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Miguel Falabella
Miguel Falabella brings theatricality to the screen, combining large casts, expressive characters, and situations that shift between humor, melodrama, and fantasy.
- Region
- Imperial de São Cristóvão, RJ, Sudeste
- Age
- 70
Authorial vision
Miguel Falabella’s directing style is shaped by his theatrical background. His films explore strong-willed characters, human relationships fraught with conflict, and stories in which humor coexists with dramatic situations. Working with large casts and characters whose paths intersect is also a key element of his narrative structure. His directing style moves fluidly between comedy and drama, highlighting the actors’ expressiveness and the power of the situations.
Filmography
- Querido Mundo
2025 · Film · Drama, Comédia, Romance, Comédia Romântica · Writer & Director · 95 min
Oswaldo is feeling down after being fired. On the eve of New Year’s Eve, Oswaldo decides to move into his apartment in Rio de Janeiro, which is still under construction. He crosses paths with Elsa, who is also moving into the same building.
- Veneza
2019 · Film · Comédia, Drama · Writer & Director · 92 min
Gringa owns a brothel in rural Brazil. Blind and ill, her final wish is to go to Venice to ask for forgiveness from the only man she has ever loved.
- A Vida Alheia
2010 · Series · Comédia, Drama · Writer & Director
It revolves around an entertainment gossip magazine and its editors and reporters, who will do anything to get the latest celebrity news.
- Polaróides Urbanas
2008 · Film · Comédia, Drama · Writer & Director · 82 min
A comedic portrait of middle-aged women in Rio de Janeiro, including the overwhelmed housewife Magali and her over-the-top twin sister Magda, the psychoanalyst Paula and her troubled daughter Melanie, and the stage star in crisis, Lise.
- Sassaricando
1987 · Series · Novela, Drama, Romance · Director
Aparício Varela, a man who, after leaving his great love, Rebeca, to marry the millionaire Teodora Abdala.
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