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

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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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