Chico Diaz
Francisco Díaz Rocha, known as Chico Díaz (Mexico City, February 16, 1959), is a Peruvian-Brazilian actor born in Mexico. Graduated in architecture and urban planning, he worked in theater from the age of fourteen. His first work in his artistic life was in 1982 on the big screen in O Sonho não Acabou. With all the main awards in Brazilian cinema, namely Gramado Brasília, Recife and Rio de Janeiro, he is one of the most versatile and present actors on Brazilian screens with more than 80 films made in Brazil and abroad.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.6264 |
| Birthday | 1959-02-16 |
| Place of Birth | Mexico City, Mexico |
| Also Known As | Chico Díaz, |
2007
O Magnata
5/11
An upper-middle class punk singer Andre, Magnata spends his time with his low-class friends, singing in clubs and wasting money. When he accepts a cha...
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O Magnata
1997
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
0/0
"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."
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Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
2009
Ouro Negro
7.5/2
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Ouro Negro
2022
Diário Dentro da Noite
0/0
During the night lived in 2020 with denialism, an actor in rehearsal and confinement, his and the character who rehearses, one of the thousand offered...
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Diário Dentro da Noite
2002
Mango Yellow
6.6/80
The lives of a macho butcher, his wife, a lonely waitress, a sadist and a flophouse manager intersect in Recife, Brazil.
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Mango Yellow
1985
Avaete, Seed of Revenge
5.188/8
Little Indian boy survives his tribe massacre, growing up together with his wish for revenge and his quest for his own identity. Based on a true story...
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Avaete, Seed of Revenge
2024
Vermelho Monet
5.5/6
Follows the story of Johannes Van Almeida, a painter who was just released from prison and wants to start his life anew, but everything changes when a...
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Vermelho Monet
2002
The Forest
6.136/11
Young man, of Portuguese nobility ascendancy, starts working in a rubber plantation in the Amazon, in 1912, and falls in love with pretty Yayá, a marr...
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The Forest
1984
Águia na Cabeça
5.333/6
A senator having contacts with illegal betting activities is killed by the man who is his right arm, who wanted to get his position. But the power str...
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Águia na Cabeça
1988
Luzia Homem
4.75/8
After witnessing the assassination of her parents, Luzia is raised by a cowboy and starts behaving like the men of Brazilian "Sertão". As a grown-up,...
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Luzia Homem
1997
Belly Up
5.556/9
Two hit men, a veteran and a beginner, chatter in a bar on Brazil-Paraguai border, while waiting for their victim to appear.
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Belly Up
1998
The Patriot
4.833/6
Policarpo is a chauvinistic patriot, a major who tries to find solutions for Brazilian problems using only the resources of his own country. His visio...
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The Patriot
1990
Barrela: Escola de Crimes
3.667/3
In an overcrowded prision cell, each man has to make his own way and secure himself from the constant threat of sexual violence coming from the rest o...
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Barrela: Escola de Crimes
1997
Perfumed Ball
7.413/23
A Lebanese photographer living in Brazil in the '30s manages to film the band of Lampião, a legendary Brazilian bandit.
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Perfumed Ball
1987
The Colour of His Destiny
6.1/5
Teenager and his Chilean parents live in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in exile, after his brother is killed by the military government in Chile. Years late...
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The Colour of His Destiny
2014
Words with Gods
5.7/8
The first of four installments in the groundbreaking Heartbeat of the World anthology film series. Comprised of several short films by some of the wor...
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Words with Gods
2009
Dó-Ré-Mi-Fábrica
6/1
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Dó-Ré-Mi-Fábrica
1996
Corisco & Dadá
6.929/7
Cruel and brave Brazilian outlaw called Corisco, living in the backcountry in the Northeast, an arid region, rapes 12-year-old Dadá, who becomes his w...
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Corisco & Dadá
2020
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
5/1
In 1965, a year after the military coup in Brazil, an oasis of freedom opened in the country's capital. The Brasília Film Festival: a landmark of cult...
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Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
2006
Angels of the Sun
7/39
In Northeastern Brazil, twelve-year-old Maria is sold to have a better life as a housemaid. However, Maria is resold and sent to a brothel in the Amaz...
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Angels of the Sun
2013
Os Pobres Diabos
7/3
The Gran Circo Teatro Americano takes its attractions to the northeastern hinterland. In the city of Aracati, the troupe puts on a fun play about the...
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Os Pobres Diabos
1982
The Dream's Not Over
4.714/7
The routine of a group of brazilian teenagers living in Brasília, Brazil's capital. Their aspirations, dreams and illusions presented in a context of...
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The Dream's Not Over
1984
Quilombo
6.933/15
Quilombo dos Palmares was a real-life democratic society, created in Brazil in the 17th century. This incredibly elaborate (and surprisingly little-kn...
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Quilombo
1986
Talking Cinema
5/5
A fragmented style, patchwork of interviews with Caetano Veloso's friends, mixed with conversations, thoughts, scenes of dance and literature excerpts...
