Norma Bengell
Birthday: 1935-09-21
Place of Birth: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Biography: Norma Aparecida Almeida Pinto Guimarães d'Áurea Bengell (Rio de Janeiro, February 21, 1935 – Rio de Janeiro, October 9, 2013) was a Brazilian actress, filmmaker, producer, singer and songwriter. Considered one of the greatest muses of Brazilian cinema and theater in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, Norma began her career in the early 1950s, being launched into the artistic world through revue theater by producer Carlos Machado. She acted in 64 films during her career, several of them in Europe.
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Défense de savoir
When a woman is accused of murder, the investigation slowly reveals numerous political connections. ...
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OSS 117 Takes a Vacation
OSS 177 goes on holiday to Brazil, but is called into action when he finds himself being stalked by ...
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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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Mafioso
When a good-natured factory supervisor living in Milan with his Northern wife returns to his native ...
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The Unscrupulous Ones
Upon learning that his rich dad is on the brink of bankruptcy, spoiled Vavá summons his friend Jandi...
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Maria Gladys, Uma Atriz Brasileira
The artistic career and daily life of actress Maria Gladys....
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Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
Documentary about Brazilian filmmaker Glauber Rocha, one of the most important names in the Cinema N...
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Planet of the Vampires
After landing on a mysterious planet, a team of astronauts begin to turn on each other, swayed by th...
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The Hellbenders
A Southern Colonel, his three sons, and a card shark embark on an odyssey through the Southwest carr...
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The Angel Was Born
Santamaria and Urtigo are two bandits on the run, one is white, the other black. Santamaria is a mys...
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Dzi Croquettes
A Brazilian theatre group that through talent, irony and humour confronted the Brazilian violent dic...
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The Given Word
Zé is a very poor man whose most prized possession is his donkey. When his donkey falls terminally i...
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Conceição
An engaged couple discovers the corpse of a woman killed by strangulation in the Santo Amaro dam. In...
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Rio Babilonia
A public relations man is invited to guide an American millionaire during his stay in Rio de Janeiro...
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I Do Not Forgive... I Kill!
Don Ramon, a wealthy patron, receives his son back after he has sent him away to medical school, onl...
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Mulheres & Milhões
Three men who never met each other are hired by a mysterious client to carry out a daring bank robbe...
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Men and Women
Two friends take two prostitutes for a night of pleasure. But the night turns out to be frustrating ...
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The Palace of Angels
Bárbara, a French girl living in São Paulo, and two friends transform a small apartment into a luxur...
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Eros, the God of Love
A man explores the process of formation of sexuality and is looking for a woman that does not exist....
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Of Gods and the Undead
In the 1930s, in the South of State of Bahia, Brazil, an adventurer with no name or history, who has...
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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 Murdered House
Nina, a typical woman of the big city, marries a powerful farmer and goes to live in the countryside...
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The Abyss
Man tries to decipher a manuscript about an ancient civilization and gets involved in strange situat...
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The Ballad of Husbands
Giulio and Armando, both married, attempt an escape from their respective married lives, invent a se...
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A Espiã que Entrou em Fria
A scientist discovers a breakthrough formula for harnessing nuclear energy and becomes the target fo...
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Vagas para Moças de Fino Trato
In Vitória, the middle-age piano teacher Gertrudes sublets her apartment to two younger women, the u...
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Nuclear Shelter
Our planet was contaminated by many nuclear explosions that left the soil and the air filled with ra...
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Sea of Roses
A woman runs away in the company of her daughter, the ultimate brat, in a journey full of bizarre ev...
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Tabu
The fictional encounter in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (in the 30s) between popular songwriter Lamartine ...
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The Suns of Easter Island
Six people find a mysterious mark in the center of their left hand and all independently go to Easte...
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O Capitão Bandeira Contra o Dr. Moura Brasil
Successful manager is haunted by a sinister character who enters his dreams, Dr. Moura Brasil....
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Na Boca do Mundo
A black fisherman now working at a local gas station, Antônio lives at the small beach town of Atafo...
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The Constancy of Reason
Florence, early 1960s. Bruno aspires to be hired at a prestigious factory, but his Communist ideals ...
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The Colour of His Destiny
Teenager and his Chilean parents live in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in exile, after his brother is kill...
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As Cariocas
Divided into three episodes based on stories by Stanislaw Ponte Preta (Sérgio Porto), the film portr...
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The Age of the Earth
Drawing inspiration from a poem penned by Castro Alves, this film vividly captures the political, cu...
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Anabazys: O Terceiro Testamento de Glauber Rocha
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Glauber Rocha's 1980 production "A Idade da Terra" (The Ag...
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Before, the Summer
A middle-aged man builds a summer house in Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro. Married to a beautiful woman, ...
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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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Carnival of Crime
Mike, an architect, is married to Lin, a beautiful and unfaithful woman. Returning from a trip, he f...
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Desesperato
Directed by Sérgio Bernardes Filho, "Desesperato" tells the story of a writer (Raul Cortez) who leav...
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The Demiurge
A colorful feature film that mixes exile with the figure of the poet Rimbaud and the feminist revolu...
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As Confissões de Frei Abóbora
The loving adventures of a priest disillusioned with religion and life....
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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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Running Out of Luck
A rock singer goes to Brazil to shoot a video, but winds up getting kidnapped and enduring a number ...
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Mulheres de Cinema
Documentary on famous Brazilian actresses, female directors and the role of women in Brazilian film ...
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The Reckless
In the figure of Ettore Zambrini, a small industrialist with a dream of opening a factory overlookin...
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Eternamente Pagu
Eternamente Pagu is a biographical film about Patrícia Galvão, best known as Pagu, a Brazilian polit...
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Juventude e Ternura
The young singer Beth is torn between love for the honest pianist Guy; and the powerful smuggler Est...
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Edu, Coração de Ouro
A volatile young man, Edu is a typical Rio de Janeiro middle-class kind, who flirts with multiple wo...
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The Femme Fatale Meets the Ideal Man
A poor woman is visited by the fairy godmother who turns her into a brilliant movie and TV star....
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The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
For this behemoth, Bressane took his opera omnia and edited it in an order that first adheres to his...
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Freedom of Inês Etienne Romeu
August 29, 1979, Talavera Bruce Penal Institute, Bangu, Rio de Janeiro. After serving eight years in...
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