Screenplay: Anselmo Duarte

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Anselmo Duarte. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


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...

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O Descarte

1973 · Movie · 95 min. · Brazil

Direction Anselmo Duarte

Cast Glória Menezes · Ronnie Von · Fernando Torres · Mauro Mendonça

Plot Cláudia Land is a rich widow, young and beautiful, who lives neurotic after see a car accident, deadly to her husband.

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Independência ou Morte

1972 · Movie · 108 min. · Brazil

Direction Carlos Coimbra

Cast Tarcísio Meira · Glória Menezes · Dionísio Azevedo · Rubens Ewald Filho

Plot The dream of Brazilian independence, under Dom Pedro I, is expressed in the cry of "Freedom or Death" (O Grito de Independencia ou Morte), since cries were the only way...

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Amei um Bicheiro

1953 · Movie · 90 min. · Brazil

Direction Jorge Ileli · Paulo Wanderley

Cast Cyl Farney · Eliana · Grande Otélo · José Lewgoy

Plot Intent on offering his fiancée a better life, countryman heads for Rio de Janeiro in search of a place in the sun. With no contacts in the big city, he...

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Um Certo Capitão Rodrigo

1971 · Movie · 100 min. · Brazil

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The Obsessed of Catale

1965 · Movie · 100 min. · Brazil

Direction Anselmo Duarte

Cast Raul Cortez · José Parisi · Lélia Abramo · Esther Mellinger

Plot Joaquim (Raul Cortez) is a religious fanatic whose own mother admits her son believes he is Jesus Christ. He bullies the peasants of his small village, demanding allegiance from the...

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Quelé do Pajeú

1970 · Movie · 115 min. · Brazil

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Depois Eu Conto

1956 · Movie · 105 min. · Brazil

Direction José Carlos Burle · Watson Macedo

Cast Anselmo Duarte · Eliana · Ilka Soares · Dercy Gonçalves

Plot Zé Bomba dreams of being rich, and his neighbour dreams of being an artist and having an affair with him.

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