Affonso Beato

Affonso Beato

Nacimiento : 1941-07-13, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Affonso Beato

Películas

Pureza
Associate Producer
"Pureza" tells a story of a mother, Pureza, who goes in search of her son, Abel, disappeared after leaving for the mining in the Amazon.
Plano B
El Tiempo y el Viento
Director of Photography
Con la participación de Fernanda Montenegro, nominada al Oscar y ganadora del Emmy Internacional a la Mejor Actriz, “El Tiempo y el Viento” presenta la historia de dos familias que son enemigas a muerte en la ciudad ficticia de Santa Fe, a finales del siglo XIX. Sus personajes con aroma a tierra, sangre y ron participan en diversos eventos en la pequeña ciudad donde sus pasiones, deseos, idealismos y envidia se entrelazan y chocan en formas poéticas y sorprendentes.
Cinema Verite
Director of Photography
Crónica sobre lo que ocurría tras las cámaras durante la emisión del popular programa de televisión An American Family (1973), considerado el primer reality televisivo. Atrajo la atención de la audiencia por tratar asuntos de carácter familiar tan delicados como el divorcio y sus consecuencias o la identidad sexual, algo que en aquella época supuso una verdadera revolución.
Noches de tormenta
Director of Photography
Adrienne Willis (Diane Lane) es una mujer cuya vida es un desastre. Tiene un marido infiel, que quiere volver a casa, y una hija adolescente que cuestiona todas sus decisiones. En estas circunstancias, una amiga le pide un favor: que se haga cargo durante un fin de semana de la posada que tiene en un pueblecito costero de Carolina del Norte. Adrienne acepta sobre todo porque necesita tranquilidad para reflexionar sobre su vida. Nada más llegar, se anuncia una gran tormenta, y a la posada llega un huésped, el doctor Paul Flanner (Richard Gere), que también ha viajado hasta allí para enfrentarse a una crisis. A medida que se acerca la tormenta, empiezan a confiarse sus problemas y a consolarse mutuamente.
Milagrez
Documentary on "Antonio das Mortes", Glauber Rocha's 1969 film.
El amor en los tiempos del cólera
Director of Photography
Adaptación de la mundialmente famosa novela del Premio Nobel Gabriel García Márquez, cuenta la apasionante historia de Florentino Ariza, un poeta que descubre la pasión de su vida cuando se encuentra con Fermina Daza (una joven de padre acaudalado). Comienza entonces un intercambio de apasionadas cartas con promesas de amor, que se verá abruptamente interrumpido cuando el padre de la joven, tras descubrir el idilio, decida llevársela lejos de Florentino. Pero la distancia no va a conseguir que el amor de Florentino decaiga, y será capaz de esperar todo el tiempo que sea necesario para estar con la mujer que ama.
The Queen (La Reina)
Director of Photography
Relato de los sucesos políticos acaecidos tras la muerte de la princesa Diana. Se centra sobre todo en las conversaciones que mantuvieron la Reina Isabel y el Primer Ministro Tony Blair para llegar a un acuerdo sobre la petición popular de que se celebrara un duelo nacional.
Dark Water (La huella)
Director of Photography
Dahlia Williams empieza una nueva vida. Acaba de separarse, tiene un nuevo trabajo y un nuevo apartamento y está decidida a pasar página en su matrimonio y dedicarse en cuerpo y alma a su hija Ceci de cinco años. Pero cuando su estresante separación se convierte en una batalla por la custodia de la niña, su ya frágil estado psicológico empieza a desmoronarse. Su nuevo apartamento -desvencijado, abarrotado y destruido- parece tomar vida propia. Ruidos misteriosos emanan del apartamento vacío del piso de arriba y hay una fuga de agua oscura permanente en el techo del dormitorio. Se deja llevar por la imaginación y es incapaz de distinguir entre fantasía y realidad. No tiene fuerzas para averiguar quién está detrás de unos diabólicos juegos mentales.
