Héctor Babenco

Héctor Babenco

Héctor Eduardo Babenco (born in Buenos Aires but raised in Mar del Plata) was an Argentine-born Brazilian film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He has worked in several countries including Argentina, Brazil and the United States.

  • Title: Héctor Babenco
  • Popularity: 4.294
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1946-02-07
  • Place of Birth: Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Homepage: http://www.hbfilmes.com.br/?lang=en
  • Also Known As: Héctor Eduardo Babenco, 헥토르 바벤코, 헥터 바벤코
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Héctor Babenco Movies

  • 2000
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    Before Night Falls

    Before Night Falls

    6.638 2000 HD

    Spanning several decades, this powerful biopic offers a glimpse into the life of famed Cuban poet and novelist Reinaldo Arenas, an artist who was...

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  • 2017
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    Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait

    Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait

    7.2 2017 HD

    A chronicle of the personal life and public career of the celebrated artist and filmmaker Julian Schnabel.

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  • 2009
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    Paulista

    Paulista

    4.1 2009 HD

    Three metropolitan stories entwine in São Paulo. Would-be actress Marina arrives in the city looking for independence, falls madly in love...

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  • 2007
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    Rita Cadillac: The Lady of the People

    Rita Cadillac: The Lady of the People

    6.8 2007 HD

    This revealing documentary about the Brazilian sex symbol goes deep into her career as she pivoted from dancer to singer to adult film star.

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  • 2015
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    Sabotage: Maestro do Canão

    Sabotage: Maestro do Canão

    9.2 2015 HD

    Mauro Mateus dos Santos was known by another name: Sabotage. Growing up amidst poverty in São Paulo, the musician, who became a legend after...

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  • 2015
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    About Cinema

    About Cinema

    8.3 2015 HD

    An abandoned tumbledown theater in the outback of Paraíba state is the initial setting of a film about cinema, which explores the testimonials...

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  • 2008
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    Tangled Web: Making Kiss of the Spider Woman

    Tangled Web: Making Kiss of the Spider Woman

    8.5 2008 HD

    Rare documents and details of the film's story. From its initial option to its critical reception and legacy. Director David Weisman, who also...

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  • 1999
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    The Venice Project

    The Venice Project

    1 1999 HD

    Roland is an avant-garde artist in Venice, California whose sister lives on their family's estate in Venice, Italy. Their father is near death and...

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  • 2007
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    Pixote In Memoriam

    Pixote In Memoriam

    7 2007 HD

    A tribute documentary on Fernando Ramos da Silva, the famous child star of the acclaimed film by Hector Babenco, "Pixote, a Lei do Mais Fraco"...

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  • 2007
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    The Past

    The Past

    6.172 2007 HD

    After 12 years, Sofía and Rímini decided to separate. While Rímini finds it easy to move on and start a new life, Sofía...

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  • 2018
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    Talk to Him

    Talk to Him

    1 2018 HD

    Dr. Drauzio Varella has a hypothetical conversation with his friend Hector Babenco, a filmmaker who died in 2016. The importance of friendship is...

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  • 2005
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    Era Uma Vez Iracema

    Era Uma Vez Iracema

    1 2005 HD

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  • 2008
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    Crítico

    Crítico

    7.868 2008 HD

    Seventy critics and filmmakers discuss cinema around the conflict between the artist and the observer, the creator and the critic. Between 1998 and...

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  • 2020
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    Babenco: Tell Me When I Die

    Babenco: Tell Me When I Die

    7 2020 HD

    Besieged by cancer and nearing the end, the genius Argentine-Brazilian filmmaker Héctor Babenco (1946-2016) asks Bárbara Paz, his wife,...

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  • 1998
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    Foolish Heart

    Foolish Heart

    4.7 1998 HD

    Living with his parents, 17-year-old Juan hangs out with several intellectuals who would like to photograph the human soul. The girlfriend of the...

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  • 1975
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    King of the Night

    King of the Night

    6.111 1975 HD

    In the 1940s, São Paulo nightlife is the setting for Tezinho's love affairs. In love with Aninha, he needs to get away from the girl and ends...

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  • 1985
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    Kiss of the Spider Woman

    Kiss of the Spider Woman

    7 1985 HD

    The story of two radically different men thrown together in a Latin American prison cell. One is Valentin, a journalist being tortured for his...

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  • 2003
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    Carandiru

    Carandiru

    7.6 2003 HD

    When a doctor decides to carry out an AIDS prevention program inside Latin America’s largest prison: the Casa de Detenção de...

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  • 2003
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    Carandiru

    Carandiru

    7.6 2003 HD

    When a doctor decides to carry out an AIDS prevention program inside Latin America’s largest prison: the Casa de Detenção de...

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  • 2003
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    Carandiru

    Carandiru

    7.6 2003 HD

    When a doctor decides to carry out an AIDS prevention program inside Latin America’s largest prison: the Casa de Detenção de...

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  • 1987
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    Ironweed

    Ironweed

    6.3 1987 HD

    An alcoholic drifter spends Halloween in his hometown of Albany, New York after returning there for the first time in decades.

