Helena Ignez (born May 23, 1942) is a Brazilian actress and filmmaker
who participated in the Cinema Marginal movement during the 1960s and
70s alongside Rogério Sganzerla and Glauber Rocha.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 film Pátio.Helena acted in a few more
films, 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, the most noted being her role as Ângela Carne e Osso in A
Mulher de Todos (1969). She also was a financial partner in Rogério
Sganzerla and Júlio Bressane Belair production company. Between 1968
and 1970, Sganzerla and Ignez made almost a dozen films together and
were also married and had two children. In 1972 she took a turn in her
career and decided to film in Europe, the United States and Africa,
making an untitled super-8 film.
who participated in the Cinema Marginal movement during the 1960s and
70s alongside Rogério Sganzerla and Glauber Rocha.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 film Pátio.Helena acted in a few more
films, 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, the most noted being her role as Ângela Carne e Osso in A
Mulher de Todos (1969). She also was a financial partner in Rogério
Sganzerla and Júlio Bressane Belair production company. Between 1968
and 1970, Sganzerla and Ignez made almost a dozen films together and
were also married and had two children. In 1972 she took a turn in her
career and decided to film in Europe, the United States and Africa,
making an untitled super-8 film.
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