Zé Keti
Birthday: 1921-10-06
Place of Birth: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Biography: Zé Keti (born José Flores de Jesus) was a Brazilian samba singer and songwriter. He appeared as an actor in a few Cinema Novo (Brazilian New Cinema) films. His life up to the 1950s served as an inspiration for the Nelson Pereira dos Santos film "Rio, Zona Norte".
Movies
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
Follows the story of Opinião, a theatre group created in 1964 during the early Brazilian dictatorshi...
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Banda de Ipanema — Folia de Albino
A movie about Banda de Ipanema, one of Rio de Janeiro’s most traditional Carnaval blocks, and its fo...
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Não Nasci para Deixar meus Olhos Perderem Tempo
The fading of composer Zé Keti’s career. The sad portrait of Brazilian Congress closed in 1977. The ...
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Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova
Documentary about the birth of bossa-nova, in Brazil, and the major stars of this musical style....
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The Dare
Passively facing the repression imposed by military dictatorship in 1960s Brazil, a journalist enter...
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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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The Big City
In search of a better life, Luzia leaves the Northeast of Brazil and goes to Rio de Janeiro, looking...
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The Deceased
After visiting a fortune teller, Zulmira is informed that a blonde woman will threaten her peace. Af...
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Eu Sou o Samba, Mas Pode me Chamar de Zé Ketti
Zé Ketti, composer of memorable Brazilian music songs, has his story retold through testimonies from...
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Rio, 100 Degrees F°
On a scorching summer day in Rio de Janeiro, five impoverished black boys venture out of their favel...
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Mar Corrente
Helena, married to decorator Bruno, is a woman dissatisfied with the futility of social life. She re...
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Rio, Northern Zone
A talented songwriter of sambas is forced to face the social injustices of the city around him....
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That Man from Rio
French military man Adrien Dufourquet gets an eight-day furlough to visit his fiancée, Agnès. But wh...
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