Beto Brant

Directing

Beto Brant

Born May 23, 1964 · Jundiaí, São Paulo, Brazil (age 62)

Beto Brant (Jundiaí, May 23, 1964) is a Brazilian film director. He graduated in cinema from Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado in 1987. Initially he was a video clip director. The most striking were the clips of Titãs, all from the album Titanomaquia: Nem sempre se pode ser Deus, Taxidermia, Será que é isso que eu necessito?

Known For

O InvasorO Invasor · 2002
O Invasor
★ 7.02002
MovieDramaThriller
Two businessmen hire a hitman to kill their third partner and are then blackmailed by the hitman as he takes over their company.
Glauber, ClaroGlauber, Claro · 2020
Glauber, Claro
★ 10.02020
MovieDocumentary
A deep dive into Glauber Rocha's years exiled in Italy in the 70s. Through a collection of interviews and archives, the movie shows the making of his film Claro (1975) and his relation with European auteurs in their filmic and political views.
Friendly FireFriendly Fire · 1998
Friendly Fire
★ 5.81998
MovieDramaHistory
Brazil in the early 70s. Miguel, Eloi, Osvaldo and Paolo take part in armed attacks against the military dictatorship. They pay a heavy price with torture and arrest. Today the four friends still see each other. Only Miguel is politically active. On a photograph from a political meeting in Sao Paolo he recognises the policeman who tortured them 25 years ago and who was responsible for the death of Miguel's girlfriend. The policeman has been officially dead for a few years. On one of their fishing trips together, Miguel tells his friends of his discovery. When they hunt down and confront their nemesis they come into conflict with both themselves and each other.
DystopiaDystopia · 2017
Dystopia
2017
MovieScience FictionHorror
A political party takes over the power of a new World Order, and establishes Dystopia law, which condemns adulterous men to death row. Each case is sentenced by a body called the Antidote. The defendant is not entitled to a defense. There is only a taped statement minutes before each execution takes place.
Night FireNight Fire · 2021
Night Fire
2021
MovieDocumentary
Attempt to communicate with nature in reaction. Light as energy trigger, an image that shapes and rises in the air.
BiophobiaBiophobia
Biophobia
MovieMystery
André is a middle-aged rocker, decadent, alone and forgotten, who lives off the crumbs of his successful days. His mother is an award-winning writer, who lives as a recluse in a country house and commits suicide when the degenerative disease of old age begins to threaten her independence. André then goes to her house for a weekend, getting rid of the furniture and books, sharing them with friends and family. In an increasingly empty house, he is faced with his own inability to solidify himself as an adult, to escape his mother's shadow and find his place as a man and artist at forty years old. Surrounded by the bush on all sides, the protagonist's depression leads to increasing paranoia, intensified by alcohol. Lost in a scenario of delusions, memories and literature, André will face his internal and external nature, in a war where everyone nearby can be a victim.
I'd Receive the Worst News from Your Beautiful LipsI'd Receive the Worst News from Your Beautiful Lips · 2011
I'd Receive the Worst News from Your Beautiful Lips
★ 5.92011
MovieDrama
In a remote part of the Amazon, a traveling photographer has an intense affair with a preacher's wife, but secrets from her past threaten to ruin them both.
AuroraAurora · 1987
Aurora
★ 7.01987
MovieDrama
A man tells a story from his childhood, comparing it to his current experience.

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BiophobiaBiophobia
Biophobia
MovieMystery
André is a middle-aged rocker, decadent, alone and forgotten, who lives off the crumbs of his successful days. His mother is an award-winning writer, who lives as a recluse in a country house and commits suicide when the degenerative disease of old age begins to threaten her independence. André then goes to her house for a weekend, getting rid of the furniture and books, sharing them with friends and family. In an increasingly empty house, he is faced with his own inability to solidify himself as an adult, to escape his mother's shadow and find his place as a man and artist at forty years old. Surrounded by the bush on all sides, the protagonist's depression leads to increasing paranoia, intensified by alcohol. Lost in a scenario of delusions, memories and literature, André will face his internal and external nature, in a war where everyone nearby can be a victim.

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