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Dora's Client: [dictating a letter] My darling, My heart belongs to you. No matter what you've done, I still love you. I love you. While you're locked in there all those years, I'll be locked up out here, waiting for you.
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Dora's Client: [dictating a letter] I want to send a letter to a guy who cheated me. Mr Ze Amaro, Thank you for what you did to me. I trusted you and you cheated me. You even took the keys to my apartment.
Walter Salles
Walter Salles (Walter Salles), born on April 12, 1956 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is the director , screenwriter and producer of Brazilian film .
In 1991, directed his first film " A Grande Arte "
[1]
. In 1998, he directed the feature film " Central Station " and was nominated for the Golden Bear Award at the 48th Berlin International Film Festival
[2]
and the 72nd Oscars Best Foreign Language Film Award
[3]
. In 2000, he served as a member of the jury of the 50th Berlin International Film Festival
[4]
. In 2002, he served as a member of the jury of The 55th Cannes Film Festival
[5]
. In 2004, the film " Motorcycle Traveling Diary " directed by him won the 58th British Academy Film Awards Best Foreign Language Film Award
[6]
and nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 57th Cannes International Film Festival
[7]
. In 2007, a 3-minute short film " To Each His Own Cinema " was filmed to "Celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival "
[8]
. In 2008, with the feature film ""Linha de Passe " was nominated for the Palme d’Or at The sixty-first Cannes International Film Festival
[9]
. In 2012, he directed the feature film " On the Road " as a finalist in the main competition unit of the 65th Cannes International Film Festival
[10]
. In 2015, directed the documentary " Jia Zhangke, un ragazzo di Fenyang "
[11]
. In 2017, co-directed the short film collection " Where Has Time Gone " with four other Directors
[12]
.
Early Experience
Walter Salles was born in the family of a banker in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
. His father was a diplomat. He spent part of his childhood in France and the United States. When he was young, he suffered from rheumatic fever and was unable to do outdoor activities. Later, he became interested in movies and saw Roberto Rossellini , M. Antonioni , Jean. -The works of Directors such as Luc Godard and François Truffaut opened his eyes
. After that, he spent a year at the USC School of Cinematic Arts in Los Angeles
.
Performing Experience
In 1987, Walter Salles entered the film scene with a documentary "Krajcberg-O Poeta dos Vestígios" when the Brazilian film industry was in decline
.
In 1998, Walter Salles directed the feature film " Central Station " based on the novel " Broken April " by the Albanian writer Ismail Cardell
. The film was co-starred by Fernanda Montenegro , Marília Pêra , and Vinícius de Oliveira
. Driven by her motherhood, the realistic Dora helped Joshua go to the northeast to find the story of his father.
With this film, Walter Salles won the Golden Bear Award at the 48th Berlin International Film Festival
and the 56th American Film and Television Golden Globe Award. Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film Award
and 72nd Oscars Best Foreign Language Film Award
. Later, this film was voted 57th in the "Top 100 Non-English Films in Film History " by "Empire" (British Film Magazine)
; in 2000, he served as a member of the jury of the 50th Berlin International Film Festival
.
In 2001, directed by Rodrigo Santoro and Jos Domont co-starring in the feature film " Abril Despedasado "
, the film was nominated for the Golden Lion Award at the 58th Venice International Film Festival
, and nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Award at the 59th American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards
, 55th British film Academy Award for best Foreign language film Award nomination
; in 2002, as The 55th Cannes film Festival jury members
.
In 2003, Walter Salles was selected as one of the "40 Best Directors in the World " by The Guardian (British Daily News)
. In 2004, directed the feature film " Motorcycle Tour Diary " based on Che Guevara's memoir " South American Jungle Diary "
. The film starred Gael García Bernal and Rodrigue della Senna
, telling a story about South America. The story of how the journey inspired Che Guevara’s new worldview, and the revolutionary passion began to grow in his heart
. The film won the 58th British Academy Film Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
, the 57th Cannes International Film Festival Palme d’Or nomination
, The thirtieth French Nominated for the film Kaiser Best Foreign Film Award
.
