Xica
Move over Evita, it’s Xica’s time now!
1976 · 1h 57m · N/A
Comedy, Drama, History
Directed by
Carlos Diegues
Overview
The romanced story of Xica da Silva, a slave that used her "feminine atributes" in order to get power.
Director and cast
- Carlos Diegues Director
- Zezé Motta as Xica da Silva
- Walmor Chagas as Comendador João Fernandes
- Altair Lima as Intendente
- Elke Maravilha as Hortência
- Stepan Nercessian as José
- Rodolfo Arena as Sargento-Mor
- José Wilker as The Count of Valadares
- Marcus Vinícius as Teodoro
- João Felício dos Santos as Padre
- Dara Kocy Cast
More films
Gladiator (2000)
Action · Adventure · Drama · R
After the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his devious son takes power and demotes Maximus, one of Rome's most capable generals who Marcus preferred. Eventually, Maximus is forced to become a gladiator and battle to the death against other men for the amusement of paying audiences.
- Runtime
- 2h 35m
- Director
- Ridley Scott
- Cast
- Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Drama · Romance · War · G
The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.
- Runtime
- 3h 58m
- Director
- Victor Fleming
- Cast
- Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Olivia de Havilland
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Action · Adventure · Drama · Science Fiction · G
Astronaut Taylor crash lands on a distant planet ruled by apes who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds himself among the hunted, his life in the hands of a benevolent chimpanzee scientist.
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Director
- Franklin J. Schaffner
- Cast
- Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter
Manderlay (2005)
Drama · Not Rated
In 1933, a young woman and her father discover an Alabama plantation whose inhabitants live as if slavery had never been abolished. Feeling a sense of duty to those behind the heavy gates, she stays to liberate the people and see them through their first harvest. With four of her father's colleagues and a lawyer, she faces the daunting...
- Runtime
- 2h 18m
- Director
- Lars von Trier
- Cast
- Bryce Dallas Howard, Isaach de Bankolé, Danny Glover
That Man from Rio (1964)
Action · Adventure · Comedy · Not Rated
French military man Adrien Dufourquet gets an eight-day furlough to visit his fiancée, Agnès. But when he arrives in Paris, he learns that her late father's partner, museum curator Professor Catalan, has just been kidnapped by a group of Amazon tribesmen who have also stolen a priceless statue from the museum. Adrien and Agnès pursue t...
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Director
- Philippe de Broca
- Cast
- Jean-Paul Belmondo, Françoise Dorléac, Jean Servais
Underground (2007)
Action · Not Rated
In the UK suburbs, an underground tournament is set to challenge twelve fighters from different backgrounds to compete for the price of £500,000. They have been handpicked for a no-holds barred competition that will push each fighter to their limit. Each fighter has their own reason for competing, and each will give everything they've ...
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Director
- Chee Keong Cheung
- Cast
- Mark Strange, Nathan Lewis, Joey Ansah
Bodyguard: A New Beginning (2008)
Action · Drama · Thriller · R
Leung is the bodyguard of a Chinese Triad boss, Wong, to whom his loyalty is unrivaled. Living in Hong Kong, Wong requests that his bodyguard travel to the UK to protect a young British woman, whose true identity is known only by Wong himself. Even Wong's son, Yuen, is kept in the dark, which leads to a betrayal that threatens to destr...
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Director
- Chee Keong Cheung
- Cast
- Vincent Sze Cho-Lam, Richard Ng Yiu-Hon, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa









Comments
Talk about the film with other members