Toni Venturi

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Toni Venturi

Born November 21, 1955 · São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Died May 18, 2024 · aged 68

Antônio Venturi Neto, better known as Toni Venturi, was a Brazilian film director. Graduated in photographic arts from the University of Ryerson, in Canada, and in cinema from the University of São Paulo (USP), Toni Venturi was president of the São Paulo Filmmakers Association (Apaci) in 2001. He directed the fiction features "Latitude Zero", by 2002, "Cabra-Cega", 2005, "Estamos Juntos", 2011, an…

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Paulo Freire ContemporâneoPaulo Freire Contemporâneo · 2007
Paulo Freire Contemporâneo
2007
MovieHistoryDocumentary
In honor of educator Paulo Freire , the Ministry of Education (MEC), through the Department of Distance Education (Seed), launches the documentary "Paulo Freire contemporaneous", by Toni Venturi. According to the director, the video takes up the origins of the first experiences of literacy and popular education developed by Paulo Freire and shows how his thinking and pedagogy are still present today. This is not just a memory movie. The documentary shows situations in which the Freirean teaching model is used today. People are unaware of actions that drank from that fountain. The film updates Paulo Freire and shows how he took root in many segments of society
Playing in the DarkPlaying in the Dark · 2004
Playing in the Dark
6.72004
MovieDrama
A revolutionary, fighting against dictatorship in Brazil, is wounded in a gun-fight with the police, and is isolated in another man's apartment, where he meets a young woman who will change his life.
Latitude ZeroLatitude Zero · 2001
Latitude Zero
7.42001
MovieDrama
Lena owns a forgotten bar next to a highway where the trucks zip by but rarely stop. She is eight months pregnant and has been abandoned by her former lover, Colonel Mattos, of the São Paulo police. One day, she meets Vilela, a former policeman wanted for a crime he committed in São Paulo. Colonel Mattos was Vilela's superior, and his presence is continually felt by the pair. Two further elements add texture to the plot - the inhospitable landscape and the new baby's crying, which slowly makes life unbearable for the couple. Based on an original stage play by Fernando Bonassi, the film delves into the souls of two Brazilians isolated in one of the country's nameless reaches. A love story and a metaphor taken to extremes: a glimpse at an unequal society which excludes many of its citizens, pushing them into violent adventures of love and death.
Rita Cadillac: The Lady of the PeopleRita Cadillac: The Lady of the People · 2010
Rita Cadillac: The Lady of the People
6.82010
MovieDocumentary
This revealing documentary about the Brazilian sex symbol goes deep into her career as she pivoted from dancer to singer to adult film star.
A Comédia DivinaA Comédia Divina · 2017
A Comédia Divina
6.12017
MovieComedy
The Devil himself comes to Earth to open his own church and the world becomes a pandemonium of delights and confusions. Based on a short story by Machado de Assis, the most famous realistic Brazilian writer of the XIX century.
João Gonçalves - Forte e PoderosoJoão Gonçalves - Forte e Poderoso · 2016
João Gonçalves - Forte e Poderoso
2016
MovieDocumentary
The story of João Gonçalves Filho, one of the great sportsmen in the country, who participated in seven Olympics and was one of those responsible for the most successful generation of Brazilian judo athletes of the Olympic Games.
Vocacional: Uma Aventura HumanaVocacional: Uma Aventura Humana · 2011
Vocacional: Uma Aventura Humana
10.02011
MovieDocumentary
The clash of a libertarian school with the military dictatorship in the 60s. An exciting and little-known page in the history of public education in Brazil.
We're TogetherWe're Together · 2011
We're Together
4.82011
MovieDrama
A young doctor has a promising career in São Paulo, but the diagnosis of a serious illness profoundly changes her relationship with the world around her.

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Latitude ZeroLatitude Zero · 2001
Latitude Zero
7.42001
MovieDrama
Lena owns a forgotten bar next to a highway where the trucks zip by but rarely stop. She is eight months pregnant and has been abandoned by her former lover, Colonel Mattos, of the São Paulo police. One day, she meets Vilela, a former policeman wanted for a crime he committed in São Paulo. Colonel Mattos was Vilela's superior, and his presence is continually felt by the pair. Two further elements add texture to the plot - the inhospitable landscape and the new baby's crying, which slowly makes life unbearable for the couple. Based on an original stage play by Fernando Bonassi, the film delves into the souls of two Brazilians isolated in one of the country's nameless reaches. A love story and a metaphor taken to extremes: a glimpse at an unequal society which excludes many of its citizens, pushing them into violent adventures of love and death.

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