Andrea Tonacci

Born: 1944-01-01

Andrea Tonacci (Rome, 1944 - São Paulo, 2016) was an Italian-Brazilian filmmaker, considered one of the main figures of the Cinema Marginal movement of underground filmmaking in 1970s Brazil. He moved with his parents to São Paulo when he was 11 years-old. A few years later, he studied Architecture and Engineering at the Presbiterian University of Mackenzie, but dropped both careers to purchase his dream of becoming a filmmaker. His first feature-lenght film, "Bang-Bang" (1971), was recieved with mixed opinions by the Cinema Marginal movement and was screened at the Director's Fortnight at the Cannes Festival. In 2006, his film "Serras da Desordem" got him the Kikitos for best photography, best picture and best director at the Gramado Festival of Brazilian Cinema. In 2010, he was given the Order of Cultural Merit, highest honor of the Brazilian Government to personalities who contribute to the development of Brazilian identity and culture. He passed away in December 16, 2016, a victim of pancreatic cancer.


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Young and Miserable or a Man Screaming Is Not a Dancing Bear

as uncredited
Released: 2016-01-29

To start again. one has to destroy.

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The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus

as uncredited
Released: 2023-01-30

For this behemoth, Bressane took his opera omnia and edited it in an order that first adheres to...

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Seen, Not Seen

as uncredited
Released: 2014-10-19

A dialogue between the auteur's memories and the images he shot and kept during his long film...

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