Noa Bressane

Director Noa Bressane was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1978. Daughter of filmmaker Júlio Bressane, she worked with the filmmaker on several films. In O mandarim (1995), a biography of singer Mário Reis starring Fernando Eiras and with the director's very personal perspective, she is part of the cast as an actress. She also acts as an actress in Miramar (1997), a film about the formation of a young filmmaker starring João Rebello. Still with her father, Noa Bressane works as an assistant director on São Jerônimo (1998), a film about the desert monk in the 4th century who translates the Old Testament into Latin and later becomes a saint. São Jerônimo received awards for Best Director, Best Actor – for Everaldo Pontes, as São Jerônimo, and Best Cinematography at the Brasília Festival in 1999. Noa Bressane also works in television as an assistant director and co-director on series, soap operas and miniseries such as: Sítio do pica pau amarelo (2001), Um só coração (2004), A diarista (2007), Dicas de um sedutor (2008), Passione (2010), O astro (2011), Gabriela (2012). Her debut as a feature film director was Belair (2009), which she directed alongside Bruno Safadi. Belair is a documentary about the cinematographic universe of filmmakers Júlio Bressane and Rogério Sganzerla and the films they produced and directed in 1970 through their production company, Belair - such as Barão Olavo, o horrid, by Bressane, and Copacabana mon amour, by Sganzerla.

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SermõesMiramarVer Viver ReviverThe Mandarin