Midnight is a 1998 film directed by Walter Salles. It stars Fernanda Torres and Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos. It won a numerous amount of awards in 2000.
Walter Moreira Salles, Jr. is a Brazilian filmmaker and film producer of international prominence. Salles was born in Rio de Janeiro. He is the son of Elizinha Goncalves and Walter Moreira Salles, a Brazilian banker and ambassador, and the brother of João Moreira Salles, also a filmmaker.... Both, along with two other brothers, banker, Pedro Moreira Salles and eldest brother and publisher, Fernando Moreira Salles, were heirs to the bank Unibanco, one of the largest and richest in South America, which merged with Banco Itaú in 2009-10. Salles attended the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. Salles's first notable film was Terra Estrangeira , released in Brazil in 1995. Locally, it was widely acclaimed by film critics and a minor box-office hit, and it was selected by over 40 film festivals worldwide. In 1998 he released Central do Brasil to widespread international acclaim and two Academy Awards nominations, for Best Actress in a Leading Role and Best Foreign Language Film. In 2001, Abril Despedaçado , starring Rodrigo Santoro, was nominated for the Best Foreign Film Golden Globes.more
Daniela Thomas is a screenwriter.