10.0
10.0
Febre
2017
Helena Ignez
Acting
Born:May 23, 1939(age 87)
Birthplace:Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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Helena Ignez (Salvador, May 23, 1939) is a Brazilian actress and filmmaker. Helena was born in Salvador, Bahia and was attending her second year of law school when she fell in love with theater and decided to study the Dramatic Arts at the Federal University of Bahia. At the time, the Bahian theater scene was breaking with traditional Brazilian theater and experiencing strong influence from the young vanguard. She first appeared on the screen in Glauber Rocha's short film "Pátio". Helena acted in a few films associated with the Cinema Novo movement, such as "A Grande Feira" (1961), "Assalto ao Trem Pagador" (1962), and "O Padre e a Moça" (1966) before playing Janete Jane in O Bandido da Luz Vermelha by Rogério Sganzerla. After this film, she would perform in some most significant films in the Cinema Marginal movement, which directly opposed the critically acclaimed Cinema Novo -- the most remarkable being her role as Ângela Carne e "Osso in A Mulher de Todos" (1969). She also was a financial partner of Rogério Sganzerla and fellow Cinema Marginal filmmaker Júlio Bressane in the short-lived, although prolific, Belair production company. Between 1968 and 1970, Sganzerla and Ignez made almost a dozen films together and were also married and had two children -- one of which would become actress Djin Sganzerla. As a filmmaker, Ignez has directed 7 films, the most notable being "Luz das Trevas" (2010), a sequel to Sganzerla's debut feature "O Bandido da Luz Vermelha" (1968).
Filmography (107 movies)
10.0
10.0
Mulheres de Cinema
1978
as Self (archive footage)
9.5
9.5
Not Even God Is As Fair As Your Jeans
2025
as Dra. Marina Consiglio
9.0
9.0
The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
2023
8.2
8.2
A Grande Feira
1961
as Ely
8.2
8.2
Race Antenna
2020
as Self
8.1
8.1
Memoirs of a Strangler of Blondes
1971
as Archive Footage
8.0
8.0
Assault on the Pay Train
1962
as Marta
8.0
8.0
A Mulher da Luz Própria
2019
as Self
8.0
8.0
Sinais de Cinza, A Peleja de Olney Contra o Dragão da Maldade
2013
8.0
8.0
Bring me the Head of Carmen M.
2019
as Diretora
8.0
8.0
Ensaio Sobre o Fracasso
2020
7.7
7.7
The Woman of Everyone
1969
as Ângela Carne e Osso
7.7
7.7
The Red Light Bandit
1968
as Janete Jane
7.5
7.5
The End of an Age
2014
as (voz)
7.5
7.5
Love Film Festival
2014
as Herself
7.4
7.4
All Paulos in the World - Paulo José
2017
7.2
7.2
Flesh
2019
as (voice)
7.1
7.1
The Priest and the Girl
1966
as Mariana
7.0
7.0
The Mother
2022
as Dulce
7.0
7.0
Copacabana Mon Amour
1970
as Sônia Silk
6.9
6.9
The Sign of Chaos
2003
as Guida
6.9
6.9
Hotel Atlântico
2009
as Dona da Pousada
6.6
6.6
O Pátio
1959
as The woman
6.6
6.6
The Monsters of Babaloo
1970
6.6
6.6
It's Not All True
1986
6.2
6.2
São Jerônimo
1999
as Marcela
6.2
6.2
Inaudito
2017
as Voice
6.0
6.0
The Hullabaloo Family
1970
as Prostituta
6.0
6.0
O Mel é Mais Doce Que o Sangue
2023
6.0
6.0
Watch Out, Madame
1970
6.0
6.0
The Lady Who Died in the Trailer
2020
6.0
6.0
Estátua!
2014
as Mãe (voz)
6.0
6.0
B2
2001
6.0
6.0
Anônimo e incomum
1990
5.9
5.9
No Way, Spider
1970
5.8
5.8
Scent of Gardenias
1992
as Bandida
5.8
5.8
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
2003
as Self
5.7
5.7
Meu Mundo em Perigo
2007
as Mãe de Ísis
5.5
5.5
Antes do Fim
2018
5.5
5.5
A Man and His Cage
1974
as Aeromoça
5.4
5.4
Ralé: The Lower Depths
2016
Director
5.2
5.2
Embodiment of Evil
2008
as Cabíria
5.2
5.2
Light in Darkness: The Return of Red Light Bandit
2012
Writer
5.2
5.2
Face To Face
1967
as Luciana
5.0
5.0
Ugly, Me?
2013
Executive Producer
5.0
5.0
A Miss e o Dinossauro
2005
Director
5.0
5.0
O Desmonte do Monte
2018
5.0
5.0
Perigo Negro
1992
as Tiafa
5.0
5.0
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
2020
as Self
4.8
4.8
Baron Olavo, The Horrible
1969
as Isabel
4.2
4.2
Paixão e Virtude
2014
4.0
4.0
Mulher Oceano
2020
as Mulher Caminhando de Costas (uncredited)
3.5
3.5
Mr. Sganzerla: Os Signos da Luz
2012
3.0
3.0
Venus – Filly the Lesbian Little Fairy
2017
as Narração
2.3
2.3
Ossos
2014
Producer
2.3
2.3
A Balada do Provisório
2012
as Provisório's Mother
2.0
2.0
Natureza Morta
2020
as Narradora 3
2.0
2.0
Canção de Baal
2007
Screenplay
2.0
2.0
My Calendar Girl
2018
Screenplay
Flying Geraldo
1994
Terno
2013
as Mãe
Copacabana, Mon Amour: A Restauração
2014
as Self
Message from Sergipe
2025
A Vermelha Luz do Bandido
2009
The Welles Raft
2022
as Herself
Extracts
2019
In Memoriam: O Roteiro do Gravador
2019
Reinvenção da Rua
2003
Director
Spray Jet
1986
as Bossy Lady
Fogo Baixo, Alto Astral
2020
Director
A Bela P...
2008
Esse fim de semana vou me dedicar as paredes
2020
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
2017
as Self
Belair
2009
Eclipse
2025
Um Intruso no Paraíso
1973
Benjamim Zambraia e o Autopanóptico
2020
as Mother
Subterrânea
2021
as Senhora Ônibus
The Good Cinema
2021
Um Documentário Brasileiro
2021
as Self
Luz-Lux-Lúcia
2005
O Engano
1967
as Mulher do médico
Desculpa, Dona Madama
2013
as Patroa
Joy Is the Acid Test
2023
Screenplay
Helena de Guaratiba
2023
as Helena
Nova Pasta, Antigo Baú
2021
as Voiceover
If I'm Here It Is by Mystery
2024
as Arlete
Rio de Topless
2020
as Self
A Última Vanguarda
2024
as Self
Nelson Carneiro: Knight of Democracy
2023
as Self
Carnaval na Lama
1970
Flesh
TBA
Trópico de Leão
2025
as Medéia
Deuses da Peste
2025
The Outsiders
1968
Gravidade
2025
Helena Zero
2006
Retrato da Terra
2004
as Ela mesma
O Cinema Foi à Feira
2016
as Ela mesma
Poder dos Afetos
2013
Executive Producer
Abry
2003
as Self
Grito da Terra
1964
as Mariá
Avacalha e se Esculhamba
2010
Oswaldianas
1992
Nosferatu
2025
Fakir
2019
Screenplay
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