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Tag: Kleber Mendonça Filho

Pictures of Ghosts (Retratos Fantasmas)

Kleber Mendonca Filho
2023

Victor Fraga - 20-05-2023

Kleber Mendonca Filho intertwines the history of movie theatres in the Brazilian town of of Recife with his own personal life, in charming and clever documentary - from the 41st Turin Film Festival [Read More...]

The Brazilian resistance speaks up!

 

Victor Fraga - 06-10-2019

We spoke to the two directors of Bacurau, the audacious sci-fi/Western that won the Jury Prize in Cannes this year, and became a powerful weapon against the far-right, anti-culture government of Brazil [Read More...]

Bacurau

Kleber Mendonca Filho and Juliano Dornelles
2019

Victor Fraga - 16-05-2019

Brazilian filmmakers deliver ultra-violent and wacky sci-fi ornated with historical allusions and spiced with political flavours - on Mubi on Friday, May 27th [Read More...]

The filmmaker who denounced the Brazilian coup d’état

 

Victor Fraga - 14-03-2017

The director of the internationally-acclaimed Brazilian drama Aquarius flies to London for his film release, and he talks to Victor Fraga from DMovies about fiery topics such as greedy real estate developers and the coup d'état in Brazil last year [Read More...]

Aquarius

Kleber Mendonça Filho
2016

Victor Fraga - 13-10-2016

The Brazilian weapon of resistance: played by the legendary Sônia Braga, Clara is a woman who uses nostalgia as a shield against her fast-changing and deeply corrupt society, as well as an instrument for both physical and emotional survival - now on Netflix! [Read More...]