Plainsong
Director of Photography
Tom Guthrie, a high school history teacher, is faced with raising two young sons after his wife leaves him. Maggie Jones, a fellow teacher, tries to provide comfort and support.
Amor en el aire
Director of Photography
Donna Jensen (Gwyneth Paltrow), una atractiva joven de provincias, sueña con llegar a ser azafata de vuelo de una importante compañía aérea y está dispuesta a hacer cualquier cosa para conseguirlo. Sin embargo, el camino del éxito estará lleno de turbulencias...
Deus é Brasileiro
Director of Photography
Cansado de los errores cometidos por la humanidad, Dios (Antônio Fagundes) decide irse de vacaciones a las estrellas. Pero para eso, necesita que un santo se ocupe de sus deberes, mientras esté ausente. Decide procurarlo en Brasil, país muy religioso pero que nunca tuvo un santo reconocido oficialmente. El guía de Dios en Brasil será Taoca (Wagner Moura), astuto gomero y pescador que ve en ese encuentro inesperado la oportunidad de resolver sus problemas materiales. Luego, se junta a los dos la solitaria Madá (Paloma Duarte), una joven arrebatada por una gran pasión. Desde la costa de Alagoas al interior de Tocantins, pasando por Pernambuco, Taoca, Madá y Dios viven diferentes aventuras, mientras buscan a Quinca das Mulas (Bruce Gomlevsky), el candidato de Dios a santo brasileño.
El punto sobre la I
Director of Photography
La víspera de su boda con Barnaby (D'Arcy), la española Carmen (Verbeke), siguiendo una tradición francesa, besa a Kit (García Bernal), un atractivo desconocido. Después de haber vivido en España una relación sórdida y violenta, ella cree haber encontrado en Barnaby la seguridad y la comodidad que tanto necesitaba. Pero el beso de Kit despierta en ella una pasión desconocida que pone en peligro la lealtad que debe al hombre con quien se va a casar.
Ghost World
Director of Photography
Enid y Rebecca, dos rebeldes adolescentes amigas desde hace años, no saben cómo pasar el rato ahora que ya han acabado los estudios de secundaria. Pese a sus tímidos esfuerzos por encontrar trabajo, a menudo acaban deambulando por las calles, escrutando el comportamiento de la gente que les rodea. Atraídas por los personajes excéntricos, suelen mirar los anuncios personales del periódico local. Enid llama al autor del anuncio más lamentable, un hombre solitario de cuarenta años, coleccionista de discos, y le invita a una cita a ciegas. Ambas acudirán al restaurante convenido para espiarle y saber cómo es su vida...
Orfeu
Director of Photography
Orfeu is a popular composer from a samba school. He lives in the favela and falls madly in love when he meets Euridice, a newcomer to the neighborhood. But the local drug boss Lucinho stands between them and will drastically change both their lives.
Todo sobre mi madre
Director of Photography
Madrid. Manuela, una madre soltera, ve cómo su hijo muere el día en que cumple 17 años, por correr para conseguir el autógrafo de su actriz favorita. Decide entonces viajar a Barcelona en busca del padre de su hijo, un travestido llamado Lola, que ignoraba que tenía un hijo. Encuentra también a su amigo Agrado, otro travesti, y a través de él conoce a Rosa, una monja española y, por pura casualidad, Manuela termina convirtiéndose en la asistente de Huma Rojo, la actriz que admiraba su hijo.
Dead by Midnight
Director of Photography
Just when he's beginning to take his perfect life and marriage for granted, John (Timothy Hutton) discovers that he's the result of a failed government experiment to spawn a race of perfect assassins. But the closer he gets to finding out what went wrong, the weirder the truth becomes.
Carne trémula
Director of Photography
Una noche fatal Victor, un chico sin fortuna, acude a buscar a Elena a su piso después de haberla conocido en un encuentro sexual fortuito. Allí coincide con dos policías armados, se produce un malentendido, suenan un par de disparos y David, uno de los agentes, cae al suelo quedando inválido para siempre. Elena, sintiéndose culpable por el suceso, cambia de vida y acaba casándose con él. Victor va a parar a la cárcel y a su salida, todavía obsesionado con Elena, insiste en acercarse a ella desencadenando un enredo pasional en el que se mezclan el amor, los celos y la violencia.
