
Directing
Walter Hugo Khouri
Born 1929-10-21 · Sao Paulo - Brazil
Walter Hugo Khouri was born in São Paulo, in 1929, and through his career directed 25 feature-length films, beginning after working as a technician at the Vera Cruz Film Company during the production of "O Cangaceiro". Debuting with 1951s "O Gigante de Pedra", Khouri was a complete auteur, working as screenwriter, director, camera operator and editing supervisor for most of his films. During his career, Khouri filmed the moral decadence of the Brazilian bourgeoisie and the erotic aesthetics as a personal, psychological issue. His works focused on the existential character of Brazilian society's upper classes. His filmes are marked by the presence of Marcelo, a recurring character that serves as an avatar and alter-ego for Khouri himself. He died in São Paulo in 2003, at age 73.
Acting credits
7.0Xavier, a pharmacist, lives peacefully in bigamy with his two women, Carmen and Beatriz, but the harmony breaks down when they find he has another lover, Monique, a nightclub dancer.
The Body
1991
NRNo synopsis available yet.
O Construtor de Sonhos
1994
NRThe importance of the Cannes Film Festival in world terms and what it represented for Brazil in 1971. For Brazilian cinema, Cannes 71 represented the transition from film to industrialized production. It is the meeting of producers, technicians, critics , celebrities in general, offering opportunities for greater knowledge and renewal of values
Brazil in Cannes
1971
NRA rare interview with São Paulo filmmaker Walter Hugo Khouri for the TV program Vox Populi in 1982. Throughout the conversation, his perspective on Brazil and cinema stands out, fully consistent with the films he created.
Vox Populi: Walter Hugo Khouri
1983
Behind the camera
5.8A man remembers forty-eight crucial hours in his life when, as a child, he visited his mother, the favorite woman of an important politician, in a bordello owned by him, right before some important political changes in 1937 Brazil. In those hours, he discovers his own sexuality.
Love Strange Love
1982
5.8A man remembers forty-eight crucial hours in his life when, as a child, he visited his mother, the favorite woman of an important politician, in a bordello owned by him, right before some important political changes in 1937 Brazil. In those hours, he discovers his own sexuality.
Love Strange Love
1982
10.0Movie director visits a set on a studio about to be closed. For his next film, he wants his faithful favorite actress, but she is now tempted by a profitable TV deal.
Paixão e Sombras
1977
10.0Movie director visits a set on a studio about to be closed. For his next film, he wants his faithful favorite actress, but she is now tempted by a profitable TV deal.
Paixão e Sombras
1977
10.0Movie director visits a set on a studio about to be closed. For his next film, he wants his faithful favorite actress, but she is now tempted by a profitable TV deal.
Paixão e Sombras
1977
5.8A paralized twelve year boy watches his womanizer dad seduce his baby sitter.
Paixão Perdida
1999
5.8A paralized twelve year boy watches his womanizer dad seduce his baby sitter.
Paixão Perdida
1999
5.9An anguished university student in his early 30's ponders the state of his life in light of his relationships with a politicized classmate, a TV actress selling the image of a femme fatale and his bourgeois sister.
The Amorous Ones
1968
5.9An anguished university student in his early 30's ponders the state of his life in light of his relationships with a politicized classmate, a TV actress selling the image of a femme fatale and his bourgeois sister.
The Amorous Ones
1968
5.9An anguished university student in his early 30's ponders the state of his life in light of his relationships with a politicized classmate, a TV actress selling the image of a femme fatale and his bourgeois sister.
The Amorous Ones
1968
4.8A man explores the process of formation of sexuality and is looking for a woman that does not exist.
Eros, the God of Love
1981
4.8A man explores the process of formation of sexuality and is looking for a woman that does not exist.
Eros, the God of Love
1981
6.1Ana is going through psychological problems. She and lifelong friend Cléia decide to revisit the place they spent their childhood together in an attempt to get better results in her treatment. But they meet a stranger who will upset their plans.
Wistful Lover
1984
6.1Ana is going through psychological problems. She and lifelong friend Cléia decide to revisit the place they spent their childhood together in an attempt to get better results in her treatment. But they meet a stranger who will upset their plans.
Wistful Lover
1984
6.1Ana is going through psychological problems. She and lifelong friend Cléia decide to revisit the place they spent their childhood together in an attempt to get better results in her treatment. But they meet a stranger who will upset their plans.
Wistful Lover
1984
8.0A millionaire invites some friends for a weekend on an island, where some say there is a buried treasure. But a storm takes the boat away, and they stay isolated from the rest of the world. In these conditions, everybody starts to show their real nature and character.
The Island
1963
8.0A millionaire invites some friends for a weekend on an island, where some say there is a buried treasure. But a storm takes the boat away, and they stay isolated from the rest of the world. In these conditions, everybody starts to show their real nature and character.
The Island
1963
8.0A millionaire invites some friends for a weekend on an island, where some say there is a buried treasure. But a storm takes the boat away, and they stay isolated from the rest of the world. In these conditions, everybody starts to show their real nature and character.
The Island
1963
6.0Psychiatrist lends her country house to patient, expecting she would repose. But she meets a neurotic former lover, and the psychiatrist gets so involved in the couple's problems that she ends up getting dependent of them.
The Goddesses
1972
6.0Psychiatrist lends her country house to patient, expecting she would repose. But she meets a neurotic former lover, and the psychiatrist gets so involved in the couple's problems that she ends up getting dependent of them.
The Goddesses
1972
6.9Two friends take two prostitutes for a night of pleasure. But the night turns out to be frustrating for all involved, as much bitterness is revealed in their conversation and attitudes, uncovering their anguish and deeper feelings, and the emptiness of their lives.
Men and Women
1964
6.9Two friends take two prostitutes for a night of pleasure. But the night turns out to be frustrating for all involved, as much bitterness is revealed in their conversation and attitudes, uncovering their anguish and deeper feelings, and the emptiness of their lives.
Men and Women
1964
6.9Two friends take two prostitutes for a night of pleasure. But the night turns out to be frustrating for all involved, as much bitterness is revealed in their conversation and attitudes, uncovering their anguish and deeper feelings, and the emptiness of their lives.
Men and Women
1964
4.9Powerful and insatiable millionaire hides in his own private island for the weekend, in search of answers for his feeling of personal dissatisfaction. But he is not alone on the beautiful beach: he's surrounded by the women he cares for, especially his daughter, for whom he nurtures an almost incestuous desire.
I
1987