3 Movies Starring Joèo Miguel

Estomago: A Gastronomic Story

Estomago: A Gastronomic Story

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-04-11

Languages:

Portuguese

Countries:

Brazil, Italy

Runtime:

113 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (3440 Reviews)

Director:

Marcos Jorge

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Fabrizio Donvito (screenplay)

Marcos Jorge

Lusa Silvestre

Clèudia da Natividade

Fullplot:

In the great restaurant of life, there are those who eat and those who get eaten. Raimundo Nonato finds an alternative way, a life of his own: he cooks in order to survive and find a place in society. He arrives in town without a penny in his pockets and starts working as help in a decadent bar, a nasty place, lost amid the urban desert. He sleeps in the storage room on the back, and under a cold neon light learns how to fry "pastel" and "coxinhas", outdoing his "master", Zulmiro, the owner of the bar. Nonato is ignorant, but talented. He knows how to work the kitchen, soon others realize it too. The first one to notice him, is Iria, a prostitute, who doesn't know how to cook but loves to eat and starts an affair with him. Then, Giovanni, the owner of the Boccaccio (an Italian restaurant in the neighborhood), offers Nonato a job as his apprentice. A turn of events results in Nonato spending time in prison. For the prisoners and their boss, the violent Bujiè, Nonato is a savior; in fact soon their meager meals turn to a feast of exotic dishes orchestrated by Nonato's magic. As a consequence of this, Nonato is given the following the nickname, a well suited one indeed: Rosemary.

Once Upon a Time Veronica

Once Upon a Time Veronica

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-11-16

Languages:

Portuguese

Countries:

Brazil, France

Runtime:

91 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (341 Reviews)

Director:

Marcelo Gomes

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

A woman tries to make a life for herself in a violent Brazilian city.

Xingu

Xingu

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-03-14

Languages:

Portuguese, Tupi

Countries:

Brazil

Runtime:

102 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (1158 Reviews)

Director:

Cao Hamburger

Cast:

Writer:

Elena Soarez (screenplay)

Cao Hamburger (screenplay)

Anna Muylaert (screenplay)

Cao Hamburger

Fullplot:

In the '40s, three brothers decide to live a great adventure and enlisting in the Roncador-Xingu Expedition, which has a mission to tame the Central Brazil. The Villas Boas brothers: Orlando, 27, Claudius, 25, and Leonardo, 23, engage in a fantastic and incredible saga. Soon start to lead the expedition that opens new paths 1,500 km, navigates over 1,000 miles of unspoilt rivers, opens 19 airfields for airplanes Army, gives rise to the creation of 43 towns and 14 make contact with wild Indian tribes, unknown, as the Xavante, courageous and feared warriors, no casualties on both sides. This adventure allows the Villas Boas brothers the creation of the Xingu National Park, the first major Amerindian reservation in Brazil, the size of Belgium, transforming them into true contemporary heroes .

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