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Babu Santana is a Actor Brésilien born on 10 december 1979 at Rio de Janeiro (Bresil)

Babu Santana

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Birth name Alexandre da Silva Santana
Nationality Bresil
Birth 10 december 1979 (44 years) at Rio de Janeiro (Bresil)

Alexandre da Silva Santana (born December 10, 1979), known professionally as Babu Santana, is a Brazilian actor. Born in Vidigal, Rio de Janeiro, Santana acted in plays at school since his 12 years and joined the theater group Nós do Morro when he was 17. His first roles in films were in 2002 when he acted in City of God and Something in the Air. He is the father of two daughters.



^ "Um bandido convincente". O Tempo (in Portuguese). May 20, 2008. Retrieved September 22, 2014.

^ "Babu Santana estrela três filmes no Festival do Rio". Ego (in Portuguese). Globo.com. September 22, 2007. Retrieved September 22, 2014.

^ "A vida depois do filme". O Mossoroense (in Portuguese). 2004. Retrieved September 22, 2014.

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Filmography of Babu Santana (14 films)

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Elite Cup
Elite Cup (2014)

Origin Bresil
Genres Comedy
Actors Rafinha Bastos, Alexandre Frota, Babu Santana
Roles Jamba
Rating41% 2.0912752.0912752.0912752.0912752.091275
Love is All, 1h30
Origin Bresil
Genres Comedy
Actors Luana Piovani, Marisol Ribeiro, Caco Ciocler, Lima Duarte, Vera Holtz, Aílton Graça
Roles Babão
Rating45% 2.2658652.2658652.2658652.2658652.265865
A family with financial difficulties is a brilliant idea: to make the daughter Lindinha (Marisol Ribeiro) impregnate the famous singer Ivan Cláudio (Caco Ciocler), the king of Xique. They just did not have a jealous Jennifer (Luana Piovani), wife of Ivan, who will not let this story cheap.
Plastic City, 1h58
Directed by Yu Lik-wai
Origin Chine
Genres Thriller, Action
Actors Anthony Wong, Joe Odagiri, Milhem Cortaz, Tainá Müller, Babu Santana, Chen Chao-jung
Roles Beto
Rating46% 2.3225952.3225952.3225952.3225952.322595
Set in the traditional neighborhood of Liberdade in downtown São Paulo, Plastic City has the immense Eastern community that was established in the city over the years as protagonist, people who are seeking for a land of opportunity and a place for new business - legal or illegal. It is in the midst of Chinese cultural traditions and the chaos of urban life that the immigrant Yuda and his son Kirin are commanding a piracy mafia in Brazil, but this empire went into decline when they were threatened by a powerful organization with strong international influences.
My Name Ain't Johnny, 1h58
Origin Bresil
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Selton Mello, Cléo Pires, Júlia Lemmertz, Cássia Kis, Tammy Di Calafiori, Rafaela Mandelli
Roles Police Officer
Rating71% 3.5976353.5976353.5976353.5976353.597635
The film narrates the true story of João Guilherme Estrella, an upper-middle-class man from the State of Rio de Janeiro that would become the head of the drug traffic in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
City of Men, 1h46
Directed by Paulo Morelli, Paulo Morelli
Origin Bresil
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Douglas Silva, Darlan Cunha, Jonathan Haagensen, Fábio Lago, Babu Santana
Rating71% 3.5985253.5985253.5985253.5985253.598525
Best friends Acerola and Laranjinha live in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, and have been raised without their fathers. They are turning eighteen as a war between rival drug gangs begins around them. Each discovers things about his missing father that will compromise their solid friendship.
Estômago: A Gastronomic Story, 1h40
Origin Bresil
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Cooking films
Actors João Miguel, Babu Santana, Fabíula Nascimento, Jean-Pierre Noher, Paulo Miklos
Roles Bujiú
Rating77% 3.899423.899423.899423.899423.89942
The film shows in parallel two periods in the life of Raimundo Nonato (João Miguel): one follows his successful career as a cook, the other as a prisoner in a cell with about ten other convicts. It gradually becomes clear that these events happen after the former.
Baptism of Blood, 1h34
Origin Bresil
Genres Drama, Thriller, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Films about religion, Films about suicide, Transport films, Political films, Films about Latin American military dictatorships
Actors Caio Blat, Cássio Gabus Mendes, Marcélia Cartaxo, Cynthia Falabella, Jean-Pierre Moulin, Babu Santana
Roles Carcereiro do DOPS
Rating70% 3.5425353.5425353.5425353.5425353.542535
In 1968, the Dominican friars of São Paulo became part of the resistance against the military dictatorship in Brazil. Under the pseudonyms of "Tito", "Betto", "Oswaldo", "Fernando", and "Ivo", the friars join the Ação Libertadora Nacional, a communist guerrilla movement headed by Carlos Marighella. The friars' superior, Diogo, recommends them to be more careful, and they decide to disperse themselves.
The State of the World, 1h45
Directed by Chantal Akerman, Wang Bing (王兵), Pedro Costa, Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Genres Drama, Documentary
Actors Jenjira Pongpas, Babu Santana
Roles (segment "Germano")
Rating59% 2.994832.994832.994832.994832.99483
Six réalisateurs, six regards sur l'état du monde. Leur rencontre crée un nouveau prisme de réflexion dynamique et radical, un espace pour interroger l'avenir.
Redeemer
Redeemer (2004)
, 1h50
Origin Bresil
Genres Drama, Fantasy
Actors Camila Pitanga, Miguel Falabella, Fernanda Montenegro, Pedro Cardoso, Stênio Garcia, Fernando Torres
Roles Júnior
Rating68% 3.442683.442683.442683.442683.44268
In the 70s, in Rio de Janeiro, the neighborhood of Barra da Tijuca was a kind of promised land. One of several buildings on the site was the Paradise Condominium, a luxury building that would be constructed by the contractor of Dr. Sabóia (José Wilker). Celio, still a child, is impressed with the model of the enterprise, shown by his friend Otávio, son of Dr. Sabóia. With the excitement of the son, his parents decide to buy an apartment in Paradise Condominium, the number 808.
City of God, 2h10
Directed 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 Grande
Rating85% 4.2990954.2990954.2990954.2990954.299095
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.
Something in the Air, 1h32
Origin Bresil
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Letícia Sabatella, Babu Santana
Roles Roque
Rating65% 3.28523.28523.28523.28523.2852
Le quotidien et les combats de quatre amis qui créent une radio communautaire. Inspiré d'une histoire vraie.