Maurício Gomes Leite
Writing
Biography
Maurício Gomes Leite was born in 1936 in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. He was a film critic, writer and director known for A Vida Provisória (1968), O Velho e o Novo (1967) and Tostão - A Fera de Ouro (1970).
Known For
Originally produced for German TV, Improvised and Purposeful is a firsthand look at the "Cinema Novo" movement (otherwise known as the 'Brazilian New Wave'). Director Joaquim Pedro de Andrade focuses on six Cinema Novo filmmakers working in Rio in 1967.
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
The new Brazilian cinematic movement (Cinema Novo) through films starring actors Antonio Pitanga and Luiza Maranhão.
Colagem
During the Brazilian military government, journalist Estêvão is sent from Rio de Janeiro to Brasilia to cover the important statement of a minister, but takes the opportunity to deliver incriminating documents to another one.
On Borrowed Time
Documentary about Brazilian soccer player Tostão.
Tostão - A Fera de Ouro
Film portrait of Austrian intellectual, journalist and writer Otto Maria Carpeaux, who emigrated to Brazil to flee World Ward II, as his insights on the 1964 Brazilian dictatorship.