Directing

Eduardo Coutinho

Born May 11, 1933 · São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Died February 2, 2014 · aged 80

Eduardo de Oliveira Coutinho OMC (São Paulo, May 11, 1933 — Rio de Janeiro, February 2, 2014) was a Brazilian filmmaker and journalist. He is considered by many to be the greatest documentary filmmaker in the history of Brazilian cinema. His brand was to make films that privileged the stories of ordinary people. His masterpiece is Cabra Marcado para Morrer, which marked his career as Brazil's lea…

Known For

Madame Satã

Madame Satã · 2002

MovieCrimeDrama

In the favelas of Rio de Janeiro of the 1930s, João Francisco dos Santos is several things — son of slaves, ex-convict, thug, homosexual and adopted father for a number of pariahs. João expresses himself on the stage of a cabaret as Madame Satã.

Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands

Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands · 1976

Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands

MovieComedyDrama

After the death of her handsome but good-for-nothing husband Vadinho, Flor, a widow, marries Dr. Teodoro, a respectable gentleman. Hilarity ensues when Vadinho's spirit returns into her life.

The Deceased

The Deceased · 1965

After visiting a fortune teller, Zulmira is informed that a blonde woman will threaten her peace. After talking to her husband Toninho, she suspects that her cousin Glorinha may be that blonde.

Twenty Years Later

Twenty Years Later · 1984

Twenty Years Later

MovieDocumentaryHistory

Eduardo Coutinho was filming a movie with the same name in the Northeast of Brazil, in 1964, when there came the military coup. He had to interrupt the project, and came back to it in 1981, looking for the same places and people, showing what had ocurred since then, and trying to gather a family whose patriarch, a political leader fighting for rights of country people, had been murdered.

1964: 40 Years After

1964: 40 Years After · 2004

1964: 40 Years After

MovieDocumentaryHistory

Documentary that shows the events that culminated in the deposition of President João Goulart, on March 31, 1964, and the implementation of the military dictatorship in Brazil. Around 40 characters reveal behind the scenes and comment in detail on this important moment in Brazilian political history.

A Day in the Life

A Day in the Life · 2010

A Day in the Life

MovieDocumentary

The documentary tracks 19 hours of broadcasting from several brazilian TV channels making live surfing between channels. The result was edited latter.

The Man Who Bought the World

The Man Who Bought the World · 1968

The Man Who Bought the World

MovieComedyFantasy

In a fictitious country, a civil servant receives the greatest inheritance in history (ten trillion dollars) and is confined by authorities to prevent a collapse of the world economy. But he manages to escape.

Moscow

MovieDocumentary

Continuing the exploration of the thin line between truth and performance, Eduardo Coutinho turns his attention to the drama generated during rehearsals for the Galpão Theater Company’s performance of Chekov’s The Three Sisters. As he shoots scenes from the play, Coutinho attempts to capture the very moment in which reality becomes fiction and vice versa—whether through the actors’ bodies and words or in backstage scenes of a performance that will exist only on film.

Filmography

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Madame Satã

Madame Satã · 2002

MovieCrimeDrama

In the favelas of Rio de Janeiro of the 1930s, João Francisco dos Santos is several things — son of slaves, ex-convict, thug, homosexual and adopted father for a number of pariahs. João expresses himself on the stage of a cabaret as Madame Satã.

Juiz

Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands

Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands · 1976

Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands

MovieComedyDrama

After the death of her handsome but good-for-nothing husband Vadinho, Flor, a widow, marries Dr. Teodoro, a respectable gentleman. Hilarity ensues when Vadinho's spirit returns into her life.

Screenplay

The Deceased

The Deceased · 1965

After visiting a fortune teller, Zulmira is informed that a blonde woman will threaten her peace. After talking to her husband Toninho, she suspects that her cousin Glorinha may be that blonde.

Writer

Twenty Years Later

Twenty Years Later · 1984

Twenty Years Later

MovieDocumentaryHistory

Eduardo Coutinho was filming a movie with the same name in the Northeast of Brazil, in 1964, when there came the military coup. He had to interrupt the project, and came back to it in 1981, looking for the same places and people, showing what had ocurred since then, and trying to gather a family whose patriarch, a political leader fighting for rights of country people, had been murdered.

Director

1964: 40 Years After

1964: 40 Years After · 2004

1964: 40 Years After

MovieDocumentaryHistory

Documentary that shows the events that culminated in the deposition of President João Goulart, on March 31, 1964, and the implementation of the military dictatorship in Brazil. Around 40 characters reveal behind the scenes and comment in detail on this important moment in Brazilian political history.

A Day in the Life

A Day in the Life · 2010

A Day in the Life

MovieDocumentary

The documentary tracks 19 hours of broadcasting from several brazilian TV channels making live surfing between channels. The result was edited latter.

