Leonardo Villar

Leonardo Villar
Villar, c. 1962
Born
Leonildo Motta

(1923-07-25)25 July 1923
Died3 July 2020(2020-07-03) (aged 97)
São Paulo, Brazil
OccupationActor
Years active1950–2011

Leonardo Villar (25 July 1923 – 3 July 2020) was a Brazilian actor. He became internationally known for his performance as Zé do Burro in Anselmo Duarte's O Pagador de Promessas, the only Brazilian film so far awarded a Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Leonardo Villar e Glória Menezes falam sobre experiência de ganhar a Palma de Ouro com "O Pagador de Promessas"". GaúchaZH (in Brazilian Portuguese). 23 May 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  2. ^ "De Anselmo Duarte a Kleber Mendonça Filho: o histórico do Brasil em Cannes". VEJA (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 26 April 2020.