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Walter Salles - news / articles

Linha de Passe: Walter Salles interview - 9 March 2009
- -We caught up with Brazilian director and king of the road movie, Walter Salles, to talk about his latest film Linha de Passe, which tells the story of four fatherless brothers from a poor neighbourhood in Sao Paolo – a city of 20 million inhabitants –

Walter Salles - what members say

Central Station review by from Birmingham

Superb cinema 3 November 2005
...e director of 'The Motorcycle Diaries', this often overlooked earlier film from Walter Salles is at turns gritty, heart-warming and tear-jerking. A sensational performance f... Read customer review

Behind The Sun review by A customer from Walthamstow

Blood and sugarcane 4 May 2005
... product of subtle and restrained acting, amazing cinematography and above all, Walter Salles's wondrous grasp of narrative drive. Rare stuff. ... Read customer review

Dark Water review by A customer from UK

Shallow and overcast. 2 March 2006
...empting to capture the mood of the likes of Rosemary’s Baby and Don’t Look Now, Walter Salles’ handsomely shot film trudges along aimlessly and then just stops. Where Nakata... Read customer review

Walter Salles - filmography

Linha De Passe on DVD (2008)
Starring: Vinícius de Oliveira, Ana Carolina Dias, José Geraldo Rodrigues
Director: Walter Salles, Daniela Thomas
Certificate:
At the heart of one of the toughest, most chaotic cities in the world, four fatherless brothers aspire to break free of their social status and its trappings. 'Linha de Passe' reunites director Walter Salles (Motorcycle Diaries) and writer/director Daniela Thomas (Foreign Land), introducing a ..read more »

63% from 1,847 member

Dark Water - Blu-ray (2005)
Starring: Jennifer Connelly, John C. Reilly, Pete Postlethwaite
Director: Walter Salles
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
Based on a story by Japanese novelist Koji Suzuki and a film by Hideo Nakata (THE RING), DARK WATER is a thrilling exercise in psychological terror. Jennifer Connelly stars as Dahlia, a troubled woman who is battling her husband, Kyle (Dougray Scott), for custody of their young daughter, Ceci (..read more »

53% from 732 members
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Dark Water on DVD (2005)
Starring: Jennifer Connelly, John C. Reilly, Pete Postlethwaite
Director: Walter Salles
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
Based on a story by Japanese novelist Koji Suzuki and a film by Hideo Nakata (THE RING), DARK WATER is a thrilling exercise in psychological terror. Jennifer Connelly stars as Dahlia, a troubled woman who is battling her husband, Kyle (Dougray Scott), for custody of their young daughter, Ceci (..read more »

52% from 23,662 members

Behind The Sun on DVD (2001)
Starring: Othon Bastos, Ravi Ramos Lacerda, Everaldo Pontes
Director: Walter Salles
Certificate:
BEHIND THE SUN takes place in 1910, in the small town of Stream-of-Souls, Brazil, where two families have been engaged in a long battle for control of what appears to be nearly barren land. The Breves clan--mother, father, 20-year-old Tonio, and little Pacu (called the kid), are a poor family ..read more »

66% from 1,699 member

Central Station on DVD (1998)
Starring: Fernanda Montenegro, Marilia Pera, Vincius De Oliveira
Director: Walter Salles
Certificate:
Dora is a former school teacher who makes a living by writing letters for illiterate people passing through Rio de Janeiro's main train station, Central Station. Among her clients are Ana and her nine-year-old son Josue, who has a fierce desire to meet his father, whom he has never seen. Dora has ..read more »

72% from 7,637 members

Midnight (1998)
Starring: Fernanda Torres, Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos, Matheus Nachtergaele
Director: Walter Salles, Daniela Thomas
Certificate:
At midnight of December 31st of 1999, the destiny brings a fugitive prisoner and a depressed middle class teacher together, as the fireworks fall over Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana beach and the new millennium approaches bringing hope to everyone. An obscure but brilliant view that integrates the ..read more »

45% from 293 members
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Walter Salles facts

5 most recent films

Linha De Passe - 3.0 stars
Dark Water - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
Dark Water - 2.5 stars
Behind The Sun - 3.5 stars
Central Station - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Central Station - 3.5 stars
Behind The Sun - 3.5 stars
Linha De Passe - 3.0 stars
Dark Water - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
Dark Water - 2.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Midnight - 2.5 stars
Dark Water - 2.5 stars
Dark Water - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
Linha De Passe - 3.0 stars
Behind The Sun - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

John C. Reilly - 3 times - show films
Ariel Gade - 3 times - show films
Dougray Scott - 3 times - show films
Pete Postlethwaite - 3 times - show films
Jennifer Connelly - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Daniela Thomas - 2 times - show films