André Luiz Oliveira
Directing
Biography
André Luiz Oliveira was born on February 4, 1948 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. He is a director and writer, known for Meteorango Kid: Herói Intergalático (1969), Louco Por Cinema (1995) and A Lenda de Ubirajara (1975).
Known For
In 1965, a year after the military coup in Brazil, an oasis of freedom opened in the country's capital. The Brasília Film Festival: a landmark of cultural and political resistance. Its story is that of Brazilian cinema itself.
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
The documentary addresses the project, which took 30 years to complete, about the recording of 44 songs created for each poem in Mensagem, one of Fernando Pessoa's most emblematic books.
Mito e Música: A Mensagem de Fernando Pessoa
In order to earn a warrior name, the son of Araguaia chief wanders the forest, falls in love with a girl from the Tocantins tribe, and defeats their bravest warrior. When his true identity is discovered, he makes a deal: promises to fight the Tapuias, another tribe which threatens the Tocantins, marries the Indian girl, and establishes the Ubirajara nation.
The Legend of Ubirajara
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O Cristo de Vitória da Conquista
In Bahia, in the late '60s, the alienated college student Lula spends his time protesting in the university, but without political orientation, wandering on the streets, smoking grass, trying to be an actor and having sex. Meanwhile, a common young man stalks women on the streets trying to have intercourse with them.
Meteorango Kid, Intergalactic Hero
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Castro Alves - Retrato Falado do Poeta
Meteorango Kid – O Herói Integalático, by André Luiz Oliveira, is a cult movie made in Bahia, awarded at the 1969 Brasília Festival and censored by the dictatorship. Meteorango Kid: alive or dead is a documentary about the film and its effects on the lives of other artists. André Luiz and musician Tuzé de Abreu, in the company of friends from the generation who used to go crazy, guide us in this search and reveal the mysteries of the invention of this iconic character of countercultural youth.
Procura-se Meteorango Kid: Vivo ou Morto
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Sagrado Segredo
Movie director gets crazy while shooting a film, and goes to a mental institution. There, he leads a revolt, kidnapping a group of Human Rights activists and demanding a camera as ransom.
Louco por Cinema
In 1996, filmmaker André Luiz Oliveira started preproduction of Viva o Povo Brasileiro, a film adaptation of the novel by João Ubaldo Ribeiro. Principal photography went on for nine years, but the production was shut down after a series of unfortunate events. This documentary retells that story, repurposing the fictional footage and chronicling the work both in front and behind the scenes.
O Outro Lado da Memória
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Quando Marcio Virou Estrela
The story of the musical friendship between veteran musician/filmmaker André Luiz Oliveira and Lorenzo Barreto, a boy with autism, over 15 years.
Meu Amigo Lorenzo
A charming documentary on Brazilian sculptor Mario Cravo Jr. and his fountain project. What makes the documentary interesting beyond its topic is Oliveira's unusual approach; he tells the story of the sculpture project only through sometimes psychedelic pictures and music/noise without conventional narration.
The Fountain - A Sculpture - A Monument
The tragic story of a street seller of sweets.
Sweet Bitterness
Experimental Super-8 film documenting the making of André Luiz Oliveira's "The legend of Ubirajara" (1975). Shot in the Araguaia River Basin in central Brazil.
Coffee With Powdered Milk
A young man from Brasilia struggles to connect with his autistic brother. His quest for understanding leads him to study music therapy in Argentina and traditional music in India.
Ecos do Silêncio
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Catadores de História
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Dia de Vaquejada
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Zirig Dum Brasília - A Arte e o Sonho de Renato Matos
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