João Miguel

João Miguel

João Miguel Serrano Leonelli, better known simply as João Miguel (Salvador, January 1, 1970), is a Brazilian actor, screenwriter and director, son of politician Domingos Leonelli and artist Magali Serrano. Known for his performances in film, television and theater, he has received numerous awards including three Grande Otelos, one Kikito, one ACIE, three Guaranis, one Shell and one APCA.

  • Title: João Miguel
  • Popularity: 0.5265
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1970-01-01
  • Place of Birth: Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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João Miguel Movies

  • 2005
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    Lower City

    Lower City

    6.4 2005 HD

    Best friends Deco and Naldinho co-own a cargo boat in Brazil's Salvador da Bahia. They give a ride to a sultry prostitute named Karinna, and soon both men fall prey to her considerable sexual charms, pushing the bounds of their friendship to the limit.

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  • 2005
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    Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures

    Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures

    6.931 2005 HD

    1942, in the middle of Northeastern Brazil, two very different men meet along the road: Johan, an aspirin salesman avoiding the German draft, and Ranulpho, a rural Brazilian seeking escape from the drought.

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  • 2010
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    Extreme Happiness

    Extreme Happiness

    3.65 2010 HD

    Shortly after World War II, the city of Rio de Janeiro experiments a period of great cultural, political and economic effervescence, when all the dreams – or nearly all – seem possible. In this exciting scenery of transformation, Paulo discovers love, friendship and sex through his childhood and adolescence in the 1950’s and 1960’s.

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  • 2007
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    Estômago: A Gastronomic Story

    Estômago: A Gastronomic Story

    7.9 2007 HD

    In a dog-eat-dog world, Raimundo Nonato has found an alternative way to move ahead: he cooks. No matter what social strata this deceptively innocent young man inhabits, he hones his skills and sharpens his knives—and then he falls in love. Jorge's nimble comic fable provides a smartly constructed gastronomic allegory for ambition and survival.

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  • 2006
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    Love for Sale

    Love for Sale

    7.383 2006 HD

    In northern Brazil, Hermila patiently waits for her husband. However, he has abandoned her. Sexy, restless and resolute, she raffles off "a night in paradise" with herself. This beautifully-shot portrait doesn't shy away from the burdens of a young scarred woman, but it also celebrates her courage to live according to her own rules.

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  • 2012
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    Xingu

    Xingu

    7.382 2012 HD

    In the '40s, three brothers decide to live a great adventure and enlisting in the Roncador-Xingu Expedition, which has a mission to tame the Central Brazil. The Villas Boas brothers: Orlando, 27, Claudius, 25, and Leonardo, 23, engage in a fantastic and incredible saga. Soon start to lead the expedition that opens new paths 1,500 km, navigates over 1,000 miles of unspoilt rivers, opens 19 airfields for airplanes Army, gives rise to the creation of 43 towns and 14 make contact with wild Indian tribes, unknown, as the Xavante, courageous and feared warriors, no casualties on both sides. This adventure allows the Villas Boas brothers the creation of the Xingu National Park, the first major Amerindian reservation in Brazil, the size of Belgium, transforming them into true contemporary heroes.

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  • 2012
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    Once Upon a Time Veronica

    Once Upon a Time Veronica

    5.8 2012 HD

    Veronica, a young woman, lives in Recife, one of the most violent cities in Brazil. Her life is filled with fleeting love affairs and passing romances. As her father feels his death approaching, he asks a favor: that she finds true love before he passes away.

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  • 2012
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    Along the Way

    Along the Way

    7.6 2012 HD

    To escape past traumas, a truck driver João decides to leave his hometown behind and travel cross the country. Alone and lonely he drives all over Brazil until João discovers hiding in his truck a motherless boy looking for his father. Reluctantly, João agrees to take the boy to the nearest town and, during the trip, he finally finds the courage to face his past.

