Overview
José Lewgoy
Known For
The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
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Stories Our Cinema Did (Not) Tell
Filled with raunchy laughs, this documentary compiles outrageous scenes from...
Apolônio Brasil, Campeão da Alegria
Apolônio Brasil was a pianist at a famous nightclub in...
Biography
José Lewgoy was a Brazilian actor (Veranópolis, November 16, 1920 - Rio de Janeiro, February 10, 2003). Since 1940, he acted in more than one hundred films, including Fitzcarraldo with German actor Klaus Kinski and studied at Yale University. In 1973, he participated in the film by Colombian director Carlos Mayolo, La mansión de Araucaíma, in the role of Graciliano "Don Graci". The film is based on a story of the same name by writer Álvaro Mutis, winner of the Cervantes Prize in 2001.