Alex Viany

Alex Viany

Birth : 1918-11-04, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Death : 1992-11-16

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Alex Viany

Movies

Cinema Novo
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
A deep investigation, in the way of a poetic essay, on one of the main Latin American movements in cinema, analyzed via the thoughts of its main authors, who invented, in the early 1960s, a new way of making movies in Brazil, with a political attitude, always near to people's problems, that combined art and revolution.
Alex Viany - Um Documentário em Vídeo
Ele mesmo
Maxixe - A Dança Perdida
Director
Humberto Mauro: Eu Coração Dou Bom
Writer
Humberto Mauro: Eu Coração Dou Bom
Director
A Noiva da Cidade
Screenplay
When Daniela, a famous actress, decides to return to her hometown to reconnect with a simpler lifestyle, local politicians decide to exploit her influence in order to get ambiguous deeds done.
A Noiva da Cidade
Director
When Daniela, a famous actress, decides to return to her hometown to reconnect with a simpler lifestyle, local politicians decide to exploit her influence in order to get ambiguous deeds done.
Entrevista de Humberto Mauro a David Neves e Alex Viany
Director
Celebrating his 80th birthday, pioneer Brazilian filmmaker Humberto Mauro talks about his life, work, and the project "A Noiva da Cidade".
Entrevista de Humberto Mauro a David Neves e Alex Viany
Ele mesmo
Celebrating his 80th birthday, pioneer Brazilian filmmaker Humberto Mauro talks about his life, work, and the project "A Noiva da Cidade".
Mauro, Humberto
Documentary about Humberto Mauro, his work and its importance.
O Sonho e a Máquina
Director
Nelson Filma
Sol Sobre a Lama
Editor
Sol Sobre a Lama
Screenplay
Sol Sobre a Lama
Director
Cinco Vezes Favela
(segment "Um Favelado")
Five segments about the hardships faced by people living in slums on hills in Rio de Janeiro.
The Wind Rose
Director
An international anthology about the struggles of female workers around the world.
Ana
Director
A group of migrants from the drought areas of Northeastern of Brazil gets a truck "pau-de-arara" trying to move to São Paulo and have a better life. Along their travel, one of the women delivers a baby on the road. The driver, indeed, intends to carry them to the slave-work in the fields of a powerful "colonel", but the brave Ana faces the foreman of the farm and the driver, and the truck follows to the hired final destination.
Rua Sem Sol
Writer
A poor girl must find the money to pay for her blind sister's eyesight operation.
Rua Sem Sol
Director
A poor girl must find the money to pay for her blind sister's eyesight operation.
Carnival in Caxias
Screenplay
Needle in a Haystack
Screenplay
Needle in a Haystack
Director
O Saci
Assistant Director
Two kids and a living, talkative doll attempt to catch a mulatto boy-like, supernatural one legged figure known as the Saci-Pererê, that enjoys playing pranks to the farms.