Pronto
Director of Photography
Harry Arno is a Miami Beach bookie who finds himself in trouble with his mob bosses for reasons he can't quite figure out. When an assailant attempts to kill him, he decides that it's time to retire, so he relocates to Greece.
The Informant
Director of Photography
A former Irish Republican Army fighter, Gingy McAnally (Anthony Brophy), is reluctant about being called back into service after serving time in prison. He executes the grisly task but ends up captured by a sympathetic British police lieutenant named Ferris (Cary Elwes). The intimidating Chief Inspector of the Belfast Police (Timothy Dalton) convinces Gingy that his best hope is to become an informant and turn in other IRA operatives. As Gingy's marriage unravels under the stress, he is forced to come to terms with the fact that in this war both sides lose. Three men, three political circles, each fighting for their lives, each with their own agenda in the battle for Northern Ireland.
Jorge Amado
Camera Operator
Five Days, Five Nights
Director of Photography
Portugal, late 1940's. André must leave the country after running away from prison. In Oporto some friends get him a guide, Lambaça, a smuggler who knows very well the Trás-os-Montes border from Portugal to Spain.
La flor de mi secreto
Director of Photography
Leo Macías es una escritora de novela rosa que se oculta tras el seudónimo de Amanda Gris. Obligada por contrato a entregar tres novelas al año, Leo lleva meses incumpliéndolo; en vez de novela rosa le sale negra. Y todo porque su marido Paco, que es militar, está participando en una misión de paz en Bosnia. Antes de su partida, la pareja vivía una de sus peores crisis. El aplazamiento de la solución a sus problemas matrimoniales provoca en Leo una fragilidad y una inseguridad que invade todos los aspectos de su vida. El amor de Paco ha muerto, pero ella lo defiende ciegamente y se aferra a cualquier esperanza, por absurda que sea.
La tabla de Flandes
Director of Photography
Julia Darro, una joven restauradora de arte, comienza a restaurar la Tabla de Flandes, un famoso cuadro del siglo XV que muestra una partida de ajedrez inacabada. Al quitar algunas capas de pintura descubre una inscripción oculta. Intrigada, ella y una amiga solicitan permiso a Don Juan Belmonte, su dueño, para desvelar la inscripción, lo cual eleva el precio del cuadro.
João & Antônio
Director of Photography
A documentary about the fathers of Bossa Nova: João Gilberto and Antonio Carlos Jobim.
Un cadáver divertido
Director of Photography
Enid, la indomable esposa del jefe de la policía local, tras encontrar en la cama a su marido con su hermana, es accidentalmente asesinada por ellos. Mientras Harry entretiene a sus compañeros, June intenta esconder el cadáver. Pero los problemas no tardan en aparecer: una banda de atracadores, una policía cotilla y un borracho hacen que el delito sea muy difícil de ocultar.
Gran bola de fuego
Director of Photography
Aproximación biográfica al mito del rock and roll Jerry Lee Lewis. Se narran sus comienzos como cantante, sus grandes éxitos -con sus espectaculares actuaciones donde quemaba el piano- y cómo cayó en desgracia cuando se casó con una prima suya de sólo trece años.
Querido detective
Director of Photography
En Nueva Orleans, un duro detective se encuentra con problemas en la resolución de un caso cuando su camino se cruza con el de la nueva fiscal del distrito, una mujer obsesionada con seguir los reglamentos al pie de la letra. A pesar de sus diferencias, los dos acceden a colaborar para intentar resolver el caso, iniciando una relación marcada por la pasión y el peligro.
Para Viver Um Grande Amor
Director of Photography
Poor people who live in the slums in Rio de Janeiro decide to occupy an empty apartment building in the rich part of the city. Meanwhile, a rich girl falls in love with a poor composer. Based on the musical play "Pobre Menina Rica", by Vinícius de Moraes and Carlos Lyra.
