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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Pages of Life Pages of Life
Pedra Sobre Pedra Pedra Sobre Pedra
Promiscuity, the Street Kids of Katia Promiscuity, the Street Kids of Katia
Rio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury Rio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury
ABCs of Death 2 1/2 ABCs of Death 2 1/2

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