
Helena Ignez
Born May 23, 1939 · Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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).
More Movies

Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century

Lost Media

A Film to Remind Us of Utopia

Embodiment of Evil

Ugly, Me?

The Red Light Bandit

Candango: Memoirs from a Festival

The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus

Assault on the Pay Train

Helena! Cinema!

Ralé: The Lower Depths

Eclipse

Hotel Atlântico

Estátua!

Nosferatu

Oswaldianas

Memórias do Grupo Opinião

Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth

All Paulos in the World - Paulo José

The Welles Raft

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Garden of Silences

It's Not All True

Antes do Fim

Fernando Coni Campos: Cada um Vive como Sonha

The Priest and the Girl

The Monsters of Babaloo

Light in Darkness: The Return of Red Light Bandit

Meu Mundo em Perigo

Subterrânea

As Florestas da Noite

Fakir

My Calendar Girl

The Rowdy Family

Scent of Gardenias

The End of an Age

Love Film Festival

Nem Tudo é Paz e Amor

If I'm Here It Is by Mystery

Extracts

A Vermelha Luz do Bandido

Helena de Guaratiba

Memoirs of a Strangler of Blondes

Baron Olavo, The Horrible

Belair

Rio de Topless

Nelson Carneiro: Knight of Democracy

A Man and His Cage

The Sign of Chaos

Joy Is the Acid Test

A Última Vanguarda

A Miss e o Dinossauro

Notícias do Fim do Mundo

Not Even God Is As Fair As Your Jeans

Mulheres de Cinema

Face to Face

Benjamim Zambraia e o Autopanóptico

The Mother

Um Intruso no Paraíso

Mulher Oceano

Copacabana Mon Amour

Mr. Sganzerla: Os Signos da Luz

Bring me the Head of Carmen M.

The Good Cinema

The Outsiders

A Mulher da Luz Própria

São Jerônimo

Natureza Morta

Retrato da Terra

Watch Out, Madame

Copacabana, Mon Amour: A Restauração

Race Antenna

O Mel é Mais Doce Que o Sangue

Abry

Paixão e Virtude

A Grande Feira

The Lady Who Died in the Trailer

Flying Geraldo

No Way, Spider

Cartas Para Rian

O Pátio

Flesh

O Desmonte do Monte

Avacalha e se Esculhamba

Fogo Baixo, Alto Astral

Poder dos Afetos

Gravidade

Perigo Negro

Anônimo e incomum

O Engano

Nova Pasta, Antigo Baú

Spray Jet

Um Documentário Brasileiro

Terno

Pioneiras do Cinema

In Memoriam: O Roteiro do Gravador

Luz-Lux-Lúcia

Desculpa, Dona Madama

Deuses da Peste

Trópico de Leão

Ensaio Sobre o Fracasso

Grito da Terra

Message from Sergipe

B2

Febre

Venus – Filly the Lesbian Little Fairy

A Bela P...

Esse fim de semana vou me dedicar as paredes

Ossos

América do Sol