Director

The Man Who Bought the World

The Man Who Bought the World · 1968

The Man Who Bought the World

MovieComedyFantasy

In a fictitious country, a civil servant receives the greatest inheritance in history (ten trillion dollars) and is confined by authorities to prevent a collapse of the world economy. But he manages to escape.

Director

Moscow

MovieDocumentary

Continuing the exploration of the thin line between truth and performance, Eduardo Coutinho turns his attention to the drama generated during rehearsals for the Galpão Theater Company’s performance of Chekov’s The Three Sisters. As he shoots scenes from the play, Coutinho attempts to capture the very moment in which reality becomes fiction and vice versa—whether through the actors’ bodies and words or in backstage scenes of a performance that will exist only on film.

Director

Five Times Favela

Five Times Favela · 1962

Five Times Favela

Five segments about the hardships faced by people living in slums on hills in Rio de Janeiro.

Production Manager

Playing

Playing · 2007

MovieDocumentary

Following a newspaper ad, ordinary women tell part of their life stories to director Eduardo Coutinho, which are then re-enacted by actresses, blurring the barriers between truth, fiction and interpretation.

Director

The ABC of Love

The ABC of Love · 1967

The ABC of Love

MovieDramaRomance

Film that includes three short films by different authors about love: "O pacto" by Eduardo Coutinho, "Terrible Night" by Rodolfo Kuhn, and "Magic World" by Helvio Soto.

Director

The Girl from Ipanema

The Girl from Ipanema · 1967

The Girl from Ipanema

Chronicles the life of a 17 year-old girl living in the upper-class Rio de Janeiro neighbourhood of Ipanema. Márcia lives a life of parties and spend her days among bohemians, musicians and intellectuals. While seeming happy in the outside, she's extremely anguished inside. Based on the famous song by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes.

Screenplay

Índia, a Filha do Sol

Índia, a Filha do Sol · 1982

Índia, a Filha do Sol

A military man picks up a Native Brazilian woman and heads to a gold panning site where he has undisclosed business to attend to.

Co-Writer

Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion

Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion · 2000

Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion

MovieDramaHistory

The film tells the story of an intuitive, adventurous man who loved his country and being Brazilian. This man fought to be loyal to himself. His music is a transparent portrait of his genius, intuition, freedom, adventure and passion for Brazil.

Screenplay

Love Lesson

Love Lesson · 1975

A German governess is hired to give German and piano lessons to the teenager son of a rich traditional family, in the 20s. But soon they get involved, and she teaches him love lessons instead.

Screenplay

Dá pra Segurar!

Dá pra Segurar! · 1997

Dá pra Segurar!

MovieDocumentary

Stimulated by sketches in which young actors improvise about situations related to AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs), students from a public school in Rio de Janeiro and teenagers from the Zona Sul and the Baixada Fluminense debate these themes. This video was made by CECIP for the Adolescence and STD / AIDS Project, with the support of the Ministry of Health's National STD / AIDS Control Program.

Director

The Memory Thread

The Memory Thread · 1991

The Memory Thread

MovieDocumentary

A panorama of the Brazilian black experience, starting with the figure of the semi-illiterate popular artist and employee of a salt mine Gabriel Joaquim dos Santos.

Director

O Homem de Areia

O Homem de Areia · 1982

O Homem de Areia

MovieDocumentary

Writer

Fifty Years Later

Fifty Years Later · 2014

Fifty Years Later

MovieDocumentary

After an initial meeting in 1964 interrupted by military dictatorship and a new meeting in the early 1980s to end the film "Twenty Years Later", Eduardo Coutinho once again find Elizabeth Teixeira, survivor of peasant struggles.

Director

Os Condenados

Os Condenados · 1974

In São Paulo, during the 1920s, a woman who is loved by a telegraphist and seduced by a slacker ends up in prostitution.

Screenplay

Babilônia 2000

Babilônia 2000 · 2001

Babilônia 2000

MovieDocumentary

Documentary on poor people living in a slum in Rio de Janeiro, on the occasion of New Year's Eve of 1999.

Director

Seis Dias de Ouricuri

Seis Dias de Ouricuri · 1976

Seis Dias de Ouricuri

MovieDocumentary

Early documentary by Eduardo Coutinho dealing with the water shortage in the city of Ouricuri in the seventies.

Director

Oswaldo Cruz na Amazônia

Oswaldo Cruz na Amazônia · 2002

Oswaldo Cruz na Amazônia

MovieDocumentary

The visits of Brazilian sanitarist Oswaldo Cruz to Amazon in early 20th century.

Consulting Producer

The Beggars

The Beggars · 1963

MovieComedyDrama

A young female fugitive escapes from a juvenile institution (the Child Assistance Service) and joins a group of poor beggars with the intention of finding a potential partner to marry in order to avoid her return to that place.

Destiny River

Destiny River · 2010

SeriesSoapDrama

Upon discovering that he is marked for death due to a curse placed on his ancestors, Solano, with Estela's support, embarks on a journey of revelations about his origins.

Dr. Ricardo