Carlos Diegues

Carlos Diegues

Born: May 19, 1940
in Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
Carlos José 'Cacá' Fontes Diegues is an award-winning Brazilian filmmaker and one of the founders of the Brazilian New Cinema (Cinema Novo) movement.

Movies for Carlos Diegues...

Quando a Coisa Vira Outra
Title: Quando a Coisa Vira Outra
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 6, 2022
Type: Movie
Vladimir Carvalho's Cinema of Inequality marked the documentary filmmaker's trajectory over decades of activity. Considered one of the most important Brazilian documentary filmmakers in activity, his images influenced the emergence of Cinema Novo and the new Brazilian documentary years later. Quando a Coisa Vira Outra covers the most important films made by Vladimir, revealing where ideas come from to show the true reality of a country.
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The Good Cinema
Title: The Good Cinema
Character: Self
Released: March 18, 2021
Type: Movie
An authentically marginal cinema created in Catholic university in Brazil. One of the most intriguing and imaginative moments in modern cinema in the voice of some of its select conspirators—with Carlos Reichenbach at the lead—, and through the most razing flow of images that can possibly be conceived.
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Torquato, Imagem da Incompletude
Title: Torquato, Imagem da Incompletude
Character: Self
Released: December 16, 2020
Type: Movie
A reflection on the works and thinking of the last years of production by Torquato. Such as the magazine "Navilouca", the film "Terror da Vermelha", the column "Geleia Geral" and the controversial Cinema Novo X Marginal, among other passages important aspects of Brazilian culture in the 60s and 70s.
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Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
Title: Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
Character: Self
Released: October 22, 2020
Type: Movie
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 cultural and political resistance. Its story is that of Brazilian cinema itself.
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Arroz, Feijão e Cinema
Title: Arroz, Feijão e Cinema
Character: Self
Released: March 5, 2020
Type: Movie
Arroz, Feijão e Cinema is a record of the transformative impacts that a popular movie theater, Ponto Cine, brought to the lives of the population of Guadalupe and adjacent neighborhoods in the Rio suburbs through a program exclusively of Brazilian films and projects from audience formation.
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Ferreira Gullar: Arqueologia do Poeta
Title: Ferreira Gullar: Arqueologia do Poeta
Character: Self
Released: July 11, 2019
Type: Movie
The intense life of Ferreira Gullar, one of the most influential poets in Brazil, is revisited by his personal friend Silvio Tendler, based on his most acclaimed work: Poema Sujo. In addition to addressing other poems by Gullar, the documentary also includes the testimony of people who lived directly with the artist's work.
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Neville D'Almeida: Chronicler of Beauty and Chaos
Title: Neville D'Almeida: Chronicler of Beauty and Chaos
Character: Self
Released: July 4, 2019
Type: Movie
This film seeks to rescue the role of filmmaker Neville D'Almeida by using many rare images, numerous interviews, vast archival and audiovisual material.
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Memórias do Grupo Opinião
Title: Memórias do Grupo Opinião
Character: Self
Released: May 15, 2019
Type: Movie
Follows the story of Opinião, a theatre group created in 1964 during the early Brazilian dictatorship period to oppose the government through artistic performances. Considered the first left-wing response to the dictatorship, the group gathered now famous Brazilian artists such as Nara Leão, Maria Bethânia, João do Vale and Millôr Fernandes.
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Asdrúbal Trouxe o Trombone
Title: Asdrúbal Trouxe o Trombone
Released: November 18, 2017
Type: Movie
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Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
Title: Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
Character: Self
Released: March 31, 2017
Type: Movie
Two years of research and visits to collections, cinematheques and museums; almost seventy interviews that generated 30 hours of recorded material; more than two hundred scanned photos and more than one hundred films watched. In total, more than a thousand hours of work were needed to prepare Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century. The work is a fascinating journey through all the cinematic cycles that Brazil lived, from the pioneering Belle Époque, through the great studios like Atlântica and Cinédia, Cinema Novo, the urban comedies of the 70's, until the resumption in the late 90's. The documentary is unique, it gives the floor to who really wrote and lived this story intensely.
