Labanca
Birthday: 1913-05-04
Place of Birth: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Biography: João Angelo Labanca (Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 1913 - 1988) was a Brazilian actor and businessman. One of the founders of Os Comediantes, Labanca also founded and organized the groups Teatro de Equipe and Teatro de Hoje. An activist, he serves on the union's board of directors and is part of the team that discusses and defines the text of the law regulating the acting profession.
Movies
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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Insônia
A three-episode anthology film based on short stories by Brazilian writer Graciliano Ramos....
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The Man of The Sputnik
An UFO that could be the Russian satellite Sputnik falls on a hillbilly's hencoop....
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The Star Rises
A veteran popular singer remembers her early days before fame as a humble woman who faced many obsta...
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Rico Ri à Toa
Taxi driver gets in a jam when he receives a lot of money as inheritance from a distant family membe...
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Papai Trapalhão
A rich uncle demands that his nephews live a healthy existence, with a lot of exercise, instead of c...
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Five Times Favela
Five segments about the hardships faced by people living in slums on hills in Rio de Janeiro....
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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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How Are You, Well?
Two fanatical Flamengo fans get drunk after a defeat of time; a voyeurist peers at his neighbor's na...
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Face to Face
The story of a civil servant who lives with his elderly mother. Falling in love with a corrupt polit...
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Crônica À Beira do Rio
Rio de Janeiro is a city of very well defined contrast between the seafront, narrow, where the rich ...
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Tragic Jungle
In a company trading maté, workers are treated as slaves. Some of them try to escape, but those who ...
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O Grande Assalto
Brazilian criminal takes part in a major train robbery in England and when he finds out his boss pla...
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