Carlos Diegues
Date of birth: 1940-05-19
Place of birth: Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
Known for: Directing
Also known as: Carlos Diegues
Biography
Carlos José Fontes Diegues OMC, known as Cacá Diegues (Maceió, May 19, 1940 – Rio de Janeiro, February 14, 2025), was a Brazilian filmmaker. He was one of the founders of Cinema Novo.
Movie Credits
The Good Cinema
2021-03-18
An authentically marginal cinema created in Catholic university in Brazil. One of the most intriguin
Summer Showers
1978-04-24
70-year-old widower living in a poor Rio de Janeiro suburb falls in love again when he finds a woman
Neville D'Almeida: Chronicler of Beauty and Chaos
2019-07-04
This film seeks to rescue the role of filmmaker Neville D'Almeida by using many rare images, numerou
Looking for Black Orpheus
2005-05-20
Documentary about Marcel Camus' 1959 film Black Orpheus, its cultural and musical roots, and its res
Consideração do Poema
2011-03-03
Carlos Drummond de Andrade's poetry is read by exponents of Brazilian culture, such as Chico Buarque
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
2003-09-17
Documentary about Brazilian filmmaker Glauber Rocha, one of the most important names in the Cinema N
1968 - Without Losing Tenderness
2001-05-25
The story of the University of Brasília, since it was only a project in Darcy Ribeiro's head until t
Que Viva Glauber!
1991-01-01
Arroz, Feijão e Cinema
2020-03-05
Arroz, Feijão e Cinema is a record of the transformative impacts that a popular movie theater, Ponto
Torquato, Imagem da Incompletude
2020-12-16
A reflection on the works and thinking of the last years of production by Torquato. Such as the maga
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
1967-01-01
Originally produced for German TV, Improvised and Purposeful is a firsthand look at the "Cinema Novo
At the Edge of the Earth
2002-07-07
On 17 May 1931, the young director Mário Peixoto released his masterpiece "Limite" in a premiere in
Depois do Transe
2006-01-01
The documentary "Depois do Transe" covers the entire process of creating the masterpiece "Entranced
Dossiê Jango
2013-07-05
João Goulart (known as Jango) had been democratically elected president of Brazil, but was expelled
Em Quadro: A História de 4 Negros nas Telas
2009-01-02
A documentary that tells the history of 4 famous actors in Brazil.
Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema
2015-06-30
A documentary on Cosme Alves Netto (1937-1996), former head of the Cinematheque of the Museum of Mod
Rio's Love Song
1994-09-15
Four love stories which portray a wide gamut of emotions and desires against the backdrop of Rio de
Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova
2005-01-01
Documentary about the birth of bossa-nova, in Brazil, and the major stars of this musical style.
Asdrúbal Trouxe o Trombone
2017-11-18
Quando a Coisa Vira Outra
2022-10-06
Vladimir Carvalho's Cinema of Inequality marked the documentary filmmaker's trajectory over decades
Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro
2015-10-05
Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro
2011-08-22
Roberto Farias - Memórias de um Cineasta
2023-08-18
Filmmaker Roberto Farias' passion for cinema is revealed by his daughter Marise Farias through an in
Giovanni Improtta
2013-05-18
Giovanni Improtta is a criminal who wants to climb the social ladder and become a law-abiding citize
Alex Viany - Um Documentário em Vídeo
1989-01-02
Dib
1997-01-02
Documentary that addresses, through the testimony of directors and actors, the work of Dib Lutfi, co
The Suns of Easter Island
1972-08-23
Six people find a mysterious mark in the center of their left hand and all independently go to Easte
Making of - Quilombo
1984-01-01
Pitanga
2016-09-23
This documentary investigates the aesthetic, political and existential trajectory of emblematic Blac
Nelson Sargento
1997-01-01
Biographical portrait of samba dancer Nelson Sargento in Morro da Mangueira, Rio de Janeiro.
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
2019-05-15
Follows the story of Opinião, a theatre group created in 1964 during the early Brazilian dictatorshi
Cinema Novo
2016-05-16
A deep investigation, in the way of a poetic essay, on one of the main Latin American movements in c
For All - O Trampolim da Vitória
1998-05-15
1943, World War II. The northeastern coast of Brazil is an strategic region for the Allies. Giancarl
Fênix
1980-01-01
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
2017-03-31
Two years of research and visits to collections, cinematheques and museums; almost seventy interview
Ferreira Gullar: Arqueologia do Poeta
2019-07-11
The intense life of Ferreira Gullar, one of the most influential poets in Brazil, is revisited by hi
Cinématon IX
1980-10-15
Reel 9 of Gérard Courant's on-going Cinematon series.
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
2020-10-22
In 1965, a year after the military coup in Brazil, an oasis of freedom opened in the country's capit
Referências
2006-01-01
During a showing of rare Afro-Brazilian Cinema films at the Cinematheque of the Museum of Modern Art