Paulo Lins
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Writing
Place of Birth: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Adult: No
Birthday: June 11, 1958
Age: 66 years old
Gender: Male
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News From a Personal War
Overview: A documentary about urban violence in Brazil, especially in Rio de Janeiro. Policemen, drug dealers, and shantytown dwellers get trapped in a daily war that knows no winners.
Genres: Documentary Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1999-04-14
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City of God
Overview: In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious drug dealer diving into a dangerous life of crime.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2002-08-30
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The Screenwriter
Overview: 32 renowned Brazilian screenwriters of the contemporary Brazilian cinema talk about their creative processes. From the concept of script to their agreements and disagreements, going through their experiences with filmmakers, their reaction to the finished film, critic, and even controversies on auteurism.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2012-01-01
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Rio 50 Degrees: Carry on CaRIOca
Overview: A look at Rio's cultural, political and technical revolutions since the 1970s to 2011
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-08-21
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Ballad of Return
Overview: One day, Eduardo arrives at his house and discovers that Julia, his wife, tried to commit suicide. She left her husband and two children without saying goodbye. After some time, she comes back home. He tries everything to set her straight, but the impossibility of knowing her fully grieves him. The shadow of the suicide and the inevitable ghost of a new chance hover over their heads. Eduardo insists on understanding his wife, but an increasing jealousy and an unexpected discovery of her past torture him. He does not realize that, most of the time, the search for control easily becomes an obsession.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2016-11-03
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