4 Movies Directed by Daniela Thomas

Foreign Land

Foreign Land

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-01-09

Languages:

Portuguese

Countries:

Brazil, Portugal

Runtime:

110 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (1220 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Marcos Bernstein

Millor Fernandes

Walter Salles

Daniela Thomas

Fullplot:

After the death of his mother, a young Brazilian decides to leave his country and travel to her native land, as she used to dream with, as an Spanish immigrant. In a foreign land, he finds love and danger as he meets a Brazilian waitress and takes smuggled goods with him in order to pay for his travel.

Midnight

Midnight

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-10-29

Languages:

Portuguese

Countries:

France, Brazil

Runtime:

75 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (551 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Joèo Emanuel Carneiro

Josè Carvalho

Walter Salles

Daniela Thomas

Fullplot:

At midnight of December 31st of 1999, the destiny brings a fugitive prisoner and a depressed middle class teacher together, as the fireworks fall over Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana beach and the new millennium approaches bringing hope to everyone. An obscure but brilliant view that integrates the series "2000 Seem By", created by the French cultural broadcast television Art and the producer Haut et Court, in order to collect different views, from 10 distinct countries, concerning the end of the millennium.

Paris, je t'aime

Paris, je t'aime

Cast:

Writer:

Tristan Carnè (original idea)

Emmanuel Benbihy (concept)

Emmanuel Benbihy (transitions)

Bruno Podalydès (segment)

Paul Mayeda Berges (segment)

Gurinder Chadha (segment)

Gus Van Sant (segment)

Joel Coen (segment)

Ethan Coen (segment)

Walter Salles (segment)

Daniela Thomas (segment)

Christopher Doyle (segment)

Rain Li (in collaboration with)

Gabrielle Keng (in collaboration with)

Isabel Coixet (segment)

Nobuhiro Suwa (segment)

Sylvain Chomet (segment)

Alfonso Cuarèn (segment)

Olivier Assayas (segment)

Oliver Schmitz (segment)

Richard LaGravenese (segment)

Vincenzo Natali (segment)

Wes Craven (segment)

Tom Tykwer (segment)

Gena Rowlands (segment)

Alexander Payne (segment)

Nadine Eèd (segment)

Frèdèric Auburtin (transitions)

Fullplot:

Paris, je t'aime is about the plurality of cinema in one mythic location: Paris, the City of Love. Twenty filmmakers have five minutes each; the audience must weave a single narrative out of twenty moments. The 20 moments are fused by transitional interstitial sequences and also via the introduction and epilogue. Each transition begins with the last shot of the previous film and ends with the first shot of the following film, extending the enchantment and the emotion of the previous segment, preparing the audience for a surprise, and providing a cohesive atmosphere. There's a reappearing mysterious character who is a witness to the Parisian life. A common theme of Paris and love fuses all.

Linha de Passe

Linha de Passe

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-09-05

Languages:

Portuguese

Countries:

Brazil

Runtime:

113 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (2096 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaSport

Cast:

Writer:

George Moura (screenplay)

Daniela Thomas (screenplay)

Brèulio Mantovani (script collaborator)

Fullplot:

In the periphery of Sèo Paulo, the pregnant single mother Cleuza works as maid in the apartment of a middle-class family. Each of her sons has a different unknown father: the oldest, Dènis, has a baby son that lives with his mother and he works as motorcycle courier; Dinho is a converted Christian and works as attendant in a gas station; Dario is an aspirant soccer player that is getting older without the expected chance in a team; and the youngest, Reginaldo, is obsessed about finding his father who works as a bus driver, and spends most of his spare time traveling by bus. Along the months, each brother experiences new deceptions and expectations while the family fights to survive.

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