3 Movies Starring Alexandre Borges

Foreign Land

Foreign Land

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-01-09

Languages:

Portuguese

Countries:

Brazil, Portugal

Runtime:

110 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (1220 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Marcos Bernstein

Millor Fernandes

Walter Salles

Daniela Thomas

Fullplot:

After the death of his mother, a young Brazilian decides to leave his country and travel to her native land, as she used to dream with, as an Spanish immigrant. In a foreign land, he finds love and danger as he meets a Brazilian waitress and takes smuggled goods with him in order to pay for his travel.

Bossa Nova

Bossa Nova

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-05-26

Languages:

Portuguese, English, French, Spanish

Countries:

Brazil, USA

Runtime:

95 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (1529 Reviews)

Director:

Bruno Barreto

Cast:

Writer:

Alexandre Machado

Sèrgio Sant'Anna (story)

Fernanda Young

Fullplot:

Rio lawyer Pedro Paulo is recently separated from his travel agent wife Tania. His office has taken on an energetic new intern, Sharon. Pedro Paulo is working on a divorce case - his own father's... Mary Ann is an English language teacher living in Rio. Her friend Nadine has been having an Internet romance with Gary, a SoHo artist. Nadine decides to visit Gary in New York; she books her flight through Tania... Soccer star Acacio is going to play for a team in England. He has been taking private lessons with Mary Ann. Is he reading too much into the word "private"? Pedro Paulo catches a glimpse of Mary Ann and decides he should study English again... Acacio needs some legal help with his new contract. He goes to Pedro Paulo's office, but the only one in is Sharon...

Zuzu Angel

Zuzu Angel

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-08-04

Languages:

Portuguese, English

Countries:

Brazil

Runtime:

108 min

IMDB Ratings:

(682 Reviews)

Director:

Sergio Rezende

Fullplot:

Based on the true story of Zuzu Angel, a famous Brazilian fashion designer in the 70's, who searches for her son Stuart, a member of a leftist university group who suddenly disappears during the darkest era of Brazilian military regime and media censorship.

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