Fernando Gabeira

Acting

Fernando Gabeira

Born 1941-02-17 · Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Fernando Paulo Nagle Gabeira (January 17, 1941) is a Brazilian journalist, writer and politician. He began his journalistic career as a reporter at Jornal do Brasil. In 1970, was arrested in São Paulo by the military dictatorship, went into exile and passed through several countries, including Chile, Sweden and Italy. In 1979, returned to Brazil and worked as a journalist and writer. He was a candidate for the government of Rio de Janeiro in 1986; elected federal deputy in 1994 and re-elected in 1998 and 2002. Gabeira dedicated himself to an intense literary production, building the first critical analyzes of the armed struggle and promoting discussions on topics such as individual freedoms and ecology.

Acting credits

Cine Paissandu: Histórias de uma Geração poster
5.0

Documentary about the cinema that formed the Paissandu Generation, in the 60s, and the cultural and social impact of that period for the country's history.

Cine Paissandu: Histórias de uma Geração

2013

Gabeira poster
NR

Documentary about the trajectory of the Brazilian journalist, writer and politician Fernando Gabeira. With testimonies of Armínio Fraga, Aguinaldo Silva, Leda Nagle, among others.

Gabeira

2017

Depois do Transe poster
2.0

The documentary "Depois do Transe" covers the entire process of creating the masterpiece "Entranced Earth", which was released and awarded at the Cannes Film Festival in 1967. "Entranced Earth" charmed the world and won great admirers such as filmmaker Martin Scorsese and the writer Marguerite Duras, who at the time considered a "fabulous filmic opera."

Depois do Transe

2006

Sônia Morta Viva poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Sônia Morta Viva

1985

Marcos Medeiros - Codinome Vampiro poster
NR

Learn about the trajectory of student leader Marcos Medeiros and learn more about his exile in France and Cuba. In 1968, he joined the counterculture when political activism became an audiovisual expression of intervention in social reality.

Marcos Medeiros - Codinome Vampiro

2018

Como Ser Solteiro poster
6.7

A comedy addressing the issues of being single in Rio de Janeiro.

Como Ser Solteiro

1998

Rio 50 Degrees: Carry on CaRIOca poster
NR

A look at Rio's cultural, political and technical revolutions since the 1970s to 2011

Rio 50 Degrees: Carry on CaRIOca

2014

Maya and the Wave poster
8.0

After a brush with death, Maya Gabeira makes history in the male-dominated world of big wave surfing.

Maya and the Wave

2024

The Comrade: The Life of Luiz Carlos Prestes poster
7.3

Chronicles the life of military lieutenant, later communist militant and Brazilian politician Luiz Carlos Prestes.

The Comrade: The Life of Luiz Carlos Prestes

1997

Lobby do Batom poster
NR

The most successful case of collective fight for women's rights in Brazil.

Lobby do Batom

2022

1964: Brazil between weapons and books poster
7.4

We question the most unquestionable period in our history. The result was an international investigation with part of secret attempts, discovery of Soviet documents and a lot of investigation by the Brazilian media. It was all under our eyes.

1964: Brazil between weapons and books

2019

Zona Eleitoral poster
NR

Humorous short about the 1989 Brazilian presidential election.

Zona Eleitoral

1990

Portrait of a Terrorist poster
NR

In 1969, Fernando Gabeira was among terrorists who kidnapped Charles Burke Elbrick, then the U.S. Ambassador to Brazil. Eventually Gabeira was captured and tortured before being exiled from his homeland for eight years. He talks candidly about his experiences in captivity as well as the abduction and the motivation behind choosing Elbrick.

Portrait of a Terrorist

1985

O Sol - Caminhando contra o vento poster
NR

Documentary about the 68-generation, told through the story of the newspaper “O Sol”, one of the first vehicles of the alternative Brazilian press, produced daily for six months, in the 1960s. The newspaper spoke of culture, politics and education through satires and prominent figures in the cultural scene of the time passed through him. Archive scenes and music from the period seek to reconstitute the spirit of the 68-generation. The film has the participation of personalities such as Ziraldo, Zuenir Ventura, Arnaldo Jabor, Chico Buarque, Caetano Veloso, Carlos Heitor Cony, Fernando Gabeira, Betty Faria, Hugo Carvana, among others.

O Sol - Caminhando contra o vento

2006

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