I did documentaries for maybe 10 years before I turned to fiction films.

The films that I've done before were original stories most of the time, I did two adaptations before this, but they were mostly original stories where I had complete freedom to evolve in the direction I wanted.

No, I worked a lot for European television, doing documentaries in Brazil.

That's why I have always admired documentaries, because they open windows that can make you understand much better where you come from, much better than fiction, I think.

I went to Cuba maybe eight or nine times.

I'm much more interested in living specific experiences in films.