Rodolfo Arena
Birthday: 1910-12-15
Place of Birth: Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil
Biography: Angelo Arena, known as Rodolfo Arena (Araraquara, December 15, 1910 — Rio de Janeiro, August 31, 1980), was a Brazilian actor. Son of Italians Antonio Arena and Rosa Acettosi, he was born in the interior of São Paulo. He began his artistic career in the circus. In the 1930s he debuted in theater and from then on had a successful career that included almost one hundred films, some soap operas and more than three hundred plays. He was one of the most prolific actors in Brazilian cinema.
Movies
O Grande Gozador
"Lula, 'bon vivant' who subsists at the expense of small blows, goes on with his life without a pres...
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Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affir...
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Rodolfo Arena – Um Ator do Brasil
The trajectory of an actor. The difficulties of the profession and the magical belief in the vocatio...
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Toda a Vida em 15 Minutos
Passengers aboard a seemingly doomed plane reminisce about their lives, questioning the façade of t...
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Eu Sou o Tal
Winner of a Theater talent contest, in which he was the only one to enroll, Belizário da Silva leave...
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Motel
Caseli, a young writer and teacher, creates in his imagination characters who would frequent a motel...
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The Drunkard
A good-hearted man, betrayed by his wife and friends, fakes his death and takes up a new identity, a...
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Plantation Boy
After being orphaned, a boy is raised by his grandfather and uncles, rich rural landowners, on a sug...
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Capitu
Adaptation of Machado de Assis’s classic novel “Dom Casmurro”. Bentinho and Capitu are friends since...
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The Torturer
Zionists hire a hitman to kill a Nazi war criminal exiled in a Latin American country, where he's be...
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Xica
The romanced story of Xica da Silva, a slave that used her "feminine atributes" in order to get powe...
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Saint Bernard
The story of Paulo Honório, a poor ploughman who becomes a rich farmer. Obsessed by his desire to ge...
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Os Senhores da Terra
Famous gunman Judas is hired to avenge the death of the city mayor, but his plans take an unexpected...
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Como Ganhar na Loteria Sem Perder a Esportiva
A comedy about the happiness of several people who won the number 12 of Sports Lottery, thinking the...
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Baron Olavo, The Horrible
Bressane’s first color film, shot in the home of the artist Elyseu Visconti. Part of it is missing s...
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Com as Calças na Mão
Reg owns the store "Tem Tudo... E Muito Mais" (Has Everything... And Much More). To satisfy his cust...
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Delirious Saturdays
From Friday night 'til Sunday morning, the doors of a new world open inside a nightclub in the South...
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Bye Bye Brazil
The Caravana Rolidei rolls into town with the Gypsy Lord at the mike: he does magic tricks, the erot...
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Flamengo Paixão
Documentary about Flamengo, one of the most popular soccer teams in Brazil...
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Golden Mouth
After a powerful outlaw dies, a reporter interviews his lover and gets three different stories about...
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Sagarana: O Duelo
Unable to endure the idea that he would go without punishment, a criminal's victim chases him the le...
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Macunaima
Born a fully grown black man in a village in the Brazilian jungle, Macunaíma later magically transfo...
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Maria Bonita, Rainha do Cangaço
Romantic biography of Maria Bonita, daughter of a poor farmer who was kidnapped by Lampião and becam...
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Fruit of Love
Blum and Elza conduct Scientific and anthropological researches in a desert island, where they use a...
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Fogo Morto
In 1910, in the State of Paraíba, Brazil, a man is expelled from his own land by the ruthless colone...
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Lady on the Bus
Solange is a recently married young woman whose wedding night did not end well. After constant fight...
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Adventures with Uncle Manuelo
Three boys and their uncle venture into the Amazon jungle in search of their missing grandfather who...
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The Spirit of Zé Lins
Documentary on the life and work of José Lins do Rego (1901-1957), one of Brazil's greatest 20th cen...
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Jesus Cristo, Eu Estou Aqui
Low-budget comedy of errors about false miracles, Catholic priests, greedy politicians and a prostit...
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Em Família
Old couple are being evicted and turn to their five children for help. Since no one can accommodate ...
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Brazil Year 2000
Year 2000. Brazil was partially devastated by the Third World War. An immigrant family arrives in a ...
