Andrade Jr.
Acting
Biography
Argemiro Gomes de Andrade Júnior (Fortaleza, January 15, 1945 – Brasília, May 4, 2019), better known as Andrade Júnior, was a Brazilian actor. A native of Ceará based in Brasília, he acted in dozens of plays and films, and was recognized with the posthumous Kikito for Best Actor at the 48th Gramado Film Festival for his leading role in the feature film King Kong in Asunción (2020), directed by Camilo Cavalcante.
Born: January 15, 1945
Place of Birth: Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
Known For
Captain Wits
The grandfather of a former child star decides to become a superhero. The angst grandson will need to become a superhero's sidekick in order to help his grandfather to face aging with the same bravery that embodies the hero Captain Astúcia.
My Friend Nietzsche
11-year-old Lucas finds a philosophy book by Nietzsche in the city dump, discarded by its previous owner. This improbable meeting will be the beginning of a violent revolution in his mind, within his family and within society. In the end, Lucas will be no longer a boy -- He will be dynamite.
The Other Side of Paradise
Nando, a 12 year old boy, narrates the adventures of his father Antonio, during the 60s in Brazil, who leaves the inland of the state of Minas to go to Brasília, a recently inaugurated city, but still with construction works in progress.
King Kong en Asunción
An old hired killer is hiding in the interior of Bolivia, in the desert region of the Salar de Uyuni. You just committed your last murder. After months in isolation, he travels to the interior of Paraguay where he receives a good reward and heads to Asunción with the aim of meeting his daughter.
Rosinha
A short film about love and sexuality in the old age, and the struggle to overcome social conventions.
Two Sons of Francisco
The story of Francisco, a very simple and poor man whose dream was to see his children become country music stars, and who made all the efforts to make it happen.
The Battle of Shangri-la
After the death of his foster parents, a young businessman goes into a journey in search of his biological mother. During the search he faces the social and religious prejudice that surrounds the LGBTTQ Brazilian community.
Por Que Você Não Chora?
Strong and feminine, "Why don't you cry?" addresses the delicate topic of suicide. Jessica is very closed, Barbara is a time bomb. The two meet when, at the stage of the faculty of psychology, Jessica meets Barbara. The coexistence leads Jessica to question her empty and meaningless life.
The Third Bank of the River
After an extended period directing original screenplays, dos Santos returned to the creative engagement with literature that was the wellspring of his early masterpieces, offering a combinatory adaptation of five stories by the renowned Brazilian novelist João Guimarães Rosa. Openly embracing a mode of magical realism, dos Santos' celebrated film tells the story of a farming family defined by the absence of its father who abruptly abandoned his wife and children, sailing away down the river, including his son who continues to communicate with his father, speaking daily to him from the river bank. While offering an evocative vision of rural Brazil as a timeless land of mystery and solemnity, The Third Bank of the River is also bitingly satiric in the remarkable depiction of religious belief when the family moves to the city and its youngest member, a mesmerizing little girl, is revealed to be a kind of saint, capable of miraculous acts. -Harvard Film Archive
Louco por Cinema
Movie director gets crazy while shooting a film, and goes to a mental institution. There, he leads a revolt, kidnapping a group of Human Rights activists and demanding a camera as ransom.
Filmography
as Guedes
as O Velho
as Joel (Paciente)
as Gadelha
as Pacheco
as Assis
as Líder do Sindicato
as Catador
as Silva
as Oligofrênico
as Açougueiro
as Geraldo Gama
as Ameaça
as Mauro Bordado