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Héctor Babenco

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Brazilian-Argentine film director (1946-2016)

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Héctor Eduardo Babenco was an Argentine-born Brazilian film director, screenwriter, producer and actor who worked in several countries including Brazil, Argentina, and the United States.

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Filmography 29

Carandiru2003 · ★ 7.6
Kiss of the Spider Woman1985 · ★ 7.0
Before Night Falls2000 · ★ 6.6
Pixote1980 · ★ 7.9
Ironweed1987 · ★ 6.3
At Play in the Fields of the Lord1991 · ★ 6.5
Lucio Flavio1977
The Past2007
My Hindu Friend2016
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die2020
Critic2008
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait2017
King of the Night1975
Rita Cadillac: The Lady of the People2010
Words with Gods2014
Paulista2009
Foolish Heart1998
About Cinema2015
Besame Mucho1987
Sabotage: Maestro do Canão2015
The Venice Project1999
Tangled Web: Making Kiss of the Spider Woman2008
Pixote In Memoriam2007
O Fabuloso Fittipaldi1973
The Earth is Round like An Orange1984
Viva Marília2025
Once Upon a Time There Was Iracema2005
Talk to Him2018
Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand

51 credits on file

Television 1

Carandiru: The Series2005

Awards 3

2011Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil)
2007Annual award ACFK
2004Brazilian Cinema Grand Prize for Best Director

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Héctor Eduardo Babenco was an Argentine-born Brazilian film director, screenwriter, producer and actor who worked in several countries including Brazil, Argentina, and the United States. He was one of the first Brazilian filmmakers to gain international critical acclaim, through his films which often dealt with social outcasts on the fringes of society. His best-known works include Pixote (1980), Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985), Ironweed (1987), At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1990) and Carandiru (2003).

Country
Argentina
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1946 to 2016 · aged 70
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28 languages

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