Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
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| Directed by | Bárbara Paz |
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| Country | Brazil |
| Language | Portuguese |
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die (Brazilian Portuguese: Babenco: Alguém Tem que Ouvir o Coração e Dizer Parou, literally "Someone has to listen to the heart and say it stopped") is a 2019 Brazilian documentary film directed by Bárbara Paz. The film premiered at the 2019 Venice Film Festival, where it won Best Documentary on Cinema.[1][2][3] It focuses on the last years of life of filmmaker Hector Babenco, who died in 2016, victimized by a cancer. It was selected as the Brazilian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.[4]
Interviews
[edit]- Hector Babenco
- Regina Braga
- Willem Dafoe
- Paulo José
- Xuxa Lopes
- Selton Mello
- Fernanda Montenegro
- Bárbara Paz
- Carmo Sodré
- Fernanda Torres
- Dráuzio Varella
Reception
[edit]Critical response
[edit]On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 80% of 5 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.5/10.[5]
Awards and nominations
[edit]- WINNER: Venice Film Festival Best Documentary on Cinema (Italia) 2019 [6]
- WINNER: Bisato D'oro Independent Critic Award of Venice Film Festival (Italia) 2019 [7]
- WINNER: MIFF 2020 Best Documentary (India) 2020 [8]
- WINNER: FICVIÑA 2020 Best Latin American Documentary Feature Film (Chile) 2020 [9]
- SPECIAL MENTION: IDF 2020 4th West Lake International Documentary Festival (China) 2020 [10]
- WINNER: GZDOC 2020 Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival (China) 2020 [11]
- NOMINADA: Mejor película iberoamericana en la 63° edición de los Premios Ariel entregada por la Academia Méxicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas
See also
[edit]- List of submissions to the 93rd Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film
- List of Brazilian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
References
[edit]- ^ "World Premiere "Babenco:Tell Me When I Die" Venice Film Festival". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ "Taskovski Acquires Venice Classics' 'Babenco – Tell Me When I Die ' (EXCLUSIVE)". 1 September 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ Anderson, Ariston (September 7, 2019). "Venice: Todd Phillips' 'Joker' Wins Golden Lion, Roman Polanski Wins Silver Lion". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on September 7, 2019. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
- ^ "Filme de Bárbara Paz é selecionado para representar o Brasil no Oscar 2021". Noticias da tv. 18 November 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- ^ "Babenco: Tell Me when I die". Rotten Tomatoes.
- ^ "Veneza: Barbara Paz vence prêmio por documentário sobre Héctor Babenco". O Globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2019-09-07. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
- ^ "Filme sobre Babenco conquista prêmio Bisato d'Oro, em Veneza | Revista de Cinema" (in Brazilian Portuguese). 6 September 2019. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
- ^ "Babenco: Tell Me When I Die by Barbara Paz bags Golden Conch Award for Best Documentary Film at MIFFMumbai International Film Festival | Mumbai International Film Festival". miff.in. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
- ^ "Babenco: Tell Me When I Die by Barbara Paz bags Golden Conch Award for Best Documentary Film at MIFFMumbai International Film Festival | Mumbai International Film Festival". miff.in. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
- ^ "West Lake International Documentary Festival concludes". www.ehangzhou.gov.cn. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
- ^ "2020金红棉优秀纪录片名单揭晓_湃客_澎湃新闻-The Paper". www.thepaper.cn. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
External links
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