Nuno Leal Maia

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Kiss of the Spider Woman

(1985)

Drama

Luis Molina and Valentin Arregui are cell mates in a South American prison. Luis, a gay man, is found guilty of immoral behaviour and Valentin is a political prisoner. To escape reality Luis invents romantic movies, while Valentin tries to keep his mind on the situation he's in. During the time they spend together, the two men come to ...

Runtime:

120 min

Director:

Héctor Babenco

Cast:

William Hurt, Raúl Juliá, Sônia Braga, José Lewgoy, Walter Breda

7.3

87%

80

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Lady on the Bus

(1978)

Drama

Solange is a recently married young woman whose wedding night did not end well. After constant fights with her husband, she decides to live through her sexual frustration by sleeping with strangers she picks up on crowded buses in Rio de Janeiro.

Runtime:

96 min

6.0

N/A

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The Scarlet Scorpion

(1990)

Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Anjo is a millionaire playboy who fights the forces of crime, especially his deadly enemy, the arch-villain Scarlet Scorpion, who recently has kidnapped the fashion designer Glória Campos, who is in love with our hero.

Runtime:

90 min

Director:

Ivan Cardoso

Cast:

Herson Capri, Andréa Beltrão, Nuno Leal Maia, Monique Evans, Suzana Mattos

6.0

N/A

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The Man from Itu

(1978)

Comedy

Shy countryboy from Itu (a town in Brazil where everything is unusually big) is invited to work in the house of a rich woman, who ends up discovering the boy's hidden (and big) qualities...

Runtime:

104 min

Cast:

Nuno Leal Maia, Consuelo Leandro, Maria Luíza Castelli, Helena Ramos, Aldine Muller

5.8

N/A

Perdoa-Me Por Me Traíres

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Perdoa-Me Por Me Traíres

(1983)

Drama

Glorinha, a middle-class 15 year old girl, always thought her mother Judite had killed herself, and that her father Gilberto has gone crazy as result. Her friend Nair takes her to a high-class bordello, where she wants to work. When uncle Raul, who raised her, discovers her prostitution, he decides to finally tell her all the truth abo...

Runtime:

87 min

Director:

Braz Chediak

Cast:

Vera Fischer, Nuno Leal Maia, Lídia Brondi, Rubens Correia, Sadi Cabral

6.2

N/A

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Whatever Happened to Dulce Veiga?

(2008)

Drama, Mystery

Dulce Veiga is an actress and singer who was successful for a short period of time that mysteriously disappeared. Caio, a writer and journalist, publishes a chronicle recounting his memories of Dulce Veiga, which generates a huge response. Meanwhile, the journalist becomes increasingly obsessed with the personality of the daughter of D...

Runtime:

134 min

Director:

Guilherme de Almeida Prado

Cast:

Maitê Proença, Eriberto Leão, Carolina Dieckmann, Nuno Leal Maia, Christiane Torloni

6.0

N/A

As Feras

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As Feras

(1995)

Drama

Paulo has a strange relationship with his cousin Sônia, whom he loves since childhood. But she despises him and, being in love with another woman, causes a lot of humiliating situations to him.

Runtime:

94 min

Director:

Walter Hugo Khouri

Cast:

Nuno Leal Maia, Cláudia Liz, Lucia Verissimo, Monique Lafond, Vanusa Spindler

6.0

N/A

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The Seven Vampires

(1986)

Comedy, Horror

Botanist is incapable of handling a carnivore plant that turns its victims into vampires. Clumsy detective and his secretary are hired to solve the mysterious deaths happening in a nightclub show.

Runtime:

100 min

Director:

Ivan Cardoso

Cast:

Nicole Puzzi, Nuno Leal Maia, Andréa Beltrão, Suzana Mattos, John Herbert

4.8

N/A

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O Princípio do Prazer

(1979)

Drama

In a financially troubled farm in the 1930's, its depraved owners become attracted to their new handsome and young handyman.

Runtime:

90 min

Director:

Luiz Carlos Lacerda

Cast:

Odete Lara, Paulo Villaça, Ana Maria Miranda, Luiz Antonio Magalhães, Nuno Leal Maia

6.4

N/A

The Claudia Case

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The Claudia Case

(1979)

Crime

Based on the true events that took place in the 70s, in Rio de Janeiro. The body of beautiful girl Cláudia Lessin Rodrigues, actress Márcia Rodrigues's sister, was found in the seashore. After Police investigation, it was found she had been murdered on a party by a rich industrialist's son and his socialite hairdresser buddy, after muc...

Runtime:

115 min

Director:

Miguel Borges

Cast:

Kátia d'Angelo, Jonas Bloch, Carlos Eduardo Dolabella, Roberto Bonfim, Luiz Armando Queiroz

5.4

N/A

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Louco Por Cinema

(1994)

Movie director gets crazy while shooting a film, and goes to a mental institution. There, he leads a revolt, kidnapping a group of Human Rights activists and demanding a camera as ransom.

