Elena Soarez

Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1965, Elena Soárez is one of the most important writers of Brazilian cinema today.Elena Soárez holds a degree in economics from PUC; with a masters degree in social anthropology from UFRJ.His debut as a screenwriter was at the invitation of filmmaker Andrucha Waddingotn, who became a screenwriter in the following films: Twin (1999), adapted from Nelson Rodrigues; the award-winning Eu tu eles (2000), a film that took part in the A Certain Look show at the Cannes Film Festival and whose screenplay was developed at the Screenwriters Laboratory at the Sundance Film Festival.

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