Arnaldo Jabor, Brazilian filmmaker and columnist, known for his films Any nudity will be punished Where tell me about lovedied as a result of an accident cerebrovascular, this Tuesday, February 15, at the age of 81. “Jabor turned into a star, my son lost his father and Brazil lost a great Brazilian,” wrote his wife Suzana Villas Boas on Instagram.
Born in Rio de Janeiro on December 12, 1940, Arnaldo Jabor was part of the “Cinema Novo” (new cinema) movement, the new wave of Brazilian cinema, which began in the 1960s. He notably directed the iconic actress Sonia Braga in I love youpresented at the Cannes Film Festival in the category “Un certain regard”, in 1981.
Jabor also saw two of his feature films enter the official selection at Cannes, Pindoramain 1971, and tell me about lovefor which Fernanda Torres received the Best Actress Award, in 1986. Her film Any nudity will be punished, inspired by a famous play by playwright Nelson Rodrigues, won the Silver Bear at the Berlin festival in 1973.
In his films as in his texts, he sought to observe Brazilian society, understand its paradoxes and criticize its hypocrisies.
O Globo
Arnaldo Jabor was also known in Brazil for his talents as an acerbic columnist on television, on TV Globo, or in the columns of the daily O Globo. “In his films as in his texts, he sought to observe Brazilian society, understand its paradoxes and criticize its hypocrisies”, can we read in a tribute published Tuesday by O Globo.
Shortly before the coronavirus pandemic, the Brazilian filmmaker shot the film in Sao Paulo Meu ultimo desejo (My Last Desire), which has yet to be released in theaters.