Antonio Luiz Mendes

Antonio Luiz Mendes

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Antonio Luiz Mendes

Películas

O Coro do Te-Ato
Cinematography
Natureza Morta
Director of Photography
The narrative takes place in 1888 and tells the story of Lenita, a young woman, raised by her father, with an educated background, who disregards the existence of a man at his intellectual height. The film exposes the character's internal conflicts and the conventions of the time.
The Last Chance
Director of Photography
Based on the life of the inmate and Brazilian muay thai champion Fabio Leão. Born in Vila Kennedy, a suburb in Rio de Janeiro, Fabio was involved in drug trafficking and banditry since the age of 14. In prison, his redeeming passion as a teenager for the ring led him to teach sports to fellow inmates. Everything blends in with his love story for Luciana, a lifelong partner.
Os Últimos Dias de Copacabana Jack
Editor
When the media report bizarre events in Copacabana, suspicions fall on a lonely sixty-year-old with a reclusive and methodical personality.
Os Últimos Dias de Copacabana Jack
Cinematography
When the media report bizarre events in Copacabana, suspicions fall on a lonely sixty-year-old with a reclusive and methodical personality.
Missão 115
Director of Photography
Mission 115 was the name given by DOI-CODI (an army repression body during the military dictatorship) to a supposed "vigilance" operation in Rio de Janeiro during a musical show at Riocentro on May 1, 1981. In fact, was a bomb attack, the final frustrated, aimed at sabotaging the country's re-democratization. For the first time one of the members of that team of terrorists, former police officer Claudio Guerra, tells in detail how the operation was planned and executed. The recent work of the National Truth Commission also sheds new light on the episode and its successive attempts at scrutiny over more than three decades.
Encantados
Director of Photography
The real-life story of Zeneida, a girl who moves to a farm with her mother and finds herself having an unusual connection with a forest spirit.
Cacaso
Cinematography
Cacaso, a Brazilian poet, lived in Rio de Janeiro. Born Antonio Carlos de Brito (1944-1987) he was one of the leaders of the marginal poetry movement. Cacaso filled notebooks not only with poems but reflections, drawings and collages. He also became a lyricist and partner of celebrated songwriters such as Tom Jobim, Edu Lobo, Toninho Horta, João Donato and Sivuca.
Histórias de Alice
Director of Photography
Xingu Cariri Caruaru Carioca
Director of Photography
Flute player Carlos Malta searches for traditional pife players and the mutual dependencies they share with the contemporary music to which he belongs.
The Best Friend
Cinematography
Sábado, primer día de vacaciones. Lucas y Felipe deciden ir a la playa.
Jardim das Folhas Sagradas
Director of Photography
Homens com Cheiro de Flor
Director of Photography
De Pernas pro Ar
Director of Photography
Alice es una mujer de unos 30 y pocos años, casada con João, madre de un hijo y muy bien sucedida profesionalmente. Como una típica workaholic, es en el trabajo donde encuentra su más grande y único placer. Sin embargo, su vida personal es prácticamente inexistente: cero afectividad, cero libido, vida personal cero. Mientras que a ella le faltan afectividad y sexo, le sobran a su vecina, la maravillosa Marcela. Dueña de un sex shop, Marcela es una verdadera experta en el asunto y lo sabe todo cuando el tema es la búsqueda del placer. Sus vidas se cruzarán y las dos pasarán por grandes transformaciones por cuenta de este encuentro, como en las típicas comedias de errores.
Iluminados
Director of Photography
Documentary about the great Brazilian photographers who helped develop Brazilian cinema and their opinions on their work, making movies in Brazil and in general, and other subjects. As a bonus, they all agreed to shoot the same scene following their individual concepts, and the result is shown for comparison.
A Etnografia Da Amizade
Director of Photography
Film Editor/Director Ricardo Miranda makes a homage to his friend Paulo Cezar Saraceni
As Tentações do Irmão Sebastião
Director of Photography
Sebastian, a novice in a post-apocalyptic Brazilian monastery, prepares to be ordained while struggling with intense doubts. Before priesthood, he must confess his greatest secrets: his rape as a child and the passion he has for another monk. He turns to penance and martyrdom to relieve his guilt.
Bendito Fruto
Director of Photography
An accident involving a flying manhole cover leads to a chance meeting between two childhood friends: a widow and the owner of a beauty parlor. Thus begins an entertaining game of seduction that brings memories and hidden desires to the surface - furtive passions that end up threatening the hairdresser's de facto marriage.
Lost Zweig
Director of Photography
The life of Austrian writer Stefan Zweig in Brazil. He wrote the famous book "Brasil, País do Futuro" (Brazil, Country of the Future). He and his wife Lotte, in a mysterious death pact, decided to kill themselves in the week following 1942 Carnival, in Brazil.
