Chico Buarque

AKA: Francisco Buarque de Hollanda
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1944-06-19

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Biography

Francisco Buarque de Hollanda OMC • ComIH, better known as Chico Buarque (Rio de Janeiro, June 19, 1944), is a Brazilian singer, composer, guitarist, playwright, writer and actor. He is considered by many critics to be the greatest living artist in Brazilian music. His discography includes approximately eighty works, including solo albums, in partnership with other musicians and compacts.

Crew Roles

Four Days in September
Music
Turbulence
Novel
Malandro
Writer
Bye Bye Brazil
Music
Se Segura, Malandro!
Songs
O Que Trago do Chumbo - Os 50 Anos do Golpe Militar
Music
Rio's Love Song
Music
Vai Trabalhar Vagabundo II: A Volta
Music
Linha de Montagem
Theme Song Performance
Malandro
Music
Playing in the Dark
Musician
Benjamim
Book
Budapeste
Novel
Carioca Tigre
Music
Para Viver Um Grande Amor
Writer
Para Viver Um Grande Amor
Music
Os Saltimbancos Trapalhões
Writer
Os Saltimbancos Trapalhões
Music
Feijoada Completa
Other
The Oyster and the Wind
Songs
A Noiva da Cidade
Songs
Joanna Francesa
Original Music Composer
The Greatest Love of All
Original Music Composer
The Great Mystical Circus
Music
Go To Work You Bum!
Songs
Morte e Vida Severina
Music
The Machine
Original Music Composer
O Grande Circo Místico
Music
O Sonho de Rose: 10 Anos Depois
Original Music Composer
Perdoa-Me Por Me Traíres
Music
Os Saltimbancos: O Musical
Music
Os Saltimbancos: O Musical
Writer
When Carnaval Comes
Story
When Carnaval Comes
Music
Owner of the Story
Music
Certas Palavras com Chico Buarque
Screenplay
Cleo e Daniel
Original Music Composer
Chico Buarque: Na Carreira
Scenario Writer
Chico Buarque: Na Carreira
Music
Roda Viva Roda Brasil
Musician
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
Original Music Composer
O Anjo Assassino
Music
Lin and Katazan
Novel
República dos Assassinos
Original Music Composer
The Traveling Musicians
Original Story
Sítio do Picapau Amarelo: O Minotauro
Original Music Composer
Geni and the Zeppelin
Original Story
Possible Loves
Songs
Music
Novel
Theme Song Performance
Theme Song Performance
Theme Song Performance
Theme Song Performance
Theme Song Performance
Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {101}

Self

2005-08-24 7.2

Maria Bethânia: Música é Perfume

Brazilian singer Maria Bethania has a 40-year singing career. A documentary shows her concerts and famous family. ...
Genre :Music, Documentary

Self (archive footage)

2022-09-01 7

Maria: Ninguém Sabe Quem Sou Eu

The film is an unprecedented and exclusive testimonial of Maria Bethânia from director and screenwriter Carlos Jardim, interspersed with rare footage of rehearsals and concerts by the singer throughou ...
Genre :Documentary, Music

Self

1970-01-01 10

O Tempo e o Som

Genre :Documentary, Music

Self (archive footage)

2023-04-27 9.5

Jair Rodrigues - Let Them Talk

Jair Rodrigues, the portrait of an artist from a Brazil so close and yet so distant. ...
Genre :Documentary, Music

2011-07-20 0

Dia Voa

"Dia Voa" is a documentary that follows Chico Buarque during the recording of his album, capturing exclusive interviews and unseen footage. It was his first album integrated into digital platforms dur ...
Genre :Documentary

Self (archive footage)

2009-06-19 6.8

Loki: Arnaldo Baptista

Loki brings the trajectory of Arnaldo Baptista from childhood, passing through the most successful phase as leader of the Mutantes, marriage to singer Rita Lee and then separation. He also goes throug ...
Genre :Documentary, Music

Self

1993-09-01 7.8

Beyond Citizen Kane

Beyond Citizen Kane (1993) is a British documentary film directed by Simon Hartog, produced by John Ellis, and broadcast on Channel 4. It details the dominant position of the Rede Globo media group i ...
Genre :Documentary

Chico Buarque

2022-09-08 8.3

The Coup d'État Factory

Brazil has a long tradition of coup d'états. These coups would have not been viable without the support of the big media, particularly TV Globo. Two Brazilian journalists in the UK reveal the manipula ...
Genre :Documentary, History

Self

1985-05-10 0

Nelson de Copo e Alma

Nelson Cavaquinho as seen by Ruy Solberg. ...
Genre :Documentary

2011-03-03 9

Consideração do Poema

Carlos Drummond de Andrade's poetry is read by exponents of Brazilian culture, such as Chico Buarque, Caetano Veloso, Adriana Calcanhoto, Fernanda Torres, Marilia Pera, Antonio Cicero and others. ...
Genre :Documentary

Noel Rosa

1995-11-06 3.7

The Mandarin

The history of Brazilian popular music in the 20th Century, focusing specially on the life and works of intriguing singer Mário Reis, a loner who, with his special way of singing - whispering and soft ...
Genre :History

Self

2007-01-14 6.9

Oscar Niemeyer: Life is a Breath of Air

A documentary made to coincide with Niemeyer's 100th birthday. The renowned architect talks about his long life, his inspirations, and his aspirations towards a just Brazil, and the ways he tried to h ...
Genre :Documentary

Self - Interviewed

2017-05-06 0

Fattoruso

Documentary on the life of uruguayan legendary musician Hugo Fattoruso. ...
Genre :Documentary

0

Desconstrução

Genre :Documentary, Music

Self

2015-10-29 0

Betinho: Hope on the Line

Documentary on the life of Brazilian sociologist Herbert de Souza, engaged in the struggle against hunger, SIDA and military dictatorship. ...
Genre :Documentary

2003-01-01 5.2

Ana Carolina - Estampado

O DVD intitulado Estampado da cantora e compositora Ana Carolina traz grandes sucessos e músicas inéditas na voz desse ícone da música brasileira. Você pode conferir faixas novas como "Escurinho", "Ge ...
Genre :Music

2015-03-31 8

Ana Carolina - #AC Ao Vivo

Genre :Music

Self

1996-08-04 0

Jorge Amado

Genre :Documentary

Paulo

1972-07-13 6

When Carnaval Comes

Music manager has to get three of his artists together for a special show, but soon finds out it isn't an easy task. ...
Genre :Comedy, Music

Amante

2001-08-01 4.8

Water and Salt

Ana lives in a little village by the sea, with her husband and daughter. He decides to leave for a few days. That seems to be the ideal solution, because Ana needs to finish a work she has been doing ...
Genre :Drama

Self

2004-03-19 7.5

Raízes do Brasil

Documentary in two parts about Brazilian writer, journalist and sociologist Sérgio Buarque de Holanda. The first part describes how the author used to pass his days with family and friends, while the ...
Genre :Documentary

Self - Singer 'Medo de Amar'

2005-11-01 6.2

Vinicius de Moraes

To celebrate the life and the work of a multifaceted creator – playwright, poet, partner of the most important names of Brazilian pop music and, above all, an enlightened character of the Brazilian cu ...
Genre :Documentary, Music

Self

2008-07-28 0

The Man Who Bottled Clouds

A host of personalities reminisce about the life and work of songwriter, lawyer, and congressman Humberto Teixeira — aka "Baião Doctor" — the author of such classic Brazilian popular songs as "Asa Bra ...
Genre :Music, Documentary

Self

2010-07-30 6.9

A Night in 67

In the 1970s, "festivals" were incredibly popular in Brazil, as they were recorded before a live studio audience, and usually featured a number of elimination rounds. They also formed the springboard ...
Genre :Documentary, Music, History

Self

1967-05-26 6.2

The Girl from Ipanema

Chronicles the life of a 17 year-old girl living in the upper-class Rio de Janeiro neighbourhood of Ipanema. Márcia lives a life of parties and spend her days among bohemians, musicians and intellectu ...
Genre :Drama

Self

1999-01-02 10

Chico e as Cidades

The documentary "Chico e as Cidades" was directed by José Henrique Fonseca in 2001 and re-released by Biscoito Fino in June 2009 with three previously unreleased extras: Cecília's music video and take ...
Genre :Music, Documentary

Self

2015-11-26 7.8

Chico: Brazilian Artist

Chico Buarque is a constant presence in Brazil's art scene and makes up its citizen's popular culture. This wealth in music, poems, theater and novels has been created over the last 50 years and in th ...
Genre :Documentary, Music

Self (archive footage)

2005-01-02 0

Phono 73: A Country and its Music

The biggest Brazilian historical festival of all time. The great cast of the 1973 Phonogram (now Universal Music) meets in three nights to protest against the curtailment of freedom of expression in t ...
Genre :Music

2023-01-30 9

The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus

For this behemoth, Bressane took his opera omnia and edited it in an order that first adheres to historical chronology but soon starts to move backwards and forward. The various pasts – the 60s, the 8 ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2005-08-23 10

Chico Buarque - Anos Dourados

Genre :Documentary, Music

Self

2005-01-01 0

Chico Buarque - Meu Caro Amigo

The DVD MY DEAR FRIEND opens the retrospective series of work of Chico Buarque, highlighting some of his passions: the city of Rio de Janeiro and its partners and friends. "I kept an almost alien loo ...
Genre :Documentary, Music

Self

2005-01-01 0

Chico Buarque - Uma Palavra

Este é o nono DVD da série retrospectiva da obra de Chico Buarque e trata da rica relação entre múcica e literatura nas canções e livros do autor. Gravado em Lisboa, Paris e Budapeste, mostra o artist ...
Genre :Music, Documentary

Self

2005-01-01 0

Chico Buarque - Vai Passar

Genre :Documentary, Music

Self

2005-01-01 0

Chico Buarque - À Flor da Pele

Genre :Documentary, Music

Self

2005-01-01 0

Chico Buarque - Estação Derradeira

Genre :Documentary, Music

Self

2005-01-01 0

Chico Buarque - Bastidores

Genre :Documentary, Music

Self

2015-03-27 0

Chico Buarque - Romance

Genre :Documentary, Music

Self

2005-01-01 0

Chico Buarque - O Futebol

Genre :Documentary, Music

Self

2005-01-01 0

Chico Buarque - Cinema

Genre :Documentary, Music

Self

2005-01-01 10

Chico Buarque - Saltimbancos

Genre :Documentary, Music

Self

2005-01-01 7

Chico Buarque - Roda Viva

Genre :Documentary, Music

Self

2007-07-30 8.5

Chico Buarque: Carioca – Ao Vivo

“Carioca,” Chico Buarque’s first DVD of original songs since As Cidades (1998), features musical direction and arrangements by Luiz Cláudio Ramos and production by Vinícius França. The repertoire incl ...
Genre :Music

Silva 1

1997-05-05 5

Ed Mort

A detective is hired by a mysterious woman to find her missing husband, a master of disguises, and important industry executive. ...
Genre :Comedy

Self

2017-01-20 7.5

The Man Who Killed John Wayne

Genre :Documentary

Self

2003-01-01 0

Evandro Teixeira: Snapshots of Reality

Evandro Teixeira is one of the leading names in world photojournalism, with a career spanning more than 37 years in the Brazilian press. Baiano from Jequié, chose Rio de Janeiro to settle down and it ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

1980-10-10 0

Vinicius para Criança: A Arca de Noé

Genre :Family, Music

Self

2009-03-13 6.4

Palavra (En)Cantada

A journey in the history of the Brazilian songbook with a look at the relationship between poetry and music, sewing testimonials of great names of our culture, musical performances and amazing researc ...
Genre :Documentary, Music

Self

2016-09-23 5.6

Pitanga

This documentary investigates the aesthetic, political and existential trajectory of emblematic Black Brazilian actor Antônio Pitanga. His career spans over five decades, and he has worked with iconic ...
Genre :Documentary

Self (archive footage)

2012-05-20 7

The Music According to Tom Jobim

Half a century ago, Brazilian composer and musician Antonio Carlos "Tom" Jobim (1927-1994) introduced bossa nova to a worldwide audience with "The Girl from Ipanema." This relaxed, cool, sensuous musi ...
Genre :Documentary, Music

Self

1989-10-11 0

Chico, or the Country of the Lost Delicacy

A look into the 25 years of career of famous musician Chico Buarque and his influence in Brazilian culture. ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2017-04-19 0

Eu, Meu Pai e Os Cariocas

Genre :Documentary

Self

2009-07-05 0

Um Homem de Moral

The life and musical work of Brazilian zoologist and composer Paulo Vanzolini, author of very popular songs such as "Ronda," "Volta por Cima," and "Na Boca da Noite," recording tributes to the compose ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2004-03-10 0

