Marco Dutra

Directing

Marco Dutra

Born

1980-03-17 (46)

Place of birth

São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Known for

Directing

Credits

46 titles

Marco Dutra graduated in São Paulo University's Film School. He wrote and directed several short films with his university friend Juliana Rojas. "O Lençol Branco" and "Um Ramo" were part of the Festival de Cannes selection and won awards around the world. His first feature, "Trabalhar Cansa", also premiered in Cannes at the Un Certain Regard selection. "Quando Eu Era Vivo" is his second feature film. Marco also works as a writer, editor and composer. He is part of the production group Filmes do Caixote.

Known for

The Silence of the Sky poster
6.4

After being a victim of rape within their own home, Diana chooses to keep the trauma secret. Mario, her husband, also has something to hide. The silence takes the couple's account over the day turns gradually into a peculiar form of violence.

The Silence of the Sky

2016

Futuro Beach poster
6.5

Donato fails in his attempt to save a drowning man, and meets one of the man's friends. He decides to start his life over, but pieces of his past keep coming after him.

Futuro Beach

2014

Good Manners poster
6.5

Clara, a lonely nurse from the outskirts of São Paulo, is hired by mysterious and wealthy Ana as the nanny for her unborn child. The two women develop a strong bond, but soon Clara discovers a terrifying secret about the child.

Good Manners

2018

My Country poster
5.8

A film about the reunion of a family broken by the pain and because of the pain can be reunited. An intense story, told in a soft and sensitive way, showing the search and dedication of a man rediscovering family and the love that unites the brothers, finally forming a real family.

My Country

2011

When I Was Alive poster
5.5

After losing his job and the end of his marriage, Júnior returns to his father's house. But that is not his childhood house anymore. His old room has been rented by a young woman and the place feels unwelcome and oppressive. Júnior develops and obsession for his family history, as strange things start happening in the house.

When I Was Alive

2014

Bury Your Dead poster
5.5

Edgar Wilson, a roadkill collector in rural Brazil, dreams of escaping his small-town existence with Nete, the love of his life. When Nete decides to join her family in an apocalyptic cult, Edgar finds himself at a crossroads. With the world on the brink of destruction, Edgar and his unlikely companion Tomás – a disgraced and excommunicated priest – embark on a dangerous road trip through a landscape plagued by chaos and despair.

Bury Your Dead

2025

Film credits

Behind the camera

The Silence of the Sky poster
6.4

After being a victim of rape within their own home, Diana chooses to keep the trauma secret. Mario, her husband, also has something to hide. The silence takes the couple's account over the day turns gradually into a peculiar form of violence.

The Silence of the Sky

2016

Futuro Beach poster
6.5

Donato fails in his attempt to save a drowning man, and meets one of the man's friends. He decides to start his life over, but pieces of his past keep coming after him.

Futuro Beach

2014

Good Manners poster
6.5

Clara, a lonely nurse from the outskirts of São Paulo, is hired by mysterious and wealthy Ana as the nanny for her unborn child. The two women develop a strong bond, but soon Clara discovers a terrifying secret about the child.

Good Manners

2018

Good Manners poster
6.5

Clara, a lonely nurse from the outskirts of São Paulo, is hired by mysterious and wealthy Ana as the nanny for her unborn child. The two women develop a strong bond, but soon Clara discovers a terrifying secret about the child.

Good Manners

2018

My Country poster
5.8

A film about the reunion of a family broken by the pain and because of the pain can be reunited. An intense story, told in a soft and sensitive way, showing the search and dedication of a man rediscovering family and the love that unites the brothers, finally forming a real family.

My Country

2011

When I Was Alive poster
5.5

After losing his job and the end of his marriage, Júnior returns to his father's house. But that is not his childhood house anymore. His old room has been rented by a young woman and the place feels unwelcome and oppressive. Júnior develops and obsession for his family history, as strange things start happening in the house.

