Maria Alice Vergueiro

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Jan 19, 1935 (90 years old)
Death date
Jun 03, 2020

Maria Alice Vergueiro

Known For

Desire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro Oficina
1h 48m
Movie 2021

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 renewal of Brazilian audiovisual languages ​​from the 1960s onwards. The film revisits a story that it involves personalities such as Caetano Veloso, Glauber Rocha, Lina Bo Bardi, Chico Buarque and Zé do Caixão, brings together scenic art, ecology, architecture and sexuality, and mixes art and life in the search for a Brazilian based language.

Vergel
1h 26m
Movie 2017

Vergel

A sudden mourning brings a woman to the edge of madness. Funeral procedures, heat and a neighbor that comes to water the plants, come together in an emotional journey where it is impossible to distinguish the real from the unreal.

Rosinha
0h 15m
Movie 2016

Rosinha

A short film about love and sexuality in the old age, and the struggle to overcome social conventions.

Evoé: Portrait of an Anthropophage
1h 44m
Movie 2011

Evoé: Portrait of an Anthropophage

A film that mixes labyrinthine recent testimonies and historical images of the career of the tropicalista director, actor and playwright Zé Celso, of Teatro Oficina, one of the greatest personalities of the Brazilian arts of all time. The documentary acquired its main verb in four trips to key points in the trajectory of Zé: Bahia badlands, Cururipe Beach in Alagoas (where Bishop Sardinha was devoured), Epidaurus and Athens in Greece and his apartment in São Paulo.

Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
0h 26m
Movie 1997

Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional

"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."

Scent of Gardenias
1h 58m
Movie 1992

Scent of Gardenias

Daniel is a taxi driver who’s married to Adalgisa. When she starts acting in low-budget movies, he forbids her from seeing their son, Joaquim. For more than a decade, Daniel nurtures a feeling of revenge for his ex-wife, which gains strength when their now adult son finds his mother in full professional decay.

The Body
1h 17m
Movie 1991

The Body

Xavier, a pharmacist, lives peacefully in bigamy with his two women, Carmen and Beatriz, but the harmony breaks down when they find he has another lover, Monique, a nightclub dancer.

Olímpicos
0h 7m
Movie 1991

Olímpicos

At a poker table, five players discuss the possibility of having, in the Olympic Games, instead of the bow and arrow, the game of poker as an official modality.

Biography

Maria Alice Monteiro de Campos Vergueiro (São Paulo, January 19, 1935 — São Paulo, June 3, 2020) was a Brazilian pedagogue, university professor and theater actress with an extensive career on stage, in cinema and on television.

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