Alberto Cavalcanti

Brazilian film director.

Born February 6th, 1897 in Rio de Janeiro. [ref]

Died August 23rd, 1982 at 85 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]

Occupations
film director, film editor, film producer, screenwriter
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When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche