Antônio Pitanga
Acting
Biography
Antônio Luiz Sampaio OMC (Salvador, June 13, 1939), better known as Antônio Pitanga, is a Brazilian actor and filmmaker, who became internationally known for playing several roles on films of the Cinema Novo movement in the 1960s.
Born: June 13, 1939
Place of Birth: Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Known For
Um Homem Célebre
A Viagem
Chico Anysio Show
Side by Side
Winner of the International Emmy Award for Best Telenovela, "Side by Side" focuses on two women of different origins and social classes. The brave Isabel, daughter of a former slave and in love with the capoeira player Zé Maria; and Laura, descendant from a wealthy family and destined to an undesired marriage to Edgar. In addition to an unshakable friendship, the two share the same purpose in life: the conquest of freedom in the conservative society of Rio de Janeiro of the early 20th century.
The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
For this behemoth, Bressane took his opera omnia and edited it in an order that first adheres to historical chronology but soon starts to move backwards and forward. The various pasts – the 60s, the 80s, the 2000s – comment on each other in a way that sheds light on Bressane’s themes and obsessions, which become increasingly apparent and finally, a whole idea of cinema reveals itself to the curious and patient viewer. Will Bressane, from now on, rework The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus when he makes another film? Is this his latest beginning? Why not, for the eternally young master maverick seems to embark on a maiden voyage with each and every new film!
The Fifth Monkey
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 shocked to find the four chimpanzees waiting for him at home, and, believing them to be special, decides to take them to the city in order to sell them.
Coisa de Novela
An estranged grandmother reconnects with her granddaughter after a difficult diagnosis and asks her for help to accomplish the dream of going to Rio de Janeiro and being on a telenovela.
Dona Beija
Compasso de Espera
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 friends, Jorge's situation serves as a springboard to a discussion about racial issues in Brazil.
Partido Alto
Filmography
as Humberto
as Pacífico Licutan
as Self
as Vicente
as Salvador Gomes
as Ermitão
as Silvério
as Modesto Estrella
as Marcelo
as Tavares
as Self
as Seu Américo
as Inácio
as Self
as Dom Vitório
as Self
as Antônio Pitanga
as Cristovam
as Rodrigo
as Gesiel
as Self (archive footage)
as Yoyo
as Jérèmie Valés
as (archive footage)
as Self
as Pai Joaquim
as Garçom Othelo
as Self (archive footage)
as João da Lua
as José Nazário
as Self
as Zinho
as Seu Capô
as Túlio
as Pai de Joãozinho
as Pai Pedro de Oxum Aiê
as Himself
as Geronimo
as Blind Man
as Pastor Isaías
as Seu Cristóvão
as Preto Velho
as Delegado
as Policial gentil
as Calunga
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as Seu Aurélio
as Comandante Roberto
as Sebastião "Tião"
as Joaquim
as Valentim
as Self
as Kléber Noronha
as operário do teatro
as Drunk at the Party
as Túlio
as Bira
as Herculano
as Patrício
as Moisés
as Cristobal
as Exú
as Geraldão
as Acaiuba
as Dioclécio
as Jacaré
as Bira
as César
as Viriato
as Black Christ
as Antônio
as Cosme
as Fuleiro
as Young Tônho Tiê (Uncredited)
as Self
as Deca
as Damião
as Dito Preto
as Amâncio
as Misael
as Cuíca
as Vagabundo
as Lucas Pé-na-Cova
as Vampiro
as Zé Baiano
as José do Patrocínio
as José do Patrocínio
as Assis
as Cravo Roxo
as Zé Guedes
as Calunga
as Paulo's friend
as Voice
as Toninho
as Bom Rojão
as Ganga Zumba / Antão
as Firmino
as Mestre Coca
as Matador de Caxias
as Pitanga
as Chico Diabo