Máximo Barro

Editing

Máximo Barro

Born 1930-04-13 · São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Maximo Barro (São Paulo, April 13, 1930 - São Paulo, October 31, 2020) was a Brazilian film editor, teacher and writer.

Acting credits

Reparation poster
4.5

In 1968, Orlando Lovecchio was made victim of a guerilla's bomb terrorist attack, which main objective was to fight against the Military Regime. Orlando lost one leg after the world-reckoned attack against the U.S. Consulate in Sao Paulo.

Reparation

2010

O Cineasta das Platéias poster
NR

This documentary, produced by the Mazzaropi Institute, shows movie scenes, testimonials of researchers, historians, intellectuals, and popular artists. As a bonus, it shows parts of Mazzaropi's last appearance on TV, on Hebe Camargo Show.

O Cineasta das Platéias

2002

Mazzaropi poster
8.5

A documentary on the life and work of Amácio Mazzaropi, a phenomenon of popularity and profitability of Brazilian cinema.

Mazzaropi

2013

Na Ilha poster
7.0

Immersive documentary in the film editing process. Twenty Brazilian cinema editors expose the nuances of this art, its secrets and processes.

Na Ilha

2019

When The Marquees' Lights Go Out poster
NR

Through archive footage and testimonials from former filmgoers, this documentary presents the story of the historical movie theaters located on the avenues of São João and Ipiranga and its surroundings, in São Paulo's city centre. Known as the Cinelândia Paulistana, this area lived its heyday in the 1950s, when there were more than 15 cinemas in full operation.

When The Marquees' Lights Go Out

2018

As Vedetes do Brasil poster
NR

A documentary depicting the lives of Brazil’s star performers—the most famous women of the Revue Theater in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s—including Elvira Pagã, Luz Del Fuego, Virginia Lane, Angelita Martinez, and Salomé Parísio, among others.

As Vedetes do Brasil

2003

The First Time of Brazilian Cinema poster
1.0

In 1982, almost five million people took theaters to see Erotic Things, the first Brazilian porn film. The production is today considered a major episode in the history of Brazilian cinema because it was launched during the country's military dictatorship. Thirty years later, The First Time of Brazilian Cinema found the producers and actors to tell the inside story of this fascinating journey.

The First Time of Brazilian Cinema

2013

Behind the camera