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Pitanga
Title: Pitanga
Character: Self
Released: September 23, 2016
Type: Movie
This documentary investigates the aesthetic, political and existential trajectory of emblematic Black Brazilian actor Antônio Pitanga. His career spans over five decades, and he has worked with iconic Brazilian filmmakers Glauber Rocha, Cacá Diegues and Walter Lima Jr. He was a prominent figurehead and outspoken activist during the Brazilian dictatorship, a period of unrest in Brazilian cinema. "Pitanga" deep dives into the world of Antônio and the history of Brazil. The documentary was directed by his daughter Camila Pitanga, one of widely recognised faces in Brazilian television and cinema right now. The film is also a poem, and a tender ode to fatherhood.
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Cinema Novo
Title: Cinema Novo
Character: Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Released: May 16, 2016
Type: Movie
A deep investigation, in the way of a poetic essay, on one of the main Latin American movements in cinema, analyzed via the thoughts of its main authors, who invented, in the early 1960s, a new way of making movies in Brazil, with a political attitude, always near to people's problems, that combined art and revolution.
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Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro
Title: Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro
Character: Self
Released: October 5, 2015
Type: Movie
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Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema
Title: Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema
Character: Self
Released: June 30, 2015
Type: Movie
A documentary on Cosme Alves Netto (1937-1996), former head of the Cinematheque of the Museum of Modern Arts at Rio de Janeiro.
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Dossiê Jango
Title: Dossiê Jango
Character: Self
Released: July 5, 2013
Type: Movie
João Goulart (known as Jango) had been democratically elected president of Brazil, but was expelled from office after the coup of April 1, 1964. After that, Jango lived in exile in Argentina, where he died in 1976. The circumstances of his death in the neighboring country were not well explained today. His body was buried immediately after his death, raising the suspicions of premeditated murder. This documentary brings the issue back to the fore and tries to publicly clarify some obscure facts of the history of Brazil.
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Giovanni Improtta
Title: Giovanni Improtta
Character: Vizinho
Released: May 18, 2013
Type: Movie
Giovanni Improtta is a criminal who wants to climb the social ladder and become a law-abiding citizen. To achieve it, he commits some more crimes He is betrayed, and ends up under the spotlight of the media and the radar of the police, falsely charged for murder.
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Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro
Title: Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: August 22, 2011
Type: Movie
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Consideração do Poema
Title: Consideração do Poema
Released: March 3, 2011
Type: Movie
Carlos Drummond de Andrade's poetry is read by exponents of Brazilian culture, such as Chico Buarque, Caetano Veloso, Adriana Calcanhoto, Fernanda Torres, Marilia Pera, Antonio Cicero and others.
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Em Quadro: A História de 4 Negros nas Telas
Title: Em Quadro: A História de 4 Negros nas Telas
Character: Self
Released: January 2, 2009
Type: Movie
A documentary that tells the history of 4 famous actors in Brazil.
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Depois do Transe
Title: Depois do Transe
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2006
Type: Movie
The documentary "Depois do Transe" covers the entire process of creating the masterpiece "Entranced Earth", which was released and awarded at the Cannes Film Festival in 1967. "Entranced Earth" charmed the world and won great admirers such as filmmaker Martim Scorsese and the writer Marguerite Duras, who at the time considered a "fabulous filmic opera."
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Referências
Title: Referências
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2006
Type: Movie
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Looking for Black Orpheus
Title: Looking for Black Orpheus
Character: Self
Released: May 20, 2005
Type: Movie
Documentary about Marcel Camus' 1959 film Black Orpheus, its cultural and musical roots, and its resonance in Brazil today.
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Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova
Title: Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2005
Type: Movie
Documentary about the birth of bossa-nova, in Brazil, and the major stars of this musical style.
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Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
Title: Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
Character: Self / Interviewee
Released: September 17, 2003
Type: Movie
Documentary about Brazilian filmmaker Glauber Rocha, one of the most important names in the Cinema Novo, with interviews with some of his friends and colleagues.
