Babenco: Tell Me When I Die (2019)
- Original title
- Babenco - Alguém Tem que Ouvir o Coração e Dizer: Parou
- Directed by
- Bárbara Paz
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Brazil
- Runtime
- 1h 15m
- Rating
- 7.1 of 10 from 18 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary follows the final years of Brazilian filmmaker Hector Babenco as he faces terminal cancer. It shows his personal struggles and reflections on his life and work.
intimatereflectiveslow-pacedpoignantcontemplativepersonalquietmelancholic
What happens
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. It focuses on the last years filmmaker Hector Babenco's life, who died in 2016 of cancer. It was selected as the Brazilian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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