Ênio Gonçalves

    Ênio Gonçalves

    August 28, 1943 (81 years old) in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

    Ênio Gonçalves (Porto Alegre, August 28, 1938 — São Paulo, October 5, 2013) was a Brazilian actor, director and playwright. He majored in journalism and worked in over 30 films, starred in 20 telenovelas, and performed in numerous plays, starting with "Auto de Natal" in 1959. He studied film directing at the "Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia" in Rome, Italy, and became popular after his performance in Nelson Rodrigues's "Toda Nudez Será Castigada" in 1965, directed by Zbigniew Ziembinski. He would write some 20 plays, including "2 ou 3 Buracos" (1976), "Dia Torto" (1976), "Vem Contudo" (1977) and "Até as Orelhas" (2004), and adapt literary works such as J. Guimarães Rosa's Sorôco, Sua Mãe, Sua Filha (1975) for the screen and Erico Verissimo's "Sonata".

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    Pedra Sobre PedraPedra Sobre Pedra
    Colônia CecíliaColônia Cecília
    Promiscuity, the Street Kids of KatiaPromiscuity, the Street Kids of Katia
    Rio 2096: A Story of Love and FuryRio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury

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