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  • 2012
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    Gonzaga: From Father to Son

    Gonzaga: From Father to Son

    7.2 2012 HD

    Luiz Gonzaga decides to change his destiny and leaves his childhood home for the big city to overcome a romance. When he arrives, he meets a woman he falls in love with, the Odaleia (Nanda Costa). After the birth of his son and his wife's health complications, he decides to return to the road to ensure a better future for his son. He has a friend in Rio de Janeiro and with him leaves the little one and heads to Brazil. He didn't imagine that this distance between them would develop into a complicated relationship, enhanced by the strong personalities of both. Based on conversations between father and son, this is the story of Luiz Gonzaga, a singer and accordion player known as Rei do Baião or Gonzagão.

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  • 2012
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    Eden

    Eden

    6.7 2012 HD

    Rio de Janeiro, 2012. 30 year-old Karine, 8 months pregnant, loses her husband in a senseless murder. She and her brother almost die, but are saved by Pastor Naldo, an evangelical pastor from the Church of Eden. Karine carries within her the conflict of salvation via the church or via the birth of her child.

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  • 2011
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    Ex-It

    Ex-It

    3.8 2011 HD

    Freely inspired by the work Catatau, by Paulo Leminski, the plot begins with the historical hypothesis imagined by the poet from Curitiba: “What if René Descartes had come to Brazil with Maurício de Nassau?” The film materializes this hypothesis and joins the father of modern philosophy in his journey through the tropics. Under the effect of hallucinatory herbs, he investigates questions revolving around geometry and optics in the face of an absolutely strange world. Known for his famous sentence “I think, therefore I am”, Descartes faces his doubt towards phenomena reason doesn’t explain. René, Renatus, Re born.

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  • 2013
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    Bonitinha, Mas Ordinária

    Bonitinha, Mas Ordinária

    4.5 2013 HD

    Edgard works as a subordinate in the company of millionaire Werneck and is in love with Ritinha, a simple woman who works as a teacher to support her mother and her three sisters. One day, Peixoto, Werneck's son-in-law, makes him a proposal to marry Maria, the boss's daughter. The reason is that Maria was abused and now is being forced to marry by her family. Edgard hesitates first but accepts the offer. From then on he enters into a great doubt: should he deposit the check and marry Maria or stay with Ritinha, his great love?

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  • 2009
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    Hotel Atlântico

    Hotel Atlântico

    7 2009 HD

    A road movie that follows a solitary man as he sets of on a journey to the south of Brazil. The strange characters and absurd situations he encounters along the way present an extraordinary portrait of human relations.

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  • 2023
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    Atmosfera

    Atmosfera

    1 2023 HD

    Edmundo is the caretaker of a ranch in São Paulo. He lives isolated in nature. His mother's presence haunts him with poetry and memories of the hinterland where he was born. The fine line between memory and delirium leads Edmundo to plunge into fantasies. The poet-caretaker, face to face with death, seeks to give significance to life.

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  • 2007
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    Happy Desert

    Happy Desert

    5.2 2007 HD

    Jéssica is a teenager from Brazilian Northeast. After being abused by her stepfather, she runs away to Recife, where starts to work with sexual tourism. Then, she meets Mark, a German tourist, and falls in love with him.

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  • 2007
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    Mutum

    Mutum

    7.5 2007 HD

    Thiago lives with his family on an isolated farm in the arid backlands of Minas Gerais, Brazil. As the story unfolds and Thiago is forced to confront separations and betrayal within the home, Thiago begins, little by little, to see and understand a place that he had never been able to before, thus slowly letting go of his innocence.

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  • 2022
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    Beyond the Universe

    Beyond the Universe

    7.99 2022 HD

    While waiting for a kidney transplant, a young pianist finds an unexpected connection with her doctor — and the courage to fulfill her musical dreams.

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  • 2024
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    Estomago 2: The Cookfather

    Estomago 2: The Cookfather

    6.8 2024 HD

    Sequel to the award-winning 2007 film, Stomach 2 tells the tasty and bloody dispute between a faction leader and an Italian boss for control of the prison where they are held and the privilege of being served by the talented cook Raimundo Nonato

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  • 2007
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    Esses Moços

    Esses Moços

    5.2 2007 HD

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  • 2011
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    The Time and Turn of Augusto Matraga

    The Time and Turn of Augusto Matraga

    7.9 2011 HD

    Based on Guimarães Rosa's (classic Brazilian author) short story, the movie tells the story of Augusto Matraga, a bankrupt and violent farmer who lives above the Law in Minas Gerais' hinterland. During a difficult time, he finds himself in the middle of a trap that nearly kills him. Born again, Matraga resorts to faith and hard work in the pursuit of redemption. Years later, he arrives at the village reigned by the hinterland's ruler and his thugs. This new friendship will challenge his destiny. Inside Matraga, the Saint and the Warrior will duel until his time comes.

