Maurício Gomes Leite

Maurício Gomes Leite

Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Maurício Gomes Leite was born in 1936 in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. He was a film critic, writer and director known for A Vida Provisória (1968), O Velho e o Novo (1967) and Tostão - A Fera de Ouro (1970).

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Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo 1967 (7.5)

Originally produced for German TV, Improvised and Purposeful is a firsthand look at the "Cinema Novo" movement (otherwise known as the 'Brazilian New Wave'). Director Joaquim Pedro de Andrade focuses on six Cinema Novo filmmakers working in Rio in 1967.
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On Borrowed Time 1968 (6.7)

During the Brazilian military government, journalist Estêvão is sent from Rio de Janeiro to Brasilia to cover the important statement of a minister, but takes the opportunity to deliver incriminating documents to another one.
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Colagem 1967

The new Brazilian cinematic movement (Cinema Novo) through films starring actors Antonio Pitanga and Luiza Maranhão.