Nelson Rodrigues
August 23, 1912 (113 years old) in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Nelson Falcão Rodrigues (Recife, August 23, 1912 – Rio de Janeiro, December 21, 1980) was a writer, journalist, novelist, playwright, short story writer, and chronicler of Brazilian customs and football. He is considered Brazil's most influential playwright. His plays usually dealt with topics considered taboo by Brazilian society, such as sexuality, virginity and incest, denouncing the hypocrisy of family life in the middle and upper classes.
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- 2022 · Otto: De Trás p/ Diante as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · Zimba as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · Neville D'Almeida: Chronicler of Beauty and Chaos as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 · Nelson: Por Ele Mesmo as
- 1970 · 24 Horas no Rio as
- 1969 · Máscara da Traição as
- 1969 · Fragmentos de Dois Escritores as Himself
- 1962 · O Rei Pelé as Himself