Ruy Polanah
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 5.153 |
| Birthday | |
| Place of Birth | Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Also Known As | Rui Polanah, Rui Polionah, |
1982
Fitzcarraldo
7.626/728
Fitzcarraldo is a dreamer who plans to build an opera house in Iquitos, in the Peruvian Amazon, so, in order to finance his project, he embarks on an...
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Fitzcarraldo
2006
Journey to the End of the Night
5.9/42
In a dark and decadent area of São Paulo, the exiled Americans Rosso and his son Paul own a brothel. Paul is a compulsive gambler addicted in cocaine...
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Journey to the End of the Night
1970
Of Gods and the Undead
5.6/9
In the 1930s, in the South of State of Bahia, Brazil, an adventurer with no name or history, who has already been shot seven times, gets involved in t...
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Of Gods and the Undead
1964
The Guns
7.3/26
A group of armed soldiers is sent to the Northeast of Brazil in an attempt to stop a famine-struck population from invading and stealing a food deposi...
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The Guns
1982
Índia, a Filha do Sol
3.9/7
A military man picks up a Native Brazilian woman and heads to a gold panning site where he has undisclosed business to attend to.
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Índia, a Filha do Sol
1988
Luzia Homem
5.2/5
After witnessing the assassination of her parents, Luzia is raised by a cowboy and starts behaving like the men of Brazilian "Sertão". As a grown-up,...
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Luzia Homem
1974
Sagarana: O Duelo
5.5/2
Unable to endure the idea that he would go without punishment, a criminal's victim chases him the length and breadth of Brazil for a showdown.
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Sagarana: O Duelo
1986
A Dança dos Bonecos
6/1
Mr. Kapa and his assistant meet Iara, a mythical being, in a river with purple waters. Geléia, the assistant, fills a bottle with this magic water and...
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A Dança dos Bonecos
1996
O Lado Certo da Vida Errada
0/0
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O Lado Certo da Vida Errada
1975
Cristais de Sangue
0/0
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Cristais de Sangue
1972
O Homem do Corpo Fechado
6.8/3
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O Homem do Corpo Fechado
1987
Memória Viva
0/0
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Memória Viva
1977
Anchieta, José do Brasil
6/7
Life and death of the jesuit who fought for the peaceful relationship between colonists and the indigenous peoples of Brazil.
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Anchieta, José do Brasil
1984
Noites do Sertão
4.5/4
The film shows the drama of the young and fragile Lalinha. After being abandoned by her husband, who ran away with another, the girl seeks comfort on...
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Noites do Sertão
1973
Joanna Francesa
4.4/7
Joana is a sophisticated, beautiful woman, so she has a choice of lovers, and destinies. She will let down Pierre, the French consul at São Paulo, and...
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Joanna Francesa
1977
Sweet Thieves
7/5
After assaulting a Hollywood film crew, a group of residents of a community in Rio de Janeiro decided to produce a film that would express the reality...
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Sweet Thieves
2006
In Evil Hour
5/2
The old servant and chronicler Dom Sabas tells how his desolate South American town is the scene of a ruthless power struggle. The landowning Assis fa...
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In Evil Hour
1967
Mar Corrente
0/0
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Mar Corrente
1984
Quilombo
6.5/12
Quilombo dos Palmares was a real-life democratic society, created in Brazil in the 17th century. This incredibly elaborate (and surprisingly little-kn...
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Quilombo
1985
The Emerald Forest
6.647/224
For ten years, engineer Bill Markham has searched tirelessly for his son Tommy who disappeared from the edge of the Brazilian rainforest. Miraculously...
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The Emerald Forest
1978
O Cortiço
4.3/10
This adaptation of a classic Brazilian novel focuses on the relations of charismatic characters within a tenement.
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O Cortiço
1978
Black Goddess
0/0
A Deusa Negra is a love story that spans two centuries. In 18th century Yorubaland, Prince Oluyole is taken prisoner in the course of internecine war...
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Black Goddess
1976
Un animal doué de déraison
5/1
A wealthy French promoter based in Rio tries to seduce Alexandra, a young woman of high society, but trapped in her strict education.
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Un animal doué de déraison
1991
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
6.3/44
Martin and Hazel Quarrier are small-town fundamentalist missionaries sent to the jungles of South America to convert the Indians. Their remote mission...
