Ênio Gonçalves

August 28, 1943 — Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Ênio Gonçalves (Porto Alegre, August 28, 1938 — São Paulo, October 5, 2013) was a Brazilian actor, director and playwright. He majored in journalism and worked in over 30 films, starred in 20 telenovelas, and performed in numerous plays, starting with "Auto de Natal" in 1959.

He studied film directing at the "Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia" in Rome, Italy, and became popular after his performance in Nelson Rodrigues's "Toda Nudez Será Castigada" in 1965, directed by Zbigniew Ziembinski.

He would write some 20 plays, including "2 ou 3 Buracos" (1976), "Dia Torto" (1976), "Vem Contudo" (1977) and "Até as Orelhas" (2004), and adapt literary works such as J. Guimarães Rosa's Sorôco, Sua Mãe, Sua Filha (1975) for the screen and Erico Verissimo's "Sonata".

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The Boy and the Wind

1967

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Movie Dementia

1986

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Promiscuity, the Street Kids of Katia

1984

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Salário Mínimo

1978

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New Wave

1984

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O Olho Mágico do Amor

1981

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Pedra Sobre Pedra

1992

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Suburban Angels

1987