Paulo Coelho: The Alchemist of Words | Documentary with rare interviews and private footage

A storyteller hailed as having the power to inspire nations and change people's lives, Paulo Coelho is one of the most widely read authors in the world today. He is a deeply spiritual person who believes in engaging with the mysteries of life and one who tries to share his inner quest with his readers. Shot on location in Brazil, Iran and Spain, and centring on conversations with Coelho, this documentary uses a wealth of material to tell his story and explore the many faces of an intriguing man.
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The Brazilian author Paulo Coelho (b. 1947) has sold more than thirty-two million books and his most famous work, The Alchemist (1988), was a number one bestseller in twenty-nine countries. His writing has been translated into fifty-one languages and published in more than one hundred territories.
Coelho's life has been extraordinary:
▷ 00:00 Introduction
▷ 05:38 When, as a shy adolescent, he told his parents of his desire to write they took him to a psychiatrist and he spent three spells in a mental hospital.
▷ 11:20 The realisation that he was not the only one rejecting a conventional lifestyle came with his discovery of the 'Hippie' movement and, with it, large amounts of drugs and sex.
▷ 13:11 At the end of the 1960s he became rich overnight as a pop song-writer. The alternative nature of some of his lyrics resulted in him being imprisoned and tortured by the secret police while Brazil was under military rule.
▷ 16:44 He rose to be artistic director of CBS in Brazil and was then fired without explanation.
▷ 19:07 In the early 1980s he was introduced to RAM - the order of Regnus Agnus Mundi - a tiny sect with Catholic origins which studies a symbolic language known as The Tradition, passed down orally.
▷ 20:11 The final part of his initiation was a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela and it was this that, at the age of thirty-eight, finally led him to write his first book, The Pilgrimage.
Other titles by Coelho have included The Valkyries (1992), By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept (1994) The Fifth Mountain (1996), Veronika Decides to Die (1998) and The Devil and Miss Prym (2001).
Directed by Marcelo Gomes.
© Licensed by Digital Classics Distribution

[@moniquelee3623]

The contribution of this man to the improvement of the human condition will never be mentioned enough. You are an added value to humanity Mr. Coelho, a real reason to hope for the future of our species. Thank you for the success of your personal legend.

[@leslielandberg5620]

So, is Paulo Coelho a serious writer or a pop phenom? I think the critics' contentions are on point and furthermore, their dismissal is not meant to be specifically hostile, but merely to uphold the ideals we all, as serious writers and apostles of the church of fine art, have been taught to uphold. Coelho has merely proved that a writer, absent all art save that which is native to him, can nontheless tell a cogent and moving story with symbolism and mysticism as elements that speaks to many people. Critics forget that most people are not sophisticated and just don't care about artistic merit. They like what they like.

[@drmousa7863]

He dealt with the devil

[@hlaybor]

A person who chooses to start reading begins a life-changing path. He has performed the magic of inspiring millions of people to do so. This is far more significant than what any critic can criticize.

[@codedlAnguage]

😍 so inspiring. Love this film have shared it with the right people. TY. 💗

[@erinlee2598]

I'm so disappointed in some of these comments... 😢 Sending blessings to you 💚

[@EzEcHiEl1121]

merci d'avoir partagé, loved it

[@bnkundwa]

In gave a voice to chemistry. Um.boa povo.

[@user-xm1tn4nd4l]

Love the book.❤️

[@Divertiti.A_Rimanere_Povero]

super Paulo

[@princeyadav9904]

Think dangerously

[@abrahamdecruz5128]

Brilliant. In tribute he should write a book about Iran and it's people through making a pilgrimage there and see what comes out of his soul.

[@EzEcHiEl1121]

Big holy mountain vibe on the thumbnail

[@klarafarkas9747]

❤❤❤❤❤❤imádom

[@drmousa7863]

he sells his soul to the devil

[@leandrobuchmann273]

com certeza, inspirador

[@Bozewani]

eu me encanto muito Paulo Coelho es la escritor muito interesante liberacao para todos pessoas em do mondo

[@drmousa7863]

He dealt with the devil 😏

[@klarafarkas9747]

sajnálom nem ,hogy nem értem😍♥

[@edithdreiling5657]

Hilfe!!! Kann das jemand auf deutsch, die Doku übersetzen. 🤔

[@MassSolarClosers]

0:50

[@IsabelFigueiredo-fn6fh]

A traducao legendada em portugues está tal mal que até parece tentativa de alguém boicotar seu trabalho !!!!

[@kidhelios3742]

STILL USING THE FABRIC OF TIME OR SANS 📜?

[@kidhelios3742]

We welcome everybody like you do for Oz pauelo ! Master!

[@drmousa7863]

Simply... he sell his soul to the devil👹

[@princeyadav9904]

There is no beautiful surface without a terrible depth...

[@soniatita9856]

I didn't like this book at all.

[@drmousa7863]

He dealt with the devil...

[@Yxkenzor]

It doesn't matter if u like it or not it changed life of many beings, also many people like it unlike you