Zezé Motta
Birthday: 1944-06-27
Place of Birth: Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Biography: Maria José Motta de Oliveira OMC (Campos dos Goytacazes, June 27, 1944), better known as Zezé Motta, is a Brazilian actress and singer, considered one of the greatest artists in the country, an exponent of Afro-Brazilian culture. Zezé has already won numerous awards, including a Candango Trophy at the Brasília Festival, and an Air France Award, in addition to receiving nominations for three Grande Otelo awards and a Guarani Award. In 2019, she received an Honorary Grand Othello.
Movies
Kinshasa Palace
The filmmaker searches for his brother Max, who left his children without explanation. The brothers ...
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Os melhores Momentos da Pornochanchada
The troubles of a separated couple, the adventures of a bookseller in the home of a lascivious woman...
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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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Bloody Gold
The son of a millionaire who owns gold mines in Transopia, Africa, Antoine Leblanc, who lives in a m...
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Galeria Futuro
Valentim, Kodak and Eddie have known each other since they were little and are shopkeepers at Galeri...
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Tieta of Agreste
After being exiled for 26 years, Tieta returns to her native village in Bahia, bringing chaos and up...
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Mulher 80
Mulher 80 emerged as a result of the success of 'Malu Mulher' (1979), a miniseries starring Regina D...
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O Lucro Acima da Vida
Fiction based on a true story of Brazilian workers and people living near a pesticide plant, first o...
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Bróder
Three childhood friends plan meeting for a day in order to reassert their friendships and fight for ...
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Orfeu
Orfeu is a popular composer from a samba school. He lives in the favela and falls madly in love when...
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The Last Party
'The Last Party' is a young romantic comedy that follows a group of four friends at their high schoo...
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Alemão 2
The Alemão community in Rio de Janeiro is known for its high crime rate. Once again, a team faces dr...
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Gonzaga: From Father to Son
Luiz Gonzaga decides to change his destiny and leaves his childhood home for the big city to overcom...
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Eulália
A simple woman finds herself trapped in a toxic marriage, living a daily journey of submission and u...
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Príncipe Lu e a Lenda do Dragão
Heir to the throne of the Kingdom of Lucebra, Prince Lu lives carefreely, playing pranks on his fami...
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Better Days Ahead
Earning her living by dubbing American TV Series, a woman dreams of becoming an international Hollyw...
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Águia na Cabeça
A senator having contacts with illegal betting activities is killed by the man who is his right arm,...
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Natal da Portela
Biography of one of the legendary names in the Samba genre of Brazilian music. Although he could har...
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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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Happy Desert
Jéssica is a teenager from Brazilian Northeast. After being abused by her stepfather, she runs away ...
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Poeta de Sete Faces
Documentary about Brazilian poet Carlos Drummond de Andrade, and the many facets of his work....
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Acorda, Raimundo... Acorda!
Society's roles are reversed in this humored short film where Raimundo is the husband who is pregnan...
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Everything's Alright
Middle-class family reform their apartment, and the noise, the contact with the workers and strange ...
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Othelo The Great
A beautifully told story using archival footage to explore the life of Grande Otelo, a groundbreakin...
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Cobrador: In God We Trust
Adaptation and unification in a single story of several stories by the writer Rubem Fonseca, where t...
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Wedding Games
When Alex and Eva choose to exchange vows at the very spot they first crossed paths, a series of hil...
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Jubiabá
Jubiabá is a French-Brazilian film based on the homonymous novel by Jorge Amado. The film tells the...
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Sonhos de Menina Moça
Iolanda, a widow who is the matriarch of a large and complicated family, is the hostess of a large p...
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Fim de Semana no Paraíso Selvagem
Rejane returns to her hometown, Paraíso, in search of answers to her brother's murder....
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Na Rédea Curta
Júlio was raised only by his mother. Now, at the age of twenty, he discovers that it will be his tur...
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Quilombo
Quilombo dos Palmares was a real-life democratic society, created in Brazil in the 17th century. Thi...
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Em Quadro: A História de 4 Negros nas Telas
A documentary that tells the history of 4 famous actors in Brazil....
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Denying Brazil
A documentary film about the taboos, stereotypes, and struggles of black actors in Brazilian televis...
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A Banana Mecânica
Dr. Ferrão, a famous psychoanalyst, uses his daily column on a newspaper to atract women to his prac...
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The Longing
Cyrus, Tim and Erik were high school buddies and meet again ten years later. They spend the summer t...
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Chronically Unfeasible
Filmed over a five-year period, Chronically Unfeasible dissects Brazilian problems, using six people...
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O Bom Marido
An industrial couple spends more than they can afford. In financial trouble, the husband Afraninho d...
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A Serpente
Two sisters are newly married; Guida to Paulo and Lígia to Décio. They spend their honeymoon in the ...
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Luiz Melodia - Within the Heart of Brazil
A sound and visual journey that portrays the life and work of singer and composer Luiz Melodia. The ...
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Abah and His Band
A kingdom of fruits. A king with no strength to keep ruling. An orphan prince who does not accept hi...
