16-01-1936
Birthday
Capricorn
Zodiac Sign
-
Genres
6
Total Films
Also known as (male)
Valinhos, São Paulo, Brazil
Place of Birth
16-01-1936
Birthday
Capricorn
Zodiac Sign
-
Genres
6
Total Films
Maurice Capovilla
Also Known As (male)
Valinhos, São Paulo, Brazil
Place of Birth
actor
6 Works
producer
1 Works
director
28 Works
writer
9 Works
other
4 Works
The Good Cinema
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.Year:
2021
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
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.Year:
2020
Mr. Sganzerla: Os Signos da Luz
A documentary on prolific underground Brazilian filmmaker Rogério Sganzerla.Year:
2012
The Awakening of the Beast
A psychiatrist experiments on four volunteers with LSD to examine 60's drug culture, soon unleashing an expert in depravity.Year:
1970
Audácia!
Segment "Prólogo": interviews and scenes with some of the most important filmmakers of the "Boca do Lixo" of São Paulo. Segment "A Badaladíssima dos Trópicos x Os Picaretas do Sexo": shenanigans of a troubled fictional film production. Segment "Amor 69": Actress Maria Vargas is expected to appear nude in a scene, but ultimately refuses to do so.Year:
1970
The Red Light Bandit
Born and raised in the misery of Brazilian slums, Jorge becomes a luxury house burglar in São Paulo and gets nicknamed "The Red Light Bandit" by the sensationalist press. In addition to wearing a red flashlight, he talks to his hostages in an irreverent tone and makes bold breakthroughs to later spend the money extravagantly. His world is the decadent neighbourhood of Boca do Lixo.Year:
1968
