Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Directed byBárbara Paz
Written by
  • Maria Camargo
  • Bárbara Paz
Produced by
  • Myra Babenco
  • Bárbara Paz
Starring
Cinematography
  • Stefan Ciupek
  • Carolina Costa
Production
company
  • HB Filmes
Release date
  • September 2, 2019 (2019-09-02) (Venice Film Festival)
CountryBrazil
LanguagePortuguese

Babenco: Tell Me When I Die (Brazilian Portuguese: Babenco: Alguém Tem que Ouvir o Coração e Dizer Parou, literally "Someone has to listen to the heart and say it stopped") is a 2019 Brazilian documentary film directed by Bárbara Paz. The film premiered at the 2019 Venice Film Festival, where it won Best Documentary on Cinema.[1][2][3] It focuses on the last years of life of filmmaker Hector Babenco, who died in 2016, victimized by a cancer. It was selected as the Brazilian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.[4]

Interviews

Reception

Critical response

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 80% of 5 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.5/10.[5]

Awards and nominations

  • WINNER: Venice Film Festival Best Documentary on Cinema (Italia) 2019 [6]
  • WINNER: Bisato D'oro Independent Critic Award of Venice Film Festival (Italia) 2019 [7]
  • WINNER: MIFF 2020 Best Documentary (India) 2020 [8]
  • WINNER: FICVIÑA 2020 Best Latin American Documentary Feature Film (Chile) 2020 [9]
  • SPECIAL MENTION: IDF 2020 4th West Lake International Documentary Festival (China) 2020 [10]
  • WINNER: GZDOC 2020 Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival (China) 2020 [11]
  • NOMINADA: Mejor película iberoamericana en la 63° edición de los Premios Ariel entregada por la Academia Méxicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas

See also

References

  1. "World Premiere "Babenco:Tell Me When I Die" Venice Film Festival". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  2. "Taskovski Acquires Venice Classics' 'Babenco – Tell Me When I Die ' (EXCLUSIVE)". 1 September 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  3. Anderson, Ariston (September 7, 2019). "Venice: Todd Phillips' 'Joker' Wins Golden Lion, Roman Polanski Wins Silver Lion". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on September 7, 2019. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
  4. "Filme de Bárbara Paz é selecionado para representar o Brasil no Oscar 2021". Noticias da tv. 18 November 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  5. https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/babenco_tell_me_when_i_die
  6. "Veneza: Barbara Paz vence prêmio por documentário sobre Héctor Babenco". O Globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2019-09-07. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
  7. "Filme sobre Babenco conquista prêmio Bisato d'Oro, em Veneza | Revista de Cinema" (in Brazilian Portuguese). 6 September 2019. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
  8. "Babenco: Tell Me When I Die by Barbara Paz bags Golden Conch Award for Best Documentary Film at MIFFMumbai International Film Festival | Mumbai International Film Festival". miff.in. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
  9. "Babenco: Tell Me When I Die by Barbara Paz bags Golden Conch Award for Best Documentary Film at MIFFMumbai International Film Festival | Mumbai International Film Festival". miff.in. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
  10. "West Lake International Documentary Festival concludes". www.ehangzhou.gov.cn. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
  11. "2020金红棉优秀纪录片名单揭晓_湃客_澎湃新闻-The Paper". www.thepaper.cn. Retrieved 2021-01-04.


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