Socorro Nobre (1995)
When the inmate Maria do Socorro Nobre reads an article about the Polish artist Franz Krajcberg in Veja magazine, she decides to write a letter to him. Socorro was sentenced to more than twenty-one years in a prison for women in Salvador, Bahia, while Franz is a tormented artist that lost his family and lived his childhood in a ghetto in Poland but survived the Holocaust. Franz moved to Brazil and recovered life wish living close to nature and inspires Socorro to dream with life again.
Director: Walter Salles
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Franz Krajcberg as Self |
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Socorro Nobre as Self |
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Maria de Lourdes Lima as Self |
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Maria José Santana as Self |
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Renalice Santos Borges as Self |
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Edith Alves da Cruz as Self |
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Isabel Cristina as Self |
| Directing | Walter Salles | Director |
| Sound | Bruno Fernandes | Sound |
| Camera | Flávio Zangrandi | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Eduardo Bid | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Walter Salles | Writer |
| Production | Mini Kerti | Producer |
| Sound | Antonio Pinto | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Felipe Lacerda | Editor |
| Editing | Walter Salles | Editor |
| Camera | Walter Carvalho | Director of Photography |