Andrea Tonacci

Directing

Andrea Tonacci

Born 1944-01-01 · Rome, Italy

Andrea Tonacci (Rome, 1944 - São Paulo, 2016) was an Italian-Brazilian filmmaker, considered one of the main figures of the Cinema Marginal movement of underground filmmaking in 1970s Brazil. He moved with his parents to São Paulo when he was 11 years-old. A few years later, he studied Architecture and Engineering at the Presbiterian University of Mackenzie, but dropped both careers to purchase his dream of becoming a filmmaker. His first feature-lenght film, "Bang-Bang" (1971), was recieved with mixed opinions by the Cinema Marginal movement and was screened at the Director's Fortnight at the Cannes Festival. In 2006, his film "Serras da Desordem" got him the Kikitos for best photography, best picture and best director at the Gramado Festival of Brazilian Cinema. In 2010, he was given the Order of Cultural Merit, highest honor of the Brazilian Government to personalities who contribute to the development of Brazilian identity and culture. He passed away in December 16, 2016, a victim of pancreatic cancer.

Acting credits

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Castelar e Nelson Dantas no País dos Generais

2008

Seen, Not Seen poster
6.5

A dialogue between the auteur's memories and the images he shot and kept during his long film career - sketches of live that were never shown, never seen, never edited.

Seen, Not Seen

2014

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Mais Luz

1986

The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus poster
9.0

For this behemoth, Bressane took his opera omnia and edited it in an order that first adheres to historical chronology but soon starts to move backwards and forward. The various pasts – the 60s, the 80s, the 2000s – comment on each other in a way that sheds light on Bressane’s themes and obsessions, which become increasingly apparent and finally, a whole idea of cinema reveals itself to the curious and patient viewer. Will Bressane, from now on, rework The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus when he makes another film? Is this his latest beginning? Why not, for the eternally young master maverick seems to embark on a maiden voyage with each and every new film!

The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus

2023

Andrea Tonacci poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Andrea Tonacci

2012

The Hills of Disorder poster
7.3

Carapiru is a member of one of Brazil's remaining indigenous peoples, living in harmony with nature and making wise use of the local flora and fauna. But Carapiru is suddenly forced to fend for himself and flees into the nearby rain forest, building a new life for himself with the help some sympathetic settlers. However, after rebuilding his life Carapiru is uprooted once again, this time by government agents. A expressive visual storytelling in this study of the native peoples of Brazil in the 21st century.

The Hills of Disorder

2006

Young and Miserable or a Man Screaming Is Not a Dancing Bear poster
4.6

To start again, one has to destroy.

Young and Miserable or a Man Screaming Is Not a Dancing Bear

2016

Behind the camera

Seen, Not Seen poster
6.5

A dialogue between the auteur's memories and the images he shot and kept during his long film career - sketches of live that were never shown, never seen, never edited.

Seen, Not Seen

2014

Seen, Not Seen poster
6.5

A dialogue between the auteur's memories and the images he shot and kept during his long film career - sketches of live that were never shown, never seen, never edited.

Seen, Not Seen

2014

Biblioteca Nacional poster
NR

A reflection on books and culture through testimonies and images from the Rio de Janeiro's National Library. In this work commissioned by the Ministry of Culture, the director forgoes voice-over in favor of a polyphonic discourse, combining more informative speeches from representatives of institutions with speeches by, for example, Sérgio Sant'Anna and Lygia Fagundes Telles, who express, in a different tone, their passion and vocation for books.

Biblioteca Nacional

1997

Conversas no Maranhão poster
6.0

A documentary on the Canela Apãniekra (Timbira) community in Brazil. Showing their daily habits, political struggle, oral tradition and the formation of space in Barra do Corda, Maranhão.

Conversas no Maranhão

1983

Bang Bang poster
7.2

An anonymous urban protagonist experiences a series of absurd situations--including a crazy cab ride, an encounter with a wacky criminal gang, and lots of gunplay--infused with a unique anarchic energy, eventually suggesting our true animal nature.

Bang Bang

1971

Bang Bang poster
7.2

An anonymous urban protagonist experiences a series of absurd situations--including a crazy cab ride, an encounter with a wacky criminal gang, and lots of gunplay--infused with a unique anarchic energy, eventually suggesting our true animal nature.