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At the Edge of the Earth
Title: At the Edge of the Earth
Character: Self
Released: July 7, 2002
Type: Movie
On 17 May 1931, the young director Mário Peixoto released his masterpiece "Limite" in a premiere in Capitólio Theater in Rio de Janeiro to astonished audiences bewildered by the impressive and poetic images. Considered by many viewers the best Brazilian movie ever made, this feature has never been released commercially. However, in a great paradox, Mário Peixoto has never made any other movie. The director Sérgio Machado pays a great tribute to the life and work Mário Peixoto a.k.a. Maçarico by his close friends with this documentary, using his diary; footages of "Limite", the never concluded "Onde a Terra Acaba" (1933) and the short "O Homem do Morcego" (1980); and interesting testimonies of Olga Breno, Ruy Solberg, Nelson Pereira dos Santos and Walter Salles among others.
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1968 - Without Losing Tenderness
Title: 1968 - Without Losing Tenderness
Character: Self
Released: May 25, 2001
Type: Movie
The story of the University of Brasília, since it was only a project in Darcy Ribeiro's head until the fateful events in August 1968 when its campus was invaded by the police, during the military dictatorship, thus putting an end to its independence.
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For All - O Trampolim da Vitória
Title: For All - O Trampolim da Vitória
Released: May 15, 1998
Type: Movie
1943, World War II. The northeastern coast of Brazil is an strategic region for the Allies. Giancarlo, an Italian immigrant married to a Brazilian woman, lives nearby the Parnamirin Field, the largest military base built by the USA outside of their territory. In this new base, Brazilian recruits who speak English suddenly find themselves reaching privileged positions.
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Dib
Title: Dib
Character: Self
Released: January 2, 1997
Type: Movie
Documentary that addresses, through the testimony of directors and actors, the work of Dib Lutfi, considered one of the greatest photographers of Brazilian cinema.
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Nelson Sargento
Title: Nelson Sargento
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
Biographical portrait of samba dancer Nelson Sargento in Morro da Mangueira, Rio de Janeiro.
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Rio's Love Song
Title: Rio's Love Song
Released: September 15, 1994
Type: Movie
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 highway patrol officer who is infatuated with a mulatto dancer at a local nightclub. "Drao" : a publicity man and a boutique owner who face a crises in their marriage. "You Are Beautiful" : two homeless teenagers seek love amidst their personal misery. "Samba of the Great Passion" : a book maker who is charmed and captivated by the voice of a female singer coming from a building across the street. Characters in search of love in order to escape from the boredom, loneliness and helplessness of their lives.
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Que Viva Glauber!
Title: Que Viva Glauber!
Released: January 1, 1991
Type: Movie
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Alex Viany - Um Documentário em Vídeo
Title: Alex Viany - Um Documentário em Vídeo
Character: Self
Released: January 2, 1989
Type: Movie
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Making of - Quilombo
Title: Making of - Quilombo
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1984
Type: Movie
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Cinématon IX
Title: Cinématon IX
Character: N°83
Released: October 15, 1980
Type: Movie
Reel 9 of Gérard Courant's on-going Cinematon series.
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Fênix
Title: Fênix
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1980
Type: Movie
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Summer Showers
Title: Summer Showers
Character: Homem lendo jornal
Released: April 24, 1978
Type: Movie
70-year-old widower living in a poor Rio de Janeiro suburb falls in love again when he finds a woman of approximately the same age.
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Title: Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Character: Self
Released: January 12, 1975
Type: TV
A talk show presented by Michel Drucker
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Title: Spécial cinéma
Character: Self
Released: September 25, 1974
Type: TV
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The Suns of Easter Island
Title: The Suns of Easter Island
Released: August 23, 1972
Type: Movie
Six people find a mysterious mark in the center of their left hand and all independently go to Easter Island in hopes to uncover the mystery.
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Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
Title: Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1967
Type: Movie
Originally produced for German TV, Improvised and Purposeful is a firsthand look at the "Cinema Novo" movement (otherwise known as the 'Brazilian New Wave'). Director Joaquim Pedro de Andrade focuses on six Cinema Novo filmmakers working in Rio in 1967.