João Moreira Salles

João Moreira Salles

Country: Brazil

Biography: Brazilian documentarist, brother of Walter Salles. Recognized for the movie Notícias de Uma Guerra Particular, about the urban violence in Rio de Janeiro. He's also the producer of last of Eduardo Coutinho's movies.

Total Credits at Criticker: 6 (Director), 3 (Writer)

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    Santiago
    Documentary about Santiago, a peculiar man who used to work for the director and his parents as a butler. The material was filmed in 1992 but, for some strange reason, the director felt he couldn't edit it and put it aside. In 2005 he remembers the unfinished film and starts its edition. (imdb)
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    Notícias de uma Guerra Particular
    Documentary about urban violence in Brazil, especially in Rio de Janeiro. Policemen, drug dealers, and shantytown dwellers get trapped into a daily war that knows no winners. (imdb)
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    Entreatos
    Entreatos offers a behind-the-scenes look at Lula's 2002 presidential campaign based on 240 hours of exclusive footage taken by Salles's crew, which had extraordinary access to the candidate. (imdb)
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    Nelson Freire
    Documentary about Brazilian pianist Nelson Freire, and his relationship with music. (imdb)
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    Somos Todos Filhos da Terra
    Favela resident of Canterbury in Rio de Janeiro, Xalebaradã Adam is a composer of over 500 songs and has never been recorded in Brazil.
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    In the Intense Now
    Between 1966 and 1968, the world was faced with revolutionary movements in France, Czechoslovakia, Brazil and China. While their success was limited, the people who took part and devoted themselves to the cause came away with life-defining experiences, the kind they would find hard to reproduce throughout the rest of their lives. (imdb)
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