Dira Paes — Actor (21)
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Special Agents (2026) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Agentes Muito Especiais
director: Pedro Antônio actor: Marcus Majella / Pedroca Monteiro …
other title: Agentes Muito Especiais
Two friends determined to become respected police officers face prejudice and ridicule for being openly gay. Given one final chance, they go undercover to infiltrate a dangerous gang terrorizing the city. Posing as inmates, they navigate chaotic events, including a botched prison escape, while maintaining their cover and planning an ambush to take down the gang leader and her operation. Their mission culminates unexpectedly at a major fashion event, where they confront the criminals and finally prove their abilities, earning the respect they’ve long sought. The story blends action, comedy, and satire, highlighting themes of courage, friendship, and queer identity in traditionally macho spaces.
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Venice (2021) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Veneza
director: Miguel Falabella actor: Carmen Maura / Dira Paes …
other title: Veneza
Reencountering the only man she ever loved is Gringa’s dream. She is the owner of a brothel in the interior of Brazil and even though she is blind and very sick, she insists on fulfilling her last wish: to go to Venice to apologize to the lover she abandoned decades ago. To take her to the Italian city, Tonho, Rita and the other girls who work for Gringa come up with a fantastic plan with help from a circus troupe.
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The Incredible '90s (2019) [TV] TMDB WikiData IMDb
Verão 90
director: Bia Coelho / Ana Paula Guimarães … actor: Isabelle Drummond / Rafael Vitti …
other title: Verão 90 / Los Increíbles 90 …
A romantic comedy revolving around the life of three former child stars that wish to relive their fame after the end of their childhood musical group, Magic Bunch. Now in the fun-filled 90's, fate reunites the trio formed by Manu and the brothers João and Jerônimo. It also brings back the love between the aspiring young actress and João, as well as the rivalry between their disagreeing mothers. At the same time, fueled by his dubious character and jealousy towards the new couple, Jerônimo will do anything to bring back his days of glory, even if it means jeopardizing his own family.
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Southwest (2011) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Sudoeste
director: Eduardo Nunes actor: Simone Spoladore / Mariana Lima …
other title: Sudoeste / 西南
In a Brazilian coastal village where everything seems motionless, Clarice grasps her life in a single day, unlike those she meets and who are living this day like any other. She tries to understand her obscure reality and the destiny of the people around her in a circular time that haunts and disorients.
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The Emerald Forest (1985) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Emerald Forest
director: 约翰·保曼 actor: 鲍尔斯·布特 / Charley Boorman …
other title: 에메랄드 포레스트 / A Floresta Esmeralda …
For ten years, engineer Bill Markham has searched tirelessly for his son Tommy who disappeared from the edge of the Brazilian rainforest. Miraculously, he finds the boy living among the reclusive Amazon tribe who adopted him. And that's when Bill's adventure truly begins. For his son is now a grown tribesman who moves skillfully through this beautiful-but-dangerous terrain, fearful only of those who would exploit it. And as Bill attempts to "rescue" him from the savagery of the untamed jungle, Tommy challenges Bill's idea of true civilization and his notions about who needs rescuing.
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Along the Way (2012) [Movie] IMDb Douban
À Beira do Caminho
director: 布雷诺·西尔韦拉 actor: Ângelo Antônio / João Miguel …
other title: À Beira do Caminho
To escape past traumas, a truck driver João decides to leave his hometown behind and travel cross the country. Alone and lonely he drives all over Brazil until João discovers hiding in his truck a motherless boy looking for his father. Reluctantly, João agrees to take the boy to the nearest town and, during the trip, he finally finds the courage to face his past.
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Hey, Did You Score? (2012) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
E Aí... Comeu?
director: Felipe Joffily actor: Bruno Mazzeo / Marcos Palmeira …
other title: E Aí... Comeu? / 然後……你吃了嗎？ …
Three male friends navigate different stages of romantic relationships: One is starting to date; another fears infidelity; the third is divorcing.
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Rat Fever (2012) [Movie] WikiData IMDb Eggplant.place TMDB
Febre do Rato
director: Cláudio Assis actor: Irandhir Santos / Matheus Nachtergaele …
other title: Febre do Rato
Zizo, a radical and anarchist poet living in a marginal quarter of Recife in the north eastern state of Pernambuco, distributes his social angst-filled thoughts through a publication named Febre do Rato, and spews poetry to anyone who’d listen. Our character always revolves within the universe that he has created around himself. A very particular world, in which satisfying the unfortunate is a mixture of a kind of benefit with high dose of malice.
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Chronically Unfeasible (2000) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Cronicamente Inviável
director: Sergio Bianchi actor: Umberto Magnani / Cecil Thiré …
other title: 慢性自杀 / Cronicamente Inviável …
Filmed over a five-year period, Chronically Unfeasible dissects Brazilian problems, using six people who meet in a restaurant in São Paulo as models to illustrate political, sociological and economic disparities between Brazil's upper and lower classes.