Enlightened

She was born in Belo Horizonte, in 1950. She graduated in Portuguese and English Language and Literature and completed Masters in Portuguese Literature at São Paulo’s University. She worked as a teacher, journalist and bookseller. She wrote scripts for theatre, TV and cinema. In 1986 her script A Principal Causa do Divórcio was produced by Globo TV channel. Her directing debut was the short Estação Aurora in 1991. In 1998 she directed the short Não Me Condenes Antes que Me Explique, in which actor Tuca Andrada personified Brazilian writer Mario de Andrade. She was curator for Brazil at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. She founded Comtexto Produções e Publicações Artísticas Ltda. and dedicates herself to the project about cinematography called “Moviemento”. Enlightened is her first feature.

43ª MOSTRA INTERNACIONAL DE CINEMA

43ª MOSTRA INTERNACIONAL DE CINEMA