Anselmo Duarte

April 21, 1920 · Salto, São Paulo, Brazil

Anselmo Duarte Bento (April 21, 1920 – November 7, 2009) was a Brazilian actor, screenwriter and film director.

Initially known as a leading man in popular musical comedies (known in Brazil as "chanchadas"), he debuted as filmmaker in 1957's "Absolutamente Certo", in which he also stars. His next film, "O Pagador de Promessas" (1962), adapted from a stage play by Dias Gomes, won the Golden Palm at the 1962 Cannes Film Festival. It is, to date, the only Brazilian feature film to be so distinguished and the first Cannes' Southern Hemisphere Golden Palm for best feature film.

Often works with

Sérgio Hingst
4 titles together
Case of the Naves Brothers, Independence or Death!, Quelé do Pajeú
José Lewgoy
4 titles together
Independence or Death!, Feijão Maravilha, Assim Era a Atlântida
Grande Otelo
4 titles together
Feijão Maravilha, Brasa Adormecida, Assim Era a Atlântida
Glória Menezes
3 titles together
The Given Word, Independence or Death!, O Descarte
Raul Cortez
3 titles together
Case of the Naves Brothers, Os Trombadinhas, The Obsessed of Catulé
John Herbert
3 titles together
Case of the Naves Brothers, Já Não Se Faz Amor Como Antigamente, Assim Era a Atlântida

Full filmography · 50

Golpe de Vista
as (archive footage)
2024
Brasa Adormecida
cast
1986
Estou com AIDS
cast
1986
Tensão no Rio
as Presidente da Valdivía
1984
Chick Fowle, Faixa Preta de Cinema
cast
1981
Os Trombadinhas
Director
1979
A Casa das Tentações
cast
1977
O Crime do Zé Bigorna
Director and Writer
1977
Ninguém Segura Essas Mulheres
cast and Director
1976
Já Não Se Faz Amor Como Antigamente
as Atílio and Writer and Director
1976
Paranóia
cast
1976
Assim Era a Atlântida
cast
1975