Los dos mundos de Angelita
Director of Photography
As experienced by 9 year old Angelita, the film portrays the hardship of migration endured by her family’s move from a small town in Puerto Rico to New York City’s Lower East Side.
Circle of Power
Director of Photography
A group of husbands with their wives participate in a reunion where everybody will find his hidden secret. The methods used are terrible, but usually work. Just usually.
Routes of Exile: A Moroccan Jewish Odyssey
Cinematography
Beginning with a history of two thousand years of Jewish life in Morocco, the movie incorporates extensive archival footage, as well as interviews with: artists, scholars, journalists, merchants, workers, and artisans in Morocco, Israel, France, and Canada.
Documenteur
Director of Photography
After separating from the father of her son, a young French woman tries to find lodging and a fresh start in L.A. for herself and her son.
A un solo paso
Camera Operator
Focuses on the performance of various elite athletes during the PanAmerican Games held in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1979. Athletes showcased in the documentary include USA team swimmer of Puerto Rican origin Jesse Vassallo; legendary Cuban track and field athlete Alberto Juantorena; Mexican diver Carlos Girón; American diver Greg Louganis; and the Puerto Rico national basketball team, among others. At the end of the film, the athletes expressed their hopes of being "a step away" from the 1980 Olympics Games; however, these hopes were shattered by the political crisis and the eventual USA-led boycott to the Olympic Games held in Moscow in 1980.
Terra dos Índios
Camera Operator
The Boss' Son
Director of Photography
Bobby Rose has just returned home after graduating business school. He agrees to start working for his father, a successful carpet manufacturer. Bobby's dreams of a cushy junior exec position are quashed when he's told to report to the shipping department, where he's trained as a delivery driver. Learning the business from the ground up embitters Bobby, as well as his coworkers, some of whom, he discovers, are stealing from the company.
Destino Manifiesto
Director of Photography
Based on the events leading to the Spanish-America War of 1898. It reflects on the expansionist policies of the United States since its inception. A historical chronology that shows the consequences for Puerto Rico of the imperialist war against Spain: colonization and relentless attempts to annex it to the States.
Simplemente Jenny
Director of Photography
Le maître du temps
Director of Photography
An alien, with the ability to travel through time, visits our planet at various eras.
Padre Cícero
Director of Photography
O Capitão Bandeira Contra o Dr. Moura Brasil
Director of Photography
El gerente exitoso es perseguido por un personaje siniestro que entra en sus sueños, el Dr. Moura Brasil.
Supergirl
Director of Photography
In this comedy, Iris Berben plays a mysterious, supernaturally beautiful girl from another planet, who confuses and flusters the men on earth, where she has landed. The men follow her wherever she goes. Marquard Bohm is no exception here - he leaves his wife in a lurch and travels with the Supergirl to Spain. The girl doesn't tell much about herself; she reports, though, about an impending threat from outer space.
Supergirl
Man from Outer Space
In this comedy, Iris Berben plays a mysterious, supernaturally beautiful girl from another planet, who confuses and flusters the men on earth, where she has landed. The men follow her wherever she goes. Marquard Bohm is no exception here - he leaves his wife in a lurch and travels with the Supergirl to Spain. The girl doesn't tell much about herself; she reports, though, about an impending threat from outer space.
O Engenho
Director of Photography
The process of production of rapadura in the Brazilian state of Ceará.
Jaramataia
Director of Photography
Life on the Jaramataia farm in the interior of Paraíba and the relations between the cowboys and the owners of the land.
Pindorama
Director of Photography
This Brazilian film is set during the period of its initial colonial discovery and settlement. The title refers to a word the native peoples used for the coastal lands: "pindorama," or "place of the small trees." A ponderous and grandiose film, it was roundly booed when it was aired at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival.