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If I'm Here It Is by Mystery
New Rio, 2054 AD. The Order of Truth wreaks havoc on the streets, killing every being that has speci...
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Xuxa and the Mystery of the Little Ugly Princess
Based on the book O Fantástico Mistério de Feiurinha, the story combines real world and fantasy, dre...
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Irmã Dulce
Biographical film of Sister Dulce, who, in life, was called the “Good Angel of Bahia”, also nominate...
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Rumored Upcoming Zezé Motta Biopic
Possible Film About the Journey of Singer and Actress Zezé Motta....
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The Force of Xango
Tonho Tiê really likes living free, playing capoeira and drinking. During Carnival he meets beautifu...
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Black Fragments of Samba - Zezé Motta, The Enchanted Woman
The life and work of Zezé Motta....
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Cora Coralina: Todas as Vidas
All the lives of Cora Coralina in a poetic narrative in the voices, feelings and interpretations of ...
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Angels of the Night
Many exotic characters meet in São Paulo night, looking for love and adventure: Malu, a model; Mauro...
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Napomuceno's Will
Nopumoceno, the most successful businessman in the Cabo Verde archipelogo, is an ambitious, clever o...
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Para Viver Um Grande Amor
Poor people who live in the slums in Rio de Janeiro decide to occupy an empty apartment building in ...
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Pitanga
This documentary investigates the aesthetic, political and existential trajectory of emblematic Blac...
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What Is It Worth?
Free adaptation of Machado de Assis's short story "Pai Contra Mãe", having some of Nireu Cavalcanti'...
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The Devil's Knot
During the slavery period in Brazil, a sugar cane farm was the stage for the darkest kinds of horror...
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A Comédia Divina
The Devil himself comes to Earth to open his own church and the world becomes a pandemonium of delig...
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Xuxa and The Treasure of the Lost City
Deep in the Amazon rain forest, there is a lost subterranean city. The place was built by Vikings wh...
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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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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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Xuxa and the Elves 2: The Road of The Fairies
Kira, a botanist who is also the daughter of elves, must fight the evil wicked witch Algaz. In her q...
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Em Cada Coração um Punhal
A woman asks her boyfriend for his mother's heart as a proof of love. Another, a kleptomaniac, has a...
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As Divas Negras do Cinema Brasileiro
Interviews and performances with black women on film, theater and television who narrate their lives...
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Viva Sapato!
A light-hearted and high-spirited story, full of spice, sensuality and romance, Viva Zapato tells th...
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Carolina
Carolina Maria de Jesus. Her favela diary was a success in 1960. Despite her recognition, she died f...
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Intervenção
Larissa competed for the Rio Military Police in search of the ideal of “protecting the citizen”....
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Juntos a Magia Acontece
The death of the matriarch on Christmas eve provokes a crisis that makes the family review attitudes...
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M8 - When Death Rescues Life
When Maurício becomes a student at a top medical school, he becomes obsessed with a mystery linked t...
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Extraterrestrial Cat in Boots
A Cat from outer-space comes to earth and befriends a Miller's Son and together they set out to defe...
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Pressed, Ripped Apart
What does Brazilian cinema tell us? What does Brazilian cinema tell us about black actresses and act...
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A Ilha dos Escravos
After a violent civil war, D. Miguel, the last Portuguese absolutist king, is defeated by the libera...
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De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade
Through clippings, the film draws a narrative line between the construction of racism in Brazil and ...
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Novo Mundo
A paradise for the eyes, the phrase defines the character's destination place, A Terra Sem Males. A...
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Todas as Melodias
"Todas as Melodias" is a sensible journey throught the life and works of one of Brazilian music's bi...
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The Devil Queen
Rio's criminal underworld is run by an unexpected boss: a femme Queen with a taste for power and vio...
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4x100: Running for a Dream
The women's athletics (4x100m relay) is about to win a gold medal at the 2016 Olympic Games, the Bra...
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Dr. Gama
Based on the biography of Luiz Gama, one of the most important characters in Brazilian history, a bl...
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O Cinema das Mulheres
Passionate about the magic of cinema and historically imposed on a place of invisibility, prejudices...
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Mestizo
A village on the Venezuelan coast, a place of fishermen and big haciendas, Aquiles Vargas, a white a...
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A Escrita Delas
Documentary investigates female authorship in literature and whether writing can be defined by gende...
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Fio do Afeto
Thousands of Brazilian women have contributed to the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic thanks to a...
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Dolores
On the eve of her 65th birthday, Dolores has a premonition: her life is about to change. She will ow...
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My Time Is Now
Filmmaker Sandra Werneck interviews remarkable women such as Marieta Severo, Zezé Motta, Margareth D...
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Milton Gonçalves, Além do Espetáculo
This biopic documents the life and work of one of Brazil’s most prolific artists: Milton Gonçalves. ...
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The Son of a Thousand Men
In a small village, a lonely fisherman yearning for a son is drawn to an ethereal light that links h...
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