Anselmo Duarte (Portuguese pronunciation: [É ÌƒËˆsÉ›wmu duˈaÊ tʃi];
April 21, 1920 â€" November 7, 2009) was a Brazilian actor,
screenwriter and film director. His film O Pagador de Promessas (1962)
(also "The Given Word" and "The Keeper of Promises") won the Golden
Palm at the 1962 Cannes Film Festival, becoming, to date, the only
Brazilian feature film to be so distinguished and the first Cannes'
Southern Hemisphere Golden Palm for best feature film. The film was
also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
In 1962 "O Pagador de Promessas" was also awarded best film and best
musical score at the San Francisco international film festival and
best film at the Acapulco (Mexico), Cartagena (Colombia), Karlovy Vary
(Czechoslovakia) and Edinburgh (Scotland) international film
festivals. His 1964 film ¨Vereda da Salvação" - The Obsessed of
Catule was entered into the 15th Berlin International Film Festival.He
also was a freemason.The President of Brazil, Luis Inacio Lula da
Silva, awarded Duarte the Order of The Cultural Merit, Brazil's
highest cultural civilian honor, and the Governor of São Paulo, José
Serra, awarded Duarte the Order of Ipiranga, which is the state's
highest civilian honor. Duarte was awarded titles of merit citizenship
by numerous Brazilian municipalities including Rio de Janeiro, São
Paulo and Salto, his birthplace. In 2009, the municipality of Salto
inaugurated a multimillion-dollar cultural and educational center
named "Centro Cultural e Educacional Anselmo Duarte", housing a 500
audience amphitheater for film and theatrical events. The center also
displays for public view the original "Golden Palm" awarded to Duarte
at the 1962 Cannes Film Festival. In 2008, at 88, Duarte founded a
cultural organization (Instituto Anselmo Duarte) dedicated to
restoring selected Brazilian films and creating special, free of
charge, educational projects aimed at young filmmakers to improve
their technical filmmaking skills. After his death, his son, Ricardo
Duarte, 69, became the institute's president.Upon being diagnosed by
suffering Alzheimer's dementia in 2002, Duarte spent his last 7 years
of life under the care of his son, Ricardo, and his grandchild,
Daphne, a preeminent Brazilian artist. Anselmo had 4 children.
April 21, 1920 â€" November 7, 2009) was a Brazilian actor,
screenwriter and film director. His film O Pagador de Promessas (1962)
(also "The Given Word" and "The Keeper of Promises") won the Golden
Palm at the 1962 Cannes Film Festival, becoming, to date, the only
Brazilian feature film to be so distinguished and the first Cannes'
Southern Hemisphere Golden Palm for best feature film. The film was
also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
In 1962 "O Pagador de Promessas" was also awarded best film and best
musical score at the San Francisco international film festival and
best film at the Acapulco (Mexico), Cartagena (Colombia), Karlovy Vary
(Czechoslovakia) and Edinburgh (Scotland) international film
festivals. His 1964 film ¨Vereda da Salvação" - The Obsessed of
Catule was entered into the 15th Berlin International Film Festival.He
also was a freemason.The President of Brazil, Luis Inacio Lula da
Silva, awarded Duarte the Order of The Cultural Merit, Brazil's
highest cultural civilian honor, and the Governor of São Paulo, José
Serra, awarded Duarte the Order of Ipiranga, which is the state's
highest civilian honor. Duarte was awarded titles of merit citizenship
by numerous Brazilian municipalities including Rio de Janeiro, São
Paulo and Salto, his birthplace. In 2009, the municipality of Salto
inaugurated a multimillion-dollar cultural and educational center
named "Centro Cultural e Educacional Anselmo Duarte", housing a 500
audience amphitheater for film and theatrical events. The center also
displays for public view the original "Golden Palm" awarded to Duarte
at the 1962 Cannes Film Festival. In 2008, at 88, Duarte founded a
cultural organization (Instituto Anselmo Duarte) dedicated to
restoring selected Brazilian films and creating special, free of
charge, educational projects aimed at young filmmakers to improve
their technical filmmaking skills. After his death, his son, Ricardo
Duarte, 69, became the institute's president.Upon being diagnosed by
suffering Alzheimer's dementia in 2002, Duarte spent his last 7 years
of life under the care of his son, Ricardo, and his grandchild,
Daphne, a preeminent Brazilian artist. Anselmo had 4 children.
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