Ivan Cândido

Ivan Cândido
Total Credits at Criticker: 10 (Actor)
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Boca de Ouro
When powerful outlaw "Boca de Ouro" dies, a reporter interviews his former lover Guigui, to try to outline his personality. But the woman offers him three different versions of the facts, following the changes of her own personal feelings towards the man. (imdb)
Lúcio Flávio, o Passageiro da Agonia
Story of Brazilian bank-robber Lúcio Flávio, who fascinated some people in Rio de Janeiro during the 1970s for his bold robberies and spectacular escapes, and also because he was thought to be intelligent and "politically aware". Before dying, he disclosed a network of corruption in Brazilian Police, and its involvement with the infamous "Death Squad" of the time, a group of policemen who went about killing criminals without giving them a fair trial. (imdb)
Pra Frente, Brasil
The torturing of prisoners in the 1970s is the focus of this film that was banned in Brazil, and banned at Cannes or in private screening rooms by the head of the Embrafilme studios who paid for Pra Frente Brazil. The former head of the studio was fired for making the film. The story concerns a man who is picked up by the police because they mistake him for a terrorist... (The New York Times)
A Falecida
Woman who is obsessed with death wants a first-class burial for herself, and even buys a luxury coffin beforehand. (imdb)
Luz del Fuego
The biography of controversial Brazilian artist Luz del Fuego (her artistic name), highlighting her eccentric lifestyle and public manifestations. As in the film, she is best remembered for being ahead of her time, and for her public outcry (also the movie's tagline): Todo Mundo Nu! (Everyone get naked!). She was also an ardent activist of nudism, in an era where nudism was not exactly embraced. (imdb)
Tensão no Rio
During the President of Valdivia's official visit to Brazil, Minister of Energy dies in a terrorist action, and the President suffers a heart attack. A diplomat tries to minimize the scandal, since the press starts writing about the First Lady and the President's mistress. (imdb)
A Cartomante
The eternal love triangle in two different times. In 1871 and a hundred years later. Costumes change but the sentimental conflicts remain the same.
O Barão Otelo no Barato dos Bilhões
The adventures of a man of many women and jobs. (imdb)
Pecado na Sacristia
Man who cuts sugar-cane kills his unfaithful wife and runs away. He meets a strange figure who introduces himself as a lost soul, daring him to do some missions along the way. One of these missions is finding a treasure and give half of it to the Church. He also has to fight against some Brazilian folkloric entities, such as the Mule-Without-a-Head, the Mother-of-the-Waters and other menacing creatures. (imdb)
Urubus e Papagaios
High Court judge returns to the small town where he was born, bringing along his beautiful and young wife. The local men get aroused and start looking for young lovers at the local bordello. Their wives even make promises and novenas asking the disappearance of the new couple. One day, the judge dies, leaving his wife unsatisfied. The corpse, as if wanting revenge, keeps an erection on. (imdb)