| Director: | Bárbara Paz |
|---|---|
| Production: | HB Filmes (Bárbara Paz, Myra Babenco), Gullane (Caio Gullane, Fabiano Gullane), Ava Filmes, Lusco Fusco, Globo Filmes, Globo News, Canal Brasil |
| Running Time: | 75’ |
| Language: | Portuguese, French, Spanish, English |
| Country: | Brazil |
| Main Cast: | Hector Babenco, Willem Dafoe, Bárbara Paz |
| Screenplay: | Maria Camargo, Bárbara Paz |
| Cinematographer: | Stefan Ciupek, Carolina Costa, Bárbara Paz |
| Editor: | Cao Guimarães |
| Production Designer: | Lara Tauzs |
| Music: | O Grivo |
| Sound: | Miriam Biderman, ABC, Rodrigo Ferrante |
Cinema
Babenco - Alguém tem que ouvir o coração e dizer: Parou
Venice Classics
Synopsis
“I have already lived my death and now all that is left is to make a film about it”. So said the filmmaker Hector Babenco to Bárbara Paz when he realized he did not have much time left. She accepted the challenge to fulfill the last wish of her late partner: to be the main protagonist in his own death.
In this tender immersion into the life of one of the greatest filmmakers from South America, Babenco himself consciously bares his soul in intimate and painful situations. He expresses fears and anxieties, and also memories, reflections, and fantasies, in this face-off between his intellectual vigor and physical frailty, which were the hallmarks of his career.
From the onset of cancer at the age of 38 until his death at 70, Babenco made of the cinema his medicine and the nourishment that kept him alive. Babenco – Alguém tem que ouvir o coração e dizer: Parou is Bárbara Paz’s first feature film, but is also in a way Hector’s last work: a film about filming so never to die.
Director’s Statement
The film is a visual poem, my ode to Hector. It is also my farewell to him. It reveals through my eyes the inner man and his love for cinema, which helped keep him alive for so many years. He died as he has lived, filming to the end.
Producers/Distributors
PRODUCTION 1: Bárbara Paz, Myra Babenco - HB FILMES
Rua Francisco Padilha, 69
01448-070 - São Paulo, Brazil
Tel. +55 11 30522039
Mob. +55 11 996195959
barbararaquelpaz@gmail.com
http://www.hbfilmes.com.br/
babencotellmewhenIdie.com
www.facebook.com/alguemtemqueouvirocoracaoedizeeparou
PRODUCTION 2: Fabiano Gullane, Caio Gullane - GULLANE
Rua Barbalha, 137
05083-020 - São Paulo, Brazil
Tel. +55 11 50840996
Mob. + 55 11 94701-8837 (ext. 2)
international@gullane.com
http://www.gullane.com.br/en/
PRESS OFFICE: Gloria Zerbinati
Tel. +33 (0) 86 800282
Mob. + 39 338 12 00 517
gloria.zerbinati@gmail.com
