Luiz Fernando Carvalho

Directing

Luiz Fernando Carvalho

Born

1960-07-28 (66)

Place of birth

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Known for

Directing

Credits

15 titles

Luiz Fernando Carvalho (Rio de Janeiro, July 28, 1960) is a Brazilian filmmaker and television director, known for works with a strong connection to literature and which represent a renewal for the aesthetics of Brazilian audiovisual media.

Known for

To the Left of the Father poster
7.1

In 1940s São Paulo, Pedro’s tasked to retrieve his estranged brother André. André’s departure stems from a domineering father, an overly affectionate mother, and Pedro’s jealousy over the father’s favoritism. Further complicating matters is André’s unconventional relationship with their sister, Ana.

To the Left of the Father

2001

Quaderna poster
NR

The documentary is a dive into this universe that Ariano Suassuna built with his Art (work) and his Life. His novels and characters. Your utopias. Your Quaderna, as the driving force behind this mix. Theater performances. Poems. Show classes. Popular culture. The cordel. The rabeca. Brazil and its stones. The Armorial Movement. Their readings and representations. Based on unpublished interviews with artists and friends (family), as well as Ariano himself and a tour of his home, the documentary recreates his universe.

Quaderna

2007

Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Hoje é Dia de Maria - O Filme poster
8.8

Maria is a gifted girl, who faces a hard life in the fields. She is happy when her father decides to remarry, thinking that he will rejoice again. However, to the girl's despair, her stepmother is bad and starts to mistreat her. Maria still has to face the devil's tricks. Adaptation of the miniseries shown in 2004.

Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Hoje é Dia de Maria - O Filme

2015

No artwork available
NR

This love story is an urban fable; the streets and tunnels would be empty. At the street corners, traffic lights would turn on and off without any meaning. It’s an empty planet, some would say. In a time yet to be named, when the couple’s love crumbled in the dead of night during a blackout, the planet became populated once more. To each other, had they been nothing more than figments of the imagination? Would they ever see each other again? That man and that woman now wander through fragments of the real world, seeking to piece their lives back together after the overwhelming experience of passion.

Lost Objects

2027

No artwork available
NR

Inspired by an novel by Graciliano Ramos, Alexandre e Outros Heróis is a beautiful way to celebrate his 60th year of death. The story of a man, his life and his death in the Brazil's backwoods.

Alexandre e Outros Heróis

2013

May Your Eyes Be Blessed poster
9.0

Documentary on the research for the production of the film Lavoura Arcaica (2001), based on the novel of the same name by Raduan Nassar. Two filmmakers take a trip with an uncertain destination through the mountains of Lebanon, Syria and southern Spain.

May Your Eyes Be Blessed

1998

Film credits

Behind the camera

To the Left of the Father poster
7.1

In 1940s São Paulo, Pedro’s tasked to retrieve his estranged brother André. André’s departure stems from a domineering father, an overly affectionate mother, and Pedro’s jealousy over the father’s favoritism. Further complicating matters is André’s unconventional relationship with their sister, Ana.

To the Left of the Father

2001

To the Left of the Father poster
7.1

In 1940s São Paulo, Pedro’s tasked to retrieve his estranged brother André. André’s departure stems from a domineering father, an overly affectionate mother, and Pedro’s jealousy over the father’s favoritism. Further complicating matters is André’s unconventional relationship with their sister, Ana.

To the Left of the Father

2001

To the Left of the Father poster
7.1

In 1940s São Paulo, Pedro’s tasked to retrieve his estranged brother André. André’s departure stems from a domineering father, an overly affectionate mother, and Pedro’s jealousy over the father’s favoritism. Further complicating matters is André’s unconventional relationship with their sister, Ana.

To the Left of the Father

2001

Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Hoje é Dia de Maria - O Filme poster
8.8

Maria is a gifted girl, who faces a hard life in the fields. She is happy when her father decides to remarry, thinking that he will rejoice again. However, to the girl's despair, her stepmother is bad and starts to mistreat her. Maria still has to face the devil's tricks. Adaptation of the miniseries shown in 2004.

Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Hoje é Dia de Maria - O Filme

2015

Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Hoje é Dia de Maria - O Filme poster
8.8

Maria is a gifted girl, who faces a hard life in the fields. She is happy when her father decides to remarry, thinking that he will rejoice again. However, to the girl's despair, her stepmother is bad and starts to mistreat her. Maria still has to face the devil's tricks. Adaptation of the miniseries shown in 2004.

Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Hoje é Dia de Maria - O Filme

2015

No artwork available
NR

This love story is an urban fable; the streets and tunnels would be empty. At the street corners, traffic lights would turn on and off without any meaning. It’s an empty planet, some would say. In a time yet to be named, when the couple’s love crumbled in the dead of night during a blackout, the planet became populated once more. To each other, had they been nothing more than figments of the imagination? Would they ever see each other again? That man and that woman now wander through fragments of the real world, seeking to piece their lives back together after the overwhelming experience of passion.

Lost Objects

2027

No artwork available
NR

Inspired by an novel by Graciliano Ramos, Alexandre e Outros Heróis is a beautiful way to celebrate his 60th year of death. The story of a man, his life and his death in the Brazil's backwoods.

Alexandre e Outros Heróis

2013

May Your Eyes Be Blessed poster
9.0

Documentary on the research for the production of the film Lavoura Arcaica (2001), based on the novel of the same name by Raduan Nassar. Two filmmakers take a trip with an uncertain destination through the mountains of Lebanon, Syria and southern Spain.

May Your Eyes Be Blessed

1998

May Your Eyes Be Blessed poster
9.0

Documentary on the research for the production of the film Lavoura Arcaica (2001), based on the novel of the same name by Raduan Nassar. Two filmmakers take a trip with an uncertain destination through the mountains of Lebanon, Syria and southern Spain.

May Your Eyes Be Blessed

1998

The Passion According to G.H. poster
6.5

G.H., a well-to-do Rio sculptress, enters her maid’s room, sees a cockroach crawling out of the wardrobe, and, panicking, slams the door on it. But the sight of the dying insect provokes a mystical crisis.

The Passion According to G.H.

2024

The Passion According to G.H. poster
6.5

G.H., a well-to-do Rio sculptress, enters her maid’s room, sees a cockroach crawling out of the wardrobe, and, panicking, slams the door on it. But the sight of the dying insect provokes a mystical crisis.

The Passion According to G.H.

2024

Os Homens Querem Paz poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Os Homens Querem Paz

1991

A Espera poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

A Espera

1985