Miguel Faria Jr.

Miguel Faria Jr.

80 (1944-09-28)
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Miguel Faria Jr. (born 28 September 1944) is a Brazilian film director and screenwriter. He directed 14 films between 1969 and 2015. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The Xango from Baker Street 2001 (6.5)

Rio de Janeiro, 1886. A precious Stradivarius violin presented to Emperor Dom Pedro II is stolen. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are called to solve the case.
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Chico: Brazilian Artist 2015 (7.9)

Chico Buarque is a constant presence in Brazil's art scene and makes up its citizen's popular culture. This wealth in music, poems, theater and novels has been created over the last 50 years and in this film Chico Buarque converses about his memories, shows, daily life, work methods, creative process, in summary all his trajectory. The musician’s search for his German brother, whom he never got to meet, serves as one of the axis for the narrative.
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Vinicius de Moraes 2005 (6.2)

To celebrate the life and the work of a multifaceted creator – playwright, poet, partner of the most important names of Brazilian pop music and, above all, an enlightened character of the Brazilian cultural history - director Miguel Faria Jr. gathered an incomparable cast of partners, singers, friends and rare images from the archives recalling Vinícius’ genial simplicity, with the spontaneity, the humor, and the freedom of a person chatting over a bar table, exactly how the eternal Vinícius would enjoy.