Babenco: Tell Me When I Die

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.[1][2][3] It focuses on the last years of life of filmmaker Hector Babenco, who died in 2016, victimized by a cancer. It was selected as the Brazilian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.[4]

Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Directed byBárbara Paz
Written by
  • Maria Camargo
  • Bárbara Paz
Produced by
  • Myra Babenco
  • Bárbara Paz
Starring
Cinematography
  • Stefan Ciupek
  • Carolina Costa
Production
company
  • HB Filmes
Release date
  • September 2, 2019 (2019-09-02) (Venice Film Festival)
CountryBrazil
LanguagePortuguese

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Reception

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Critical response

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On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 80% of 5 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.5/10.[5]

Awards and nominations

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  • WINNER: Venice Film Festival Best Documentary on Cinema (Italia) 2019 [6]
  • WINNER: Bisato D'oro Independent Critic Award of Venice Film Festival (Italia) 2019 [7]
  • WINNER: MIFF 2020 Best Documentary (India) 2020 [8]
  • WINNER: FICVIÑA 2020 Best Latin American Documentary Feature Film (Chile) 2020 [9]
  • SPECIAL MENTION: IDF 2020 4th West Lake International Documentary Festival (China) 2020 [10]
  • WINNER: GZDOC 2020 Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival (China) 2020 [11]
  • NOMINADA: Mejor película iberoamericana en la 63° edición de los Premios Ariel entregada por la Academia Méxicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "World Premiere "Babenco:Tell Me When I Die" Venice Film Festival". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Taskovski Acquires Venice Classics' 'Babenco – Tell Me When I Die ' (EXCLUSIVE)". 1 September 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  3. ^ Anderson, Ariston (September 7, 2019). "Venice: Todd Phillips' 'Joker' Wins Golden Lion, Roman Polanski Wins Silver Lion". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on September 7, 2019. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
  4. ^ "Filme de Bárbara Paz é selecionado para representar o Brasil no Oscar 2021". Noticias da tv. 18 November 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Babenco: Tell Me when I die". Rotten Tomatoes.
  6. ^ "Veneza: Barbara Paz vence prêmio por documentário sobre Héctor Babenco". O Globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2019-09-07. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
  7. ^ "Filme sobre Babenco conquista prêmio Bisato d'Oro, em Veneza | Revista de Cinema" (in Brazilian Portuguese). 6 September 2019. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
  8. ^ "Babenco: Tell Me When I Die by Barbara Paz bags Golden Conch Award for Best Documentary Film at MIFFMumbai International Film Festival | Mumbai International Film Festival". miff.in. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
  9. ^ "Babenco: Tell Me When I Die by Barbara Paz bags Golden Conch Award for Best Documentary Film at MIFFMumbai International Film Festival | Mumbai International Film Festival". miff.in. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
  10. ^ "West Lake International Documentary Festival concludes". www.ehangzhou.gov.cn. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
  11. ^ "2020金红棉优秀纪录片名单揭晓_湃客_澎湃新闻-The Paper". www.thepaper.cn. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
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