Paulo Gil Soares
Director · 1935 – 2000 · Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Paulo Gil Soares (Salvador, August 6, 1935 - Rio de Janeiro, June 28, 2000) was a Brazilian director and writer, known for Proêzas de Satanás na Vila de Leva-e-Traz (1967), Procura-se Uma Virgem (1971) and Um Homem e Sua Jaula (1969). He died on 28 June 2000 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Movie6.3DocumentaryDocumentary about Brazilian filmmaker Glauber Rocha, one of the most important names in the Cinema Novo, with interviews with some of his friends and colleagues.
Movie8.0DocumentaryDocumentary that addresses, through the testimony of directors and actors, the work of Dib Lutfi, considered one of the greatest photographers of Brazilian cinema.
Dib
1997 · 1 votes
Movie9.0DocumentaryThe origins of "cangaço", armed brigands in the Northeast between 1935 and 1939, interviews with some survivors of the fighting, police and outlaws movement. Interspersed with testimonials, authentic sequences of films made in 1936 by Benjamin Abraham, an Arab peddler who managed to film the famous band of Virgulino Ferreira da Silva, the "Lampião".
Memória do Cangaço
1964 · 3 votes
MovieDocumentaryOn the dry ground of the caatinga and on the rocky slopes of the sertão, the goat survives. Organic parts of the country landscape, linked to the economy of certain regions, provide milk, meat and skin for export.