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At Play in the Fields of the Lord
2004
Tainá 2 - A New Amazon Adventure
4.4/18
The young warrior indian Tainá must now battle against biopirates, and is joined by a new boy from the big city and an indian little girl who wants to...
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Tainá 2 - A New Amazon Adventure
2001
Tainá: An Amazon Adventure
4.5/36
A brave and bold indigenous girl, protector of her jungle and its wild life and guided by her shaman grandfather, pairs with a boy from the big city,...
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Tainá: An Amazon Adventure
1963
Ganga Zumba
6.1/7
The life of a runaway slave who founded the Quilombo dos Palmares, an outlaw community of Brazilian slaves.
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Ganga Zumba
1977
Fish in a Barrel
8/1
Young robber, son of a prostitute who had killed herself, gets involved with two police informers, who force him to share the loot he gets.
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Fish in a Barrel
1977
Branded For Life
0/0
A true friendship develops between Jojô, a prostitute Rosa, and the young Eduardo, who survive on the streets of Rio de Janeiro. Everything goes well...
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Branded For Life
1983
Bar Esperanza
6/10
A group of eccentric people gather at a popular bar in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro.
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Bar Esperanza
1990
The Fifth Monkey
9/1
When Cunda, a man living deep in the Brazilian rainforest, is bitten by a snake, he has a hallucination of four chimpanzees. Once he recovers, he is s...
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The Fifth Monkey
1984
Para Viver Um Grande Amor
4.3/3
Poor people who live in the slums in Rio de Janeiro decide to occupy an empty apartment building in the rich part of the city. Meanwhile, a rich girl...
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Para Viver Um Grande Amor
1987
The Dolphin
6.2/12
According to an Amazonian legend, every month, during the full moon, a Brazilian fishing village receives a mysterious guest: the Boto, who transforms...
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The Dolphin
1990
O Círculo de Fogo
0/0
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O Círculo de Fogo
1999
No Coração dos Deuses
2.5/1
Following the clues of a map, a boy and some adventurers go into the forest in search of treasure from the pioneers, and end up going back two centuri...
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No Coração dos Deuses
1986
Malandro
6.5/8
In Rio de Janeiro's bohemian district called Lapa, during the '40s, a stylish and popular scoundrel exploits a cabaret singer, and earns his living by...
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Malandro
1963
Tragic Jungle
6.5/1
In a company trading maté, workers are treated as slaves. Some of them try to escape, but those who are caught suffer severe punishments.
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Tragic Jungle
1988
Jorge, Um Brasileiro
5/3
After arguing with his ex-girlfriend, truck driver Jorge hits the road again, while remembering the past and questioning his friendship with his manip...
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Jorge, Um Brasileiro
1999
Orfeu
5.314/35
Orfeu is a popular composer from a samba school. He lives in the favela and falls madly in love when he meets Euridice, a newcomer to the neighborhood...
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Orfeu
1989
Kuarup
4.2/8
This epic Brazilian film was based on the equally epic novel by Antonio Callado. Set between 1954 and 1964, the film's focus is the saga of Jesuit pri...
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Kuarup
1982
Insônia
0/0
A three-episode anthology film based on short stories by Brazilian writer Graciliano Ramos.
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Insônia
1996
Il barbiere di Rio
5.616/56
Matteo is a Roman barber whose business is full of debts. He decides to escape from this depressing reality by accepting his sister's invitation to Br...
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Il barbiere di Rio
1987
Land
0/0
The Amazonian jungle, Brazil, 1987. Ruthless landowners are evicting peasants from their land. The peasants look to the priest for help, and are cont...
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Land
1976
Feminino Plural
0/0
"Seven women on motorcycles, through Via Dutra, go to the Baixada Fluminense, a microcosm of Brazil. Diving into the memory and questioning the behavi...
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Feminino Plural
2007
Cobrador: In God We Trust
3.8/12
Adaptation and unification in a single story of several stories by the writer Rubem Fonseca, where the theme of violence in contemporary society is ex...
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Cobrador: In God We Trust
1995
Tummy
0/0
A young boy escapes from an orphanage to find two magical creatures in the jungle. As he bonds with the younger one, he discovers that poachers are ou...
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Tummy
1987
After Eight... Forever
3/2
Tereza tries to leave her past and forge her own destiny and happiness by going through several affairs.
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