Zezita Matos
Acting
Biography
Severina de Souza Pontes (Pilar, August 28, 1942), better known as Zezita Matos, is a Brazilian actress and teacher, who gained prominence for her work in cinema.
Born: August 28, 1942
Place of Birth: Pilar, Paraíba, Brazil
Known For
Mother and Daughter
After a long time apart, a mother and her daughter meet again in the desert, between ruins and memories. The daughter destiny denies her mother dream. The past is circle that imprisons both the dead and the alive. The daughter wants to break it but shadows are spying out.
Memory Road
A truck driver travels the roads as if going through his memories.
The Cage and the Dream
Vicente is a retired widower teacher who lives between lucid dreams and everyday life in the Alecrim neighborhood.
Não Me Esqueças, Me Ame Para Sempre
Gegê wants to die but it will not be an easy task.
Pacarrete
Russas, a small town in northeastern Brazil, is the home of Pacarrete, a grumpy retired dance teacher who dreams of getting a big shot and starring at a dance spectacle for the whole town to see. She's close to fulfilling that dream, but not without overcoming a few impediments along the way.
Velho Chico
The History of Eternity
In a small village in the hinterland, three stories of love and desire are changing the emotional landscape of its residents. Characters of a romanesque world in which their conceptions of life are limited on one side by human instincts, on the other by a blind and fatalist fate.
Love for Sale
In northern Brazil, Hermila patiently waits for her husband. However, he has abandoned her. Sexy, restless and resolute, she raffles off "a night in paradise" with herself. This beautifully-shot portrait doesn't shy away from the burdens of a young scarred woman, but it also celebrates her courage to live according to her own rules.
Plantation Boy
After being orphaned, a boy is raised by his grandfather and uncles, rich rural landowners, on a sugarcane plantation where he grows up, studies, learns about politics, love and disillusionment.
The Backlands Shall Sea
When an ocean-fascinated cowboy from the Brazilian backlands discovers that the farm where he has worked all his life will be sold, he abandons everything to, finally, get to know the sea. Guided by an old postcard sent by a long-lost love, he embarks on a quest that will redefine his life.
Filmography
as Dona Maria
as Morte
as Maria José
as Joana Eulália
as Tereza (Grandmother)
as Dona Neném
as Chiquinha
as Dira
as Maria
as Piedade dos Anjos
as Deinha
as Dora
as Dona das Dores
as Empregada da Família
as Odete
as Laura
as Mãe de Nonato
as Zezita
as Mulher da Galinha
as Old Woman