Runtime:

100 min

Director:

André Luiz Oliveira

Cast:

Nuno Leal Maia, Denise Bandeira, Roberto Bonfim, Jairo Mattos, Noemi Marinho

5.5

N/A

Águia na Cabeça

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Águia na Cabeça

(1984)

Crime, Drama

A senator having contacts with illegal betting activities is killed by the man who is his right arm, who wanted to get his position. But the power structure resents this disturbance and can fall apart, specially since there's a witness.

Director:

Paulo Thiago

Cast:

Nuno Leal Maia, Christiane Torloni, Zezé Motta, Jece Valadão, Xuxa Lopes

5.2

N/A

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Índia, a Filha do Sol

(1982)

Drama

A military man picks up a Native Brazilian woman and heads to a gold panning site where he has undisclosed business to attend to.

Runtime:

84 min

Director:

Fábio Barreto

Cast:

Glória Pires, Nuno Leal Maia, Pedro Paulo Rangel, Sebastião Vasconcelos, Ruy Polanah

5.0

N/A

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Inquietações de Uma Mulher Casada

(1978)

Drama

Unhappy with her marriage, woman looks for sexual satisfaction by any means.

Runtime:

78 min

Director:

Alberto Salvá

Cast:

Denise Bandeira, Otávio Augusto, Nuno Leal Maia

5.4

N/A

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O Bom Marido

(1978)

Couple spend more than they can afford. In financial trouble, the husband Alfredinho devises a strange kind of business, for foreign executives, in which the product is his own wife Malu. They succeed, and soon other couples start doing the same thing, establishing the competition.

Runtime:

90 min

Director:

Antônio Calmon

Cast:

Renato Coutinho, Maria Lúcia Dahl, Nuno Leal Maia, Marcos Nilo Matstani

6.0

N/A

Ao Sul do Meu Corpo

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Ao Sul do Meu Corpo

(1982)

Drama

São Paulo, late 30's. Alberto (Paulo César Pereio) is an intellectual and professor who announces to his friend and pupil Polidoro (Nuno Leal Maia) he won a scholarship to study in Paris. In Paris Polidoro receives a letter in which Alberto announces that he married Helena (Ana Maria Nascimento e Silva). Polidoro returns to Brazil in 1...

Runtime:

100 min

Director:

Paulo César Saraceni

Cast:

Nuno Leal Maia, Paulo César Peréio, Othon Bastos, Ana Maria Nascimento e Silva

5.1

N/A

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Anjo Loiro

(1973)

Drama

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.

Runtime:

103 min

6.9

N/A

Paranóia

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Paranóia

(1976)

Crime

Four thieves enter a house and terrorize a family.

Runtime:

90 min

Director:

Antônio Calmon

Cast:

Paulo Villaça, Nuno Leal Maia, Norma Bengell, Anselmo Duarte, Lucélia Santos

5.7

N/A

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Elas São do Baralho

(1977)

Comedy

Director:

Silvio de Abreu

Cast:

Cláudio Corrêa e Castro, Sonia Mamede, Antônio Fagundes, Nuno Leal Maia

5.0

N/A

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Rei do Rio

(1985)

Crime, Drama

Two friends get rich running an illegal gambling business. But soon they start to compete, and become rivals.

Director:

Fábio Barreto

Cast:

Nuno Leal Maia, Nelson Xavier, Milton Gonçalves, Andréa Beltrão, Amparo Grisales

4.5

N/A

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A Werewolf in the Amazon

(2005)

Comedy, Horror

In search of a powerful hallucinogenic, five friends embark on a dangerous journey deep into the Amazon. But a bad trip isn't the only threat as they discover when they stumble across the hidden camp of the crazed Dr. Moreau and his murderous animal-human hybrid creations.

Runtime:

77 min

Director:

Ivan Cardoso

Cast:

Paul Naschy, Danielle Winits, Evandro Mesquita, Karina Bacchi, Djin Sganzerla

4.3

N/A

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Act of Violence

(1981)

Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller

Antônio Nunes is sentenced to 30 years in jail, after having killed a woman, and becomes known as ripper of women. Infatuated Tânia begins to visit him frequently and hires a lawyer to try to take him out.

Runtime:

112 min

5.2

N/A

Oceano Atlantis

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Oceano Atlantis

(1993)

Adventure, Science Fiction

In a Rio de Janeiro after the catastrophe, only the hills were immune to a flood that left the asphalt submerged. While the Navy is rationing provisions and some are sacrificing themselves to avoid starvation, a diver goes to the bottom of the sea and finds a submerged civilization there.

Runtime:

80 min

Director:

Francisco de Paula

Cast:

Antonio Abujamra, Arduíno Colassanti, Dercy Gonçalves, Nuno Leal Maia, Guará Rodrigues

N/A

Chão Bruto

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Chão Bruto

(1976)

Drama

Director:

Dionísio Azevedo

Cast:

Maurício do Valle, Geórgia Gomide, Nuno Leal Maia, Adriano Stuart, Regina Duarte

N/A

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O Escolhido de Iemanjá

(1978)

Drama, Fantasy

3.1

N/A

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