Helena Ignez
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1939-05-23
Place of Birth
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Helena Ignez
Biography
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).
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Joy Is the Acid Test
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The Good Cinema
Mar 18, 2021
Embodiment of Evil
Aug 08, 2008
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
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The Mother
Nov 10, 2022
O Pátio
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O Mel é Mais Doce Que o Sangue
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The Priest and the Girl
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The Hullabaloo Family
May 05, 1970
The Woman of Everyone
Oct 24, 1969
Copacabana Mon Amour
Feb 13, 1970
The Sign of Chaos
Sep 25, 2003
Memoirs of a Strangler of Blondes
Jan 01, 1971
A Grande Feira
Mar 10, 1961
It's Not All True
Aug 22, 1986
A Balada do Provisório
Nov 28, 2012
No Way, Spider
Apr 09, 1970
Hotel Atlântico
Sep 25, 2009
Helena de Guaratiba
Oct 13, 2023
Baron Olavo, The Horrible
May 08, 1969
Face To Face
Jan 01, 1967
Meu Mundo em Perigo
Jan 01, 2007
Watch Out, Madame
Jan 01, 1970
Assault on the Pay Train
Sep 02, 1962
Not Even God Is As Fair As Your Jeans
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The End of an Age
Sep 30, 2014
Paixão e Virtude
Jan 26, 2014
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
Sep 17, 2003
Love Film Festival
Oct 05, 2014
B2
Jan 01, 2001
O Engano
Jan 01, 1967
The Red Light Bandit
Dec 02, 1968
Oswaldianas
Feb 21, 1992
Spray Jet
Aug 16, 1986
Grito da Terra
May 26, 1964
Rio de Topless
Jan 01, 2020
A Última Vanguarda
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Scent of Gardenias
Aug 07, 1992
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
May 15, 2019
Nelson Carneiro: Knight of Democracy
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São Jerônimo
Sep 10, 1999
Retrato da Terra
Mar 14, 2004
Carnaval na Lama
Mar 22, 1970
The Outsiders
Jan 27, 1968
If I'm Here It Is by Mystery
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Abry
Mar 20, 2003
The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
Jan 30, 2023
Ralé: The Lower Depths
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Sinais de Cinza, A Peleja de Olney Contra o Dragão da Maldade
Jan 22, 2013
Helena Zero
Jan 02, 2006
A Miss e o Dinossauro
May 10, 2005
Mr. Sganzerla: Os Signos da Luz
May 24, 2012
A Man and His Cage
Sep 23, 1974
O Cinema Foi à Feira
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Anônimo e incomum
Mar 16, 1990
Avacalha e se Esculhamba
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Febre
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Antes do Fim
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My Calendar Girl
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All Paulos in the World - Paulo José
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The Monsters of Babaloo
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Mulheres de Cinema
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Flying Geraldo
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Venus – Filly the Lesbian Little Fairy
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Terno
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Copacabana, Mon Amour: A Restauração
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A Mulher da Luz Própria
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Flesh
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A Vermelha Luz do Bandido
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The Welles Raft
Jun 23, 2022
Extracts
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Estátua!
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O Desmonte do Monte
Mar 30, 2018
Ensaio Sobre o Fracasso
Jan 31, 2020
Natureza Morta
Jan 31, 2020
Ossos
Jan 01, 2014
Poder dos Afetos
Oct 06, 2013
Reinvenção da Rua
Jan 01, 2003
Bring me the Head of Carmen M.
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A Bela P...
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Fogo Baixo, Alto Astral
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Perigo Negro
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Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
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In Memoriam: O Roteiro do Gravador
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Race Antenna
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Desculpa, Dona Madama
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Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
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Mulher Oceano
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Ugly, Me?
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Subterrânea
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The Lady Who Died in the Trailer
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Um Documentário Brasileiro
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Inaudito
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Nova Pasta, Antigo Baú
Jun 02, 2021
Benjamim Zambraia e o Autopanóptico
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Light in Darkness: The Return of Red Light Bandit
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Um Intruso no Paraíso
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Belair
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Flesh
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Deuses da Peste
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Fakir
Jul 24, 2019
Tereza Batista
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