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Talking Cinema
1994
Rio's Love Song
6.125/8
Four love stories which portray a wide gamut of emotions and desires against the backdrop of Rio de Janeiro. "Elephant's Stomp" : the story of a highw...
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Rio's Love Song
1982
The Adventures of a Paraíba
4.5/4
Young guy from the poor Northeast region of Brazil comes to Rio de Janeiro to try his luck. Naturally, he is faced with many adversities along the way...
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The Adventures of a Paraíba
2024
Hélio Melo
0/0
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Hélio Melo
2010
The Midday Sun
0/0
After a tragic crime of passion, Artur leaves the depths of Brazil on a journey in search of redemption. Early on, he meets Matuim, the anarchic capta...
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The Midday Sun
2014
The Ardor
4.842/38
Kaí is a mysterious shaman who emerges from the Rio Paraná to help a poor farmer and his daughter, who are threatened by a band of cold-blooded mercen...
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The Ardor
2008
Praça Saens Peña
7/1
Paulo works as a high school literature teacher, his wife Teresa is a local shopkeeper, and their daughter Bel is still in school. They live in a rent...
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Praça Saens Peña
1999
O Tronco
7/2
Vicente, a tax collector, is sent to a distant region to defy the dominion of Melo, a powerful landowner. When Melo's henchmen burn down the collector...
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O Tronco
2016
Em Nome da Lei
6.1/17
The journey of idealistic Vitor, a young federal judge who decides to dismantle the mafia that dominates the border between Brazil and Paraguay. Inspi...
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Em Nome da Lei
1990
Fable of the Beautiful Pigeon-Fancier
3.333/3
Orestes, a rich factory owner, falls for the beautiful Fulvia. They communicate using pigeons, to avoid being discovered by her husband.
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Fable of the Beautiful Pigeon-Fancier
1986
Where the River Runs Black
6.5/9
An orphaned boy who was raised in the Amazon jungle is brought back to civilization by a priest who knows his father.
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Where the River Runs Black
2017
Travessia
4.8/8
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Travessia
2015
Oração do Amor Selvagem
6.7/5
To defend his principles and his love, a man faces the divine laws of the village where he lives, but also has to fight his inner demons. And what see...
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Oração do Amor Selvagem
1983
Parahyba Mulher Macho
5.875/4
Account an important part of the history of Brazil, through its main character, Anayde Beiriz a poet, journalist and revolutionary and libertarian tea...
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Parahyba Mulher Macho
2013
Blue Desert
1/2
A man who is tormented by his intuitions and by dreams goes away to find answers to his discomfort. Revelations are made to him along his path, until...
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Blue Desert
2003
Benjamim
5.15/10
Benjamim Zambraia is a lonely man, a famous model with a tragic past. Some time in the past, he showed some officers the exact location where the woma...
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Benjamim
2016
Guerra do Paraguay
7/3
A soldier coming home after the Paraguay War meets a theater group. A shock between war and art.
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Guerra do Paraguay
2023
O Humanismo de Frei Betto
0/0
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O Humanismo de Frei Betto
1997
Napomuceno's Will
3.667/3
Nopumoceno, the most successful businessman in the Cabo Verde archipelogo, is an ambitious, clever opportunist, known during his lifetime as "eternity...
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Napomuceno's Will
2017
Going to Brazil
4.8/103
Four childhood friends are reunited at a wedding in Rio. But when they accidentally kill a young man during a party that gets out of hand, they are fo...
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Going to Brazil
1989
1º de Abril, Brasil
7/2
The daily routine of a women's Republic in the late days of 1963 and early 1964 - before the military coup - is presented from the perspective of seve...
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1º de Abril, Brasil
2003
Garrincha: Lonely Star
4.136/11
The life of Brazilian soccer player, Garrincha, considered to be one of the greatest players of all time, with his uniquely original style. He had arc...
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Garrincha: Lonely Star
2003
As Alegres Comadres
8.5/2
Scoundrel João Fausto, a former Portuguese officer, arrives in Tiradentes,in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Using his status of former Imperial Co...
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As Alegres Comadres
1997
Doces Poderes
6.167/3
A journalist is placed upon the management of a large broadcasting company to the capital of Brazil at the time of local elections. She must now face...
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Doces Poderes
1994
The Third Bank of the River
6.167/6
After an extended period directing original screenplays, dos Santos returned to the creative engagement with literature that was the wellspring of his...
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The Third Bank of the River
2002
Lua Cambará - Nas Escadarias do Palácio
7/1
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Lua Cambará - Nas Escadarias do Palácio
2001
Favorite Son
5.25/4
Claudia Maccari, an Italian doctor who has a Brazilian adopted son suffering from leukemia, goes to Rio de Janeiro to find the child's biological moth...
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Favorite Son
1983
Innocence
5.2/10
In the 19th century, a country girl is seduced by a young doctor who's staying at her house for a few days, caring for her, and tries to hide the forb...
