Directing
Adelina Pontual
Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Adelina Pontual was born in Recife, graduated in Social Communication from UFPE and in Cinema, with a Specialization in Editing, from Escuela Internacional de Cine y TV, in San Antonio de Los Baños, in Cuba. She was part of the group Vanretrô, formed during her Communication course in the 80s. In the 90s she was a partner in the production company Parabólica Brasil, together with Cláudio Assis and Marcelo Gomes. She is a director and screenwriter of short films and television programs, and her first work as a feature film director was with the documentary Rio Doce / CDU. She also works as a continuity writer, having performed this role in more than 20 Brazilian feature films.
Acting credits
Behind the camera
7.0A day in the life of a woman, who upon turning 53, decides to rethink her life, confront herself and the image she has created of herself over the years.
ReTrato
2013
7.0A day in the life of a woman, who upon turning 53, decides to rethink her life, confront herself and the image she has created of herself over the years.
ReTrato
2013
NRIn an old mansion, an old lady and her young goddaughter prepare to receive a mysterious visitor who will fulfill an old wish.
O Pedido
1999
NRIn an old mansion, an old lady and her young goddaughter prepare to receive a mysterious visitor who will fulfill an old wish.
O Pedido
1999
NROn the outskirts of the city of Nossa Senhora da Glória, in the hinterland of the state of Sergipe, Northeast Brazil, we will find an unexpected open-air sculpture park. This unusual “art gallery” is the result of the work of Cícero Alves dos Santos, known as Véio, a farmer, artisan and sculptor. In it, Véio installed his Nation, his family, made up of common and mythological beings, animals and extraterrestrials.
Véio
2005
NROn the outskirts of the city of Nossa Senhora da Glória, in the hinterland of the state of Sergipe, Northeast Brazil, we will find an unexpected open-air sculpture park. This unusual “art gallery” is the result of the work of Cícero Alves dos Santos, known as Véio, a farmer, artisan and sculptor. In it, Véio installed his Nation, his family, made up of common and mythological beings, animals and extraterrestrials.
Véio
2005
7.5No synopsis available yet.
Cachaça
1997
7.5No synopsis available yet.
Cachaça
1997
NRInspired by songs by Arrigo Barnabé, the film tells the story of a young man who was the victim of a scientific experiment on a TV network. From then on, he begins to commit a series of crimes whose objective is to take revenge on those who induced him to experience it.
El Monstruo
1991
NRInspired by songs by Arrigo Barnabé, the film tells the story of a young man who was the victim of a scientific experiment on a TV network. From then on, he begins to commit a series of crimes whose objective is to take revenge on those who induced him to experience it.
El Monstruo
1991
NRA short film about Cuban women, post-revolution.
Cosas de Mujer
1989
NRA short film about Cuban women, post-revolution.
Cosas de Mujer
1989
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Rio Doce/CDU
2013
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Punk Rock Hardcore: Alto José do Pinho É do Caralho!
1995
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Punk Rock Hardcore: Alto José do Pinho É do Caralho!
1995