Director Noa Bressane was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1978. Daughter of filmmaker JĂșlio Bressane, she worked with the filmmaker on several films. In O mandarim (1995), a biography of singer MĂĄrio Reis starring Fernando Eiras and with the director's very personal perspective, she is part of the cast as an actress. She also acts as an actress in Miramar (1997), a film about the formation of a young filmmaker starring JoĂŁo