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

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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