Mário Peixoto

Mário Peixoto was born on 25 March 1908, probably in Brussels, into a family of large landowners from the state of Rio. After studies at a school in Rio, he spent 1926 and 1927 at an English school. In 1929 he wrote the screenplay of his only completed film, which Adhemar Gonzaga and Humberto Mauro refused to shoot, and directed it himself. A second film, financed by the actress Carmen Santos, was interrupted in 1931. He also published poems and a long novel, and died in Rio on 2 February 1992.

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• CinemaLimiteMário Peixoto · 1931Cinema