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Alexandre Rodrigues is a Actor Brésilien born on 21 may 1983 at Rio de Janeiro (Bresil)
Alexandre Rodrigues (born 1983 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a Brazilian actor. He is most famous for playing the part of Buscapé (Rocket in the English subtitled version), the narrator and protagonist in the 2002 film Cidade de Deus (City of God). He has most recently appeared in American singer John Legend's music video for the song "P.D.A. (We Just Don't Care)" released in 2007.
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Birth name Alexandre Rodrigues
Nationality Bresil
Birth 21 may 1983 (40 years) at Rio de Janeiro (Bresil)
Nationality Bresil
Birth 21 may 1983 (40 years) at Rio de Janeiro (Bresil)
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City of God: 10 Years Later (2013)
, 1h30Directed by Douglas Silva, Alice Braga, Leandro Firmino, Seu Jorge
Origin Bresil
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about films, Films about television, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about films
Actors Alice Braga, Seu Jorge, Roberta Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Douglas Silva, Matheus Nachtergaele
Roles Himself
Rating64%
Ce film s'intéresse à la vie des acteurs du film réalisé par Fernando Meirelles et Katia Lund en 2002. Ce documentaire montre les différents résultats qu'eût ce succès mondial dans la vie de chacun de ses acteurs.
Anita e Garibaldi (2013)
, 1h38Origin Bresil
Genres Historical, Romance
Actors Ana Paula Arósio, Alexandre Rodrigues, Gabriel Braga Nunes, Leonardo Medeiros
Roles Jacinto
Rating0%
Giuseppe Garibaldi (Gabriel Braga Nunes), 32, commander of the Republican rebels invading Laguna, Santa Catarina, during the Ragamuffin War (1835-1845), finds his soul mate Anita (Ana Paula Arósio), 18, wife of a local shoemaker. Between passion and battles, they define the direction of their lives and influence the course of the revolution.
Forbidden to Forbid (2007)
, 1h40Origin Bresil
Genres Drama
Actors Caio Blat, Maria Flor, Alexandre Rodrigues
Roles Leon
Rating69%
L'histoire de trois jeunes universitaires : Léon, étudiant en sociologie, Leticia, étudiante en architecture, et Paulo, étudiant en médecine. Léon partage son appartement avec Paulo. Leticia et Léon sortent ensemble. Lorsque Leticia et Paulo se rencontrent, ils tombent amoureux. Mais Paulo étant le meilleur ami de Léon, le triangle amoureux ne se concrétise pas. Ce qui n'empêche pas que certaines tensions naissent entre les trois jeunes. Les trois amis vivent une expérience limite alors qu'ils essaient d'aider Rosalina, une patiente hospitalisée dans le CHU où Paulo est interne, préoccupée par la disparition de ses fils. Au cours de leurs recherches dans les banlieues de Rio, Léon, Paulo et Leticia sont confrontés à la violence urbaine. Léon tente de sauver le jeune fils de Rosalina, poursuivi par les policiers qui ont assassiné son frère, mais il est blessé.
Cafundó (2005)
, 1h42Directed by Paulo Betti
Origin Bresil
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Documentary, Historical
Themes Films about slavery, Films about racism, Films about religion
Actors Lázaro Ramos, Leona Cavalli, Leandro Firmino, Alexandre Rodrigues, Luís Melo, Francisco Cuoco
Roles Natalino (adult)
Rating62%
São Paulo state, 1890s. João (Lázaro Ramos) is a former slave and the son of an Orisha priestess and works as a muleherd for a coronel. One day, he and his close friend Cirino (Leandro Firmino da Hora) decide to leave the farm. João takes his mother to Cafundó, the bastion of Afro-American religion in the vicinity. However, João leaves the community and takes errands to work in menial jobs. He meets a possessed white prostitute named Rosário (Leona Cavalli) and falls in love. Only after an unhappy marriage with Rosário and his mother's demise, João has a series of visions and decides to work as a spiritual leader for Sorocaba. In 1906, he builds a church with help from Cirino and begins to preach his syncretic faith, which is a blend of Orisha worship, veneration of Catholic saints, and eventually Kardecist spiritism.
City of God (2002)
, 2h10Directed by Kátia Lund, Fernando Meirelles
Origin Bresil
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Hip hop films, Gangster films
Actors Alexandre Rodrigues, Alice Braga, Jonathan Haagensen, Leandro Firmino, Seu Jorge, Douglas Silva
Roles Buscapé
Rating85%
In the opening scene, chickens are being prepared for a meal when a chicken escapes and an armed gang chases after it in a favela called the Cidade de Deus ("City of God"). The chicken stops between the gang and a young man named Rocket (Buscapé), who believes that the gang wants to kill him. A flashback traces Rocket, the narrator, back to the late 1960s. He lived incredibly poor in this slum of Rio.