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Carlos Diegues, also known as Cacá Diegues (born May 19, 1940), is a Brazilian film director. He was born in Maceió, Alagoas, and is best known as a member of the Cinema Novo movement. He is popularly known for his unconventional, yet intriguing film techniques [according to whom?] among other film producers of the Cinema Novo ...
Carlos Diegues was born on 19 May 1940 in Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil. He is a producer and director, known for Xica (1976), O Maior Amor do Mundo (2006) and Better Days Ahead (1989). He has been married to Renata Maria de Almeida Magalhães since 1982.
- January 1, 1
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- Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
One of the Cinema Novo’s founding fathers and perhaps its most interesting exponent is Carlos Diegues who, with eight films in seventeen years, has come up with three masterpieces: Os Herdeiros ( The Inheritors, 1969), Joanna Francesca ( Joanna the Frenchwoman, 1973) and Bye Bye Brasil (1979).
Carlos José 'Cacá' Fontes Diegues is an award-winning Brazilian filmmaker and one of the founders of the Brazilian New Cinema (Cinema Novo) movement.
Carlos DIEGUES. A native of the Northeast, Carlos Diegues studied law in Rio de Janeiro, whilst also running film clubs. He became a film critic and directed short films imbued with social realism. A pioneer of Cinéma Novo, in particular with Glauber Rocha, he sought to imprint Brazilian filmmaking on the national consciousness.
In one of Carlos Diegues’s most popular films, a motley crew of traveling performers entertains a wide range of audiences across Brazil’s northwestern Amazonian landscape. Accordionist Ciço (Fábio Júnior) and his wife Dasdô (Zaira Zambelli) join the rollicking caravan, leading to a string of adventures.
May 14, 2018 · CANNES, France — Carlos (Cacá) Diegues presented his latest directorial feature at a Special Screening in Cannes. A celebration of magic, entertainment and cinema,” The Great Mystical...
