Célia Helena
Acting
Biography
Célia Camargo Silva, better known as Célia Helena (São Paulo, March 13, 1936 — São Paulo, March 29, 1997), was a Brazilian actress, theater director and pedagogue.
Born: March 13, 1936
Place of Birth: São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Known For
Partido Alto
Direito de Amar
Brilhante
Heart and Guts
Financial problems in a religious school for girls force the government to interfere. While waiting in the conference hall to communicate the fact to the school administrators, the intervenor falls asleep and a crazy dream begins, involving teachers, students and strange characters.
Mandala
Desire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro Oficina
In six decades, Teatro Oficina has done more than revolutionize theatrical language in the country: the aesthetic influence of José Celso Martinez Corrêa's company extends from Tropicalism to the renewal of Brazilian audiovisual languages from the 1960s onwards. The film revisits a story that it involves personalities such as Caetano Veloso, Glauber Rocha, Lina Bo Bardi, Chico Buarque and Zé do Caixão, brings together scenic art, ecology, architecture and sexuality, and mixes art and life in the search for a Brazilian based language.
Anjo Loiro
Armando, a single high-school teacher living a steady life, sees his world crumbles when he falls in love with Laura, the ex-girlfriend of one of his favorite students.
A Virgem
Four couples go to a country seat. One of the girls is still a virgin, and his boyfriend proposes a game which changes the group behavior.
Cordélia, Cordélia
Tired of her boring husband, secretary Cordélia finds refuge in a love affair with her boss and afterwards, believes she has found true love in the person of a car salesman.
O Predileto
Based on the novel "Totônio Pacheco", written by João Alphonsus. At the time of the decadence of the great farms of Minas Gerais, Totônio is a symbol of the golden age of state farms: old and accustomed to having all his wills obeyed. However, after moving to his son's home because of his wife's death and the resulting loneliness, he realizes that he has lost his job as a boss and is struggling to regain his prestige by moving to a brothel.
Filmography
as Ceres Silveira
as Berenice Reis (Berê)
as Isildinha Cruz
as Isolina
as Esther
as Regina Newman
as Orminda
as Severina Borges
as Inês
as Helena
as Marta
as Alice