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Elena Soarez

Nacimiento : 1965-01-01, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Historia

Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1965, Elena Soárez is one of the most important writers of Brazilian cinema today. Elena Soárez holds a degree in economics from PUC; with a master's degree in social anthropology from UFRJ. His debut as a screenwriter was at the invitation of filmmaker Andrucha Waddingotn, who became a screenwriter in the following films: Twin (1999), adapted from Nelson Rodrigues; the award-winning Eu tu eles (2000), a film that took part in the "A Certain Look" show at the Cannes Film Festival and whose screenplay was developed at the Screenwriters Laboratory at the Sundance Film Festival.

Perfil

Películas

Rio, I Love You

Writer

Película rodada a modo de antología que está formada por diversas historias de amor unidas por un mismo fondo, en este caso la ciudad de Río de Janeiro.

Xingu. La misión al amazonas

Writer

La trama se centra en contar la travesía emprendida por la familia Villas-Bôas, concretamente de dos de sus integrantes, quienes deberán llevar a cabo una importante misión en tierras brasileñas con el objetivo de conseguir las metas que se propusieron cuando eran tan sólo unos críos. No será una tarea nada sencilla, puesto que tendrán que recorrer un largo y duro camino si desean hacerse un pequeño hueco en los anales de la historia a nivel nacional y mundial.

Slightly Out of Tune

Script

A group of friends come of age during the political turmoil that plagued Brazil in the 1960's and 70's. Together, these musicians form a band called "Os Desafinados" and become a part of the groundbreaking Brazilian musical movement called Bossa Nova

Camila Jam

Writer

Camila is in her mid-twenties and her life has been thrown into chaos ever since her boyfriend threw her out of their apartment during a bitter argument. Camila's ambition is to become a writer, and she posts regularly on her blog, entitled "Camila Jam." However, Camila wants to take her work into a different direction, and she throws herself head first into life in search of inspiration. As Camila struggles with alcohol, unsettled emotions and relationships with abusive men, it becomes increasingly obvious that her skills as a writer aren't all she needs to sort out if she wants to truly understand her life and her career.

Cidade dos Homens

Screenplay

Narra la historia de Acerola (Douglas Silva) y Laranjinha (Darlan Cunha), dos amigos adolescentes que se han convertido prácticamente en hermanos en medio de un mundo marcado por la violencia y las bandas callejeras. Laranjinha irá en busca de su padre, al que no conoce, mientras Acerola trata de educar a su propio hijo. Sin embargo, la guerra de bandas pondrá a prueba su antigua amistad y amenazará con sacar a la luz secretos del pasado.

The House of Sand

Screenstory

A woman is taken along with her mother in 1910 to a far-away desert by her husband, and after his passing, is forced to spend the next 59 years of her life hopelessly trying to escape it.

Redeemer

Screenplay

Célio Rocha believes he was assigned by God Himself a difficult mission: to persuade his childhood friend Otávio Sabóia, a corrupt entrepeneur in the construction business, to give away all his possessions to the poor.

Vida de Menina

Writer

Un gran personaje, esencialmente brasileño, en un momento crítico de su vida en que lucha por lograr su libertad e integridad. El plano de fondo es un Brasil que acaba de abolir la esclavitud y de proclamar la República. Helena Morley comienza a escribir su diario, que nos revela su universo en un país que pasa por su adolescencia

Me, You, Them

Writer

A true story that comically depicts the relationship between an ordinary woman and her three husbands, who live in the same house in a poor and arid small village of the Brazilian northeast.

Twins

Writer

Identical twins Iara and Marilena like to play games and deceive men by pretending to be each other. But when they fall in love with the same man, a rivalry with devastating and horrifying consequences begins.