Donald Ranvaud

Something About Her (2021)

A story of an improbable friendship between a Santa Barbara socialite, suffering from ALS and her caretaker from Senegal. ...

Sprinter (2019)

Sprinter tells the story of Akeem Sharp who is set to be Jamaica's next big track-and-field sensation. Akeem hopes to rise in the track and field world will take him to the U.S. to reunite him with his mother who has supported the family while living as an ...

Wilde Salomé (2013)

In documentary style, Al Pacino tells the story of how he came to stage a production of Oscar Wilde's Salomé. He travels to the Mojave Desert ("dessert?"), to Ireland and the United Kingdom to show who Wilde was as a private person and as a writer. ...

It's About to Rain (2013)

Said Mahran fights for his right to remain in Italy, where he was born and raised from Algerian parents, after his visa expires. ...

Asleep in the Sun (2012)

Lucio Bordenave carries on the Grey lifestyle of an unemployed worker, dedicated to the trade of watchmaking, until in a somewhat mysterious way, his wife is admitted to a Frenopatic Institute. From this point on, the story enters a territory without param ...

Cancer: The Forbidden Cures (2010)

Cancer is the only disease that has been defeated dozens of times without anyone knowing it. In the last 100 years, doctors, scientists, and researchers have developed diverse and effective solutions against cancer only to be thwarted by the political and ...

Oso Blanco (2009)

This gritty documentary takes you inside the legendary Oso Blanco, the most feared prison of Puerto Rico and one of the most notorious in the Caribbean. It is the birthplace of two of the most dangerous Latino gangs: "Ñeta" and "Los 27" (aka "Los Insectos ...

Cobrador: In God We Trust (2007)

Adaptation and unification in a single story of several stories by the writer Rubem Fonseca, where the theme of violence in contemporary society is explored. ...

Maldeamores (2007)

A three-part look at the ironies of love, with stories that involve a young boy, a hostage situation, and a divorced elderly couple caught in a love triangle. ...

Cochochi (2007)

Two young indigenous brothers from the La Sierra Tarahumara region of northwest Mexico return home from Benito Juarez elementary boarding school, only to find their fates pulling them in opposite directions in director Laura Amelia Guzmán's dramatic medit ...

Lower City (2005)

Best friends Deco and Naldinho co-own a cargo boat in Brazil's Salvador da Bahia. They give a ride to a sultry prostitute named Karinna, and soon both men fall prey to her considerable sexual charms, pushing the bounds of their friendship to the limit. ...

The Constant Gardener (2005)

Justin Quayle is a low-level British diplomat who has always gone about his work very quietly, not causing any problems. But after his radical wife Tessa is killed he becomes determined to find out why, thrusting himself into the middle of a very dangerous ...

Rolling Family (2004)

A wedding invite from an estranged sibiling inspires a grandmother to assemble her family and embark on a roadtrip in a broken down caravan. ...

Madame Satã (2002)

In the favelas of Rio de Janeiro of the 1930s, João Francisco dos Santos is several things — son of slaves, ex-convict, thug, homosexual and adopted father for a number of pariahs. João expresses himself on the stage of a cabaret as Madame Satã. ...

City of God (2002)

In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José "Zé" Pequeno is an ambitious drug de ...

Smokers Only (2002)

A suicidal young singer named Reni is about to get kicked out of her band when she meets a male gigolo, Andres, at an ATM after he picks her pocket. They begin an affair, and she decides to become a hooker so she can spend more time with her newfound love. ...

To the Left of the Father (2001)

In 1940s São Paulo, Pedro's tasked to retrieve his estranged brother André. André's departure stems from a domineering father, an overly affectionate mother, and Pedro's jealousy over the father's favoritism. Further complicating matters is André's unc ...

Central Station (1998)

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. ...

Buena Sorte (1996)

Farmer raised in the USA returns to Brazil when he discovers that his uncle is involved with some illegal activities. ...

Tieta of Agreste (1996)

After being exiled for 26 years, Tieta returns to her native village in Bahia, bringing chaos and upheaving the local order. ...

Buccaneer Soul (1993)

50 years of Brazilian history seen from the point of view of a friendship among two intellectuals. ...

Farewell My Concubine (1993)

In an epic tale of theater, gender, love and class, two Beijing opera actors navigate political turmoil as their friendship evolves over decades. ...

Life on a String (1991)

A blind man's master told him that after he has broken 1000 strings on his Banjo, he can open the Banjo to get a script for his eyes. After 60 years he broke the 1000th string. ...

Visioni private (1990)

Speaking Parts (1990)

Hotel employee Lisa develops an obsession with her co-worker Lance, a struggling actor who has appeared in several films as an extra. ...

Born in the U.S.E. - Nato negli Stati Uniti d'Europa (2015)

The Making of Plus One (2010)

Cobrador: In God We Trust (2007)

Adaptation and unification in a single story of several stories by the writer Rubem Fonseca, where the theme of violence in contemporary society is explored. ...

Visioni private (1990)