Bang Bang

1971

BLABLABLÁ poster
6.8

The tensions experienced by three different people during the military dictatorship in Brazil: a politician, a revolutionary and a common citizen.

BLABLABLÁ

1968

BLABLABLÁ poster
6.8

The tensions experienced by three different people during the military dictatorship in Brazil: a politician, a revolutionary and a common citizen.

BLABLABLÁ

1968

BLABLABLÁ poster
6.8

The tensions experienced by three different people during the military dictatorship in Brazil: a politician, a revolutionary and a common citizen.

BLABLABLÁ

1968

Jouez Encore, Payez Encore poster
7.5

A film that records the rehearsals of a Brazilian theatre troupe directed by Victor Garcia, and then the conflicts that break out as they tour Iran and France with a performance of Calderon's autos sacramentales. A problem with a scenery prop sparks a crisis in the group and the film chronicles this disaster.

Jouez Encore, Payez Encore

1975

Theatro Mvnicipal de São Paulo poster
NR

By Ministry of Culture.

Theatro Mvnicipal de São Paulo

1997

Os Arara poster
5.0

Documentation of the preparations and expeditions of the Frente de Atração Arara da Funai, in the state of Pará, Brazil. With the construction of the Transamazônica, the Arara territory (without contact with the white man) is cut in half, and the Indians react by attacking the workers. Aware that all contact is a creation of dependency, the sertanista Sydney Possuelo, who also reflexively narrates the documentary, leads the expeditions that aim to identify the groups, how many individuals there are, establishing territorial limits to protect the area against invaders and loggers in the region.

Os Arara

1983

Superstição e Futebol poster
NR

Religious beliefs linked to football.

Superstição e Futebol

1969

The Hills of Disorder poster
7.3

Carapiru is a member of one of Brazil's remaining indigenous peoples, living in harmony with nature and making wise use of the local flora and fauna. But Carapiru is suddenly forced to fend for himself and flees into the nearby rain forest, building a new life for himself with the help some sympathetic settlers. However, after rebuilding his life Carapiru is uprooted once again, this time by government agents. A expressive visual storytelling in this study of the native peoples of Brazil in the 21st century.

The Hills of Disorder

2006

The Hills of Disorder poster
7.3

Carapiru is a member of one of Brazil's remaining indigenous peoples, living in harmony with nature and making wise use of the local flora and fauna. But Carapiru is suddenly forced to fend for himself and flees into the nearby rain forest, building a new life for himself with the help some sympathetic settlers. However, after rebuilding his life Carapiru is uprooted once again, this time by government agents. A expressive visual storytelling in this study of the native peoples of Brazil in the 21st century.

The Hills of Disorder

2006

The Hills of Disorder poster
7.3

Carapiru is a member of one of Brazil's remaining indigenous peoples, living in harmony with nature and making wise use of the local flora and fauna. But Carapiru is suddenly forced to fend for himself and flees into the nearby rain forest, building a new life for himself with the help some sympathetic settlers. However, after rebuilding his life Carapiru is uprooted once again, this time by government agents. A expressive visual storytelling in this study of the native peoples of Brazil in the 21st century.

The Hills of Disorder

2006

Benzedeiras de Minas poster
NR

A documentary about the permanence of brazilian native rituals in nomadic and rural communities among the pervading capitalism.

Benzedeiras de Minas

2008

Eye for an Eye poster
7.1

A group of middle-class friends driving around São Paulo choose one of the women as a bait to attract a victim, object of their alienation and moral aggressiveness.

Eye for an Eye

1966

Eye for an Eye poster
7.1

A group of middle-class friends driving around São Paulo choose one of the women as a bait to attract a victim, object of their alienation and moral aggressiveness.

Eye for an Eye

1966

Óculos para ver Pensamentos poster
NR

Recording of the meeting between Sebastião Marinho and a rapper (Smokey D.) from the perspective of looking. Using his device to see “thoughts, emotions, feelings”, Tonacci, in front of the camera, follows them from his production company’s room to "Viaduto do Chá."

Óculos para ver Pensamentos

1994