Person Details

Birthday: 1920-04-21 20:29:48

Death: 2009-11-07 20:29:48

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Salto, São Paulo, Brazil

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Movie Involvements: 50

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

Biography

Anselmo Duarte Bento (April 21, 1920 – November 7, 2009) was a Brazilian actor, screenwriter and film director. Initially known as a leading man in popular musical comedies (known in Brazil as "chanchadas"), he debuted as filmmaker in 1957's "Absolutamente Certo", in which he also stars. His next film, "O Pagador de Promessas" (1962), adapted from a stage play by Dias Gomes, won the Golden Palm at the 1962 Cannes Film Festival. It is, to date, the only Brazilian feature film to be so distinguished and the first Cannes' Southern Hemisphere Golden Palm for best feature film. Duarte was awarded with the Order of The Cultural Merit, Brazil's highest cultural civilian honor, and with the Order of Ipiranga, which is the state of São Paulo's highest civilian honor. He was also awarded with titles of merit citizenship by numerous Brazilian municipalities including Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Salto, his birthplace. In 2009, the municipality of Salto inaugurated a multimillion-dollar cultural and educational center named "Centro Cultural e Educacional Anselmo Duarte", housing a 500 audience amphitheater for film and theatrical events. The center also displays for public view the original "Golden Palm" awarded to Duarte at the 1962 Cannes Film Festival. n 2008, at 88, Duarte founded a cultural organization (Instituto Anselmo Duarte) dedicated to restoring selected Brazilian films and creating special, free of charge, educational projects aimed at young filmmakers to improve their technical filmmaking skills. After his death, his son, Ricardo Duarte, 69, became the institute's president. Upon being diagnosed by suffering Alzheimer's dementia in 2002, Duarte spent his last 7 years of life under the care of his son, Ricardo, and his grandchild, Daphne, a preeminent Brazilian artist. Anselmo had 4 children. Reaching stage 6 on his Alzheimer illness condition, a bladder cancer was detected which led to a severe blood hemorrhage, precipitating a heart stroke. Although both the bladder cancer and heart conditions had been successfully treated, a sudden massive hemorrhagic brain stroke left the legendary Brazilian actor and filmmaker in a coma for 6 days, which led to his passing on November 7, 2009. Description above from the Wikipedia article Anselmo Duarte, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

The Given Word
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8

The Given Word

(1962) Screenplay
Os Trombadinhas
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6

Os Trombadinhas

(1979) Director
Os Carrascos Estão Entre Nós
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0
Independência ou Morte
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6

Independência ou Morte

(1972) Screenplay
O Caçador de Esmeraldas
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6

O Caçador de Esmeraldas

(1979) Screenplay
Carnival on Mars
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Carnival on Mars

(1955) Screenplay
Carnaval no Fogo
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0

Carnaval no Fogo

(1949) Writer
A Madona de Cedro
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6

A Madona de Cedro

(1968) Production Coordinator

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2017 Self
2011 Self
Self
2008 Self
2006 Self
1997 Self
1986 N/A
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1984 N/A
1981 N/A
1979 Felipe
1977 N/A
1976 N/A
Atílio
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1975 N/A
1974 N/A
Lemos
1972 Gonçalves Ledo
1971 N/A
1968 Adriano Mourão
Estênio
1967 N/A
Lieutenant
1961 Daniel
1960 Pablo
1958 Tito Livio
1957 Zé do Lino
Tenente Luís
1956 Zé da Bomba
1955 N/A
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Ricardo
1953 Rodolfo Fontes
1952 Hugo
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Zequinha de Abreu
1951 N/A
1950 N/A
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Alberto
1949 N/A
Dr. Carlos
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Ricardo
1947 N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

Writing

Directing

Art

Year Role Movie/Tv
1979 Production Design
Year Role Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
1968 Producer
Production Coordinator
1965 Producer
1956 Associate Producer
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Editing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1956 Editor
Year Role Movie/Tv

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