Beto Franco

Movie - 2021, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role

Mesmerized by the image of an active volcano on the other side of the world, a woman sets out to meet her fury. On the way, without being able to return, she finds herself in an extraordinary pregnancy, starting the account of the journey that gives shape to this play-film, a journey between theater and cinema inspired by the narratives of fantastic realism.

Movie - 2013, 2h 15m • as Duccio Doccia / Anjo Cento e Um

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

Movie - 2009, 2h 15m • as Self

Continuing the exploration of the thin line between truth and performance, Eduardo Coutinho turns his attention to the drama generated during rehearsals for the Galpão Theater Company’s performance of Chekov’s The Three Sisters. As he shoots scenes from the play, Coutinho attempts to capture the very moment in which reality becomes fiction and vice versa—whether through the actors’ bodies and words or in backstage scenes of a performance that will exist only on film.

Movie - 2017, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role

William Shakespeare's classic tale of impossible love between two young people from rival families, adapted to the context of Brazilian popular culture by director Gabriel Villela. Considered a milestone in the history of Grupo Galpão and one of the most significant plays in Brazilian theater in the 1990s.

Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • as Prince Escalus / Lord Capulet (Príncipe / Sr. Capuleto)

Grupo Galpão’s Romeu e Julieta (1992), directed by Gabriel Villela, is an intercultural adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, a production that intentionally draws on a range of popular practices such as street theatre, circus performance and the tradition of the commedia dell’arte, as well as on elements from the cultural imaginary of Minas Gerais in southeast Brazil.