Mario Franca

Películas

O Presidente Improvável
Cinematography
Álbum em Família
Director of Photography
A group of actors and actresses rehearse play virtually and look for solutions to get around the fact that they cannot meet. Confined at home, they use their own family members on stage. The piece chosen is ÁLBUM DE FAMÍLIA, by Nelson Rodrigues, an attempt to debate the idea of a traditional Brazilian family.
Nheengatu – The Language of the Amazon
Cinematography
Nheengatu – The Language of the Amazon takes us on a journey along the Negro River, on the trail of this language imposed on indigenous people by the first Portuguese colonialists who landed in Brazil in the 15th century. Throughout the various encounters with local communities that still speak this language, the director faces the different cultural, historical and social issues that confront tradition and future.
Revolta dos Malês
Cinematography
Salvador, Bahia, January 1835. After more than a decade of hard work, Guilhermina, 27, a slave of Muslim origin, finally gets the resources to buy her manumission, as well as that of Teresa, 11, her teenage daughter. But, contrary to an old promise, his “lord”, farmer Souza Velho, refuses to sell the girl's letter. When Pacific Licutan, Salvador's most esteemed Islamic leadership, is arrested by the Bahian authorities, the Muslim community goes into a boiling state and begins to articulate a jihad. In desperation, Guilhermina sees in the uprising the only way to win her daughter's freedom.
Soldados do Araguaia
Cinematography
Las doce sillas
Sound Editor
Un aristócrata venido a menos con el triunfo revolucionario y su ex chofer buscan desesperadamente una silla donde están escondidos los brillantes de la familia. En abierta competencia con el cura del pueblo, enterado del secreto, los personajes atraviesan las más imprevistas situaciones ya que el juego de doce sillas ha sido subastado por el Ministerio de Recuperación de Valores y se encuentran en distintas manos
El sindicato del crimen
Sound Recordist
A hard-boiled crime story also known as "The Waiting-room of Death".