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  • 2015
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    Periscópio

    Periscópio

    2.2 2015 HD

    Élvio and Eric live alone in a small apartment without talking to anyone else. The relationship between the two deteriorates until one day, mysteriously, a periscope appears in the room.

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  • 1970
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    Meu Último Desejo

    Meu Último Desejo

    1 1970 HD

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  • 2018
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    Oblivious Memory

    Oblivious Memory

    7.6 2018 HD

    Carlos is a man doomed by restless memories, that meets with himself, in a time warp. Young Carlos faces the forgetfulness of old Carlos, who doesn't recognize his own appearance. They get a package. But the package seems odd. The knot that ties, the smell, the handwriting on the envelope: this could only be sent by his father, Ernesto, who has been dead for many years. A father who always created unusual situations. In this time warp, Carlos is split in two: one Carlos remembers and the other forgets the moments he spent with his father.

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  • 2024
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    Anna Mariani - Photographic Notes

    Anna Mariani - Photographic Notes

    5 2024 HD

    The paths that the artist traveled to create two essays that are landmarks of contemporary Brazilian photography.

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  • 2008
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    If Nothing Else Works Out

    If Nothing Else Works Out

    6.1 2008 HD

    In 2006, a journalist in financial problems, a woman who dresses as a man and a troubled taxi driver become friends, and gradually, an awkward, strong emotional bond emerges among them, especially when they decide to play a confidence game.

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  • 2011
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    Jardim das Folhas Sagradas

    Jardim das Folhas Sagradas

    1 2011 HD

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  • 2016
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    Ballad of Return

    Ballad of Return

    6.6 2016 HD

    One day, Eduardo arrives at his house and discovers that Julia, his wife, tried to commit suicide. She left her husband and two children without saying goodbye. After some time, she comes back home. He tries everything to set her straight, but the impossibility of knowing her fully grieves him. The shadow of the suicide and the inevitable ghost of a new chance hover over their heads. Eduardo insists on understanding his wife, but an increasing jealousy and an unexpected discovery of her past torture him. He does not realize that, most of the time, the search for control easily becomes an obsession.

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  • 2006
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    I Remember

    I Remember

    6 2006 HD

    The memories of Guiga, from early childhood to young adulthood: his family, relatives, friends, fears, dreams and reality in a still provincial city of Salvador, Bahia, from the 50s to the 70s.

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  • 2019
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    Sou Carnaval de São Salvador

    Sou Carnaval de São Salvador

    1 2019 HD

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  • 2019
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    Pacarrete

    Pacarrete

    7.8 2019 HD

    Russas, a small town in northeastern Brazil, is the home of Pacarrete, a grumpy retired dance teacher who dreams of getting a big shot and starring at a dance spectacle for the whole town to see. She's close to fulfilling that dream, but not without overcoming a few impediments along the way.

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  • 2007
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    Ervas

    Ervas

    1 2007 HD

    Short film based on the story of feature-length film "Estômago"

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  • 2018
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    Eduardo Galeano, Vagamundo

    Eduardo Galeano, Vagamundo

    10 2018 HD

    A hug movie, for the biggest storyteller in Latin America.

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  • 2021
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    To Kill the Beast

    To Kill the Beast

    6.1 2021 HD

    Emilia arrives at her Aunt Inés' hostel located on the Argentina-Brazil border, looking for her missing brother. In this lush jungle a dangerous beast which takes the form of different animals seems to be roaming around.

