Armando Costa

Armando Costa

Birthday: 1933-05-05

Place of Birth: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Biography: Armando Costa (Rio de Janeiro, May 5, 1933 - Rio de Janeiro, April 9, 1984). Author, director and animator. He marked Grupo Opinião not only as co-author of some of its most important shows, but also for his role in resistance theater, which he exercised through ideological coherence and criticism in defense of popular interests.

Movies

Pedro Diabo Loves Rosa Meia Noite
Pedro Diabo Loves Rosa Meia Noite

Unhappy with what he'd got from life, Pedro Diabo becomes a dread outlaw, whom the police is looking...

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Five Times Favela
Five Times Favela

Five segments about the hardships faced by people living in slums on hills in Rio de Janeiro....

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The Beggars
The Beggars

A young female fugitive escapes from a juvenile institution (the Child Assistance Service) and joins...

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Memórias do Grupo Opinião
Memórias do Grupo Opinião

Follows the story of Opinião, a theatre group created in 1964 during the early Brazilian dictatorshi...

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Armando Costa: “Televisão pra Mim Não é Bico”
Armando Costa: “Televisão pra Mim Não é Bico”

Armando Costa was one of Brazil's most successful authors, both in terms of audience and critical ac...

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