Ignácio de Loyola Brandão

Overview

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Birthday
Jul 31, 1936 (88 years old)

Ignácio de Loyola Brandão

Known For

Poemaria
1h 15m
Movie 2024

Poemaria

Inspired by Eduardo Coutinho's films, debutant director Davi Kinski proposes the documentary Poemaria, assembled from conversations with 24 personalities. The subject: poetry.

When The Marquees' Lights Go Out
1h 26m
Movie 2018

When The Marquees' Lights Go Out

With archive footage and testimonials from former filmgoers, a story of movie theaters that were located on the avenues of São João and Ipiranga and its surroundings, in São Paulo's city centre. Known as Cinelândia Paulistana, this area lived its heyday in the 1950s, reaching more than 15 cinemas in full operation.

Lygia, Uma Escritora Brasileira
Movie 2017

Lygia, Uma Escritora Brasileira

A Star Named Ayrton Senna
1h 52m
Movie 1998

A Star Named Ayrton Senna

The Official Film of Brazil's greatest Formula One driver, Ayrton Senna, who's sudden death in the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix sent shock waves around the World. It cemented his reputation both within the sport, and his native Brazil, as a legend. The film looks at his life and career using archive footage and featuring revealing interviews with the man, as well as those who knew him well; friends, family and competitors. It also shows how the Ayrton Senna Foundation, set up in his honor, is working to help under privileged and street-bound children in his native Brazil using sport as an incentive to learn. Written by Oliver Warman.

Biography

Ignácio de Loyola Lopes Brandão (Araraquara, July 31, 1936) is a Brazilian short story writer, novelist, journalist and member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. He has a vast literary production, having been translated into several languages.

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