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Hector Babenco

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PixotePixote (1981) Aro Favourite
Dir. Hector Babenco
Feat. Marilia Pera, Ramos Da Silva
Inspired by the plight of his country's homeless children, dir. Babenco created this semi–improvised odyssey of three boys in the slums of…
Kiss of the Spider WomanKiss of the Spider Woman (1985) Recommended
Dir. Hector Babenco
Feat. Raul Julia, William Hurt
Evocative drama posits a political activist and a gay window dresser in a South American prison cell, where fantasy becomes their only tool for…
IronweedIronweed (1987)
Dir. Hector Babenco
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep
Rich, downbeat story of a guilt–ridden alcoholic hobo and his companion, with Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep in finest method.
At Play in the Fields of the LordAt Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991)
Dir. Hector Babenco
Feat. Tom Berenger, John Lithgow, Daryl Hannah
Tom Berenger, John Lithgow, Darryl Hannah, Aidan Quinn, Kathy Bates and Tom Waits endured the two–year location shoot of Peter Matthiessen's…
CarandiruCarandiru (2003) Recommended
Dir. Hector Babenco
An expressionist series of tales set within the notorious titular prison in Sao Paolo, Brazil, as seen through the eyes of a benevolent doctor and…

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