Walther Salles Story

The latest production of the gifted director is a documentary on the Chinese screenwriter and director Jia Zgang Ke, who is an iconic figure in the movement of Chinese cinema. The documentary is titled as "Sixth Generation".

A very interesting movie made by Salles is the Terra Estrangeira or The Foreign Land which was released in 1995 in Brazil. Although, it had been a minor hit in the box-office at that time, it was quite acclaimed by the critics. The movie made it to more than forty festivals all over the world.

Central Station or Central do Brasil was released in 1998 which again earned him an international acclaim. Abril Despedacado or Behind the Sun was released in 2001 by the prolific director. The movie went ahead to be nominated in the Golden Globes' Best Foreign Film section. The producer of Central Station and Behind the Sun was Arthur Cohn who made worldwide distributions of both movies.

The talent of Salles was acknowledged once again when The Guardian included his name in the Forty Best Directors of the world. The biggest success of Salles is The Motorcycle Diaries or the Diaros de Motorcicleta in 2004 which was about the life of the legendary revolutionary Earnesto Guevara.

It was even more commendable because it had been his first venture in cinema which was other than his native language. The film did not take very long to become one of the biggest box office hits in the history of European and Latin American cinema.

Salles in Hollywood

Salles has had his share of contribution in Hollywood as well. In 2005 he directed yet another blockbuster called Dark water which was an adaptation of the Japanese movie by the same name that was released in 2002. Another notable project of Salles was Paris, je t'aime or Paris, I love you where he wrote and co-directed a part with Daniela Thomas.

Over the years, Salles had gifted world cinema with one great movie after another such as the On the Road in 2012, which went on to be nominated at the Cannes Film Festival in 2012.