4 Movies Starring Murilo Benècio

Orfeu

Orfeu

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-04-21

Languages:

Portuguese

Countries:

Brazil

Runtime:

110 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (707 Reviews)

Director:

Carlos Diegues

Cast:

Writer:

Joèo Emanuel Carneiro

Carlos Diegues

Paulo Lins

Hamilton Vaz Pereira

Hermano Vianna

Vinicius de Moraes (play)

Fullplot:

In a dangerous but human Rio de Janiro's slum, rises the love affair between Orfeu, a famous composer, and Eurèdice, a simple but pretty brunette, provoking jealousy and violence in times of carnival. A kind of Brazilian Romeo and Juliet, full of samba.

Woman on Top

Woman on Top

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-09-22

Languages:

English, Portuguese

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

92 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.2 (8120 Reviews)

Director:

Fina Torres

Fullplot:

Isabella is a great cook, making her husband's restaurant in Bahia, Brazil, a success. To control her motion sickness, she must do the driving and be on top during sex, which drives her macho husband, Toninho, to infidelities. Heart-broken, she leaves for San Francisco, moving in with her childhood friend, Monica, a cross-dresser. To mend her heart, she makes an offering to Yemanja, the goddess of the sea. The goddess responds: Isabella no longer loves and the fish in Bahia no longer bite. Stricken, Toninho heads north to get her back; he finds her hosting a popular TV show, Passion Food, courted by its producer. Can he learn humility? Can she find happiness without him?

Possible Loves

Possible Loves

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-03-30

Languages:

Portuguese

Countries:

Brazil

Runtime:

98 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (919 Reviews)

Director:

Sandra Werneck

Fullplot:

Fifteen year ago, Carlos went to the cinema to meet Jèlia, his university colleague with whom he was in love. She never showed up. Carlos was left waiting in the lobby alone. While he waits, something happens which will change his life. A scene, an encounter, an unfinished sentence... Something insignificant, but which will determine the character's life. Fifteen years later, we follow three completely different versions of Carlos's life. In one, he is a man divided between the stability of a secure life in a lukewarm marriage, and the growing desire to live a great love affair. In the second, he is homosexual and places passion above all else. In the third possible life, Carlos is a man who hasn't yet discovered love, and lives through successive disastrous relationships in search of the perfect woman. One of them is his real life. Another is not his life. And a third is the life he'd like to lead. Which is his true life ?

The Man of the Year

The Man of the Year

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-08-01

Languages:

Portuguese

Countries:

Brazil

Runtime:

113 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (2248 Reviews)

Genres:

ActionCrime

Cast:

Writer:

Felipe Braga (assistant scriptwriter)

Rubem Fonseca

Patrècia Melo (novel)

Fullplot:

In Rio, Mèiquel is without prospects. He's philosophical and low-key. When he loses a bet and must dye his hair blond, life changes: he finds new confidence, he asks Cledir, the hairdresser, on a date, and when he's teased by a local tough kid, he murders him. Instead of an arrest, Mèiquel's a local hero; the cops look the other way. He and Cledir become lovers, his victim's girlfriend èrica, who's 15, insists that he protect her and moves into his small flat, and job offers come his way from a group of rich men who want to settle scores and get rid of local riff-raff. Where can this business go, and what about the triangle of Cledir, èrica and Mèiquel? He just wants to be normal?

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