Donald Ranvaud

Donald Ranvaud

Birth : 1953-12-05, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Death : 2016-09-05

Profile

Donald Ranvaud

Movies

Something About Her
Producer
A story of an improbable friendship between a Santa Barbara socialite, suffering from ALS and her caretaker from Senegal.
Born in the U.S.E. - Nato negli Stati Uniti d'Europa
Self
It's About to Rain
Executive Producer
Said Mahran fights for his right to remain in Italy, where he was born and raised from Algerian parents, after his visa expires.
Asleep in the Sun
Executive Producer
Lucio Bordenave carries on the Grey lifestyle of an unemployed worker, dedicated to the trade of watchmaking, until in a somewhat mysterious way, his wife is admitted to a Frenopatic Institute. From this point on, the story enters a territory without parameters where reality is confused with the imaginary, sleep with wakefulness, and insanity with lucidity.
Cancer: The Forbidden Cures
Executive Producer
Cancer is the only disease that has been defeated dozens of times without anyone knowing it. In the last 100 years, doctors, scientists, and researchers have developed diverse and effective solutions against cancer only to be thwarted by the political and propaganda power of the drug-dominated medical profession. This is the story of Essiac, Hoxsey, Laetrile, Shark Cartilage, Mistletoe, and Bicarbonate of Soda all put together in a stunning overview that leaves no doubt that inexpensive cures for cancer do exist but are systematically blocked by Big Pharma because they come from nature and cannot be patented. Highly informative.
The Making of Plus One
Wise Producer (uncredited)
Oso Blanco
Producer
This gritty documentary takes you inside the legendary Oso Blanco, the most feared prison of Puerto Rico and one of the most notorious in the Caribbean. It is the birthplace of two of the most dangerous Latino gangs: "Ñeta" and "Los 27" (aka "Los Insectos") and the scene of hundreds of murders.
Cobrador: In God We Trust
Executive Producer
Adaptation and unification in a single story of several stories by the writer Rubem Fonseca, where the theme of violence in contemporary society is explored.
Maldeamores
Executive Producer
A three-part look at the ironies of love, with stories that involve a young boy, a hostage situation, and a divorced elderly couple caught in a love triangle.
The Constant Gardener
Executive Producer
Justin Quayle is a low-level British diplomat who has always gone about his work very quietly, not causing any problems. But after his radical wife Tessa is killed he becomes determined to find out why, thrusting himself into the middle of a very dangerous conspiracy.
Madame Satã
Producer
A story inspired by the life of one of the most remarkable figures in Brazilian popular culture, João Francisco dos Santos (1900-1976). In turn, bandit, transvestite, street fighter, brothel cook, convict and father to seven adopted children, dos Santos – better known as Madame Satã – was also a notorious gay performer who pushed social boundaries in a volatile time.
City of God
Producer
In the slums of Rio, two kids' paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer and the other a kingpin.
Smokers Only
Producer
A suicidal young singer named Reni is about to get kicked out of her band when she meets a male gigolo, Andres, at an ATM after he picks her pocket. They begin an affair, and she decides to become a hooker so she can spend more time with her newfound love.
To the Left of the Father
Associate Producer
The story of André, the rebel runaway son from a dominant Lebanese-Brazilian family who returns to the nest after a few years. "Lavoura Arcaica" deals with melodramatic themes of tyrannical fathers, incest and fierce family conflicts, matched by an overheated and intense visual style.
Central Station
Executive Producer
An emotive journey of a former school teacher, who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy, whose mother has just died, as they search for the father he never knew.
Buccaneer Soul
Co-Producer
50 years of Brazilian history seen from the point of view of a friendship among two intellectuals.
Speaking Parts
Associate Producer
A struggling actor's job as a hotel custodian is a front for his real job: being rented out as a gigolo by his supervisor. A co-worker is obsessed with him, but he ignores and avoids her. He leaves his acting resume in the hotel room of a screenwriter, who is casting for a TV movie based on the true story of her deceased brother. She hires him to play the lead and the two begin an affair.