‘Hector Babenco: Tell Me When I Die’: A Love Letter to the ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ Filmmaker & His Cinema
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variety.comAnna Marie de la Fuente In late director Hector Babenco’s last film, “My Hindu Friend,” the doctor attending to Willem Dafoe’s character, a cancer-stricken Babenco alter-ego, observes: “Those who have a dream to fulfill have a better chance of survival.”These sage words best encapsulate what kept Babenco alive for more than three decades after he was diagnosed with lymphatic cancer at the age of 38.
He made just 11 feature films in his illustrious career but each film was a miracle that kept him going until he passed away at 70 in 2016.“Cinema was his oxygen; the films were Hector, Hector was his films,” says filmmaker-actress Barbara Paz, who marks her directorial feature debut with “Babenco: Tell Me When I Die,” the Brazilian submission.
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