Júlio Bressane

Born: 1946-02-13

Júlio Eduardo Bressane de Azevedo (Rio de Janeiro, February 13, 1946 ) is a Brazilian filmmaker and writer. A representative of the Brazilian cinema marginal, he began making films as an assistant director of Walter Lima Jr., in 1965. In 1967, Bressane debuted as director with Face to Face, being selected for the Festival of Brasilia. In 1970, he founded Belair Movies in company with fellow filmmaker Rogério Sganzerla. They chose a model of making films and low-cost production and thereby managed to run six feature films in just six months. He came into exile in London in the early 1970s, but returned to Brazil several years later and made one film after another, using slapstick and debauchery as its main features. An acclaimed film of this period was the provocative Tabu, released in 1982. Critics consider Bressane the most scholarly of the Brazilian film directors, and his work is notable for the diversity of its narrative language. Another feature of his filmography is the comprehensive approach to historical and literary characters. He is also noted by his low-budget, short-time shootings, with an average of 11 to 14 days to make and edit a film. Description above from the Wikipedia article Júlio Bressane licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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The Queen of the Night

as O Espectro
Released: 2023-03-26

A statue steps down from the pedestal and sets out in search of her Creator, the cold Queen of...

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About Cinema

as Self
Released: 2015-09-15

An abandoned tumbledown theater in the outback of Paraíba state is the initial setting of a film...

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Sentimental Education

as Self
Released: 2013-10-03

Sentimental Education centers on the unique relationship between Áurea, a lonely 40 year old...

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Avacalha e se Esculhamba

as uncredited
Released: 2010-04-20

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Viola Chinesa

as uncredited
Released: 1975-05-31

The rare short film presents a curious dialogue between filmmaker Julio Bressane and actor...

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The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus

as Self
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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Belair

as uncredited
Released: 2009-10-04

Between February an May of 1970, Julio Bresane and Rogerio Sganzerla made 7 films for their...

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The Agony

as uncredited
Released: 1976-12-30

Cropped hair, a rosemary branch behind the ear, yellow shirt of shiny satin, he's behind the...

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A Vermelha Luz do Bandido

as uncredited
Released: 2009-08-11

Experimental documentary short that debates over Rogério Sganzerla's Brazilian cult classic "The...

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Ver Viver Reviver

as uncredited
Released: 2007-01-01

In September 2007 Júlio Bressane goes to Ferrara. In the cemetery of the Italian city he ends up...

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Copacabana, Mon Amour: A Restauração

as Self
Released: 2014-01-01

A documentary on the restoration of Rogério Sganzerla's 1970 film "Copacabana, Mon Amour".

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A Mulher da Luz Própria

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2019-06-06

Helena Ignez is one of the main female figures of Brazilian cinema. She developed a new style of...

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Lágrima Pantera: A Míssil

as uncredited
Released: 1972-01-01

A silent film shot in New York in 1972, including scenes in Hélio Oiticica’s apartment. Last...

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Earth

as uncredited
Released: 2015-06-26

When I wake will I be someone else?

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A Miss e o Dinossauro

as Himself (archive footage)
Released: 2005-05-10

A short documentary on Belair, an independent Brazilian film company that lasted for only five...

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Nietzsche Sils Maria Rochedo de Surlej

as uncredited
Released: 2019-01-26

Bressane (together with his partner Rosa Dias and young filmmaker Rodrigo Lima) guide us through...

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Nouvelle Vague

as (voice)
Released: 2024-06-22

Some videos about the new wave of the cinema.

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Drumming Beat of the Stars

as uncredited
Released: 2012-11-14

An essay around the streets, as an homage to Fernando Pessoa

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Strade perdute - Filmmaker 23

as uncredited
Released: 2023-11-20

For Filmmaker Film Festival (2023), Fulvio Baglivi and Cristina Piccino asked some filmmakers...

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Candango: Memoirs from a Festival

as Self
Released: 2020-10-22

In 1965, a year after the military coup in Brazil, an oasis of freedom opened in the country's...

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Quando a Coisa Vira Outra

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2022-10-06

Vladimir Carvalho's Cinema of Inequality marked the documentary filmmaker's trajectory over...

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Talking Cinema

as uncredited
Released: 1986-12-11

A fragmented style, patchwork of interviews with Caetano Veloso's friends, mixed with...

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Brás Cubas

as Film Director
Released: 1985-10-15

Irreverent adaptation of great writer Machado de Assis's masterpiece "Memórias Póstumas de Brás...

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A Linguagem do Cinema

as uncredited
Released: 2001-03-15

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Galáxia Albina

as uncredited
Released: 1992-01-01

A liberal interpretation of the book Galáxias, one of the most important works by the great...

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Torquato Neto, O Anjo Torto da Tropicália

as Self
Released: 1992-01-01

A documentary chronicling the life and works of Brazilian poet, songwriter, journalist and...

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Naive Cinema

as Reporter
Released: 1979-03-28

An essay film on the editing of erotic movies.

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