Jorge Amado
Writer · Died August 6, 2001, aged 88 · Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil
Jorge Leal Amado de Faria (10 August 1912 – 6 August 2001) was a Brazilian writer of the modernist school. He remains the best known of modern Brazilian writers, with his work having been translated into some 49 languages and popularized in film, notably Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands in 1976. His work reflects the image of a Mestiço Brazil and is marked by religious syncretism. He depicted a cheerful and optimistic country that was beset, at the same time, with deep social and economic differences. He occupied the 23rd chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters from 1961 until his death in 2001. He won the 1984 International Nonino Prize in Italy. He also was Federal Deputy for São Paulo as a member of the Brazilian Communist Party between 1947 and 1951. Amado was born on Saturday, 10 August 1912, on a farm near the inland city of Itabuna, in the south of the Brazilian state of Bahia. He was the eldest of four sons of João Amado de Faria and D. Eulália Leal. The farm was located in the village of Ferradas, which, though today is a district of Itabuna, was at the time administered by the coastal city of Ilhéus. For this reason he considered himself a citizen of Ilhéus. From his exposure to the large cocoa plantations of the area, Amado knew the misery and the struggles of the people working the land and living in almost enslaved conditions. This was to be a theme present in several of his works (for example, The Violent Land of 1944). As a result of a smallpox epidemic, his family moved to Ilhéus when he was one year old, and he spent his childhood there. He attended high school in Salvador, the capital of the state. By the age of 14 Amado had begun to collaborate with several magazines and took part in literary life, as one of the founders of the Modernist "Rebels' Academy". He was the cousin of Brazilian lawyer, writer, journalist and politician Gilberto Amado, and of Brazilian actress and screenwriter Véra Clouzot. Amado published his first novel, The Country of Carnival, in 1931, at age 18. He married Matilde Garcia Rosa and had a daughter, Lila, in 1933. The same year he published his second novel, Cacau, which increased his popularity. He studied law at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Faculty of Law but never became a practising lawyer. His leftist activities made his life difficult under the dictatorial regime of Getúlio Vargas. In 1935 he was arrested for the first time, and two years later his books were publicly burned. His works were banned from Portugal, but in the rest of Europe he gained great popularity with the publication of Jubiabá in France. The book received enthusiastic reviews, including that of Nobel prize Award winner Albert Camus. In the early 1940s, Amado edited a literary supplement for the Nazi-funded political newspaper "Meio-Dia". Being a communist militant, from 1941 to 1942 Amado was compelled to go into exile to Argentina and Uruguay. When he returned to Brazil he separated from Matilde Garcia Rosa. In 1945 he was elected to the National Constituent Assembly, as a representative of the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB) (he received more votes than any other candidate in the state of São Paulo). He signed a law granting freedom of religious faith. ... Source: Article "Jorge Amado" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Biography from TMDB.
- August 10, 1912
- August 6, 2001 (aged 88)
- Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil
- Writer
- 5 on MovieCove · 43 credits in all
Known for
What are Jorge Amado's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Survival.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5
Light 5 · Serious 0 · Dark 0
Grounded 2 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0
Gentle 2 · Charged 3 · Intense 0
Steady 3 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 2
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 5 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 0
Resolved 5 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet4
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Jorge Amado's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Jorge Amado's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
43 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page; 17 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Tieta do Agreste (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Doña Flor y sus dos maridos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Dona Flor e Seus 2 Maridos - O Filme (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
The Duel: A Story Where Truth Is Mere Detail (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
The Miracle of the Birds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Gabriela (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Captains of the Sands (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Pastores da Noite (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Port of Miracles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Brava Gente (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Fallen Angels Paradise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Coralito y sus dos maridos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Dona Flor e Seus 2 Maridos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Tieta of Agreste (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
O Capeta Carybé (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Большая засада (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
O Compadre de Ogum (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Zona+ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Josué de Castro, Cidadão do Mundo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Tereza Batista (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Capitães da Areia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Tieta (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Jorge Amado (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Jubiabá (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Tenda dos Milagres (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
Gabriela(1983)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Kiss Me Goodbye(1982)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
O Homem de Areia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
Terras do Sem Fim (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Glauber Rocha: Morto/Vivo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Jorge Amado no Cinema (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
Tent of Miracles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Bahia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
Gabriela (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
The Sandpit Generals (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
Seara Vermelha (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
Gabriela, Cravo e Canela (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
The Wind Rose (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)
Vendaval Maravilhoso (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)
Terra Violenta (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)
Career shape
A full career of 43 titles from 1949 to 2024.
Film career
- 1996Screen debut· Tieta of Agreste
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Jorge Amado's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 51st percentile, the median of all 5; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 50th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th2
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 5 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the plot and story 47/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 58, detractors 30. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Jorge Amado work with?
People who share at least 2 of Jorge Amado's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Bruno Barreto shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Bruno BarretoShared titles: Gabriela (1983), Kiss Me Goodbye (1982), Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (1976)See all 3 shared titles with Bruno Barreto
Writers
- Leopoldo SerranShared titles: Gabriela (1983), Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (1976)See all 2 shared titles with Leopoldo Serran
Actors
- Sonia BragaShared titles: Gabriela (1983), Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (1976)See all 2 shared titles with Sonia Braga
