Léa Garcia
Léa Garcia (born March 11, 1933) is a Brazilian actress. She is known for her numerous television and film roles. Her breakout role was in the Oscar-winning Black Orpheus, in which she portrayed Serafina, Eurydice's cousin.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 5.944 |
| Birthday | 1933-03-11 |
| Place of Birth | Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Also Known As |
1959
Black Orpheus
6.98/203
Young lovers Orfeu and Eurydice run through the favelas of Rio during Carnaval, on the lam from a hitman dressed like Death and Orfeu's vengeful fianc...
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Black Orpheus
2005
Daughters of the Wind
6/5
In a small town in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, two sisters meet again after years apart.
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Daughters of the Wind
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
2006
The Greatest Love of All
5.6/7
Antônio is an astrophysicist who has just found out he has an inoperable brain tumor. After decades living in the United States, he returns to Brazil...
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The Greatest Love of All
1999
Cruz e Sousa - The Banished Poet
0/0
Poet Cruz e Souza was a black man, born in the State of Santa Catarina, Brazil, where the majority of the population are blonde. He was also poor and...
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Cruz e Sousa - The Banished Poet
1969
Compasso de Espera
8.5/4
Jorge de Oliveira is an Afro-Brazilian poet who works in a publicity agency in São Paulo. Torn between his rich white lovers and his black family and...
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Compasso de Espera
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
2005
Vinicius de Moraes
6.2/16
To celebrate the life and the work of a multifaceted creator – playwright, poet, partner of the most important names of Brazilian pop music and, above...
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Vinicius de Moraes
2006
Mulheres do Brasil
4/1
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Mulheres do Brasil
2000
Denying Brazil
8.2/6
A documentary film about the taboos, stereotypes, and struggles of black actors in Brazilian television "soaps". Based on his own memories and on a st...
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Denying Brazil
2009
Em Quadro: A História de 4 Negros nas Telas
0/0
A documentary that tells the history of 4 famous actors in Brazil.
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Em Quadro: A História de 4 Negros nas Telas
1977
O Forte
0/0
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O Forte
2013
Acalanto
0/0
An illiterate lady seeks to soothe the missing of her son asking for a friend to read several times the same unique and old letter sent by her son ten...
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Acalanto
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
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
1978
A Noiva da Cidade
0/0
When Daniela, a famous actress, decides to return to her hometown to reconnect with a simpler lifestyle, local politicians decide to exploit her influ...
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A Noiva da Cidade
2014
O Dia de Jerusa
6.5/1
Bixiga, heart of São Paulo. Jerusa, a resident of a house aged by time, on a special day, receives Silvia, an opinion pollster who circulates the neig...
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O Dia de Jerusa
2013
Trinta
6.654/13
Biopic about the late Joãozinho Trinta, a self-taught classical dancer who turned Rio's Carnival into an international phenomenon in the 1970s and '80...
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Trinta
1991
Troca de Cabeça
0/0
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Troca de Cabeça
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
2018
Acúmulo
0/0
For Lete, only excess can bring back the memories she does not want to forget. But if you take away the illusion of a person, only emptiness remains.
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Acúmulo
2016
Pedacinho do Céu
0/0
In the heart of Rio de Janeiro, Maria da Graça (Léa Garcia), the devoted and hardworking mother of Pedro (Vinícius Patrício) lives in the highest and...
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Pedacinho do Céu
2016
Pitanga
5.6/5
This documentary investigates the aesthetic, political and existential trajectory of emblematic Black Brazilian actor Antônio Pitanga. His career span...
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Pitanga
1989
As Divas Negras do Cinema Brasileiro
0/0
Interviews and performances with black women on film, theater and television who narrate their lives, careers, discrimination and struggles in the Bra...
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As Divas Negras do Cinema Brasileiro
2017
Exu Rei - Abdias do Nascimento
7.2/2
The African deity that brought in Brazil Together with the blacks, Exu is known as the orixá of communication, the guard of the streets and the human...
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Exu Rei - Abdias do Nascimento
2003
Viva Sapato!
4.7/5
A light-hearted and high-spirited story, full of spice, sensuality and romance, Viva Zapato tells the tale of Dolores, a beautiful Cuban dancer who de...
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Viva Sapato!
1964
O Santo Módico
0/0
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O Santo Módico
2018
Nada Além da Noite
0/0
Cai na Noite na Pavuna: While Bob revisits his past with a childhood friend, little Augusto and his grandmother follow on TV a vote that will change t...
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Nada Além da Noite
2019
Neighbors
4.5/1
The 43rd edition screens Neighbors, with five segments about the theme “neighbors”: not only about physical proximity, but also about relationships. I...
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Neighbors
2019
Golden Mouth
6.7/5
After his death, infamous Rio de Janeiro mob boss Golden Mouth (named after his all-golden teeth) gets multiple accounts of his life told to the press...
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Golden Mouth
2020
A Day with Jerusa
7.333/3
"A Day with Jerusa" follows Silvia, a young, mediumic market researcher facing the hardships of underemployment while awaiting the result of a public...
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A Day with Jerusa
2019
M8 - When Death Rescues Life
7.406/47
When Maurício becomes a student at a top medical school, he becomes obsessed with a mystery linked to the dead bodies used for dissection.
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M8 - When Death Rescues Life
2005
Remissão
0/0
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Remissão
2022
Pacified
6.8/5
Tati, an introspective 13 year old girl struggles to connect with her estranged father, Jaca, after he is released from prison in the turbulent wake o...
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Pacified
1960
The Pioneers
0/0
In Brazil, a diamond prospector sets out in pursuit of a thief who has robbed him and left him for dead. Along the way, he meets one of his adversary'...
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The Pioneers
2007
Atabaque Nzinga
0/0
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Atabaque Nzinga
2011
Southwest
5.7/7
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 t...
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Southwest
2019
A família de Olga
0/0
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A família de Olga
2022
O Pai da Rita
5.4/4
Roque and Pudim, composers from the old school of Vai-Vai, share a kitchnete, decades of friendship, love for their samba school and a doubt about the...
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O Pai da Rita
1997
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
0/0
"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."
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Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
2021
Ibeji Ibeji
0/0
The discovery of the existence of death awakens in Omar and Taú the perception that childhood is no longer what it used to be. The grandmother's immin...
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Ibeji Ibeji
2022
A Cut Above
6.3/24
With his mom's salon on the brink of bankruptcy, a dedicated son rolls up his sleeves to help and discovers himself as the coolest barber on the block...
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A Cut Above
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
2011
Abdias Nascimento
0/0
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Abdias Nascimento
2009
Bitter Days
7/1
Three lives linked by a tragic fate try to find a way out of despair.
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Bitter Days
2023
Tributo: Léa Garcia
10/1
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Tributo: Léa Garcia
2019
Pressed, Ripped Apart
0/0
What does Brazilian cinema tell us? What does Brazilian cinema tell us about black actresses and actors? ‘Pressed, Ripped Apart’ makes use of archival...
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Pressed, Ripped Apart
2015
Haroldo Costa - O Nosso Orfeu
0/0
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Haroldo Costa - O Nosso Orfeu
2006
Memórias da Chibata
0/0
Juca, a black kid, sees his friends and his mother being hit by his stepfather, without being able to do anything against it, but when he knows that h...
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Memórias da Chibata
2012
Billi Pig
3.786/14
The aspiring actress Marivalda, her husband Wanderley, a bankrupt insurance broker and a false priest do their best to get along in life. But they end...
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