One of the most famous film directors of South America, the Argentinean Héctor Babenco has died at the age of 70 years. As Brazilian media reported he died on Wednesday in São Paulo due to heart failure.
include known films “The Kiss of the Spider Woman” (1985), “Carandiru” (2003) and “The Past” (2007).
for “Kiss of the spider woman”, a drama in which it comes to the relationship between two prisoners during the military dictatorship, William Hurt won the Oscar for best actor, Babenco was nominated for best director.
Born in 1946 in Mar del Plata, Argentina, he also had Brazilian citizenship since 1977th 2001 Babenco was also a member of the jury of the film festival in Berlin, several known Holywood Stars played in films he directed with.
His mother was Jewish immigrant from Poland, the father had Ukrainian roots. Babenco won several international awards, he was twice nominated for the Palme d’Or in Cannes
He repeatedly grappled with socio-critical topics, such as “asphalt sharks” (Original:. “Pixote” , 1980) about the life of street children in Brazil. The protagonists of world success, Fernando Ramos da Silva, he had managed to gain exposure on the street in São Paulo, da Silva was later but for criminals. He went to jail after he robbed along with two other young people an apartment.
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