Adelina Pontual

Adelina Pontual

Known for

Directing

Birthplace

Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Biography

Adelina Pontual was born in Recife, graduated in Social Communication from UFPE and in Cinema, with a Specialization in Editing, from Escuela Internacional de Cine y TV, in San Antonio de Los Baños, in Cuba. She was part of the group Vanretrô, formed during her Communication course in the 80s. In the 90s she was a partner in the production company Parabólica Brasil, together with Cláudio Assis and Marcelo Gomes. She is a director and screenwriter of short films and television programs, and her first work as a feature film director was with the documentary Rio Doce / CDU. She also works as a continuity writer, having performed this role in more than 20 Brazilian feature films.

Best known work

The Second Mother
The Second Mother
2015
Carandiru
Carandiru
2003
Eletrodoméstica
Eletrodoméstica
2005
Cachaça
Cachaça
1997
Rio Doce/CDU
Rio Doce/CDU
2013
ReTrato
ReTrato
2013
Punk Rock Hardcore: Alto José do Pinho É do Caralho!
Punk Rock Hardcore: Alto José do Pinho É do Caralho!
1995
Passages: Travelling In and Out of Film Through Brazilian Geography
Passages: Travelling In and Out of Film Through Brazilian Geography
2019
Cosas de Mujer
Cosas de Mujer
1989
El Monstruo
El Monstruo
1991

Filmography

  1. 2019

    Passages: Travelling In and Out of Film Through Brazilian Geography
  2. 2015

    The Second Mother

    Continuity

  3. 2013

    Rio Doce/CDU

    Director

  4. 2013

    ReTrato

    Director, Writer

  5. 2005

  6. 2005

    Véio

    Director, Writer

  7. 2003

    Carandiru

    Continuity

  8. 1999

    O Pedido

    Writer, Director

  9. 1997

    Cachaça

    Writer, Director

  10. 1995

  11. 1993

  12. 1991

    El Monstruo

    Director, Writer

  13. 1989

    Cosas de Mujer

    Director, Writer

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