Eduardo Coutinho
Eduardo de Oliveira Coutinho OMC (São Paulo, May 11, 1933 — Rio de Janeiro, February 2, 2014) was a Brazilian filmmaker and journalist. He is considered by many to be the greatest documentary filmmaker in the history of Brazilian cinema.
His brand was to make films that privileged the stories of ordinary people. His masterpiece is Cabra Marcado para Morrer, which marked his career as Brazil's leading documentary filmmaker. Among other notable works of his career are the documentaries Santo Forte, Edifício Master, Peões, Jogo de Cena and As Canções.
| Known For | Directing |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.165 |
| Birthday | 1933-05-11 |
| Place of Birth | São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil |
| Also Known As |
2001
Babilônia 2000
7.667/12
Documentary on poor people living in a slum in Rio de Janeiro, on the occasion of New Year's Eve of 1999.
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Babilônia 2000
1984
Twenty Years Later
8.412/74
Eduardo Coutinho was filming a movie with the same name in the Northeast of Brazil, in 1964, when there came the military coup. He had to interrupt th...
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Twenty Years Later
1991
The Memory Thread
7.556/9
A panorama of the Brazilian black experience, starting with the figure of the semi-illiterate popular artist and employee of a salt mine Gabriel Joaqu...
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The Memory Thread
2013
Eduardo Coutinho, 7 de outubro
7/1
A conversation with Brazilian documentary filmmaker Eduardo Coutinho about his work and methods.
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Eduardo Coutinho, 7 de outubro
2020
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
5/1
In 1965, a year after the military coup in Brazil, an oasis of freedom opened in the country's capital. The Brasília Film Festival: a landmark of cult...
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Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
1972
Câncer
8.333/3
This film shows people with constant psychological and social conflicts: the violence among outlaws, conflicts between man and woman, police and socie...
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Câncer
2015
Last Conversations
7.5/12
Made from interviews with young Brazilian students by filmmaker Eduardo Coutinho before his death (in February 2014), the film seeks to understand how...
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Last Conversations
2002
Madame Satã
6.835/82
In the favelas of Rio de Janeiro of the 1930s, João Francisco dos Santos is several things — son of slaves, ex-convict, thug, homosexual and adopted f...
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Madame Satã
1999
The Mighty Spirit
6.9/10
An overview of Brazilian spirituality and religions.
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The Mighty Spirit
2015
Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema
0/0
A documentary on Cosme Alves Netto (1937-1996), former head of the Cinematheque of the Museum of Modern Arts at Rio de Janeiro.
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Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema
2019
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
0/0
Follows the story of Opinião, a theatre group created in 1964 during the early Brazilian dictatorship period to oppose the government through artistic...
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Memórias do Grupo Opinião
2004
1964: 40 Years After
5/1
Documentary that shows the events that culminated in the deposition of President João Goulart, on March 31, 1964, and the implementation of the milita...
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1964: 40 Years After
1967
The Girl from Ipanema
6.286/7
Chronicles the life of a 17 year-old girl living in the upper-class Rio de Janeiro neighbourhood of Ipanema. Márcia lives a life of parties and spend...
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The Girl from Ipanema
1963
The Beggars
9/1
A young female fugitive escapes from a juvenile institution (the Child Assistance Service) and joins a group of poor beggars with the intention of fin...
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The Beggars
2019
The Method
5.2/2
The Method shows and reveals the knowledge and tools used by great documentary filmmakers on the challenge of representing the reality.
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The Method
2001
Movie Theaters of Rio
7/1
The story of Rio de Janeiro’s movie theaters and the radical transformation they have endured since the invention of Cinema.
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Movie Theaters of Rio
1997
Dib
8/1
Documentary that addresses, through the testimony of directors and actors, the work of Dib Lutfi, considered one of the greatest photographers of Braz...
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Dib
2015
Sete Visitas
10/1
How much theatricality is there in an interview-based documentary? On one side, someone answers. On the other side, someone asks questions – usually a...
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Sete Visitas
2009
Coutinho.doc - Apartment 608
8/1
The audience follows the creative process of the filmmaker Eduardo Coutinho in the documentary, from the research phase until the end of the filming o...
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Coutinho.doc - Apartment 608
2008
Capturing Reality
6.1/8
From cinema-verite; pioneers Albert Maysles and Joan Churchill to maverick movie makers like Errol Morris, Werner Herzog and Nick Broomfield, the worl...
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Capturing Reality
2008
Critic
7.9/19
Seventy critics and filmmakers discuss cinema around the conflict between the artist and the observer, the creator and the critic. Between 1998 and 20...
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Critic
2011
Uma Visita Para Elizabeth Teixeira
0/0
Short documentary about a woman known from a film by Eduardo Coutinho.
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Uma Visita Para Elizabeth Teixeira
2019
A Treat of Coutinho
6.4/9
Would have one of the masters of Brazilian cinema always made the same film? From an encounter with documentarian Eduardo Coutinho recorded in 2012 an...
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A Treat of Coutinho
2011
Coutinho Reporter
0/0
In an open conversation with Eduardo Coutinho, the filmmaker analyzes the period he worked for Globo Repórter on TV Globo. During the military dictato...
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Coutinho Reporter
2002
Master, a Building in Copacabana
8.056/54
The daily lives and routine of 37 families living in a huge 12-story building in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: their drama, aspirations, intimate revela...
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Master, a Building in Copacabana
2025
Inhabiting Time
0/0
May's full moon. Six friends. Two poems. One night, 22 years ago.
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Inhabiting Time
2009
Moscow
5.7/3
Continuing the exploration of the thin line between truth and performance, Eduardo Coutinho turns his attention to the drama generated during rehearsa...
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Moscow
2007
Jogo de Cena
8.4/59
Following a newspaper ad, ordinary women tell part of their life stories to director Eduardo Coutinho, which are then re-enacted by actresses, blurrin...
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