Matheus Nachtergaele Filmography

Occupation:: Actor, Director, Composer (Music Score), Screenwriter

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A Festa da Menina Morta

Crew: Composer (Music Score), Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Jackson Antunes, Juliano Cazarré, Cassia Kiss, Dira Paes

Synopsis: The concept of fabricating faith and attempting to find solace in the face of the ultimate mystery are the central themes of this film concerning a man exalted to sainthood after performing a miracle on his deceased mother, who had recently committed suicide. Santinho lives in a riverine community Read More

2008
Journey to the End of the Night

Actors: Scott Glenn, Brendan Fraser, Mos Def, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Alice Braga

Synopsis: Eric Eason's stylish sophomore film, the crime thriller Journey to the End of Night, features Scott Glenn and Brendan Fraser as a father and son who unknowingly have each bet their individual futures on a stolen suitcase. Catalina Sandino Moreno plays Glenn's wife, and her motivations are as Read More

2006
Red Carpet

Actors: Matheus Nachtergaele, Gorete Milagres, Vinicius Miranda, Rosi Campos, Ailton Graca

Synopsis: A father determined to celebrate his son's tenth birthday with a classic Mazzaropi film finds out just how difficult it can be to track down classic comedy in an era where fickle audiences fill multiplexes screening only the latest in big-budget American fare. When Quinzinho (Matheus Nachtergaele) Read More

2006
Bog of Beasts

Actors: Maria Teixeira, Fernando Teixeira, Caio Blat, Matheus Nachtergaele

Synopsis: Violence and hatred against women run free in a rural village in Brazil in this intense drama from writer and director Claudio Assis. Auxilidora (Mariah Teixeira) is a teenager who lives with her grandfather Heitor (Fernando Teixeira in a small town dominated by a sugar plantation. Auxilidora is Read More

2006
City of God

Actors: Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino da Hora, Matheus Nachtergaele, Phelipe Haagensen, Seu Jorge, Jonathan Haagensen, Daniel Zettel, Alice Braga

Synopsis: Fernando Meirelles' City of God is a sweeping tale of how crime affects the poor population of Rio de Janeiro. Though the narrative skips around in time, the main focus is on Cabeleira who formed a gang called the Tender Trio. He and his best friend, Bené (Phelipe Haagensen), become crime lords Read More

1/17/03
Narradores de Jave

Actors: Nelson Xavier, Nelson Dantas, Matheus Nachtergaele, Gero Camilo, José Dumont

2003
Bufo and Spallanzani

Actors: Jose Mayer, Tony Ramos, Isabelle Guerin, Zeze Polessa, Gracindo Junior

Synopsis: A writer turned insurance investigator follows an ominous trail in this thriller from Brazilian director Flavoria R. Tambellini. Ivan Canabrava's (Jose Mayer) specialty as an insurance investigator is cases in which the perpetrators have used Bufo Marinus to commit fraud. A poison secreted by Read More

2002
Mango Yellow

Actors: Matheus Nachtergaele, Jonas Bloch, Leona Cavalli, Dira Paes, Chico Diaz

Synopsis: The destinies of the downtrodden citizens of a Brazilian shantytown converge in director Claudio Assis' stark tale of life on the fringe of society. Though Recife is a major Brazilian city with over 1.5 million inhabitants, the lives of the well-to-do exist as little more than an unreachable Read More

2002
O Auto Da Compadecida

Actors: Matheus Nachtergaele, Selton Mello, Luis Melo, Mauricio Goncalves, Fernanda Montenegro

Synopsis: This fanciful fantasy from Brazil (which was adapted from a play that previously inspired a top-rated Brazilian TV series) follows two poor but resourceful young men, Jack the Cricket (Matheus Nachtergaele) and Chico (Selton Mello), on their adventures. Looking for work, Jack and Chico get a job Read More

2001
Midnight

Actors: Fernanda Torres, Luis Carlos Vasconcelos, Carlos Vereza, Matheus Nachtergaele, Nelson Sargento

Synopsis: This $1 million Brazilian feature, co-directed by Walter Salles (handling the camera) and Daniela Thomas (handling the actors), is another in the "2000 Seen By..." series of Millennium-themed films co-produced by France's Haut & Court. As Millennium parties get underway in Rio, Joao (Luis Carlos Vasconcellos Read More

3/10/00
Central Station

Actors: Antonella Rendina, Fernanda Montenegro, Marilia Pera, Vinicius de Oliveira, Soia Lira, Othon Bastos

Synopsis: Former documentary filmmaker Walter Salles (Foreign Land) directed this Brazilian-French road movie tracing the travels and travails of a young boy and an aging woman across the Brazilian landscape. In Rio de Janeiro's central railroad station, callous Dora (leading Brazilian stage/screen actress Fernanda Montenegro Read More

11/20/98
Four Days in September

Actors: Pedro Cardoso, Fernanda Torres, Alan Arkin

Synopsis: Bruno Barreto returned to his native Brazil after a ten-year absence to direct this fact-based political thriller that was nominated for a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. Pedro Cardoso stars as Rio de Janeiro journalist Fernando Gabeira, who decides with his friend Cesar (Selton Mello) to take Read More

1997