Nelson Dantas

Nelson Dantas

Birthday: 1927-11-17

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

Biography: Nelson Hannequim Dantas Filho (Rio de Janeiro, November 17, 1927 — Rio de Janeiro, March 18, 2006) was a Brazilian actor and producer. In 1981, was the recipient of the Festival de Gramado award. Dantas died in 2006 in Rio de Janeiro.

Movies

Four Days in September
Four Days in September

Fernando, a journalist, and his friend César join terrorist group MR8 in order to fight Brazilian di...

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Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands

After the death of her handsome but good-for-nothing husband Vadinho, Flor, a widow, marries Dr. Teo...

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Almas Adversas
Almas Adversas

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Zuzu Angel
Zuzu Angel

Covering the last years of the famous Brazilian fashion designer in her doomed quest for justice, Zu...

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Traveller
Traveller

Fortune takes four human beings to the last frontier of passion. There, where love becomes almost in...

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Fulaninha
Fulaninha

Movie director in his forties and in existential crisis falls in love with an unknown teen girl he s...

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The Storytellers
The Storytellers

A small poor community called Javé is under threat of being flooded by a new dam that is being built...

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The Murdered House
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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Cabaret Mineiro
Cabaret Mineiro

An adventurer travels by train through the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, meeting old and new love...

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Capitu
Capitu

Adaptation of Machado de Assis’s classic novel “Dom Casmurro”. Bentinho and Capitu are friends since...

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Minas Texas
Minas Texas

In a country town in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, Januária is going to marry the shy and naive...

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The Wedding
The Wedding

On the eve of her wedding, Glorinha finds herself looking back at her life and confronting the injus...

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The Nutty Boy 2
The Nutty Boy 2

In this new adventure, Maluquinho is spending the holidays at the home of his grandfather Tônico (St...

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Lucia McCartney, Call Girl
Lucia McCartney, Call Girl

In the 60's Lúcia McCartney is a call girl who is a fan of the Beatles. A diplomat tries to get her ...

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The Conspirators
The Conspirators

The real story of the failed attempt of an independence coup by a group of intellectuals and rich me...

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Engraçadinha
Engraçadinha

After the funeral of her father Arnaldo, who committed suicide, Engraçadinha confesses to the priest...

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The Patriot
The Patriot

Policarpo is a chauvinistic patriot, a major who tries to find solutions for Brazilian problems usin...

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Aventuras d'um Detetive Português
Aventuras d'um Detetive Português

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O Doce Esporte do Sexo
O Doce Esporte do Sexo

Erotic comedy in five segments, starring the same actor, Chico Anysio: O Torneio (The Tournament), A...

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A$$untina of the Amerikas
A$$untina of the Amerikas

A$$untina of the Amerikas is a musical comedy of a prostitute that, in 24 hours, wakes up, fights he...

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The Saint and the Star
The Saint and the Star

Successful businessman, Paulo Chupadinha send his wife to a convent every year to really enjoy Brazi...

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Bar Esperanza
Bar Esperanza

A group of eccentric people gather at a popular bar in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro....

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A Noiva da Cidade
A Noiva da Cidade

When Daniela, a famous actress, decides to return to her hometown to reconnect with a simpler lifest...

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O Picapau Amarelo
O Picapau Amarelo

The Viscount of Sabugosa is locked in the library writing an encyclopedia about the characters in ch...

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O Capeta Carybé
O Capeta Carybé

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Memories of Prison
Memories of Prison

In the 1930s, novelist and politician Graciliano Ramos is accused of being a communist sympathizer. ...

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Pluft, o Fantasminha
Pluft, o Fantasminha

It tells the story of a girl being abducted by the evil pirate with a wooden leg....

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Urubus e Papagaios
Urubus e Papagaios

High Court judge returns to the small town where he was born, bringing along his beautiful and young...

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The Brazilwood Man
The Brazilwood Man

Fantasy comedy about Brazilian writer Oswald de Andrade, one of the most important icons of Modernis...

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Insônia
Insônia

A three-episode anthology film based on short stories by Brazilian writer Graciliano Ramos....

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O Bom Burguês
O Bom Burguês

True story of Brazilian bank clerk who supplied money for the guerrilla fighting against the militar...

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Tiradentes
Tiradentes

The story of one of the most important Brazilian heroes, Joaquim José da Silva Xavier, known as Tira...

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The Alienist
The Alienist

Father Simão Bacamarte arrives in the small town of Serafim to investigate a certain phenomenon of m...

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The Blue Horse
The Blue Horse

Boy from a poor family loses his only asset: a colorless little horse that his imagination turns int...

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Go To Work You Bum!
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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Lamarca
Lamarca

The real story of Carlos Lamarca, a captain who, during the military dictatorship in Brazil, deserte...

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Love and Co.
Love and Co.

Godofredo suffers a terrible blow when he comes back home earlier than usual and finds his wife in t...

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Carnival in Caxias
Carnival in Caxias

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Sonhos Tropicais
Sonhos Tropicais

A Polish Jew becomes a prostitute after failing to get a marriage in Brazil. Meanwhile, the public h...

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A Maldição do Sanpaku
A Maldição do Sanpaku

Gafanhoto is a smuggler who tries to take a hit by stealing a valuable stone. He awakens the fury of...

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Noite
Noite

Somwhere in the city of Porto Alegre, a man who has lost his memory is questioned by a group of pol...

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Midnight
Midnight

On December 31st 1999, destiny brings a fugitive prisoner and a depressed middle class teacher toget...

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Retrato Pintado
Retrato Pintado

The story of a portraitist of northeastern Brazil and how his art resists time....

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O Natal da Grande Família
O Natal da Grande Família

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A Viagem de Volta
A Viagem de Volta

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Chico Rei
Chico Rei

Galanga, king of Congo brought to Brazil as a slave, finds gold in Vila Rica, in the State of Minas ...

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Lúcio Cardoso
Lúcio Cardoso

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Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: As Noivas de Copacabana - O Filme
Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: As Noivas de Copacabana - O Filme

Adaptation of the series shown in 1992. A sequence of crimes in the same style intrigue: a man walks...

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A Nelson Rodrigues
A Nelson Rodrigues

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