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Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1965, Elena Soárez is one of the most important writers of Brazilian cinema today. Elena Soárez holds a degree in economics from PUC; with a master's degree in social anthropology from UFRJ. His debut as a screenwriter was at the invitation of filmmaker Andrucha Waddingotn, who became a screenwriter in the following films: Twin (1999), adapted from Nelson Rodrigues; the award-winning Eu tu eles (2000), a film that took part in the "A Certain Look" show at the Cannes Film Festival and whose screenplay was developed at the Screenwriters Laboratory at the Sundance Film Festival.
Filmography
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2027
Marta
Movie Writer
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2026
100 Days
Movie Writer
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2025
Ângela Diniz: Murdered and Convicted
TV show Writer
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2018
The Mechanism
TV show Screenplay
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2017
Treze Dias Longe do Sol
TV show Series Writer
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2014
Rio, I Love You
Movie Writer
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2012
Xingu
Movie Screenplay
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2012
Father’s Chair
Movie Writer
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2012
The Screenwriter
Movie Herself
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2008
Slightly Out of Tune
Movie Script
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2007
Camila Jam
Movie Writer
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2007
City of Men
Movie Screenplay
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2006
Antonia
TV show Screenplay
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2005
The House of Sand
Movie Screenstory
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2004
Redeemer
Movie Screenplay
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2003
Diary of a Provincial Girl
Movie Writer
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2002
City of Men
TV show Writer
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2000
Me, You, Them
Movie Writer
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1999
Twins
Movie Associate Producer
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1992
Os Moradores da Rua Humboldt
Movie Story
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O Grampo
Movie Writer