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Innocence
2018
Happy Hour: Verdades e Consequências
4.4/7
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Happy Hour: Verdades e Consequências
1986
The Man in the Black Cape
7.25/8
Biography of Brazilian congressman Tenório Cavalcanti, who used to appear in public carrying a machine-gun, and wearing a black cloak.
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The Man in the Black Cape
2009
The Story of Me
6.6/19
Based on the life of Roberto Carlos Ramos, a Brazilian teacher and storyteller brought up in a state educational institution for poor children.
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The Story of Me
2019
Cine Holliúdy 2: A Chibata Sideral
6.1/27
With the arrival of the VCR in people's homes, Francisgleydisson is forced to close his beloved Cine Holliudy. This jeopardizes your son's college tui...
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Cine Holliúdy 2: A Chibata Sideral
2007
O Afeto Que Se Encerra Em Nosso Peito Juvenil
0/0
Personal records of characters of the student movement, of the youth's cultural activity, song. poetry, and theatrical plays made by militants in the...
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O Afeto Que Se Encerra Em Nosso Peito Juvenil
2020
The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis
4.4/4
Fernando Pessoa, one of the greatest writers in Portuguese, created an immense parallel world and several heteronyms so as to endure the loneliness of...
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The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis
2023
Alien Nights
6.7/13
Rio Branco, Acre, an Amazon city near the border with Peru and Bolivia, has been suffering the violent impacts of recent changes in trafficking routes...
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Alien Nights
1993
Nightly Diary
0/0
A woman in her forties whose life is governed by a tedious and emotionless routine. She has worked in a government office for 16 years where she stamp...
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Nightly Diary
2013
Dossiê 50: Comício a Favor dos Náufragos
0/0
Journalist Geneton Moraes Neto interviews Brazilian international players who lost to Uruguayan national team in the finals of the World Cup 1950 in M...
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Dossiê 50: Comício a Favor dos Náufragos
2019
Santiago das Américas ou o Olho do Terceiro Mundo
0/0
In a small island convulsed by the 1959 revolution, Santiago Álvarez used the Seventh Art as a political weapon and created an aesthetic that became a...
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Santiago das Américas ou o Olho do Terceiro Mundo
1985
Chico Rei
10/1
Galanga, king of Congo brought to Brazil as a slave, finds gold in Vila Rica, in the State of Minas Gerais, and buys his enfranchisement, the properti...
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Chico Rei
2015
Dona Flor e Seus 2 Maridos - O Filme
6.5/4
The beautiful Flor marries Vadinho -- and soon finds out he's spending all their money on gambles and has mistresses all over the city. Vadinho sudden...
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Dona Flor e Seus 2 Maridos - O Filme
2012
Jonathas' Forest
4.1/7
Jonathas lives with his parents and his brother, Juliano, in a cottage in a rural area of the Amazon. The family harvests and sells local products at...
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Jonathas' Forest
2020
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
7.206/17
Besieged by cancer and nearing the end, the genius Argentine-Brazilian filmmaker Héctor Babenco (1946-2016) asks Bárbara Paz, his wife, for one last w...
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Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
2003
The Egg
10/1
Writer and poet Clarice Lispector investigates and develops the old question of what came first, the egg or the chicken.
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The Egg
2010
The Inventor of Dreams
10/1
Mixed with fiction and documentary, the film relives the interviews conducted by the writer Clarice Lispector published in the magazines "Manchete" an...
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The Inventor of Dreams
2020
Em Busca de Carlos Zéfiro
3.5/1
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Em Busca de Carlos Zéfiro
1983
Gabriela
5.86/43
In 1925, Gabriela, a poor, uneducated, yet charming woman becomes cook, mistress, and then wife of Nacib, a bar owner in Ilhéus, a small Brazilian coa...
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Gabriela
2005
Quem Você Mais Deseja
0/0
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Quem Você Mais Deseja
1997
Cachaça
7.5/4
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Cachaça
1993
De Sentinela
0/0
A guard watches a passing woman.
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De Sentinela
2021
Jaguar Man
4.2/4
Two moments in the life of Pedro. First in 1997, he lives with his family in Rio de Janeiro and works at Gás do Brasil, a company that is undergoing a...
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Jaguar Man
1982
Don't Play with Tigers
5.69/79
A stories of three really unlucky characters are discovered during the trial.
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Don't Play with Tigers
2026
Special Agents
4.375/4
Two friends determined to become respected police officers face prejudice and ridicule for being openly gay. Given one final chance, they go undercove...
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Special Agents
2025
Girassol Vermelho
0/0
Girassol Vermelho is a film inspired by Murilo Rubião, a master of Brazilian magical realism, about the journey of Romeu, a man who leaves his past be...
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Girassol Vermelho
2006
The Invisible Friend
0/0
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The Invisible Friend
1987
Fonte da Saudade
4.25/4
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Fonte da Saudade
1988
Hell Hunters
4.222/9
A Nazi scientist, wanted as a war criminal, develops a spider serum that turns people into fascist Nazi zombies. A pair of investigators who have devo...
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