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Fernando Meirelles has directed The Two Popes, which is set for a release on Netflix on 20 December. Ahead of the arrival of the film on Netflix next month, the streaming service has released a new trailer for the upcoming drama The Two Popes. Described as the story of one of the “most dramatic transitions of power in the last …

I love to work with old actors, says Brazil’s Fernando Meirelles

Fernando Meirelles is the Brazilian filmmaker best known for City of God, a multi-award-winning film about organised crime in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro. He was recently in Mumbai for the MAMI film festival, and chatted about his latest film, the Netflix special The Two Popes; shooting for a biographical comedy-drama, farming, and preferring to work with ‘old’ actors. …

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Fernando Meirelles on directing Netflix's The Two Popes, and why his next film is a timely reminder of climate change

Brazilian filmmaker Fernando Meirelles’ new Netflix film The Two Popes begins with all things holy and sacred. And then, as the priests vote for who would be the next Pope, an instrumental version of ‘Dancing Queen’ plays in the background, setting the tone of how Meirelles likes to narrate his stories. In one of the exchanges between the two priests …

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MAMI to honour Fernando Meirelles, Deepti Naval with lifetime achievement awards

Brazilian filmmaker Fernando Meirelles and actor Deepti Naval will be honoured with the Excellence in Cinema awards at Jio MAMI 21st Mumbai Film Festival with Star. Mr. Meirelles said, “As a director who makes his home on the opposite side of the world from where this festival takes place, I am humbly reminded that cinema is the perfect conduit for …