Arte mortale (1991)
Il fotografo Peter Mandrake è a Rio de Janeiro per un servizio fotografico sulla vita per le strade, quando una delle persone da lui ritratte viene brutalmente uccisa. Peter si improvvisa detective per scoprire i colpevoli, ma viene assalito insieme alla sua fidanzata Marie. L'attacco scatena in lui un forte desiderio di vendetta, così decide di diventare un maestro nell'uso del coltello, grazie agli insegnamenti di Hermes, uno spacciatore a cui ha salvato la vita.
Direttore:
Walter Salles
Scrittore:
Matthew Chapman
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Peter Coyote as Peter Mandrake |
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Amanda Pays as Marie, the Archaeologist |
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Raul Cortez as Lima Prado |
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Tchéky Karyo as Hermes, the Knife master |
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Giulia Gam as Gisela Martins |
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Tonico Pereira as Rafael |
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Miguel Ángel Fuentes as Camilo Fuentes |
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Paulo José as Delegado |
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Eduardo Conde as Roberto Mitry |
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José René Ruiz 'Tun-Tun' as José Zakkai (Iron Nose) |
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Cássia Kis as Mercedes |
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Iza do Eirado as Zélia |
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Tony Tornado as Iron Nose's Bodyguard |
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Eduardo Waddington as Knife Dealer |
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Álvaro Freire as Evilásio - Mitry's Butler |
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Maria Alves as Hotel Attendant |
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Pete Marchetti as Singer at Lesbos Nightclub |
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Katia Bronstein as Woman Killed in Hotel |
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Conny Renny as Lima Prado's Secretary |
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Silvia de Carvalho as Couple Fighting |
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Don Marco Maguila as Couple Fighting |
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Maria Gladys as Woman Under Billboards |
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Roberto Lee as Man Fighting with Hermes |
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Vanessa França as Girl at Bar |
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Henrique Vasconcellos as Policeman |
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Mauro Mendonça as Policeman |
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Beth Prado as Distraught Woman |
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Ruth de Souza as Old Woman Kissing |
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Betty Prado as Distraught Woman |
| Directing | Walter Salles | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Steve Johnson | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Maria Helena Alvarenga | Set Dresser |
| Art | Helena Pessoa | Set Dresser |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nilo Feliciano Machia | Hairstylist |
| Art | J.L. Cristôfaro | Construction Foreman |
| Crew | Jorge Rezende da Silva | Carpenter |
| Art | Levi Domingos | Assistant Property Master |
| Crew | Óscar Ferreira Pilar | Carpenter |
| Art | Patricia Spyer | Property Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jaque Monteiro | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Rodolfo Brandão | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | José Luis Ferreiro | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Rômulo Marinho Jr. | Unit Production Manager |
| Crew | Mark Adler | Additional Music |
| Crew | Steve Johnson | Makeup Effects |
| Production | Ary Pini | Executive In Charge Of Production |
| Production | Bruno Wainer | Production Manager |
| Directing | José Henrique Fonseca | Second Assistant Director |
| Crew | Eugene Cornelius | Special Effects |
| Directing | Izabel Jaguaribe | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Marcos Loyaiza | Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Wagner Barbosa | Assistant Property Master |
| Production | Barbara McQuaid | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Fernando Zagallo | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | Lance Hoffman | Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Renato Endres | Construction Coordinator |
| Directing | Juarez Precioso | First Assistant Director |
| Crew | Thomas Floutz | Makeup Effects |
| Production | Augusto Casé | Unit Production Manager |
| Crew | Phil Culotta | Stunt Coordinator |
| Art | Marlise Storchi | Art Direction |
| Production | Graça Motta | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mari Stockler | Costume Design |
| Crew | Matthew Chapman | Additional Dialogue |
| Editing | Isabelle Rathery | Editor |
| Art | Rita Ivanissevich | Art Direction |
| Production | Paulo Carlos De Brito | Executive Producer |
| Production | Alberto Flaksman | Producer |
| Art | Nico Faria | Production Design |
| Art | Beto Cavalcanti | Production Design |
| Writing | Matthew Chapman | Screenplay |
| Art | Oswaldo Eduardo Lioi | Production Design |
| Camera | José Roberto Eliezer | Director of Photography |
| Camera | John Conwell | Assistant Camera |
| Writing | Rubem Fonseca | Writer |
| Writing | Rubem Fonseca | Novel |
| Sound | Jürgen Knieper | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Todd Boekelheide | Original Music Composer |