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Sweet Thieves
After assaulting a Hollywood film crew, a group of residents of a community in Rio de Janeiro decide...
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Parceiros da Aventura
Rio de Janeiro crooks rove about, performing petty tricks to survive, and get involved with a woman ...
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Lollipop!
While still a child, Lollipop falls in love with her orphaned cousin Silvio, who has been raised as ...
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Jesuíno Brilhante, o Cangaceiro
In the late 19th century, Jesuíno Brilhante swears to avenge his cousin, the republican and abolitio...
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Essa Gatinha é Minha
The troubled life of two idols of the Jovem Guarda amidst the pleasant rhythm of the contagious iê-i...
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A Pantera Nua
Norma is a low middle class young woman trying to find a rich husband to have comfortable life. She ...
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The Vampire of Copacabana
Carlos and Suely are a normal couple. He has some extramarital adventures and she's a standard house...
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A Mulher Sensual
Famous soap opera actress finds out her sexuality after breaking up with her former boyfriend, an im...
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Eu Transo, Ela Transa
Anxious to please his boss, Roberto agrees to host the chief's lover in his own home, unaware of the...
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Enigma for Demons
A rich heiress arrives in Belo Horizonte from Buenos Aires to receive her fortune. After visiting he...
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The Woman Who Invented Love
Doralice is a simple minded woman romantically fascinated by marriage. However, when she is raped by...
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Crioulo Doido
Fable about the financial and social ascension of a black man in a small town, in the interior of th...
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Depois Eu Conto
Zé da Bomba dreams of being rich, and his neighbour dreams of being an artist and having an affair w...
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Joanna Francesa
Joana is a sophisticated, beautiful woman, so she has a choice of lovers, and destinies. She will le...
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Maneco, o Super Tio
Maneco takes his nephews to spend his holidays at his grandfather's place. But the old scientist dis...
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Costinha e o King Mong
A band of criminals attempt to capture King Mong, a giant gorilla who lives in the jungle, where a t...
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O Mau-Caráter
A man leads a double life: during the day, he's the manager of a car shop but, when the sun goes dow...
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Missão: Matar!
A professional hitman returns to Brazil and is hired to eliminate an Argentine Delegate in a Rio de ...
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A Noite dos Assassinos
In a little forgotten town three bandits robbers a bank and manages to run away with a lot of dough....
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Summer Showers
70-year-old widower living in a poor Rio de Janeiro suburb falls in love again when he finds a woman...
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I Killed Lucio Flavio
In the early seventies in Rio de Janeiro, detective Mariel Moryscötte de Mattos belonged to a specia...
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Pobre Príncipe Encantado
Wanderley, a young and dreamy Army parachutist, arrives in Teresópolis, a resort mountain town, to e...
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Lucia McCartney, Call Girl
In the 60's Lúcia McCartney is a call girl who is a fan of the Beatles. A diplomat tries to get her ...
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Killed the Family and Went to the Movies
A man living with his parents in a low middle-class apartment in Rio de Janeiro coldly stabs them wi...
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Independência ou Morte
The story of how D. Pedro I proclaimed the Brazilian independence on September 7th, 1822, and rose f...
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Cristo de Lama
The story of Antônio Francisco Lisboa, the famed Brazilian sculptor and architect born in the 17th c...
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Noite Sem Homem
Two brothels in a small country town fight fiercely for the town's clientele, putting the owners of ...
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O Diamante
Disagreements between brothers and marital infidelity are just some of the consequences that the dis...
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Go To Work You Bum!
Having come out recently from jail, a tramp, willing to make quick money, decides to organize a pool...
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Denúncia Vazia
An elderly couple decides to commit suicide after receive a eviction order. The first short-film of ...
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Intimacy
Guia de Filmes indicates: "melodrama addressing the massification of large urban centers and the con...
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Meu Nome é Lampião
Lampião's gang raids a farm just as the wedding of Antônio Saraiva and the Baroness's goddaughter is...
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O Flagrante
Five friends decide to enjoy Mardi Gras without their wives, leaving them home. But one of the wives...
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O Doce Esporte do Sexo
Erotic comedy in five segments, starring the same actor, Chico Anysio: O Torneio (The Tournament), A...
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Um Desconhecido Bate à Porta
The film tells the story of Luciano who hides his identity as a rich boy to work in the stables of P...
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