Discover 15 of Selton Mello’s favorite films [LISTA]

In celebration of 40 years of Selton MelloThe MUBI Brazil invited him to curate the Handpicked — collection from the streaming service that brought together some of the filmmaker’s favorite films. Mello He is the first Brazilian to participate in the initiative. Before him, recommendations were made by the careful eyes of Paul Schrader, Ira Sachs, Martin Rejtman It is Tsai Ming-liang.

All films selected by the actor, director, screenwriter and voice actor are available on MUBI.

I chose films that messed with my senses, changed my norms. Films that irritated me, enchanted me, moved me. I hope to help someone by recommending these precious stones. I open the list with my favorite Brazilian film of all time: The Red Light Banditin Rogério Sganzerla, a cinema film ahead of its time even today. Loosen your seatbelts, enjoy the tips and have a good trip. – Selton Mello in a note sent to the press

Check out the 15 films handpicked by Selton Mello:

1. The Red Light Bandit (Rogério Sganzerla)

2. The King of Comedy (Martin Scorsese)

3. In The Mood For Love (Wong Kar-Wai)

4. The Swamp (Lucrecia Martel)

5. Melancholy (Lars von Trier)

6. Taste of Cherry (Abbas Kiarostami)

7. Pixote: The Law of the Weakest (Héctor Babenco)

8. Wasp (Andrea Arnold)

9. The Beaches of Agnès (Agnès Varda)

10. Fight Club (David Fincher)

11. Memory (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)

12. The Great Buster: A Celebration (Peter Bogdanovich)

13. Force Majeure (Ruben Östlund)

14. Two Days, One Night (Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne)

15. A Pigeon Landed on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (Roy Andersson)