Carlos Diegues
🎬 Director

Carlos Diegues

🎂 Born 19 May 1940 (age 84)✝ 14 February 2025📍 Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
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Popularity Score
43
Acting Credits
22
Directed

Carlos José Fontes Diegues OMC, known as Cacá Diegues (Maceió, May 19, 1940 – Rio de Janeiro, February 14, 2025), was a Brazilian filmmaker. He was one of the founders of Cinema Novo.

Known For

Pitanga
★ 5.6
Pitanga
2016
Self
The Suns of Easter Island
★ 6.4
The Suns of Easter Island
1972
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
2017
Self
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
★ 7.5
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
1967
Self

Directed Films(22)

Bye Bye Brazil
★ 6.8
Bye Bye Brazil
1980
Director
Xica
★ 7.0
Xica
1976
Director
Tieta of Agreste
★ 6.7
Tieta of Agreste
1996
Director
God Is Brazilian
★ 6.3
God Is Brazilian
2003
Director
The Great Mystical Circus
★ 4.4
The Great Mystical Circus
2018
Director
Quilombo
★ 6.9
Quilombo
1984
Director
Subway to the Stars
★ 6.3
Subway to the Stars
1987
Director
Orfeu
★ 5.4
Orfeu
1999
Director
When Carnaval Comes
★ 6.1
When Carnaval Comes
1972
Director
The Heirs
★ 6.4
The Heirs
1970
Director
The Greatest Love of All
★ 5.9
The Greatest Love of All
2006
Director
Five Times Favela
★ 7.9
Five Times Favela
1962
Director
Rio's Love Song
★ 6.1
Rio's Love Song
1994
Director
Summer Showers
★ 5.7
Summer Showers
1978
Director
Ganga Zumba
★ 6.6
Ganga Zumba
1963
Director
Better Days Ahead
★ 6.8
Better Days Ahead
1989
Director
The Big City
★ 6.2
The Big City
1966
Director
VINTE - RioFilme, 20 anos de cinema brasileiro
VINTE - RioFilme, 20 anos de cinema brasileiro
2013
Director
Nenhum Motivo Explica a Guerra
Nenhum Motivo Explica a Guerra
2006
Director
Joanna Francesa
★ 4.5
Joanna Francesa
1973
Director
River of Faith - An Encounter with Pope Francis
River of Faith - An Encounter with Pope Francis
2013
Director
Oito Universitários
★ 9.0
Oito Universitários
1967
Director

Full Filmography(43 films)

YearTitleRating
2016Pitanga★ 5.61972The Suns of Easter Island★ 6.42017Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century—1967Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo★ 7.52013Dossiê Jango★ 7.51984Claves, 3: Small mother country, great mother country—2019Memórias do Grupo Opinião—2021The Good Cinema—1994Rio's Love Song★ 6.12011Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro—2003Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth★ 6.32002At the Edge of the Earth★ 7.52006Depois do Transe★ 2.01978Summer Showers★ 5.72005Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova★ 7.31980Fênix★ 9.01998For All - O Trampolim da Vitória★ 5.620011968 - Without Losing Tenderness★ 7.02022Quando a Coisa Vira Outra—2024Tributo: Zezé Motta★ 9.02013Giovanni Improtta★ 4.52024Armando Costa: “Televisão pra Mim Não é Bico”—2020Candango: Memoirs from a Festival★ 5.02006Referências—2020Torquato, Imagem da Incompletude—2005Looking for Black Orpheus★ 9.01997Nelson Sargento★ 10.02011Consideração do Poema★ 9.02016Cinema Novo★ 6.72019Ferreira Gullar: Arqueologia do Poeta—1984Claves, 2: We will return younger—1991Que Viva Glauber!—2017Asdrúbal Trouxe o Trombone★ 6.12020Arroz, Feijão e Cinema—2023Roberto Farias - Memórias de um Cineasta★ 7.02009Em Quadro: A História de 4 Negros nas Telas—2015Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro★ 8.02026Fernando Coni Campos: Cada um Vive como Sonha—2019Neville D'Almeida: Chronicler of Beauty and Chaos★ 10.02015Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema—1984Claves, 1: How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman—1997Dib★ 8.01989Alex Viany - Um Documentário em Vídeo—
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