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| Born | (1940-12-12)12 December 1940 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Died | 15 February 2022(2022-02-15) (aged 81) São Paulo, Brazil |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro |
| Occupation(s) | Film director,screenwriter,journalist,writer |
| Years active | 1965-2021 |
| Children | Carolina Jabor |
Arnaldo Jabor (12 December 1940 – 15 February 2022) was a Brazilian film director and producer, screenwriter, writer, journalist and political pundit for Brazilian television networkRede Globo.
He was ofJewish Lebanese descent[1] and identified as an atheist.[2]
Initially associated with theCinema Novo movement with his first fiction featurePindorama (1970), Jabor went on directing nine films between 1965 and 1990. His 1973 filmAll Nudity Shall Be Punished won theSilver Bear at the23rd Berlin International Film Festival.[3] In the 1980s, Jabor reached critical and commercial success with his erotically-charged psychological romantic dramasI Love You (1981) andLove Me Forever or Never (1986), with the latter gathering aPalm d'Or nomination at the39th Cannes Film Festival.
At the end of his filmmaking career, he considered his satirical comedyTudo Bem (1978) as his best film.[4]
Jabor died as a result of a stroke inSão Paulo on 15 February 2022, at the age of 81.[5] He is survived by a daughter,Carolina Jabor.[6]
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