BABENCO – TELL ME WHEN I DIE
Original Title: Babenco – Alguém Tem Que Ouvir o Coração e dizer: Parou
Director: Bárbara Paz
Documentary / 72min / 2019
Portuguese with English Subtitles
“I’ve already lived my death and now all that is left is to make a film about it.” So said Hector Babenco to his loving companion when he realized he did not have much time left. She accepted the challenge to fulfill his last wish: to be the main protagonist in his own death. Babenco made cinema his medicine, and the nourishment that kept him alive. Babenco – Tell Me When I Die is a film about filming so never to die.
Q&A with Bárbara Paz, Director
About the director:
Bárbara Paz, born in Campo Bom, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, is a director and producer who also has a distinguished acting career in theatre and television. In 2019 her first feature length documentary BABENCO – TELL ME WHEN I DIE won ‘Best Documentary on Cinema’ (Venice Classics) at the 76th Venice International Film Festival. The film also won Best Documentary at MIFF 2020 (India) FICVINÃ (Chile) and GZDOC (China). The film was Brazil’s official submission for the 2021 Oscars (93rd Academy Awards).
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