Kleber Mendonça Filho

Brazilian film director

November 3, 1968 (55 years old)

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Pictures of Ghosts

V.O.: Retratos Fantasmas

Br. 2023. Documentary by Kleber Mendonça Filho. A love letter from the director to his hometown of Recife, where his passion for cinema took shape.

Runtime: 93 min.

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Bacurau

Br. 2019. Dramatic comedy by Kleber Mendonça Filho, Juliano Dornelles with Thomas Aquino, Barbara Colen, Sonia Braga. Mysterious killers prey on the inhabitants of a remote Brazilian village whose water supply has been cut off by a corrupt politician.

Runtime: 132 min.

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Aquarius

Br. 2016. Social drama by Kleber Mendonça Filho with Sonia Braga, Julia Bernat, Humberto Carrao. A retired journalist enters into a fight against the real estate company that wants to buy her apartment, located in an old building by the sea.

Runtime: 146 min.

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Neighboring Sounds

V.O.: O Som ao Redor

Br. 2011. Drama by Kleber Mendonça Filho with Maeve Jinkings, W.J. Solha, Irandhir Santos. In Brazil, various incidents disrupt the lives of the residents of a luxury apartment building, controlled with an iron fist by a rich planter with a dubious past.

Runtime: 131 min.