Júlio Bressane
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.
Quando a Coisa Vira Outra
as Self (archive footage)Vladimir Carvalho's Cinema of Inequality marked the documentary filmmaker's trajectory over...
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Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
as SelfIn 1965, a year after the military coup in Brazil, an oasis of freedom opened in the country's...
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Talking Cinema
as uncreditedA fragmented style, patchwork of interviews with Caetano Veloso's friends, mixed with...
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Naive Cinema
as ReporterAn essay film on the editing of erotic movies.
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About Cinema
as SelfAn abandoned tumbledown theater in the outback of Paraíba state is the initial setting of a film...
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Sentimental Education
as SelfSentimental Education centers on the unique relationship between Áurea, a lonely 40 year old...
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The Agony
as uncreditedCropped hair, a rosemary branch behind the ear, yellow shirt of shiny satin, he's behind the...
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Torquato Neto, O Anjo Torto da Tropicália
as SelfA documentary chronicling the life and works of Brazilian poet, songwriter, journalist and...
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Brás Cubas
as uncreditedIrreverent adaptation of great writer Machado de Assis's masterpiece "Memórias Póstumas de Brás...
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A Miss e o Dinossauro
as Himself (archive footage)A short documentary on Belair, an independent Brazilian film company that lasted for only five...
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The Queen of the Night
as O EspectroA statue steps down from the pedestal and sets out in search of her Creator, the cold Queen of...
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A Mulher da Luz Própria
as Self (archive footage)Helena Ignez is one of the main female figures of Brazilian cinema. She developed a new style of...
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Copacabana, Mon Amour: A Restauração
as Júlio BressaneA documentary on the restoration of Rogério Sganzerla's 1970 film "Copacabana, Mon Amour".
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Strade perdute - Filmmaker 23
as uncreditedFor Filmmaker Film Festival (2023), Fulvio Baglivi and Cristina Piccino asked some filmmakers...
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Viola Chinesa
as uncreditedThe rare short film presents a curious dialogue between filmmaker Julio Bressane and actor...
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Belair
as uncreditedBetween February an May of 1970, Julio Bresane and Rogerio Sganzerla made 7 films for their...
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Nietzsche Sils Maria Rochedo de Surlej
as uncreditedBressane (together with his partner Rosa Dias and young filmmaker Rodrigo Lima) guide us through...
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Ver Viver Reviver
as uncreditedIn September 2007 Júlio Bressane goes to Ferrara. In the cemetery of the Italian city he ends up...
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Drumming Beat of the Stars
as uncreditedAn essay around the streets, as an homage to Fernando Pessoa
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Lágrima Pantera — A Míssil
as uncreditedA silent film shot in New York in 1972, including scenes in Hélio Oiticica’s apartment. Last...
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A Vermelha Luz do Bandido
as uncreditedExperimental documentary short that debates over Rogério Sganzerla's Brazilian cult classic "The...
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