Maurice Capovila
Biography
Maurice Capovilla (Valinhos, January 16, 1936 — Rio de Janeiro, May 29, 2021) was a Brazilian actor, screenwriter, producer and filmmaker. He directed eight films between 1968 and 2003. His 1970 film The Prophet of Hunger was entered into the 20th Berlin International Film Festival.
Known For & Full Filmography6 Titles
Movie - 1970, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Segment "Prólogo": interviews and scenes with some of the most important filmmakers of the "Boca do Lixo" of São Paulo. Segment "A BadaladÃssima dos Trópicos x Os Picaretas do Sexo": shenanigans of a troubled fictional film production. Segment "Amor 69": Actress Maria Vargas is expected to appear nude in a scene, but ultimately refuses to do so.
Movie - 1970, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A psychiatrist experiments on four volunteers with LSD to examine '60s drug culture, soon unleashing an expert in depravity.
Movie - 2020, 2h 15m • as Self
In 1965, a year after the military coup in Brazil, an oasis of freedom opened in the country's capital. The BrasÃlia Film Festival: a landmark of cultural and political resistance. Its story is that of Brazilian cinema itself.
Movie - 1968, 2h 15m • as Gangster
Born and raised in the misery of Brazilian slums, Jorge becomes a luxury house burglar in São Paulo and gets nicknamed "The Red Light Bandit" by the sensationalist press. In addition to wearing a red flashlight, he talks to his hostages in an irreverent tone and makes bold breakthroughs to later spend the money extravagantly. His world is the decadent neighbourhood of Boca do Lixo.
Movie - 2021, 2h 15m • as Self
An authentically marginal cinema created in Catholic university in Brazil. One of the most intriguing and imaginative moments in modern cinema in the voice of some of its select conspirators—with Carlos Reichenbach at the lead—, and through the most razing flow of images that can possibly be conceived.
Movie - 2012, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A documentary on prolific underground Brazilian filmmaker Rogério Sganzerla.