Lúcia Maria Murat de Vasconcelos
Murat participated in the student and guerrilla movements against the military dictatorship in Brazil in the 1960–1970s. She was imprisoned and tortured by military agents; that experience exerted a strong influence on her work. Murat worked as a journalist for newspapers like Jornal do Brasil and O Globo before becoming a film director.
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Lúcia Maria Murat de Vasconcelos

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- Name
- Lúcia Murat
- Born
- 1949
- Birthplace
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Occupation
- Film director Lúcia Murat (born 1949) is a Brazilian filmmaker.
- Nationality
- Brazil
- Languages
- Portuguese
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Murat participated in the student and guerrilla movements against the military dictatorship in Brazil in the 1960–1970s. She was imprisoned and tortured by military agents; that experience exerted a strong influence on her work. Murat worked as a journalist for newspapers like Jornal do Brasil and O Globo before becoming a film director.
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Her feature film Que Bom Te Ver Viva is a compendium of stories and memories of her and other political prisoners. In 2004, she returned to the theme with Quase Dois Irmãos, winning the Best Ibero-American Film Award at the Mar del Plata Festival. In 2011, Murat won several prizes at the Gramado Festival with the film A Long Journey.
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• Name — Lúcia Murat • Born — 1949 • Birthplace — Rio de Janeiro, Brazil • Occupation — Film director Lúcia Murat (born 1949) is a Brazilian filmmaker.
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Filmography
• O Pequeno Exército Louco (1984) • Que Bom Te Ver Viva (1989) • Oswaldianas (1992) (segment "Daisy das Almas Deste Mundo") • Doces Poderes (1997) • Brave New Land (Brava Gente Brasileira) (2000) • Almost Brothers (Quase Dois Irmãos) (2004) • The Foreign Eye (Olhar Estrangeiro) (2006) • Maré, Nossa História de Amor (2007) • A Long Journey (Uma Longa Viagem) (2011) • A memória que me contam (2013) • Praça Paris (2017) • Playtime (2025), a documentary film, selected in the Generation 14plus section at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival, where it will have its world premiere in February 2025.
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1949
Lúcia Maria Murat de Vasconcelos was born on 25 October 1949.
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Lúcia Maria Murat de Vasconcelos is recorded as film director, screenwriter and film producer.
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