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Ugo Giorgetti

Born June 1, 1942 · São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil (age 84)

Ugo César Giorgetti (born on june 1st, 1942, in São Paulo) is a Brazilian filmmaker. He works as scriptwriter and director of advertising films since 1966, initially at the Alcântara Machado, C & N, Denison and Proeme agencies, later for the companies Cia. de Cinema, Frame and Espiral. In the early 1970s he made two short films about aspects of the city of São Paulo. His first feature, Quebrando…

Known For

Nenê Bandalho

Nenê Bandalho · 1971

The police mobilize their resources to capture Nenê Bandalho and, while he tries to escape, he remembers some of his life's most important episodes.

Solo

A middle-aged, wealthy man who lives in an upscale neighborhood in São Paulo, goes to put on his shoes and finds that his foot is no longer the same – it has changed for the worse. This gesture is the trigger for a reflection on life, the passage of time and the difficulty in understanding the present day.

Paredes Nuas

Paredes Nuas · 2009

MovieDramaTV Movie

A successful businessman is arrested on suspicion of committing financial crimes. In the sitting room of his house, four characters – the driver, the nanny, the lawyer and the wife – discuss how and why the businessman was arrested and, consequently, try to understand their own lives.

Party

MovieDramaComedy

A harmonicist, a pool player, and his old assistant get invited as entertainers at a fancy dinner party but have to wait in the lobby for what seems like forever. They witness all sorts of absurdities as the party goes on and guests loosen up.

Jogo Duro

Jogo Duro · 1986

A former boxer is hired to take care of an empty house in the Pacaembu neighborhood in São Paulo. The property is for sale and its function is received when purchased. On the first night on the job, he discovers that a woman and a daughter are living clandestinely in one of the mansion's rooms.

O Príncipe

O Príncipe · 2002

After 20 years of exile in Paris, Gustavo returns to his native city São Paulo. Back home, he encounters a place which no longer exists. His old friends and family members have changed, almost beyond recognition. He tries to recapture the past, and make some sense of his life, that of his friends and family, and the present state of his native country.

Boleiros 2: Vencedores e Vencidos

Boleiros 2: Vencedores e Vencidos · 2006

Boleiros 2: Vencedores e Vencidos

A public appearance from international soccer player Marquinhos at Aurelio's bar launches a series of vignettes which spotlight Brazil's obsession with the round ball game

Uma outra cidade

Uma outra cidade · 2000

Uma outra cidade

MovieDocumentary

Sao Paulo revisited by brazilian poets that were aligned with the beatnik generation.

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Nenê Bandalho

Nenê Bandalho · 1971

The police mobilize their resources to capture Nenê Bandalho and, while he tries to escape, he remembers some of his life's most important episodes.

Solo

A middle-aged, wealthy man who lives in an upscale neighborhood in São Paulo, goes to put on his shoes and finds that his foot is no longer the same – it has changed for the worse. This gesture is the trigger for a reflection on life, the passage of time and the difficulty in understanding the present day.

Director

Paredes Nuas

Paredes Nuas · 2009

MovieDramaTV Movie

A successful businessman is arrested on suspicion of committing financial crimes. In the sitting room of his house, four characters – the driver, the nanny, the lawyer and the wife – discuss how and why the businessman was arrested and, consequently, try to understand their own lives.

Director

Party

MovieDramaComedy

A harmonicist, a pool player, and his old assistant get invited as entertainers at a fancy dinner party but have to wait in the lobby for what seems like forever. They witness all sorts of absurdities as the party goes on and guests loosen up.

Director

Jogo Duro

Jogo Duro · 1986

A former boxer is hired to take care of an empty house in the Pacaembu neighborhood in São Paulo. The property is for sale and its function is received when purchased. On the first night on the job, he discovers that a woman and a daughter are living clandestinely in one of the mansion's rooms.

Screenplay

O Príncipe

O Príncipe · 2002

After 20 years of exile in Paris, Gustavo returns to his native city São Paulo. Back home, he encounters a place which no longer exists. His old friends and family members have changed, almost beyond recognition. He tries to recapture the past, and make some sense of his life, that of his friends and family, and the present state of his native country.

