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Anselmo Duarte

Anselmo Duarte

Actor · 1920 – 2009 · Salto, São Paulo, Brazil

Anselmo Duarte Bento (April 21, 1920 – November 7, 2009) was a Brazilian actor, screenwriter and film director. Initially known as a leading man in popular musical comedies (known in Brazil as "chanchadas"), he debuted as filmmaker in 1957's "Absolutamente Certo", in which he also stars. His next film, "O Pagador de Promessas" (1962), adapted from a stage play by Dias Gomes, won the Golden Palm at the 1962 Cannes Film Festival. It is, to date, the only Brazilian feature film to be so distinguished and the first Cannes' Southern Hemisphere Golden Palm for best feature film. Duarte was awarded with the Order of The Cultural Merit, Brazil's highest cultural civilian honor, and with the Order of Ipiranga, which is the state of São Paulo's highest civilian honor. He was also awarded with titles of merit citizenship by numerous Brazilian municipalities including Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Salto, his birthplace. In 2009, the municipality of Salto inaugurated a multimillion-dollar cultural and educational center named "Centro Cultural e Educacional Anselmo Duarte", housing a 500 audience amphitheater for film and theatrical events. The center also displays for public view the original "Golden Palm" awarded to Duarte at the 1962 Cannes Film Festival. n 2008, at 88, Duarte founded a cultural organization (Instituto Anselmo Duarte) dedicated to restoring selected Brazilian films and creating special, free of charge, educational projects aimed at young filmmakers to improve their technical filmmaking skills. After his death, his son, Ricardo Duarte, 69, became the institute's president. Upon being diagnosed by suffering Alzheimer's dementia in 2002, Duarte spent his last 7 years of life under the care of his son, Ricardo, and his grandchild, Daphne, a preeminent Brazilian artist. Anselmo had 4 children. Reaching stage 6 on his Alzheimer illness condition, a bladder cancer was detected which led to a severe blood hemorrhage, precipitating a heart stroke. Although both the bladder cancer and heart conditions had been successfully treated, a sudden massive hemorrhagic brain stroke left the legendary Brazilian actor and filmmaker in a coma for 6 days, which led to his passing on November 7, 2009. Description above from the Wikipedia article Anselmo Duarte, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies21

  • Movie6.7

    Absolutamente Certo

    Absolutely Right

    1957 · 3 votes

  • Movie8.1

    Assim Era a Atlântida

    1975 · 4 votes

  • Movie10.0

    Querida Suzana

    1947 · 1 votes

  • Movie5.0
  • Movie7.0

    Eu eu eu José Lewgoy

    I, I, I José Lewgoy

    2011 · 1 votes

  • Movie9.0

    O Caçula do Barulho

    1949 · 1 votes

  • Movie9.0

    A Casa das Tentações

    1977 · 1 votes

  • Movie7.0
  • Movie10.0
  • Movie7.0

    Paranóia

    1976 · 1 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Sinfonia Carioca

    Carioca Symphony

    1955 · 1 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Arara Vermelha

    Scarlet Macaw

    1957 · 1 votes

  • Movie
  • Movie9.0

    Tensão no Rio

    1984 · 1 votes

  • Movie8.0

    Inconfidência Mineira

    Minas Conspiracy

    1948 · 1 votes

  • Movie8.0

    A Sombra da Outra

    The Shadow of Another

    1950 · 1 votes

  • Movie4.2
  • Movie

    O Homem Que Engarrafava Nuvens

    The Man Who Bottled Clouds

    2008

  • Movie5.6

    Un rayo de luz

    1960 · 28 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Adolfo Celi, un uomo per due culture

    Adolfo Celi, a Man for Two Worlds

    2006 · 1 votes

  • Movie7.5

    A Madona de Cedro

    1968 · 2 votes

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  • TV9.4

    Feijão Maravilha

    1979 · 7 votes