Viva Cariri
Director of Photography
The confrontations and conflicts between the city of Padre Cicero's pilgrims and the attempts to develop the region.
A Erva Bruxa
Director of Photography
A Mão do Homem
Director of Photography
A vision of the different forms of handicraft production in the interior of Paraíba.
A Morte do Boi
Director of Photography
Jornal do Sertão
Director of Photography
Os Imaginários
Director of Photography
A Cantoria
Director of Photography
In May 1969 at Tres Irmãos Farm, Caruaru, PE: Lourival Batista and Severino Pinto, two singers by profession, meet for a challenge. This film documents some moments of the Cantoria.
Frei Damião: Trombeta dos Aflitos, Martelo dos Herejes
Director of Photography
Máscara da Traição
Director of Photography
Couple of lovers want to steal the income of a popular soccer game, at Maracanã Stadium, in Rio de Janeiro.
Antonio das Mortes
Director of Photography
A new incarnation of Cangaceiro bandits, led by Coirana, has risen in the badlands. A blind landowner hires Antônio to wipe out his old nemesis. Yet after besting Coirana and accompanying the dying man to his mountain hideout, Antônio is moved by the plight of the Cangaceiro’s followers. The troubled hitman turns revolutionary, his gun and machete aimed towards his former masters.
Copacabana Fools Me
Director of Photography
Marquinhos is in his early 20s and lives in Copacabana with his petits bourgeois parents and older brother. He doesn't have a job, he doesn't go to school, he just lives on the spur of the moment, watches TV, plays soccer on the beach by day and goes out with his mates by night. He meets Irene, a 40 year-old woman and they have a love affair that is going to change his life - for a while.
Viagem ao Fim do Mundo
Camera Operator
During a flight, passengers confront their aspirations, frustrations, fears, wishes and fears, mixing up reality and fiction.
Arte Pública
Director of Photography
A film regarding the works, the studios and the performances of Abrahan Palatnik, Antonio Dias, Carlos Vergara, Glauco Rodrigues, Helio Oiticica, Ligia Pape, Lygia Clark, Pedro Escosteguy, Rubens Gerchman, Tomoshige Kusuno, Wesley Duke Lee, and the São Paulo 9th Bienal of Art.
The Brave Warrior
Director of Photography
Young congressman Miguel Horta represents a party that is directly opposed to the present government. He slyly switches parties in order to gain favor with those in power, seriously compromising his own ideals and ethics in the process.
1968
Director of Photography
Unfinished documentary about the "March of the 100,000", driven by the student movement against brazilian dictatorship in 1968. Glauber directed with "Antonio das Mortes'" cinematographer, Affonso Beatto. A mysterious film.
1968
Director
Unfinished documentary about the "March of the 100,000", driven by the student movement against brazilian dictatorship in 1968. Glauber directed with "Antonio das Mortes'" cinematographer, Affonso Beatto. A mysterious film.
Brasilia, Contradictions of a New City
Director of Photography
Imágenes de Brasilia en su sexto año de existencia y entrevistas con habitantes de diferentes grupos sociales. Una pregunta estructura el documental: ¿Una ciudad enteramente planeada para el desenvolvimiento nacional y la democratización de la sociedad, podría eliminar desigualdades?
Cara a Cara
Director of Photography
The story of a civil servant who lives with his elderly mother. Falling in love with a corrupt politician's young and rich daughter, he abandons himself to crazy and violent situations.
Auto de Vitória
Director of Photography
O Povo do Velho Pedro
Director of Photography
Heitor dos Prazeres
Director of Photography
Artist Heitor dos Prazeres talks about his life as a painter and samba musician.
O Circo
Director of Photography
Memória do Cangaço
Director of Photography
The origins of "cangaço", armed brigands in the Northeast between 1935 and 1939, interviews with some survivors of the fighting, police and outlaws movement. Interspersed with testimonials, authentic sequences of films made in 1936 by Benjamin Abraham, an Arab peddler who managed to film the famous band of Virgulino Ferreira da Silva, the "Lampião".