Hector Babenco

Hector Babenco

Active - 1973 - 2020  |   Birth - Feb 7, 1946  |   Death - Jul 13, 2016  |   Genres - Drama, Documentary, Comedy Drama, Crime, Biography | Subgenres - LGBT-Related Film, Prison Film, Biographical Film, Epic Film

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Héctor Eduardo Babenco was an Argentine-Brazilian film director, screenwriter, producer and actor who worked in worked in several countries including Brazil, Argentina, and the United States. He was one of the first Brazilian filmmakers to gain international critical acclaim, through his films which often dealt with social outcasts on the fringes of society. His best-known works include Pixote (1980), Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985), Ironweed (1987), At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1990) and Carandiru (2003).

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