Rubem Fonseca

Rubem Fonseca

Nacimiento : 1925-05-11, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Muerte : 2020-04-15

Historia

Rubem Fonseca (born May 11, 1925) is a Brazilian writer. He was born in Juiz de Fora, in the state of Minas Gerais, but he has lived most of his life in Rio de Janeiro. In 1952, he started his career as a low-level cop and, later became a police commissioner, one of the highest ranks in the civil police of Brazil. Following the steps of American novelist Thomas Pynchon, a close friend of Fonseca, he refuses to give interviews and feels strongly about maintaining his privacy. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Rubem Fonseca

Películas

Armpits
Armpits
Writer
Lazarus de Jesus is the adopted son of a wealthy lady from Lisbon, whom he calls Grandmother. It is she who introduces him to Godfather, a great businessman who takes him as his protégé, and Angelina, the woman Grandma wants him to marry. But Lazarus has other hidden interests, the most important of which is an obsessive fixation on female armpits. When he sees the violinist Maria Pia playing, Lazarus immediately falls in love and starts to live for her, which will precipitate an absolutely unpredictable ending.
Cobrador
Cobrador
Story
Un joven, "C", comete varios crímenes en una gran ciudad de Estados Unidos y la policía comienza a seguir su rastro. En otra ciudad, descubrimos que "X" –un ciudadano normal y tranquilo– no es lo que aparenta. En México, una joven, imaginativa y dinámica fotógrafa llamada Ana retrata la contradictoria vida de la megalópolis y su violencia. Tres personajes dispersos en el espacio, desconocidos entre sí que acabarán formando parte de una misma trama. (FILMAFFINITY)
O Homem do Ano (El hombre del año)
O Homem do Ano (El hombre del año)
Screenplay
Una ingenua apuesta entre amigos transforma a Máiquel, un hombre común, en un asesino. Máiquel se deja llevar por los acontecimientos y se convierte en el héroe de toda una ciudad, respetado por bandidos y polícias, y amado por las mujeres, hasta que comete su primer error y se ve forzado a tomar las riendas de su destino.
Bufo & Spallanzani
Bufo & Spallanzani
Novel
Ivan Canabrava is a writer, turned insurance ivestigator who investigates mysterious deaths involving Bufo Marinus. Bufo Marinus is a frog poison causing catalepsy in humans, simulating death, enabling grand insurance fraud and other crimes. Ten years later, now as a successful writer, similar characters possibly using Bufo Marinus reappear and create an intricate plot full of surprises.
El arte de matar
El arte de matar
Novel
Adaptación de la novela "El gran arte", de Rubem Fonseca.
El arte de matar
El arte de matar
Writer
Adaptación de la novela "El gran arte", de Rubem Fonseca.
Stelinha
Stelinha
Screenplay
A young rock singer meets his childhood heroine, a famous singer who is now wallowing in alcohol and sex.
A Extorsão
A Extorsão
Writer
A Married Man's Report
A Married Man's Report
Writer
Carlos, a married lawyer, gets involved with one of his clients. But the relationship turns into an obsession. The woman understands she'll never manage to separate Carlos from his wife, and decides to leave him, running away with another man.
Lúcia McCartney, Uma Garota de Programa
Lúcia McCartney, Uma Garota de Programa
Screenplay
The daily life of a Brazilian escort.
Lúcia McCartney, Uma Garota de Programa
Lúcia McCartney, Uma Garota de Programa
Story
The daily life of a Brazilian escort.