In 2005, he directed according to the Japanese Director in Tianxiu husband directed the horror film " ri nn ¥ ° " adaptation of the horror thriller " Dark Water " ,
this is Walter Salles directed the first English film
, Directed by Jennifer Lynn Connelly , John Christopher Reilly , Arie you·Co-starring
, tells the story of the newly divorced Dalia and her daughter who moved into an old apartment in New York to start a new life, but strange events followed
.
In 2006, he co-directed the short film " Paris, je taime "
with 19 directors such as Alexander Payne and Olivier Assayas . The film unfolded 18 short stories around the 20 districts of Paris
. The film is a kind of " The 59th Cannes Film Festival " The opening film of the "Follow" unit will be screened
. In 2007, he and 34 other directors co-produced the 3-minute short film " To Each His Own Cinema " which "Celebrated the 60th Anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival "
.
In 2008, with Daniela Thomas co-directed based on a true story drama " Linha de Passe " ,
by the Sandra Corveloni , Vinícius de Oliveira starred
, tells the story of four brothers to the poor people of his football dream story of struggle
, the The film was shortlisted for the main competition unit of The sixty-first Cannes International Film Festival
; in the same year, he served as the producer of the feature film " Leonera "
.
In 2009, he served as the producer of the feature film " The Eye of the Storm "
; in 2012, directed the feature film " On the Road " adapted from the novel of the same name by American writer Jack Kerouac
, which was composed of Kristen Stewart , Garrett John Hedlund , Kirsten Caroline Dunst co-starred
, telling the story of the protagonist "I" named Thor and his friends on three trips from the West Coast to the East Coast of the United States
. The film was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the 65th Cannes International Film Festival
.
In 2013, with 70 directors including Bernardo Bertolucci and Abbas Kiarostami , he directed the short film "70th Anniversary of Venice: Restarting the Future"
; in 2014, Walter Salles directed the documentary " Jia Zhangke, un ragazzo di Fenyang "
, which not only showed Jia Zhangke’s childhood Growing up
, I also reviewed the history of Jia Zhangke's film works, creative ideas and daily life
. On October 20th, Walter Salles was not only shortlisted for the 9th RIFF-International Rome Film Festival "Honorable Screening" with his documentary "Jia Zhangke, un ragazzo di Fenyang"
, but was also awarded the "Lifetime Achievement Award" by Marco Müller
.
On January 18, 2015, with the documentary " Jia Zhangke, un ragazzo di Fenyang "
, Walter Salles was screened as a "wide angle" unit at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival ; on February 11, Walter Salles accepted an exclusive interview with Tencent Entertainment and described His resonance and inspiration for Jia Zhangke, and his views on China through his films
.
In 2017, co-directed the short film collection " Where Has Time Gone " with four other directors
.
Character Evaluation
Walter Salles is a leading figure in the contemporary Brazilian film industry. His works focus on the ordinary people at the bottom, caring for reality, have a strong national style and distinctive personal imprint, and constantly explore the motif of pursuit and self-discovery, using documentary-style national images. Expressing thoughts on reality and cultural propositions common to all mankind, is a responsible and sentimental Director
.
Looking at the local films of Walter Salles, you will find that his films better reflect the basic artistic style of Brazil's "New Film Decade". His films also have distinctive personal imprints and national characteristics, and they always run through the narrative themes of root search, growth, and redemption. Walter Salles's works all describe the search for identity. The combination of an outsider’s vision and an insider’s comprehension form the style of Sellers’ works.
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Walter Salles's major contribution to Brazilian films lies in his establishment of a humanitarian film tone full of national enthusiasm. Unlike the fictional "Hollywood", Sellers likes to find creative inspiration from real life. In the use of actors, he has always adhered to the way of mixing and matching professional and non-professional actors
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