Nilson Villas-Boas — Filmography & Biography

Known for

No synopsis available yet.

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Interspersed with documentation of dancer Juliana Carneiro da Cunha’s "Possession" performance, which draws from Christian mysticism, in the filmmaker’s words this experimental short is about “the psychic suffering of women in a patriarchal society”. It takes the viewer on a disorienting journey—with abrupt cuts in sound and image—through the Catholic Church, repressed sexuality, racial violence perpetrated by white women, maternal fatigue, male chauvinism and drug addiction…

Hysteries

1983

6.2

In a circus, the big act is that of the knife thrower, assisted by his wife. The couple takes risks in real life, in a show of great skill and coldness, which respects a blood treaty.

A Mulher do Atirador de Facas

1984

NR

In a beach house, snapshots of a couple's relationship are interspersed with flashbacks to a political past that still threatens their lives.

Verão

1983

NR

The creation of the Xingu Indigenous Park is reassessed by indigenous peoples and anthropologists. Almost 50 years after the initiative, which had the decisive participation of the indigenist brothers Cláudio and Orlando Villas-Bôas, the older indigenous people still have not forgotten the original lands they left behind. Some want to go back to their old origins.

O Último Kuarup Branco

2007

No artwork available

NR

No synopsis available yet.

O Que Se Move?

1985

Film credits

1980s · 3 titles

NR

Interspersed with documentation of dancer Juliana Carneiro da Cunha’s "Possession" performance, which draws from Christian mysticism, in the filmmaker’s words this experimental short is about “the psychic suffering of women in a patriarchal society”. It takes the viewer on a disorienting journey—with abrupt cuts in sound and image—through the Catholic Church, repressed sexuality, racial violence perpetrated by white women, maternal fatigue, male chauvinism and drug addiction…

Hysteries

1983

NR

In a beach house, snapshots of a couple's relationship are interspersed with flashbacks to a political past that still threatens their lives.

Verão

1983

No artwork available

NR

No synopsis available yet.

A Terceira Idade

1982

Behind the camera

No artwork available

NR

No synopsis available yet.

Imaginário Bar

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6.2

In a circus, the big act is that of the knife thrower, assisted by his wife. The couple takes risks in real life, in a show of great skill and coldness, which respects a blood treaty.

A Mulher do Atirador de Facas

1984

6.2

In a circus, the big act is that of the knife thrower, assisted by his wife. The couple takes risks in real life, in a show of great skill and coldness, which respects a blood treaty.

A Mulher do Atirador de Facas

1984

NR

The creation of the Xingu Indigenous Park is reassessed by indigenous peoples and anthropologists. Almost 50 years after the initiative, which had the decisive participation of the indigenist brothers Cláudio and Orlando Villas-Bôas, the older indigenous people still have not forgotten the original lands they left behind. Some want to go back to their old origins.