Helena Solberg — Director (14)
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The Interview (1966) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
A Entrevista
director: Helena Solberg
other title: A Entrevista
On screen, a bride gets ready for her wedding day. Off screen, middle-class young women from Rio de Janeiro share their experiences and impressions concerning virginity, marriage, sex and politics.
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Home of the Brave (1985) [Movie] WikiData TMDB
Home of the Brave
director: Helena Solberg
In this film Indians—and only Indians—talk about the contemporary threats they are facing today. They are no longer the Conquerors or the American Cavalry. Now it is industrial development that is wiping out traditional land. Shot on three continents: the USA with the Hopi and Navajo; Amazonia, and on the Bolivian highlands, and in Geneva where Indians of the Americas come together to create an international indigenous network.
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From the Ashes: Nicaragua Today (1982) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
De las Cenizas… Nicarágua Hoy
director: Helena Solberg actor: Helena Solberg
other title: De las Cenizas… Nicarágua Hoy
In this documentary portrait of post-revolutionary Nicaragua, director Helena Solberg follows the Chavarría family while examining the broader social and political changes following the 1979 overthrow of the Somoza dictatorship. Interweaving personal testimony with archival footage of U.S. intervention, revolutionary struggle, and national reform efforts, the film reflects on the hopes and tensions shaping the country’s future.
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Portrait of a Terrorist (1985) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Retrato de Um Terrorista
director: Helena Solberg / David Meyer actor: Fernando Gabeira
other title: Retrato de Um Terrorista
In 1969, Fernando Gabeira was among terrorists who kidnapped Charles Burke Elbrick, then the U.S. Ambassador to Brazil. Eventually Gabeira was captured and tortured before being exiled from his homeland for eight years. He talks candidly about his experiences in captivity as well as the abduction and the motivation behind choosing Elbrick.
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A Girl's Life (2005) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Vida de Menina
director: Helena Solberg actor: Ludmila Dayer / Daniela Escobar
other title: 一个女孩的生活 / Vida de Menina …
巴西女导演Helena Solberg作品，改编自巴西小说家Helena Morley的日记式自传体小说《海莲娜-莫蕾日记》，影片公映后反响不错并获得多个巴西国内影节的大奖。
The day-to-day life of a young girl in the town of Diamantina, Brazil, on the end of 19th Century, based on real life diaries. The movie is based on the novel "Minha Vida de Menina" (The Diary of Helena Morley) wrote by Alice Dayrell Caldeira Brant (under the pen name Helena Morley).