Roberto Moreira
Filmography
1992 A Princesa Radar (short film)
2002 O Cao Louco Mµrio Pedrosa (short film)
2004 Contra Todos / Up Against Them All
Roberto Moreira is a drama teacher at ECA-USP¢s Higher Audiovisual Studies course. He has written and directed short films which participated in festivals in Italy, Sweden, Germany and Brazil. He received, together with Jean-Claude Bernardet, the Best Screenplay Award at the Bras£lia Festival 96 for the feature length film A Starry Sky, directed by Tata Amaral. Up Against Them All is his first feature film.
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Brazilian Cinema
| Up Against Them All / Roberto Moreira |
In a barren district on the outskirts of Sao Paulo we find Teodoro and his teenage daughter, Soninha, living with Claudia,Teodoro¢s second wife.Teodoro makes a living as a hired gun, beats his rebellious daughter Soninha and has an affair with Terezinha. Claudia has an affair with Julio, son of the neighborhood butcher. Orbiting about them is Waldomiro,Teodoro¢s old friend and partner and Soninha¢s object of desire.Things are triggered off by the murder of Julio.
| Direction: |
Roberto Moreira |
| Sceenplay: |
Roberto Moreira |
| Cinematography: |
Adrian Cooper |
| Editing: |
Mirella Martinelli |
| Sound: |
Joao Godoy |
| Sets: |
Marjorie Gueller, Joana Porto |
| Costumes: |
Marjorie Gueller, Joana Porto |
| Music: |
Livio Tragtenberg |
| Cast: |
Leona Cavalli (Clµudia), S£lvia Lourenço
(Soninha), Giulio Lopes (Teodoro), Ailton Graça (Waldomiro), Martha Meola (Terezinha) |
| Producer: |
Fernando Meirelles, Roberto Moreira, Ge½rgia Costa Ara¤jo, Andrea Barata Ribeiro, Bel Berlinck |
| Production: |
Coraçao da Selva |
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35mm Color 95¢ |
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Brazil |
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