 short stories of brazilian playwright Nelson Rodrigues, written between 1951 and 1961. The stories were considered scandalous at...
Cutie Pie... Her Loves and Sins (1995)
18 years old Engraçadinha starts a secret love affair with her cousin Sílvio, who's engaged to her best friend Letícia, who is...
Evil Angel (1997)
Ambitious Nice seeks social advancement through Rodrigo Medeiros, but ends up truly falling in love with him. This is the second version of the...
Te Contei? (1978)
Sabrina is a wealthy young woman who hides her compulsion to steal from her parents – Hilda and Fred – and also conceals the fact that...
Republic (1989)
The transition from imperial Brazil to the Republic, marked by intrigue, rebellion, and popular indifference. Held in commemoration of the centenary...
Feijão Maravilha (1979)
Romantic and dreamy, Eliana works at a five-star hotel and becomes involved with unrequited love, a bumbling gang, and a complex police story.
As Três Marias (1980)
Maria Augusta, Maria José, and Maria da Glória reunite in Rio after studying together in Switzerland and prove their friendship despite...
Estúpido Cupido (1976)
The story is set in the fictional city of Albuquerque, in the interior of São Paulo, in the early 1960s – a time marked by changing...
Brava Gente (2000)
Brava Gente was a television series aired by TV Globo in Brazil between 2000 and 2003, initially as a special year-end. The program was adapted from...
Brava Gente (2000)
Brava Gente was a television series aired by TV Globo in Brazil between 2000 and 2003, initially as a special year-end. The program was adapted from...
The Puppets (1967)
Aníbal is a millionaire, knowing that he is going to die, invites a group of relatives and friends to stay at his luxury hotel. They are all...
Incidente em Antares (1994)
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...
The Brazilians (2012)
After the breakthrough success of 'The Cariocas', the spin-off 'The Brazilians - The Women' embraces all the diversity of Brazil and its women....
Lua Cheia de Amor (1990)
The determined Genuína dreams of the return of Diego, the father of her children Rodrigo and Mercedes, who reject their mother's origins....
The Fifth of Hell (2002)
O Quinto dos Infernos was a 2002 mini Brazilian historical comedy television series. It was written by Carlos Lombardi, and directed by Wolf Maya and...
Anjo de Mim (1996)
The story's theme is spiritualism, viewed through the lens of past-life regression. Floriano Ferraz is a skeptical sculptor tormented by severe...
Toma Lá, Dá Cá (2007)
Brazilian comedy about two couples living next to each other in the same building. This show explores the antics between the two couples.
Os Normais (2001)
A "normal" couple are living a "normal" life together, but they have many complaints about themselves and each other.
The Trapalhões (1977)
Os Trapalhões was a Brazilian comedy group and also a Brazilian television series created by Wilton Franco. Its members were Dedé...
Cambalacho (1986)
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...
Dead Gods (1971)
In 1889, a conflict arose between the decadent and ruined rural aristocracy following the liberation of slaves and a new class of wealthy...
Passione (2010)
An ambitious young woman with a traumatizing past targets an Italian man, the distant son of a wealthy Brazilian family.
Vidas em Conflito (1970)
After suffering a plane crash, Leo receives a blood transfusion and, some time later, discovers that he ended up contracting the AIDS virus....