Selton Mello
1972 (53 года)A Dog's Will
Guel Arraes
Matheus Nachtergaele, Selton Mello
The lively João Grilo and the sly Chicó are poor guys living in the hinterland who cheat a bunch of people in a small in Northeastern Brazil. When they die, they have to be judged by Christ, the Devil and the Virgin Mary before they are admitted to paradise.
A Dog's Will
Todos os Paulos do Mundo
Gustavo Ribeiro, Rodrigo de Oliveira
Paulo José, Ana Kutner
"All Paulos in the World" is a cinematographic essay about Paulo José, one of the greatest artists in Brazil, in the year in which he turns 80 years-old.
All Paulos in the World - Paulo José
Você Não Sabe Quem Eu Sou
Rodrigo Cardoso, Rogério Corrêa
Nasi, Selton Mello
Nasi was always a controversial guy. Since his times with Ira! in the early 1980s, his name was among the most talented and also the most troublesome artists on the Brazilian scene.
Você Não Sabe Quem Eu Sou
Lisbela e o Prisioneiro
Guel Arraes
Selton Mello, Débora Falabella
Lisbela is a young woman who loves going to the movies. Leléu is a con man, going from town to town selling all sort of things and performing as master of ceremonies for some cheesy numbers, such as the woman who gets transformed into a gorilla. He gets involved with Linaura, a sexy and beautiful woman who happens to be the wife of the most frightening hitman of the place. The hitman finds out his wife's affair and goes after Leléu, who has to leave in a hurry. In another town, he meets and falls instantly in love with Lisbela, who is engaged to Douglas, a hillbilly who tries hard to pass for a cosmopolitan Rio de Janeiro dweller.
Lisbela and the Prisoner
Lavoura Arcaica
Luiz Fernando Carvalho
Selton Mello, Raul Cortez
The story of André, the rebel runaway son from a dominant Lebanese-Brazilian family who returns to the nest after a few years. "Lavoura Arcaica" deals with melodramatic themes of tyrannical fathers, incest and fierce family conflicts, matched by an overheated and intense visual style.
To the Left of the Father
O Que é Isso, Companheiro?
Bruno Barreto
Alan Arkin, Pedro Cardoso
Fernando, a journalist, and his friend César join terrorist group MR8 in order to fight Brazilian dictatorial regime during the late sixties. Cesare, however, is wounded and captured during a bank hold up. Fernando then decides to kidnap the American ambassador in Brazil and ask for the release of fifteen political prisoners in exchange for his life.
Four Days in September
O Cheiro do Ralo
Heitor Dhalia
Selton Mello, Paula Braun
A pawn shop proprietor buys used goods from desperate locals – as much to play perverse power games as for his own livelihood, but when the perfect rump and a backed-up toilet enter his life, he loses all control.
Drained
Babenco - Alguém Tem que Ouvir o Coração e Dizer: Parou
Bárbara Paz
Héctor Babenco, Willem Dafoe
Besieged 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.
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Reflexões de um Liquidificador
André Klotzel
Ana Lúcia Torre, Selton Mello
After receiving a patch, a blender gains consciousness and begin to think about life, the human and the lifetime of electronics. When a man disappears, the blender remains the only company of his wife.
Reflections of a Blender
O Filme da Minha Vida
Selton Mello
Johnny Massaro, Венсан Кассель
The sierras of southern Brazil, 1963. The son of an French man and a Brazilian woman, Tony is a young man with a profound love of cinema and poetry. After graduating from college he returns to his small town in rural Brazil, to find out that his father had left for good, back to France. Tony then looks for the company of his fathers friends in search of information and references of a lost male role-model. He becomes a school teacher and a male figure to kids, in an attempt to provide them with something he lacks himself. A series of developments lead him to a surprising final lead on his fathers' whereabouts and reasons for leaving.
The Movie of My Life
