Luiz Bonfá(1922-2001)

Composer
Actor
Music Department

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Luiz Bonfá was born on 17 October 1922 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was a composer and actor, known for Blindness (2008), À la dérive (2018) and Remember Me (2010). He died on 12 January 2001 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Known for

Julianne Moore, Danny Glover, Gael García Bernal, and Mark Ruffalo in Blindness (2008)

6.5

Soundtrack("Sambolero")

2008

Shailene Woodley and Sam Claflin in À la dérive (2018)

6.6

Soundtrack("La Chanson d'Orphée" (Manha do Carnaval))

2018

Pierce Brosnan, Lena Olin, Chris Cooper, Emilie de Ravin, and Robert Pattinson in Remember Me (2010)

7.1

Soundtrack("Sambolero")

2010

Larry David in Whatever Works (2009)

7.1

Soundtrack("Menina Flor")

2009

Credits

Composer

Doechii: Anxiety
6.4
Music Video
- Composer
- 2025
Mýa: Fallen
6.5
Music Video
- Composer
- 2003
Prisoner of Rio
5.7
- Composer
- 1988
River of Mystery
7.7
TV Movie
- Composer
- 1971
Quatro Contra o Mundo
6.5
- Composer (segments "História da Praia", "Anjo, O", "Jovem Retaguarda")
- 1970
Métamorphoses
Short
- Composer
- 1968
Pour un amour lointain
6.7
- Composer
- 1968
The Gentle Rain
5.7
- Composer
- 1966
22-2000 Cidade Aberta
- Composer
- 1965
O Santo Módico
9.0
- Composer (music by)
- 1964
Selva Trágica
7.5
- Composer
- 1964
Os Mendigos
6.8
- Composer
- 1963
Les heures de l'amour
6.3
- Composer
- 1963
As Sete Evas
6.9
- Composer
- 1962
Tercer Mundo
- Composer
- 1962

Actor

Opération vol
7.5
TV Series
- Musician
- 1969
Bon soir, Kathrin!
TV Series
- 1963
Sócio de Alcova
2.9
- 1962
Depois Eu Conto
7.6
- 1956
Destino em Apuros
6.0
- 1953
Perdidos de Amor
- 1953
Aí Vem o Barão
7.0
- (as Quitandinha Serenaders)
- 1951
Não É Nada Disso
6.9
- (as Quitandinha Serenaders)
- 1950
Não Me Diga Adeus
- (as Quitandinha Serenaders)
- 1949
E o Mundo se Diverte
7.5
- (as Quitandinha Serenaders)
- 1948
É com Este Que Eu Vou
7.5
- (as Quitandinha Serenaders)
- 1948
Este Mundo É um Pandeiro
7.8
- (as Quitandinha Serenaders)
- 1947

Music Department

Personal details

Alternative names
- Luiz Bonfa
Born
- October 17, 1922
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died
- January 12, 2001
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil(cancer)

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Trivia
Bonfá, who was well-known for his musical contributions to the Brazilian film Orfeu Negro (1959) ("Black Orpheus") died on the same day, in the same year as actor Ademar da Silva, who starred in the film playing the role of the "angel of death" that follows the main character throughout the film.

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