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  • 2012
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    Xingu

    Xingu

    7.382 2012 HD

    In the '40s, three brothers decide to live a great adventure and enlisting in the Roncador-Xingu Expedition, which has a mission to tame the Central Brazil. The Villas Boas brothers: Orlando, 27, Claudius, 25, and Leonardo, 23, engage in a fantastic and incredible saga. Soon start to lead the expedition that opens new paths 1,500 km, navigates over 1,000 miles of unspoilt rivers, opens 19 airfields for airplanes Army, gives rise to the creation of 43 towns and 14 make contact with wild Indian tribes, unknown, as the Xavante, courageous and feared warriors, no casualties on both sides. This adventure allows the Villas Boas brothers the creation of the Xingu National Park, the first major Amerindian reservation in Brazil, the size of Belgium, transforming them into true contemporary heroes.

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  • 2012
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    Once Upon a Time Veronica

    Once Upon a Time Veronica

    5.8 2012 HD

    Veronica, a young woman, lives in Recife, one of the most violent cities in Brazil. Her life is filled with fleeting love affairs and passing romances. As her father feels his death approaching, he asks a favor: that she finds true love before he passes away.

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  • 2004
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    Berlin Raw to the Bone

    Berlin Raw to the Bone

    1 2004 HD

    Director Oskur Garcia makes a cum-filled debut offering up a gritty look at the sex lives of Berlins hottest and dirtiest pigs. Berlin Raw to the Bone opens with a no-holds-barred sex scene featuring Ivan and Simon; two hot uncut fuckers, a couple of toys and an iphone.

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  • 2005
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    Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures

    Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures

    6.931 2005 HD

    1942, in the middle of Northeastern Brazil, two very different men meet along the road: Johan, an aspirin salesman avoiding the German draft, and Ranulpho, a rural Brazilian seeking escape from the drought.

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  • 2016
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    3%

    3%

    7.119 2016 HD

    In a future where the elite inhabit an island paradise far from the crowded slums, you get one chance to join the 3% saved from squalor.

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  • 2013
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    Gonzaga: De Pai pra Filho

    Gonzaga: De Pai pra Filho

    8.5 2013 HD

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  • 2013
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    O Canto da Sereia

    O Canto da Sereia

    7.7 2013 HD

    Meet Sereia, a young and beautiful singer whose world of fame and fortune is interlaced with envy and hate. Her murder in the midst of carnival shocks the entire country and the hunt for her killer reveals a new suspect with each new day of investigation. Holding the status of a big-budget thriller, the miniseries brings about mysticism, sensuality and suspense that hooks the viewer until the astonishing end.

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  • 2018
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    Harassment

    Harassment

    7.2 2018 HD

    A group of women gets together on social media to expose the sexual harassment they all suffered from a renowned specialist in reproductive medicine. The saga of perseverance and courage of these women begins when one of them decides to talk and reveal what was until then confined by the doctor’s office walls.

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  • 2002
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    Pastores da Noite

    Pastores da Noite

    1 2002 HD

    The Night Shepherds universe is inhabited by prostitutes, priests, rogues, saint's parents and street vendors. For a very Brazilian people who fight every day for survival and only rely on the solidarity spirit and friendship of each other. The seductive Cabo Martim, the romantic Curió, the noble Massu, the artful Foot of Wind and the Jesuit master live their adventures in four independent episodes, which are completed in their poetry and the strength of each story.

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  • 2012
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    Xingu: A Saga dos Irmãos Villas-Boas

    Xingu: A Saga dos Irmãos Villas-Boas

    9 2012 HD

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  • 2014
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    A Teia

    A Teia

    7.4 2014 HD

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  • 2015
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    Happily Ever After?

    Happily Ever After?

    7.111 2015 HD

    When the mysterious call girl Danny Bond comes on the scene, a crime of passion changes forever the lives of all involved. Who will the victim be? And the villain? After all, in a story so full of secrets and infidelity, who can get away with it to live happily ever after?

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  • 2000
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    Brava Gente

    Brava Gente

    7.7 2000 HD

    Brava Gente was a television series aired by TV Globo in Brazil between 2000 and 2003, initially as a special year-end. The program was adapted from stories and national stories, and plays by famous playwrights, screenwriters and signed by a number represented by several actors and actresses. The genres of the stories varied each week with the style of each director or author. Brava Gente in the stories ranged from comedies and dramas. In all 53 episodes were shown, broadcast on Tuesday nights.

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  • 2008
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    Ó Paí, Ó: A Série

    Ó Paí, Ó: A Série

    1 2008 HD

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