At the Edge of the Earth
Director of Photography
On 17 May 1931, the young director Mário Peixoto released his masterpiece "Limite" in a premiere in Capitólio Theater in Rio de Janeiro to astonished audiences bewildered by the impressive and poetic images. Considered by many viewers the best Brazilian movie ever made, this feature has never been released commercially. However, in a great paradox, Mário Peixoto has never made any other movie. The director Sérgio Machado pays a great tribute to the life and work Mário Peixoto a.k.a. Maçarico by his close friends with this documentary, using his diary; footages of "Limite", the never concluded "Onde a Terra Acaba" (1933) and the short "O Homem do Morcego" (1980); and interesting testimonies of Olga Breno, Ruy Solberg, Nelson Pereira dos Santos and Walter Salles among others.
3 Histórias da Bahia
Director of Photography
"3 historias" que consta de tres historias localizadas en Salvador, Bahía. "A fondo a" Ahora es Gris "," Diario de un Convento "y" El Padre del Rock ", el famoso carnaval.
O Chamado de Deus
Camera Operator
Brava Gente Brasileira
Director of Photography
Encargado de delimitar el territorio entre España y Portugal, un cartógrafo es escoltado por un grupo de soldados a través de la selva del mato grosso. Un sendero inagotable que, entre flechas y acosos, disputa los verdaderos límites de la paz. (FILMAFFINITY)
Tiradentes
Director of Photography
The story of one of the most important Brazilian heroes, Joaquim José da Silva Xavier, known as Tiradentes. He was the leader of a group who tried to proclaim Brazil's Independence from Portugal in 1789. But he was betrayed by one of his comrades and hanged.
Paixão Perdida
Director of Photography
A paralized twelve year boy watches his womanizer dad seduce his baby sitter.
Guerra de Canudos
Director of Photography
At the end of the 19th century, a poor family comes to the rural Canudos, a community led by Antônio Conselheiro, seen by many as a holy prophet. Their ways bother the powerful people of the region, and the newly founded Republic sends their army to destroy the settlement, which culminates in one of the bloodiest wars in the history of Brazil.
O Sertão das Memórias
Cinematography
Antero and Maria Araújo's story is the shortcut chosen by the director to show life in Maraima, a small town in the state of Ceará, Brazil, including life in community and the military influence. Maria wanders through the state praying to ward off the symbolical presence of the Dragon. That's when she finds Antero, an end-of-the-world prophet, who will join her in her pilgrimage and fight against the mythical being.
O Guarani
Director of Photography
The forbidden love affair between Peri, an Indian, and the beautiful Ceci, a Portuguese white girl, in the 17th century Brazil.
Mulheres no Front
Director of Photography
Three stories of female action in social movements, close in their struggle but distant in the geographical space: the Jardim Uchôa Residents Association, in Recife; the Rancho Fundo Residents Association, in Rio de Janeiro; and the Popular Legal Prosecutors group in Bom Jesus, Porto Alegre.
Soul's Boundary
Director of Photography
The story of two brothers who are trying to farm in the Brazilian Amazon.
Lili Carabina
Director of Photography
When her husband dies, Elisa asks Guerreiro if she can join his gang of bank robbers. She soon gains notoriety in the press with the nickname Lili Carabina, but is relentlessly pursued by an honest police officer.
Malandro
Cinematography
In Rio de Janeiro's bohemian district called Lapa, during the '40s, a stylish and popular scoundrel exploits a cabaret singer, and earns his living by means of petty swindles. But then he meets Ludmila, the cabaret owner's daughter, who wants to get rich smuggling goods in times of war.
Areias Escaldantes
Director of Photography
In the near future, in the country of Kali, a group of young terrorists carry out robberies, kidnappings and murders under the orders of a mysterious big boss known as "Entity" and are pursued by the pompous and inefficient Special Police.
Tensão no Rio
Director of Photography
Ikátena
Director of Photography
Heart and Guts
Cinematography
Financial problems in a religious school for girls force the government to interfere. While waiting in the conference hall to communicate the fact to the school administrators, the intervenor falls asleep and a crazy dream begins, involving teachers, students and strange characters.
Sons and Lovers
Director of Photography
During a weekend in a country house, young people eager for strong emotions end up switching partners and experimenting drugs.
Teu Tua
Director of Photography
A comedy divided in four episodes, set in different time periods, each starring a different couple, yet all facing the same issue: marital jealousy.
Diga Aí, Bahia
Director of Photography
Wilson Grey
Director of Photography