MPB dos Tempos da Repressão

Genre :Documentary

Self

2001-02-18 0

Toquinho

Genre :Music

Julinho da Adelaide

1991-01-02 4.6

Vai Trabalhar Vagabundo II: A Volta

Exiled in Acapulco, the bon vivant Dino cheats a rich widow into financing his coming back to Brazil. To avoid getting caught, he hides in a coffin. His fake burial is celebrated in high style and it ...
Genre :Comedy

Self

2019-01-31 7.4

Fevereiros

A record on Brazilian samba school Estação Primeira de Mangueira's victory on the 2016 carnaval parade. Mangueira's parade that year was a homage to singer Maria Bethânia. The documentary also follows ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2007-12-31 7

Fados

A series of musical performances showcasing the diverse facets of fado, a musical genre from Lisbon. ...
Genre :Music, Documentary

Self

2018-05-17 7.5

The Trial

The impeachment and removal from office of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff in 2016 was triggered by a corruption scandal involving, among others, her then vice-president Michel Temer. Director Mari ...
Genre :Documentary

Intérprete

2018-11-09 10

Chico Buarque: Caravanas – Ao Vivo

Genre :Music

Self

2018-10-23 10

O Samba é Meu Dom

Between 2009 and 2012, filmmaker Cristiano Abud’s team followed the Brazilian samba musician Wilson das Neves. The result is this documentary, which recaptures the trajectory of Wilson, considered the ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2012-01-20 5.2

Aperana Street 52

In his film Rua Aperana 52 Júlio Bressane describes the invention of a landscape, the topology of a corner of Rio de Janeiro. The film consists of a series of photographs taken between 1909 and 1955 b ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

1980-10-30 0

Certas Palavras com Chico Buarque

The life and work of Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer, playwright, writer and poet Chico Buarque de Hollanda. ...
Genre :Documentary

Self (archive footage)

2005-01-02 0

João do Vale, Muita Gente Desconhece

Latest images of the artist still alive, an unprecedented composition, testimonies of friends, family and icons of Brazilian culture. ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2006-01-01 0

Chico Buarque - Palavra-Chave

44 clips about themes, places and people that have appeared on the series ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2012-10-20 10

Chico Buarque: Na Carreira

Five years after his last tour, Chico Buarque returns with a show to launch his newest CD, Chico, which has already sold over 80,000 copies. Despite having one of the most solid and prolific careers i ...
Genre :Music

Self

2001-08-24 0

Brazil's Maria Bethânia

This is a journey of friendship, an Argentinian is going to rediscover his continent while searching for his friend from Bahia. And while the work, the records and the career of this great lady of Bra ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2006-08-19 0

O Sol - Caminhando contra o vento

Documentary about the 68-generation, told through the story of the newspaper “O Sol”, one of the first vehicles of the alternative Brazilian press, produced daily for six months, in the 1960s. The new ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2010-03-04 7

Augusto Boal and the Theatre of the Oppressed

The movie "Augusto Boal and the Theatre of the Oppressed" shows the path of the dramaturgo Augusto Boal at the creation of a theatre that has as objective to transform those who participate it in a sp ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2012-01-01 0

Meu Caro Amigo Chico

Genre :Documentary

Self

1995-01-01 0

Flamengo: A Century of Passion

When Brazilian multi-sport club completed its 100th anniversary, this documentary narrated its story by interviewing some of its most important sportsmen ever, in football, basketball, rowing. ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2009-08-08 0

Roberta Sá - Pra Se Ter Alegria

Genre :Music

Self (archive footage)

2018-07-15 0

Semente da Música Brasileira

It tells the story of the musicians who revitalized Lapa, from the end of the 90s, in meetings on the small stage of "Bar Semente". The documentary is a historical record of a stronghold of cultural e ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2000-10-29 7.5

Another Country

The Portuguese Revolution (1974-75) seen through the eyes of some of the most important photographers and filmmakers that witnessed the event. Their dreams and expectations and what came out of the re ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2020-09-10 7

Porfírio do Amaral: A Verdade Sobre o Samba

Genre :Documentary, Music

Self

1987-06-25 0

Brascuba

Genre :Documentary

Self

1973-10-26 0

Chico Buarque MPB Especial

Chico Buarque and MPB-4 performing live at TV Cultura. ...
Genre :Music

Self

2007-01-01 0

Vento Bravo

Genre :Documentary

2012-07-13 7

Clara

Orphaned by father and mother, Clara has always dreamed of building a singing career. At the age of 16, she moved to Belo Horizonte, where she won the ABC Golden Voice contest. In 1966, she recorded h ...
Genre :

Self

2020-09-21 0

Ney - À Flor da Pele

The impact of Ney Matogrosso's performances on his audience and the reverberation of that impact on Brazilian culture, from the second half of the 20th century to the present. An audiovisual anthology ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2020-09-15 7.2

A World Without Beethoven?

