Walter Hugo Khouri was born in São Paulo in 1929 and through his career directed 25 featurelength films beginning after working as a technician at the Vera Cruz Film Company during the production of O Cangaceiro Debuting with 1951s O Gigante de Pedra Khouri was a complete auteur working as screenwriter director camera operator and editing supervisor for most of his films During his career Khouri filmed the moral decadence of the Brazilian bourgeoisie and the erotic aesthetics as a personal psychological issue His works focused on the existential character of Brazilian societys upper classes His filmes are marked by the presence of Marcelo a recurring character that serves as an avatar and alterego for Khouri himself He died in São Paulo in 2003 at age 73
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