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Babenco: Tell Me When I Die

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"I've already lived my death and now all that is left is to make a film about it." So said Hector Babenco to his loving companion when he realized he did not have much time left. She accepted the challenge to fulfill his last wish: to be the main protagonist in his own death. Babenco made of cinema his medicine, and the nourishment that kept him alive. Babenco -- Tell Me When I Die is a film about filming so never to die.

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Todd McCarthy Variety Jan 27, 2021
There is almost nothing in the way of laments, regrets, tearful sadness or judgments. On balance, the man we see in the film is handling his predicament with unembarrassed honesty and directness. Go to Full Review Guy Lodge Variety Dec 28, 2020
As a two-way study of love and art shared between spouses with little time left, "Tell Me When I Die" is elegant and affecting, with even its most enigmatic flourishes and asides telling us something of the relationship at hand. Go to Full Review Diego Semerene Slant Magazine Apr 25, 2020
Though there's unquestionable dissonance between the dying veteran filmmaker and his much younger pupil, their roles aren't so fixed. Go to Full Review Neil Young Screen International Dec 16, 2020
Artifice, reality and dreams blur and overlap, without quite managing to find satisfactory focus or narrative momentum. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Bárbara Paz

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Hector Babenco

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Regina Braga

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Willem Dafoe

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Paulo José

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Xuxa Lopes

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Babenco: Tell Me When I Die

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Synopsis "I've already lived my death and now all that is left is to make a film about it." So said Hector Babenco to his loving companion when he realized he did not have much time left. She accepted the challenge to fulfill his last wish: to be the main protagonist in his own death. Babenco made of cinema his medicine, and the nourishment that kept him alive. Babenco -- Tell Me When I Die is a film about filming so never to die.
Director
Bárbara Paz
Producer
Myra Babenco
Screenwriter
Maria Camargo, Bárbara Paz
Production Co
Lusco-Fusco Produções Artísticas, Canal Brasil, HB Filmes, GloboNews
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
Brazilian Portuguese
Runtime
1h 15m
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