When I Was Alive

2014

When I Was Alive poster
5.5

After losing his job and the end of his marriage, Júnior returns to his father's house. But that is not his childhood house anymore. His old room has been rented by a young woman and the place feels unwelcome and oppressive. Júnior develops and obsession for his family history, as strange things start happening in the house.

When I Was Alive

2014

Bury Your Dead poster
5.5

Edgar Wilson, a roadkill collector in rural Brazil, dreams of escaping his small-town existence with Nete, the love of his life. When Nete decides to join her family in an apocalyptic cult, Edgar finds himself at a crossroads. With the world on the brink of destruction, Edgar and his unlikely companion Tomás – a disgraced and excommunicated priest – embark on a dangerous road trip through a landscape plagued by chaos and despair.

Bury Your Dead

2025

Bury Your Dead poster
5.5

Edgar Wilson, a roadkill collector in rural Brazil, dreams of escaping his small-town existence with Nete, the love of his life. When Nete decides to join her family in an apocalyptic cult, Edgar finds himself at a crossroads. With the world on the brink of destruction, Edgar and his unlikely companion Tomás – a disgraced and excommunicated priest – embark on a dangerous road trip through a landscape plagued by chaos and despair.

Bury Your Dead

2025

Quietness poster
6.7

The passing of the years is merciless for everyone. In the film, seven seemingly ordinary characters lead their lives seeking, each one, what they believe brings personal satisfaction. But, even with different and distant lives, they come closer by the way they guide their existence based on worldly concerns.

Quietness

2018

Hard Labor poster
6.4

After her husband loses his job, Helena opens her own grocery store. Soon, increasingly strange events begin to plague her store, making her question her sanity.

Hard Labor

2011

Hard Labor poster
6.4

After her husband loses his job, Helena opens her own grocery store. Soon, increasingly strange events begin to plague her store, making her question her sanity.

Hard Labor

2011

All the Dead Ones poster
4.6

The story of the decline of the Soares family in the final months of the 19th century. Isabel is the dying mother, and her daughters are Maria and Ana. The three women try hard to forget about their pasts in the coffee farm and face the industrial times that start to take over Brazil.

All the Dead Ones

2020

All the Dead Ones poster
4.6

The story of the decline of the Soares family in the final months of the 19th century. Isabel is the dying mother, and her daughters are Maria and Ana. The three women try hard to forget about their pasts in the coffee farm and face the industrial times that start to take over Brazil.

All the Dead Ones

2020

Eye of the Storm poster
9.0

The story of a burglary and its tragic aftereffects.

Eye of the Storm

2009

Espera poster
NR

A brief occurrence at the hospital waiting room.

Espera

2003

Espera poster
NR

A brief occurrence at the hospital waiting room.

Espera

2003

Three Shots, Nine Shots poster
NR

Buying a book in 3 shots, buying a book in 9 shots. Or: a man finds the right book.

Three Shots, Nine Shots

1999

A Stem poster
6.1

Clarisse notices a small green leaf growing out of her right arm.

A Stem

2007

A Stem poster
6.1

Clarisse notices a small green leaf growing out of her right arm.

A Stem

2007

No artwork available
8.5

Rafael sleeps. Rafael waits. Rafael hugs. Rafael lies down. Rafael cries.

The Open Diary of R.

2003

No artwork available
6.0

An experimental collective film lasting little more than an hour, compiled from 10 episodes by a total of 14 different young Brazilian filmmakers. The project was an initiative of the directing duo Felipe Bragança and Marina Meliande, who sent a ‘letter of concern’ to inspire the participants. In it, a 16-year-old girl wrote about her dreams, which have been translated by the directors into films about love, youth and the possibilities of cinema.

