Héctor Babenco
Yönetmen · 1946 – 2016 · Buenos Aires, Argentina
Héctor Eduardo Babenco (born in Buenos Aires but raised in Mar del Plata) was an Argentine-born Brazilian film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He has worked in several countries including Argentina, Brazil and the United States.
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Film6.7DramAynı zamanda başarılı bir ressam ve heykeltraş olan ve 1996 yılında çektiği ilk filmi "Basquiat"la pek çok festivalde ödül kazanan Julian Schnabel'ın Kübalı şair ve yazar Reinaldo Arenas'ın otobiyografik romanına dayanarak çektiği "Karanlıktan Önce", yazarın yaşamını Küba'daki çocukluk yıllarından New York City'deki ölümüne dek geniş bir perspektiften ele alıyor. Arenas babasının annesini terk etmesinden dolayı Küba'da çiftçilik yapan büyükannesi ve büyükbabası tarafından baskı altında yetiştirilir. Küba'da devrim sırasında hem yazar olması hem de eşcinselliği nedeniyle isyancı olarak mimlenir, basit bir sebepten dolayı hapse atılır ve işkence görür. Bütün bu olumsuz koşullara rağmen yazmaya devam eder. Hapishanede diğer mahkumların mektuplarını yazarken gizlice kendi romanını da yazar ve el altından ülke dışına kaçırtarak bastırır. 1980'de ise sınır dışı edilerek Amerika'ya gider.
Film7.3BelgeselA tribute documentary on Fernando Ramos da Silva, the famous child star of the acclaimed film by Hector Babenco, "Pixote, a Lei do Mais Fraco" (1981). 20 years after his assassination by the police, his co-stars and Babenco talk about Fernando's contributions to the film, his troubled life when his acting works didn't took off as expected (since he was typecast) and which made him turn back to his past life of poverty and crimes. The project also presents that film's influence to many directors and artists around the world.
Pixote In Memoriam
2007 · 3 votes
Film6.2DramRomantik12 yıllık beraberliklerinden sonra ayrılmaya karar veren bir çift için, ayrılık sonrası işler bekledikleri gibi gitmez. Rimini için başlangıçta oldukça kolay görünen bu ayrılık, eski sevgilisinin ondan vazgeçmeyerek, hayatına giren yeni kadınlara varana kadar ilgilenmesi nedeniyle, zor bir hal alır...
FilmBelgeselMüzikThe historical, political, and social context of Brazil in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, and the impact of each decade on the life and work of the acclaimed actress Marília Pêra.
Viva Marília
2026
Film7.3BelgeselA chronicle of the personal life and public career of the celebrated artist and filmmaker Julian Schnabel.
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
2017 · 14 votes
Film7.1BelgeselBesieged by cancer and nearing the end, the genius Argentine-Brazilian filmmaker Héctor Babenco (1946-2016) asks Bárbara Paz, his wife, for one last wish: to be the protagonist of his own death.
Film7.0DramKomediRoland is an avant-garde artist in Venice, California whose sister lives on their family's estate in Venice, Italy. Their father is near death and announces that his home and priceless collection of art have been bequeathed to the Italian government.
The Venice Project
1999 · 2 votes
Film8.2BelgeselAn abandoned tumbledown theater in the outback of Paraíba state is the initial setting of a film about cinema, which explores the testimonials of the novelist and playwright Ariano Suassuna and other filmmakers such as Ruy Guerra, Julio Bressane, Ken Loach, Andrzej Wajda, Karim Ainouz, José Padilha, Hector Babenco, Vilmos Zsigmond, Béla Tarr, Gus Van Sant and Jia Zhangke. They all respond to two basic questions: why do they make movies and why do they serve the seventh art. The filmmakers share their thoughts about time, narrative, rhythm, light, movement, the meaning of tragedy, the audience‘s desires and the boundaries with other forms of art.
FilmBelgeselA making-of directed by Bodanzky himself, the documentary discusses the language of the film Iracema - Uma Transa Amazônica 30 years after it was made, gathering interviews with the authors, actors, critics and the filmmakers themselves.
Film4.1DramRomantikThree metropolitan stories entwine in São Paulo. Would-be actress Marina arrives in the city looking for independence, falls madly in love with Justine, a bisexual rock singer, and is swept up into her wild, edgy lifestyle. Marina shares a flat on Avenida Paulista with Suzana, a mysterious lawyer who begins a relationship with a male colleague who is unaware that she's transsexual. Jay lives a few floors above them. He is a frustrated writer trying to give a meaning to his life by idealizing a stunningly beautiful prostitute, whom he transforms into a sort of muse. Following the frenetic pace of the city, the three "Paulista" characters will experience the euphoria of passion and its downside.
Film6.8BelgeselThis revealing documentary about the Brazilian sex symbol goes deep into her career as she pivoted from dancer to singer to adult film star.
Film7.9BelgeselSeventy critics and filmmakers discuss cinema around the conflict between the artist and the observer, the creator and the critic. Between 1998 and 2007, Kléber Mendonça Filho recorded testimonies about this relationship in Brazil, the United States and Europe, based on his experience as a critic.
Film8.5BelgeselRare documents and details of the film's story. From its initial option to its critical reception and legacy. Director David Weisman, who also produced "Kiss of the Spider Woman", comes off as rightful creative force behind the production, as it was his true passion. Very detailed comments from all the participants, from the author of the book to the lawyer for the production company, the actors, director, writers, producer, and crew members.
Tangled Web: Making Kiss of the Spider Woman
2008 · 2 votes
FilmBelgeselDr. Drauzio Varella has a hypothetical conversation with his friend Hector Babenco, a filmmaker who died in 2016. The importance of friendship is addressed in the documentary based on the death of a friend — and shows the decrease in happiness and the irreplaceable void left by this game.