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Alex Viany

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Alex Viany

Born November 4, 1918 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Died November 16, 1992 · aged 74

Almiro Viviani Fialho (1918 — 1992), better known as Alex Viany, was a Brazilian director, producer, screenwriter, author, journalist and actor. He is the author of the book Introduction to Brazilian Cinema (1959), cited by Paulo Emílio Sales Gomes as the first work of Brazilian filmography. He also wrote The Cinema Novo Process. He debuted as a director in 1953, in the feature film "Agulha no P…

Known For

AnaAna · 1955
Ana
★ 10.01955
MovieDrama
A group of migrants from the drought areas of Northeastern of Brazil gets a truck "pau-de-arara" trying to move to São Paulo and have a better life. Along their travel, one of the women delivers a baby on the road. The driver, indeed, intends to carry them to the slave-work in the fields of a powerful "colonel", but the brave Ana faces the foreman of the farm and the driver, and the truck follows to the hired final destination.
The Wind RoseThe Wind Rose · 1957
The Wind Rose
★ 6.01957
MovieDramaDocumentary
An international anthology about the struggles of female workers around the world.
Rua sem SolRua sem Sol · 1954
Rua sem Sol
★ 6.01954
MovieDramaCrime
A poor girl must find the money to pay for her blind sister's eyesight operation.
Five Times FavelaFive Times Favela · 1962
Five Times Favela
★ 7.91962
MovieDrama
Five segments about the hardships faced by people living in slums on hills in Rio de Janeiro.
Carnival in CaxiasCarnival in Caxias · 1954
Carnival in Caxias
★ 5.01954
MovieComedy
Humberto Mauro: Eu Coração Dou BomHumberto Mauro: Eu Coração Dou Bom · 1979
Humberto Mauro: Eu Coração Dou Bom
★ 6.51979
MovieDocumentary
Needle in a HaystackNeedle in a Haystack · 1953
Needle in a Haystack
1953
MovieComedyDrama
Mariana is a young woman from the interior of Minas Gerais who leaves for Rio de Janeiro in search of a man who seduced her and got her pregnant. But the rascal man gave her the false address, with only a photo as a reference. Staying at an uncle's house, she is faced with the difficulties of living in the big city, seeing that finding her husband in Rio is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Entrevista de Humberto Mauro a David Neves e Alex VianyEntrevista de Humberto Mauro a David Neves e Alex Viany · 1977
Entrevista de Humberto Mauro a David Neves e Alex Viany
1977
MovieDocumentary
Celebrating his 80th birthday, pioneer Brazilian filmmaker Humberto Mauro talks about his life, work, and the project "A Noiva da Cidade".

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