Helena Ignez — Actor (18)
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The Mother (2022)
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Cristiano Burlan actor: Marcélia Cartaxo / Dunstin Farias …
other title: A Mãe / La madre …
A street vendor who lives in the outskirts of São Paulo returns home at night and does not find her teenager son. After a nonstop search, she finds out the boy was killed by the police and his body is missing. This is the beginning of this woman’s vertiginous fight for the right to bury her son, a fight that will not only unveil the excessive violence of one of most lethal police forces of the world, but also how structural is racism in Brazilian society.
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Mulher Oceano (2020)
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Djin Sganzerla actor: Djin Sganzerla / Kentaro Suyama …
Depois de se mudar para Tóquio, uma escritora brasileira inicia um novo romance, provocado por suas experiências no Japão e por uma das últimas cenas que presenciou no Rio de Janeiro: uma nadadora rasgando o horizonte com braçadas poderosas em mar aberto. Essas duas mulheres aparentemente não compartilham nenhuma conexão, até que suas vidas começam a interferir uma na outra, estranhamente ligadas pelo mar. Hannah, a escritora, mergulha em uma jornada de autodescoberta no Japão, enquanto Ana, a nadadora do Rio de Janeiro, estranhamente tem seu corpo transformado em uma espécie de oceano interior.
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The Rowdy Family (1970)
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Júlio Bressane actor: Helena Ignez / Poty …
other title: A Família do Barulho
A dysfunctional family, composed of a prostitute and two gay men, one strong and the other fragile and stupid, lives a routine life in Rio de Janeiro. When the slut threatens the other two to stop supporting them, they decide to find an odalisque as an alternative to keep their easy life.
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O Grito da Terra (1964)
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Olney São Paulo actor: Lucy de Carvalho / Helena Ignez …
other title: Grito da Terra
A difícil vida dos lavradores expulsos de suas terras e obrigados a cometer crimes para sobreviver em meio ao sertão é retratado pela vida de duas mulheres: a sensual e perigosa Loli, que quer sair do sertão para viver no sul do país; e Mariá, uma típica camponesa que acredita na força do nordestino para enfrentar a seca.
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Antes do Fim (2018)
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Cristiano Burlan actor: Helena Ignez / Jean-Claude Bernardet …
Jean feels trapped in the logic of longevity that the pharmaceutical industry imposes on him and decides to plan a conscious suicide. He invites Helena to commit suicide to two. She, on the other hand, hesitates, knows that she will live well even if she needs to live alone, but she helps him in his intentions. The silence between them does not reveal distance, but intimacy. These are years of shared affection. Together, they will prepare all the details for the funeral. He dances death while she continues rehearsing life. In the process, the two realize that before the end, there is still a lifetime.
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The Red Light Bandit (1969)
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罗杰里奥·斯甘泽 actor: Helena Ignez / Paulo Villaça …
other title: 红光劫匪 / O Bandido da Luz Vermelha …
Born and raised in the misery of Brazilian slums, Jorge becomes a luxury house burglar in São Paulo and gets nicknamed "The Red Light Bandit" by the sensationalist press. In addition to wearing a red flashlight, he talks to his hostages in an irreverent tone and makes bold breakthroughs to later spend the money extravagantly. His world is the decadent neighbourhood of Boca do Lixo.
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Carne (2019)
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Camila Kater actor: Helena Ignez / Rachel Patricio
other title: 血肉 / Flesh
Five women, each in a different stage of their life, share experiences about their relationships to their bodies and how others perceive them in this powerfully intimate mixed-media animated documentary from Camila Kater.