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  • 1980
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    Pixote

    Pixote

    7.9 1980 HD

    10-year-old Pixote endures torture, degradation, and corruption at a local youth detention center where two of its members are murdered by policemen...

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  • 1980
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    Pixote

    Pixote

    7.9 1980 HD

    10-year-old Pixote endures torture, degradation, and corruption at a local youth detention center where two of its members are murdered by policemen...

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  • 1980
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    Pixote

    Pixote

    7.9 1980 HD

    10-year-old Pixote endures torture, degradation, and corruption at a local youth detention center where two of its members are murdered by policemen...

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  • 2007
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    The Past

    The Past

    6.172 2007 HD

    After 12 years, Sofía and Rímini decided to separate. While Rímini finds it easy to move on and start a new life, Sofía...

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  • 2007
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    The Past

    The Past

    6.172 2007 HD

    After 12 years, Sofía and Rímini decided to separate. While Rímini finds it easy to move on and start a new life, Sofía...

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  • 1991
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    At Play in the Fields of the Lord

    At Play in the Fields of the Lord

    6.3 1991 HD

    Martin and Hazel Quarrier are small-town fundamentalist missionaries sent to the jungles of South America to convert the Indians. Their remote...

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  • 1998
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    Foolish Heart

    Foolish Heart

    4.7 1998 HD

    Living with his parents, 17-year-old Juan hangs out with several intellectuals who would like to photograph the human soul. The girlfriend of the...

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  • 1977
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    Lucio Flavio

    Lucio Flavio

    7.109 1977 HD

    The story of a famous Brazilian bandit in the early 1970s and his fight against a paramilitary organization known as the Death Squad.

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  • 1975
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    King of the Night

    King of the Night

    6.111 1975 HD

    In the 1940s, São Paulo nightlife is the setting for Tezinho's love affairs. In love with Aninha, he needs to get away from the girl and ends...

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  • 2014
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    Words with Gods

    Words with Gods

    5.688 2014 HD

    The first of four installments in the groundbreaking Heartbeat of the World anthology film series. Comprised of several short films by some of the...

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  • 2014
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    Words with Gods

    Words with Gods

    5.688 2014 HD

    The first of four installments in the groundbreaking Heartbeat of the World anthology film series. Comprised of several short films by some of the...

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  • 1987
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    Besame Mucho

    Besame Mucho

    5 1987 HD

    The story of two couples - Xico and Olga, Tuca and Dina - through 20 years of friendship, from adolescent dreams to maturity frustrations. They meet...

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  • 2000
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    Amélia

    Amélia

    8.5 2000 HD

    Fictional story based on Sarah Bernhard's visit to Brazil in 1905. The actress, experiencing a personal and professional crisis at the time, is...

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  • 2016
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    My Hindu Friend

    My Hindu Friend

    4.2 2016 HD

    Diego is a film director who, when he is told that he has a malignant disease which could be fatal, marries his girlfriend of many years, says...

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  • 1984
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    The Earth is Round like An Orange

    The Earth is Round like An Orange

    1 1984 HD

    In a tragic example of life imitating art, Babenco returned to São Paolo to shoot this prologue to “Pixote” which examines the...

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  • 1973
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    O Fabuloso Fittipaldi

    O Fabuloso Fittipaldi

    1 1973 HD

    Documentary about race car driver Emerson Fittipaldi

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  • 1973
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    O Fabuloso Fittipaldi

    O Fabuloso Fittipaldi

    1 1973 HD

    Documentary about race car driver Emerson Fittipaldi

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  • 1973
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    O Fabuloso Fittipaldi

    O Fabuloso Fittipaldi

    1 1973 HD

    Documentary about race car driver Emerson Fittipaldi

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  • 1991
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    At Play in the Fields of the Lord

    At Play in the Fields of the Lord

    6.3 1991 HD

    Martin and Hazel Quarrier are small-town fundamentalist missionaries sent to the jungles of South America to convert the Indians. Their remote...

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  • 2016
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    My Hindu Friend

    My Hindu Friend

    4.2 2016 HD

    Diego is a film director who, when he is told that he has a malignant disease which could be fatal, marries his girlfriend of many years, says...

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  • 1998
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    Foolish Heart

    Foolish Heart

    4.7 1998 HD

    Living with his parents, 17-year-old Juan hangs out with several intellectuals who would like to photograph the human soul. The girlfriend of the...

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  • 1986
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    The Mission

    The Mission

    7.394 1986 HD

    When a Spanish Jesuit goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region, a slave hunter...

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  • 1975
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    King of the Night

    King of the Night

    6.111 1975 HD

    In the 1940s, São Paulo nightlife is the setting for Tezinho's love affairs. In love with Aninha, he needs to get away from the girl and ends...

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  • 1977
    imgMovies

    Lucio Flavio

    Lucio Flavio

    7.109 1977 HD

    The story of a famous Brazilian bandit in the early 1970s and his fight against a paramilitary organization known as the Death Squad.

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  • 1970
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    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E1

    1 1970 HD

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