"What would the world be like without Beethoven?" That’s the provocative question posed by this music documentary from Deutsche Welle. To answer it, the film explores how Ludwig van Beethoven's innova ...
Genre :Documentary, TV Movie, History

Self

2013-11-30 9

A Farra do Circo

This documentary highlights the evolution of Brazil's Circo Voador venue from homespun artists' performance space to national cultural institution. ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2021-05-27 7

Alvorada

The film narrates, from an intimate point of view, the daily life of President Dilma Rousseff in her official residence, the Palácio do Alvorada, while awaiting the verdict of the impeachment process. ...
Genre :Documentary, History

Self

2014-01-01 0

Éramos Todos Loucos

A documentary about the production of Hugo Carvana's successful film "Vai Trabalhar, Vagabundo", from 1973. ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2021-04-10 5

Desire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro Oficina

In six decades, Teatro Oficina has done more than revolutionize theatrical language in the country: the aesthetic influence of José Celso Martinez Corrêa's company extends from Tropicalism to the rene ...
Genre :Documentary

Self (archive footage)

2024-08-13 0

Toquinho Maravilhoso

The documentary narrates the life of Toquinho, one of the greatest Brazilian artists, a musician who transcends the barriers of time and language with his sensitivity. A story that shapes Brazilian po ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2024-11-28 0

Nas Ondas de Dorival Caymmi

The film reveals the creation of poet Dorival Caymmi's musical works with testimonies from researchers, journalists and friends who lived with him and were able to enjoy his wisdom and talent. ...
Genre :Documentary

Self (archive footage)

2014-05-15 6

Naked Eye

“Naked Eye” is a film-documentary of long-length of the artistic and existential universe of the singer Ney Matogrosso, which proposes to recreate through archive’s images in counterpoint with the cur ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

1989-12-25 0

Dias de Euforia

Record of the 1989 elections, when Brazil was divided between Lula and Fernando Collor. It brings together material gathered from the streets of São Paulo, television broadcasts, and support from arti ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2022-09-10 7.5

Miúcha, The Voice of Bossa Nova

Despite her position at the epicentre of the Brazilian bossa nova scene, singer Heloísa Maria Buarque de Hollanda, known as Miúcha, has been largely underappreciated. This documentary, which dives int ...
Genre :Documentary, Music

Self (voice)

2023-10-06 6.446

They Shot the Piano Player

New York, 2010. Jeff Harris, a music journalist, sets out to uncover the truth about Francisco Tenório Júnior, a young Brazilian samba-jazz pianist who disappeared in Buenos Aires on March 18, 1976. ...
Genre :Animation, Drama, History

Himself

2019-07-07 7.2

1964: Brazil between weapons and books

We question the most unquestionable period in our history. The result was an international investigation with part of secret attempts, discovery of Soviet documents and a lot of investigation by the B ...
Genre :Documentary, Drama

0

Chico Buarque - Ginásio da Unicamp, 1987

Genre :Music

Self

1986-04-25 0

Chico & Caetano

Genre :Reality

Self

1986-12-28 0

Criança Esperança

Genre :Family

Self

1980-03-07 0

Grandes Nomes

Genre :Documentary

Self

2022-03-11 6

2022

Genre :Documentary

Self

2000-12-12 0

O Povo Brasileiro

Directed by Isa Grinspum Ferraz, the series O Povo Brasileiro proposes a deep dive into the history of Brazil to talk about historical, social and cultural formations that constitute the identities of ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

1972-01-12 8

Le Grand Échiquier

Genre :Reality

Self

1994-04-10 0

NeXt

Genre :Talk

Self

2022-01-07 9.5

O Canto Livre de Nara Leão

Nara Leão revolutionized Brazilian music, broke prejudices, confronted the military dictatorship, opened paths for women. All this without changing the tone of her voice. ...
Genre :Documentary

Self

2022-03-04 6

Elza & Mané: Amor em Linhas Tortas

Genre :Documentary