Helena Ignez

Born in Salvador, Brazil, in 1942. She studied Dramatic Art at the Universidad Federal de Bahía and worked as an actress for Glauber Rocha, Joaquim Pedro de Andrade y Rogério Sganzerla, for which she is known as the “cinema novo’s muse”. Her first feature as director was Canção de Baal (2007; Bafici ‘10).