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    Ozualdo Ribeiro Candeias

    1918-11-05 (105 years old) in Cajobi, São Paulo, Brazil

    Ozualdo Ribeiro Candeias (1918 – 2007) was a Brazilian screenwriter, editor, photographer, director of photography, actor, producer and filmmaker. Candeias is believed to have been born in 1918, but was only registered in the town of Cajobi, in the state of São Paulo, in 1922. He worked in a number of jobs, from aeronautics sergent to truck driver. A self-taught filmmaker, he released his debut feature "A Margem" in 1967, a starting point for the Cinema Marginal movement (also dubbed Cinema de Invenção), which would forever change paradigms in the history of Brazilian cinema. Longing for distribution company for it, he turned to the Boca do Lixo, a block in downton São Paulo then known as a stronghold to independant filmmakers. A passionate advocate for the Boca, he paid homages to it in both short and feature films. His work is composed of numerous shorts and feature-length films, mostly depiciting life of communities either in urban or rural Brazil dealing with life in poverty. Among the genres Candeias has worked with are horror, western, exploitation and drama, although his films are hard to categorize due to their experimental nature. Although a few of his features met commercial success, such as 1969s "Meu Nome É Tonho", Candeias' films had a notoriously small audience during his lifetime. "Caçada Sangrenta" (1974) and "A Freira e a Tortura" (1983), two of his features aimed at a more conventional public, emerged from a deal with producer/actor David Cardoso, who had previously starred in "A Herança" (1971), Candeias' take on Hamlet reimagined as taking place in rural Brazil. Candeias' picture "Aopção ou As Rosas da Estrada" (1981) won the Bronze Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival. His last feature, "O Vigilante" (1992), won the Special Jury Award at the 25th Brasília Film Festival, but was never distributed at the theatres.

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    The Good Cinema
    0 %|Mar 18, 2021
    Documentary
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    Ozu Piroclástico
    0 %|Dec 10, 2020
    Documentary
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    Rua do Triumpho - O Filme
    0 %|Jul 9, 2015
    Documentary
    actor
    Ozualdo Candeias and the Cinema
    0 %|Apr 6, 2013
    Documentary
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    Soberano
    0 %|Apr 17, 2005
    Documentary
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    Candeias: Da Boca pra Fora
    0 %|Apr 18, 2003
    Documentary
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    O olhar singular de Ozualdo Candeias
    0 %|Nov 28, 1994
    Documentary
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    A América do Sul
    0 %|Aug 14, 1992
    Documentary
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    Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer?
    0 %|Jul 11, 1991
    Documentary
    actor
    The Beauties of Billings
    0 %|Jun 17, 1987
    Drama, Documentary
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    Boca Aberta
    0 %|Jan 1, 1985
    Documentary
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    19 Mulheres e 1 Homem
    0 %|Jun 17, 1977
    Drama, Adventure, Comedy
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    Sinal Vermelho - As Fêmeas
    30 %|Dec 10, 1972
    Drama
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    Macabre Dr. Scivano
    0 %|Aug 23, 1971
    Horror
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    The Awakening of the Beast
    55 %|Oct 1, 1970
    Horror, Drama
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    Orgy or The Man Who Gave Birth
    0 %|Aug 2, 1970
    Drama
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    The Red Light Bandit
    76 %|Dec 2, 1968
    Crime, Thriller

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