René Sampaio

Despite now living in Rio de Janeiro, Sampaio loves the capital of Brazil, Brasília, where he was born, and chose it as the setting for most of his films. "Brasília does not leave me. It's been a character in all of my movies", he once said.

[On her future plans or projects after Eduardo and Monica (2020) ] I have several projects in English or Portuguese with a focus on foreign audiences, as was Round 6, spoken in Korean but a worldwide success. This is my mission now, to make films in Portuguese that communicate with the whole world.