Writer
Marcos Bernstein
Born February 17, 1970 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
22 films
Born in Rio de Janeiro, in 1970, Bernstein is a screenwriter and director. With João Emanuel Carneiro, he wrote Central Station (1998), movie directed by Walter Salles, winner of the Golden Bear at Berlin International Film Festival and screened at the 42nd Mostra. He also wrote Oriundi (1999, 23rd Mostra), Zuzu Angel (2006), Chico Xavier (2010) and Brazilian Western (2013), among other films. As a director, he made the features The Other Side of the Street (2004) and My Sweet Orange Tree (2012).
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First watchCentral Station19988.1Their style at its most typical, and among their best-rated work.An emotional journey of a former school teacher, who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy, whose mother has just died, as they search for the father he never knew.View filmEssential films
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Filmography
22 films- 2023Barbaric ActsWriter
- 2022Suspension PointsScreenplay
- 2016Little SecretWriter
- 2015BeatrizScreenplay
- 2015Arpoador, Praia and DemocracyWriter
- 2013Brazilian WesternScreenplay
- 2013We're So YoungWriter
- 2012My Sweet Orange TreeWriter
- 20113 ChampionsWriter
- 2010Chico XavierWriter
- 2007MeteoroWriter
- 2007InesquecívelWriter
- 2006Zuzu AngelWriter
- 2004The Other Side of the StreetWriter
- 2001The Xango from Baker StreetWriter
- 2001Bufo & SpallanzaniScript Consultant
- 2001Favorite SonWriter
- 2000OriundiWriter
- 1998Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two WorldsScreenplay
- 1998Central StationScreenplay
- 1996Foreign LandWriter
- 1995Visão do ParaísoScreenplay