Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Birthday: 1928-10-22
Place of Birth: São Paulo, Brazil
Biography: Nelson Pereira dos Santos ComRB • OMC (São Paulo, October 22, 1928 — Rio de Janeiro, April 21, 2018) was a Brazilian film director, producer and screenwriter. Having been one of the founders of the Cinema Novo movement, his production spans a period of 60 years in the history of Brazil. Considered one of the most important filmmakers in the country, he was strongly influenced by the works of the 1930s generation of Brazilian literary modernism, having adapted works by Graciliano Ramos and Jorge Amado for cinema. His film Vidas Secas, based on Graciliano's novel, is one of the most awarded Brazilian films of all time, being recognized as a masterpiece. In 2006, he was elected Immortal by the Brazilian Academy of Letters, a position he held until his death in 2018.
Movies
The Good Cinema
An authentically marginal cinema created in Catholic university in Brazil. One of the most intriguin...
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O Brasil de Darcy Ribeiro
Documentary on the view, testimonies and times of Darcy Ribeiro, since military dictatorship....
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Sambando nas Brasas, Morô?
The adventures of Pedro, a musician who is trying his luck in Rio de Janeiro, in the 1950's. He leav...
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Brazil in Cannes
The importance of the Cannes Film Festival in world terms and what it represented for Brazil in 1971...
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Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
Documentary about Brazilian filmmaker Glauber Rocha, one of the most important names in the Cinema N...
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Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
Originally produced for German TV, Improvised and Purposeful is a firsthand look at the "Cinema Novo...
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How to Die in Cinema
Memories of a parrot who participated in the filming of the classic Vidas Secas, in 1962, where it w...
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Red Mandacaru
Despite being promised to another man, a young orphaned woman falls in love with man working at the ...
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Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema
A documentary on Cosme Alves Netto (1937-1996), former head of the Cinematheque of the Museum of Mod...
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At the Edge of the Earth
On 17 May 1931, the young director Mário Peixoto released his masterpiece "Limite" in a premiere in ...
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Memórias do Grupo Opinião
Follows the story of Opinião, a theatre group created in 1964 during the early Brazilian dictatorshi...
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Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
Conducted from interviews with personalities who lived with Leila Diniz (1945-1972), the documentary...
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Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
For six decades, the cinema of Nelson Pereira dos Santos has projected Brazil into the eyes of the w...
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Cinema Novo
A deep investigation, in the way of a poetic essay, on one of the main Latin American movements in c...
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Dib
Documentary that addresses, through the testimony of directors and actors, the work of Dib Lutfi, co...
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Nelson Filma
The work of Nelson Pereira dos Santos guides the documentary, which traces the path taken by Cinema ...
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Garden of War
Edson is having an affair with actress Maria do Rosário, who dreams of being a movie director. So he...
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Critic
Seventy critics and filmmakers discuss cinema around the conflict between the artist and the observe...
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Português - A Língua do Brasil
16 members from the Brazilian Academy of Letters share their views on the current situation of the p...
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For All - O Trampolim da Vitória
1943, World War II. The northeastern coast of Brazil is an strategic region for the Allies. Giancarl...
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Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
Two years of research and visits to collections, cinematheques and museums; almost seventy interview...
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A música que meu pai gostava
Nelson Pereira dos Santos talks about The Highway of Life (1980)...
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Referências
During a showing of rare Afro-Brazilian Cinema films at the Cinematheque of the Museum of Modern Art...
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Nelson Filma o Rio
The city of Rio de Janeiro in the films of Nelson Pereira dos Santos contextualized by critic Rodrig...
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A Paz é Dourada
The film chronicles both the life and work of Brazilian author and engineer Euclides da Cunha and a ...
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Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
In 1965, a year after the military coup in Brazil, an oasis of freedom opened in the country's capit...
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Oscar Niemeyer: Life is a Breath of Air
A documentary made to coincide with Niemeyer's 100th birthday. The renowned architect talks about hi...
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Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal
This film shines a light at the story of Jards Macalé, polemic artist and controversial character of...
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