Fbio Barreto is a Brazilian filmmaker, actor, screenwriter, and film producer. He is best known for directing and cowriting Lula, o filho do Brasil, a biography based on President Luiz Incio Lula da Silvas early life, which had been the most expensive film in the history of Brazilian cinema upon its release. He slipped into a coma after being involved in a car accident in Rio de Janeiro and, as of August 2014, is reported to be in a minimally conscious state.
Barreto was born on 1957 in Rio de Janeiro. He is the youngest son of wellknown movie producers Lus Carlos and Lucy Barreto. His brother is the fellow filmmaker Bruno Barreto, responsible for the 1976 international box office hit Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands, starring Snia Braga.
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