Nov 26, 2020
74 min
Full-HD

Babenco: Tell Me When I Die (2020)

Besieged by cancer and nearing the end, the genius Argentine-Brazilian filmmaker Héctor Babenco (1946-2016) asks Bárbara Paz, his wife, for one last wish: to be the protagonist of his own death.

Category

Documentary

Country

Brazil

Companies

Gullane Entretenimento HB Filmes Ava Filmes Globo Filmes Lusco Fusco Filmes Canal Brasil GloboNews

Héctor Babenco

Self

Willem Dafoe

Self

Bárbara Paz

Self

Ana Simonsen

Pedro Simonsen

Chen Lin

Hong Kong Model

Fernanda Montenegro

Banquet Attendee

Paulo José

Banquet Attendee

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