Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Nelson Pereira dos Santos was a Brazilian film director. He directed films such as Vidas Secas (Barren Lives), based on the book with the same name by Brazilian writer Graciliano Ramos. He also directed Rio 40° (his first feature film) which was released in 1955. The film is a chronicle of life in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, and it influenced several other directors, spurring the Cinema Novo moment. His most well-known film outside of Brazil is Como Era Gostoso o Meu Francês (How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman, 1971). It was entered into the 21st Berlin International Film Festival. The film takes place in the sixteenth century and details the alleged cannibalistic practices of the (now extinct) indigenous Tupinamba warrior tribe against the French and Portuguese colonizers of the Brazilian littoral. The film is something of a black comedy about European colonialism, one that makes satirical use of the Brazilian modernist trope of antropofagia (cultural cannibalism), then recently revived by the Tropicalismo movement of the 1960s, as well as a bitter commentary on the historical genocide of the indigenous tribes in Latin America and the gradual destruction of their civilization. Santos was a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters from 2006 up to his death, result of multiple organ failure, on 12 April 2018.
Known For | Directing |
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Most Rating | 2.686 |
Birthday | 1928-10-22 |
Place of Birth | São Paulo, Brazil |
Also Known As | Нелсон Перейра дус Сантус, Нельсон Перейра дос Сантос, Нельсон Перейра дус Сантус, Нельсон Перейра душ Сантуш, |
2003
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
5.8/8
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Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
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Que Viva Glauber!
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Que Viva Glauber!
1967
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
7.7/9
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Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
2002
How to Die in Cinema
5.7/3
Memories of a parrot who participated in the filming of the classic Vidas Secas, in 1962, where it was featured along the puppy Baleia.
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How to Die in Cinema
1961
Mandacaru Vermelho
6.6/4
Despite being promised to another man, a young orphaned woman falls in love with man working at the farm she lives in , and together they escape. Acco...
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Mandacaru Vermelho
2015
Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema
0/0
A documentary on Cosme Alves Netto (1937-1996), former head of the Cinematheque of the Museum of Modern Arts at Rio de Janeiro.
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Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema
2002
At the Edge of the Earth
7/6
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At the Edge of the Earth
2015
Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro
8/1
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Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro
2011
Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro
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Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro
2016
Cinema Novo
6.7/22
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Cinema Novo
2013
Sinais de Cinza, A Peleja de Olney Contra o Dragão da Maldade
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Sinais de Cinza, A Peleja de Olney Contra o Dragão da Maldade
1971
Nelson Filma
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Nelson Filma
1989
Alex Viany - Um Documentário em Vídeo
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Alex Viany - Um Documentário em Vídeo
1997
Dib
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2008
Crítico
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1968
Garden of War
6.857/7
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Garden of War
2007
Português - A Língua do Brasil
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16 members from the Brazilian Academy of Letters share their views on the current situation of the portuguese language.
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Português - A Língua do Brasil
1998
For All - O Trampolim da Vitória
4/3
1943, World War II. The northeastern coast of Brazil is an strategic region for the Allies. Giancarlo, an Italian immigrant married to a Brazilian wom...
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For All - O Trampolim da Vitória
2017
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
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Two years of research and visits to collections, cinematheques and museums; almost seventy interviews that generated 30 hours of recorded material; mo...
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1991
Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer?
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Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer?
2018
A música que meu pai gostava
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Nelson Pereira dos Santos talks about The Highway of Life (1980)
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A música que meu pai gostava
2006
Referências
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Referências
2021
The Good Cinema
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An authentically marginal cinema created in Catholic university in Brazil. One of the most intriguing and imaginative moments in modern cinema in the...
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The Good Cinema
2014
O Brasil de Darcy Ribeiro
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Documentary on the view, testimonies and times of Darcy Ribeiro, since military dictatorship.
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O Brasil de Darcy Ribeiro
1971
Brazil in Cannes
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The importance of the Cannes Film Festival in world terms and what it represented for Brazil in 1971. For Brazilian cinema, Cannes 71 represented the...
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2007
Sambando nas Brasas, Morô?
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The adventures of Pedro, a musician who is trying his luck in Rio de Janeiro, in the 1950's. He leaves his hometown Belo Horizonte to share a lodging...
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Sambando nas Brasas, Morô?
2019
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
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Follows the story of Opinião, a theatre group created in 1964 during the early Brazilian dictatorship period to oppose the government through artistic...
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Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
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Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
2023
Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
7/1
For six decades, the cinema of Nelson Pereira dos Santos has projected Brazil into the eyes of the world. Precursor of Cinema Novo, Nelson was, more t...
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