Neverquiet (Film of Wonders)

2011

Not Even God Is As Fair As Your Jeans poster
9.7

Close to turning forty and away from his job as a librarian due to depression, Marcos needs to take care of Baby, his sister's pet dog. Isolated in an apartment in the city center, Marcos relies on the support of analyst Dr. Juliana R., who sees him in therapy sessions. Together, they look for ways to deal with the grief over the death of his ex-boyfriend, Pedro, and the arrival of a new love, Gabriel. Baby, a special hairless dog of Aztec origin, will redefine his relationship with the world of the dead and the living as well.

Not Even God Is As Fair As Your Jeans

2025

Concert Number Three poster
NR

A son and father must tell the mother the sad news.

Concert Number Three

2004

Concert Number Three poster
NR

A son and father must tell the mother the sad news.

Concert Number Three

2004

Nobody Leaves Alive poster
7.0

“Nobody Leaves Alive” by André Ristum is shot in beautiful but also distancing black and white. Looking at the Venice line-up, this seems to be a trend this year among the maestros of cinema. The film is inspired by true events that took place in the last century in the “Colonia” hospital in Brazil. Whoever didn’t fit the standards of society, or their family’s perception of it, was locked away, tortured, and killed. There were altogether more than 60,000 victims. Hope dies last, and some of the inmates don’t give up the fight. We’re reminded of film classics such as “One Flew Over the Cookoo’s Nest” or “Alcatraz”.

Nobody Leaves Alive

2024

No artwork available
NR

A short documentary by Marco Dutra.

Sunday

2015

No artwork available
NR

A short documentary by Marco Dutra.

Sunday

2015

We Were Born Today, When the Sky Was Heavy with Iron and Poison poster
NR

After heartbreaks and professional disappointments on planet Earth, Julio and Clara decide to flee together into space.

We Were Born Today, When the Sky Was Heavy with Iron and Poison

2013

Alice Especial, Part 1: The First Day of the Rest of My Life poster
6.8

Two years after her arrival in São Paulo, Alice continues her relationship with Nicholas and has begun to look for a place where they can live together. She has also launched a business that produces children's shows, and a stable life seems to be taking shape. But as she goes about the apartment search and shares in the loves and uncertainties of old and new friends, what she observes leaves her far less certain of her decisions and her future.

Alice Especial, Part 1: The First Day of the Rest of My Life

2010

The White Sheet poster
6.5

A young mother has to face the death of her newborn son.

The White Sheet

2004

The White Sheet poster
6.5

A young mother has to face the death of her newborn son.

The White Sheet

2004

Nightwalker poster
NR

A young woman has to face the silence and horror of the empty house after the suicide of her brother.

Nightwalker

2003

Nightwalker poster
NR

A young woman has to face the silence and horror of the empty house after the suicide of her brother.

Nightwalker

2003

Tinnitus poster
5.2

Marina Lenk is an experienced synchronized diver. However, an attack of Tinnitus — an unbearable ringing sound in the ears — drags her from the top of her game to the edge of madness.

Tinnitus

2023

The Shadows poster
6.0

In a country house, the patient and her husband get involved with the young psychiatrist. The noises of the forest surround them.

The Shadows

2009

The Shadows poster
6.0

In a country house, the patient and her husband get involved with the young psychiatrist. The noises of the forest surround them.

The Shadows

2009

Dancing Queen poster
NR

This is Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra's second school project. The short film features members of the school's class in the cast. They are credited as Ju Chiquitita Rojas and Marco Mamma Mia Aurélio. The short features an appearance (in drawings) by Casal Medo, characters the directors would use again in other works.

Dancing Queen

1999

Sleeping Hammock poster
NR

Rede de Dormir starring Gilda Nomacce, Vitor Dutra, and Cida Augusto. A tale about the hammock and its forgotten use as a shroud.

Sleeping Hammock

2013

Sleeping Hammock poster
NR

Rede de Dormir starring Gilda Nomacce, Vitor Dutra, and Cida Augusto. A tale about the hammock and its forgotten use as a shroud.

Sleeping Hammock

2013