Cast: Leonardo Villar
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Leonardo Villar. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
The Given Word (Keeper of Promises)
1962 · Movie · 95 min. · Brazil
Direction Anselmo Duarte
Cast Norma Bengell · Leonardo Villar · Glória Menezes · Dionísio Azevedo
Plot A poor man named Ze living in rural Brazilian values his donkey above all else. When it takes ill, Ze prays for its recovery and promises God that he will...
7.4
597 votes
7.4
597 votes
Juego peligroso
1967 · Movie · 94 min. · Mexico
Direction Luis Alcoriza · Arturo Ripstein
Cast Silvia Pinal · Julissa · Milton Rodríguez · Leonardo Villar
Plot Two stories set in Río de Janeiro. The first one (HO) is about a man who picks up a couple of newlyweds on the highway to Río. The couple's car...
4.6
24 votes
4.6
24 votes
Samba
1965 · Movie · 106 min. · Spain
Direction Rafael Gil
Cast Sara Montiel · Fosco Giachetti · José Prada · Leonardo Villar
Plot The Brazilian singer Laura Monteiro is murdered in her dressing-room by her jealous lover João Fernandes de Oliveira that discovered that she was cheating on him with Assis and she...
4.3
73 votes
4.3
73 votes
O Santo Milagroso
1967 · Movie · 105 min. · Brazil
Direction Carlos Coimbra
Cast Leonardo Villar · Dionísio Azevedo · Vanja Orico · Geraldo Del Rey
Plot In a small town, a pastor and a priest dispute the population's spiritual leadership.
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Improvisiert und zielbewusst (TV)
1967 · Documentary · 30 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)
Direction Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
Cast Paulo Autran · Joel Barcellos · Luiz Carlos Barreto · María Bethânia
Plot German documentary for TV about the "Cinema Novo" movement (Brazilian New Wave).
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Brave New Land
2000 · Movie · 104 min. · Brazil
Direction Lucía Murat
Cast Diego Infante · Floriano Peixoto · Luciana Rigueira · Leonardo Villar
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The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga
1965 · Movie · 109 min. · Brazil
Direction Roberto Santos
Cast Leonardo Villar · Joffre Soares · Maria Ribeiro · Maurício do Valle
Plot Augusto Matraga is a violent agressive farmer who after being betrayed by his wife and trapped by several enemies is bitten up and left for dead. He is rescued by...
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The Ballroom
2007 · Movie · 95 min. · Brazil
Direction Laís Bodanzky
Cast Leonardo Villar · Tônia Carrero · Cássia Kiss · Betty Faria
Plot In an old-time dance hall (the "gafieira") in São Paulo, one evening is all it takes to meet different characters as they remember the past, live the present, wonder about...
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Friendly Fire
1998 · Movie · 76 min. · Brazil
Direction Beto Brant
Cast Leonardo Villar · Zécarlos Machado · Cacá Amaral · Carlos Meceni
Plot Brazil in the early 70s. Miguel, Eloi, Osvaldo and Paolo take part in armed attacks against the military dictatorship. They pay a heavy price with torture and arrest. Today the...
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The Big City
1970 · Movie · 80 min. · Brazil
Direction Carlos Diegues
Cast Leonardo Villar · Anecy Rocha · Antonio Pitanga · Joel Barcellos
Plot Luzia comes from the backwoods of Northeast Brazil to Rio de Janeiro, in search of her fiancé. But soon she'll find out he has turned into a dangerous criminal and...
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Amor e Desamor
1966 · Movie · 90 min. · Brazil
Direction Gerson Tavares
Cast Leonardo Villar · Betty Faria · Leina Krespi
Plot An existentialist drama that narrates one night in the life of a couple formed by an architect and university professor who has just left his job and a modern married...
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