Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Nov 26 2020
•1h 14m
•Documentary
Besieged by cancer and nearing the end, the genius Argentine-Brazilian filmmaker Héctor Babenco (1946-2016) asks Bárbara Paz, his wife, for one last wish: to be the protagonist of his own death.
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Héctor Babenco
Self
Willem Dafoe
Self
Bárbara Paz
Self
Ana Simonsen
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