
Anselmo Duarte Bento (April 21, 1920 – November 7, 2009) was a Brazilian actor, screenwriter and film director.
Initially known as a leading man in popular musical comedies (known in Brazil as "chanchadas"), he debuted as filmmaker in 1957's "Absolutamente Certo", in which he also stars. His next film, "O Pagador de Promessas" (1962), adapted from a stage play by Dias Gomes, won the Golden Palm at the 1962 Cannes Film Festival. It is, to date, the only Brazilian feature film to be so distinguished and the first Cannes' Southern Hemisphere Golden Palm for best feature film.
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.
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as Presidente da Valdivía

as Felipe

as Trindade (José Trindade Duarte / José Francisco Trindade) · 120 episodes



as Atílio



as Lemos

as Adriano Mourão

as Estênio

as Lieutenant

as Daniel das Dornas
as Pablo

as Tito Livio

as Zé do Lino

as Tenente Luís

as Zé da Bomba


as Ricardo

as Rodolfo Fontes


as Dr. Carlos


as Ricardo


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