João Gilberto, was a Brazilian singer, songwriter, and guitarist, who was a pioneer of the musical genre of bossa nova in the late 1950s. Around the world he was often called "father of bossa nova"; in his native Brazil, he was referred to as "O Mito".
Ciro Ferreira Gomes, known mononymously as Ciro, is a Brazilian politician, lawyer, and academic. Identified as a centre-left politician, national-developmentalist, social democrat and labourist, Ciro is currently affiliated and vice-president of the Democratic Labour Party (PDT), although he has been a member of a variety of parties during his political career.
José Mojica Marins was a Brazilian filmmaker, actor, composer, screenwriter, and television horror host. Marins is also known for creating and playing the character Coffin Joe in a series of horror films; the character has since gone on to become his alter ego as well as a pop culture icon, a horror icon, and a cult figure. The popularity of Coffin Joe in Brazil has led to the character being referred to as "Brazil's National Boogeyman" and "Brazil's Freddy Krueger".
24 Hours of Explicit Sex is a 1985 sexploitation B-film by Brazilian director José Mojica Marins. Marins is also known by his alter ego Zé do Caixão.
Cinema da Boca do Lixo is the collective name for a film genre associated with the Boca do Lixo downtown area of São Paulo, Brazil. On par with French Nouvelle Vague and American slasher films, films of this genre are exploitational and often considered B movies. These films often feature eroticism.
Hallucinations of a Deranged Mind is a 1978 Brazilian horror film directed by José Mojica Marins. Marins is also known by his alter ego Zé do Caixão. The film features Coffin Joe as the central character, although it is not part of the "Coffin Joe trilogy".
The Strange World of Coffin Joe is a 1968 Brazilian anthology horror film directed by José Mojica Marins, who also plays his alter ego Zé do Caixão. The film is a collection of three short films titled O Fabricante de Bonecas , Tara (Obsession), and Ideologia (Theory). Joe only appears briefly in the role of a horror host, introducing the segments, and the film is not a part of the Coffin Joe trilogy. The hymn-like title song was written by Marins, and performed by Edson Lopes and Brazilian Samba band Titulares do Ritmo.
José Mojica Marins was a Brazilian filmmaker, director, screenwriter, film and television actor and media personality. Marins is also known by his alter ego Zé do Caixão.
Damned – The Strange World of José Mojica Marins is a 2001 Brazilian documentary film directed by André Barcinski and Ivan Finotti.
The Universe of Mojica Marins is a 1978 Brazilian short documentary film by Ivan Cardoso. The film features Brazilian filmmaker, director, screenwriter, film and television actor and media personality José Mojica Marins. The film follows Marins in public appearances and includes commentary by Marins, as well as his mother and film associates and includes scenes from his films.
Demons and Wonders is a 1987 Brazilian autobiographical documentary film by and about Brazilian filmmaker, director, screenwriter, film and television actor and media personality José Mojica Marins. Marins is also known by his alter ego Zé do Caixão. In the film Marins focuses on himself in scenes recounting life and experiences in filmmaking, with much focus on Marins' many battles with Brazilian film censors.
My Destiny In Your Hands is a 1963 Brazilian drama film written, directed by, and starring José Mojica Marins. Marins is also known by his alter ego Zé do Caixão.
Adventurer's Fate is a 1958 Brazilian western film written, directed by, and starring José Mojica Marins. Marins is also known by his alter ego Zé do Caixão.
God's Sentence is an unfinished Brazilian western film project developed between 1954 and 1956, directed by José Mojica Marins. Marins is also known by his alter ego Zé do Caixão. The film was restored into a complete format in 2007 by Portal Heco de Cinema de Brasil.
The 1998 Brazilian presidential election was held in 1998 with two rounds of balloting in conjunction with elections to the National Congress and state governorships. As no candidate in the presidential election received more than 50% of the vote in the first round on 4 October 1998, a second-round runoff was held on 25 October 1998. The election was marked by the use of voting machines for the first time in Brazilian history.
The 2002 Brazilian presidential election was held in 2002 with two rounds of balloting in conjunction with elections to the National Congress and state governorships. The election was held in the midst of an economic crisis that began in the second term of President Fernando Henrique Cardoso of the centre-right Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB). Due to constitution term limits, Cardoso was ineligible to run for a third consecutive term.
The 1994 Brazilian presidential election was held on October 3, 1994. It was the second to take place under the provisions of the 1988 Constitution and only the second direct presidential election since 1960.
Laudo Ferreira Jr. is a Brazilian comics artist. He began his career in 1983, illustrating for several publishers, as well as working with Advertising and the development of scenarios and costumes for theater. He won the Troféu HQ Mix in 1995, 2008, 2014, 2015 and 2016. He created the comic adaptations of José Mojica Marins's Coffin Joe movies and several other graphic novels, like Olimpo Tropical and Yeshuah.
Rubens Francisco Lucchetti, better known as R. F. Lucchetti, is a Brazilian fiction writer, illustrator, writer and screenwriter for films, comic books and photocomics. Luchetti wrote more than 30 books under his name and over 1500 crime and terror fiction works under several pseudonyms. He also wrote screenplays for films directed by José Mojica Marins and Ivan Cardoso.
