List of the best Nelson Xavier movies: Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands(1977), Trash(2014), At Play in the Fields of the Lord(1991), Gabriela(1983) ... ...
Comedy
Brazil
1977
118 Minutes
Mirandão, Vadinho's Buddy
Sonia Braga José Wilker Mauro Mendonça Dinorah Brillanti Nelson Xavier Rui Resende Arthur Costa Mário Gusmão
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In a small city of Brazil, a woman named Flor marries a man named Vadinho, but once married she finds that he is a good-for-nothing. She works teaching cooking and he takes all of her money... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy, Adventure, Drama
UK|Brazil|Germany
2014
113 Minutes
Clemente
Selton Mello Wagner Moura Rooney Mara Martin Sheen Rickson Tevis Eduardo Luís Gabriel Weinstein Nelson Xavier André Ramiro Jesuíta Barbosa Daniel Zettel
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Set in Brazil, three kids who make a discovery in a garbage dump soon find themselves running from the cops and trying to right a terrible wrong.
Adventure
USA|Brazil
1991
187 Minutes
Father Xantes
Tom Berenger Aidan Quinn Kathy Bates John Lithgow Daryl Hannah Tom Waits Stênio Garcia Nelson Xavier José Dumont Niilo Kivirinta S. Yriwana Karaja
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Martin and Hazel Quarrier are small-town fundamentalist missionaries sent to the jungles of South America to convert the Indians. Their remote mission was previously run by the Catholics, ... See full summary »
Drama
Brazil
1983
102 Minutes
Capitão
Sonia Braga Marcello Mastroianni Michael Coby Paulo Goulart Nicole Puzzi Flávio Galvão Nildo Parente Nuno Leal Maia Nelson Xavier
In 1925, Nacib (Marcello Mastroianni) is the owner of bar in a small Brazilian coastal town runs by the local colonels. He meets Gabriela (Sonia Braga) and hires her on as a cook. They soon... See full summary »