Director

Boleiros 2: Vencedores e Vencidos

Boleiros 2: Vencedores e Vencidos · 2006

Boleiros 2: Vencedores e Vencidos

A public appearance from international soccer player Marquinhos at Aurelio's bar launches a series of vignettes which spotlight Brazil's obsession with the round ball game

Director

Uma outra cidade

Uma outra cidade · 2000

Uma outra cidade

MovieDocumentary

Sao Paulo revisited by brazilian poets that were aligned with the beatnik generation.

Director

Boleiros: Era uma Vez o Futebol...

Boleiros: Era uma Vez o Futebol... · 1998

Boleiros: Era uma Vez o Futebol...

Tribute to the world of soccer in Brazil. Group of ex-soccer players gather in a bar in São Paulo to remember old stories of their prime.

Writer

Uma Noite em Sampa

Uma Noite em Sampa · 2016

Uma Noite em Sampa

MovieDramaComedy

People who moved from São Paulo, a large city, to the countryside, come back to see a play. Later, they learn the driver of their chartered bus has disappeared. Now, on the street, at night, they have to face themselves.

Screenplay

A Cidade Imaginária

A Cidade Imaginária · 2026

A Cidade Imaginária

MovieDramaTV Movie

The movie shows a group of italian imigrants in a ship going to São Paulo in the end of the century XIX. They tell about their fears and expectatives in the future new life.

Director

Pizza

MovieDocumentary

A source of inspiration for the cinematography of Ugo Giorgetti, São Paulo is once again the backdrop to this documentary in which the theme is the specialty of the city's culinary.

Director

Paul Singer, Uma Utopia Militante

Paul Singer, Uma Utopia Militante · 2021

Paul Singer, Uma Utopia Militante

MovieDocumentary

Professor Singer can be assessed as an enlightenment: he was also an educator, even (or above all) when he made politics. A major character in the intellectual life of São Paulo in the last seventy years, he narrates his trajectory, from his arrival in Brazil in 1940, escaping the Second World War, in 2016, in the leadership of solidarity economy movements. The film tries to show the beauty of a man thinking.

Director

Campos Elíseos

Campos Elíseos · 1973

Campos Elíseos

MovieDocumentary

The history of São Paulo's first residential district.

Writer

On the Fringes of São Paulo: Homeless

On the Fringes of São Paulo: Homeless · 2004

On the Fringes of São Paulo: Homeless

MovieDocumentary

Documentary about homeless people in São Paulo, Brazil (more than 9000!), discussing themes such as social exclusion, unemployment, alcohol abuse, madness and religiosity.

Producer

Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer?

Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer? · 1991

Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer?

MovieDocumentary

Variações Sobre um Quarteto de Cordas

Variações Sobre um Quarteto de Cordas · 2004

Variações Sobre um Quarteto de Cordas

MovieDocumentary

Writer

Rua São Bento, 405 - Prédio Martinelli

Rua São Bento, 405 - Prédio Martinelli · 1976

Rua São Bento, 405 - Prédio Martinelli

MovieDocumentary

The film tells the story of the first skyscraper of São Paulo, the Martinelli building, and registers testimonials of its last residents who had to move after São Paulos’ municipality interdiction of the building. It shows the variety of human types and commercial establishments that used to exist inside the traditional building.

Director

Cara ou Coroa

Cara ou Coroa · 2012

During the Brazilian military dictatorship in the seventies, two brothers working on a play will risk their lives to help the resistance.

Director

Alberto Dines - Vínculos da Liberdade

Alberto Dines - Vínculos da Liberdade · 2026

Alberto Dines - Vínculos da Liberdade

MovieDocumentary

Director

Saturday

Saturday · 1995

On a Saturday morning, an advertising crew arrives at a decadent old building downtown São Paulo to shoot a TV commercial. And then everything goes wrong, beginning with a broken elevator

Director

Dora e Gabriel

Dora e Gabriel · 2020

MovieDramaCrime

A Lebanese immigrant who has lived in São Paulo for many years is robbed and arrested in the trunk of his own car. In addition, a woman who witnessed the theft is also positioned there. The two complete strangers are forced to share this small, clueless environment where the thieves are headed.

Writer