João Salaviza
Biography: João Salaviza (Portuguese: João Salaviza Manso Feldman da Silva; born 19 February 1984; Lisbon) is a Portuguese film director, screenwriter, editor, producer, and former actor. He is the recipient of several accolades, including the Short Film Golden Bear, the Short Film Palme d'Or, and the Un Certain Regard. João Salaviza was born on 19 February 1984, in Lisbon, Portugal. His father is José Edgar Feldman, a film director, and his mother is a producer. He studied at the Lisbon Theatre and Film School and at the Universidad del Cine de Buenos Aires, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. His film Arena won the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. In 2012, his film Rafa won the Golden Bear for Best Short Film at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival. Salaviza worked as assistant editor in Manoel de Oliveira's Eccentricities of a Blonde-haired Girl.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: February 19, 1984
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La leyenda de Balthasar el Castrado
1996-04-22
La leyenda de Balthasar el Castrado
Overview: At the end of the seventeenth century, in Naples, still dominated by the Spaniards, a young pupil, Balthasar,is castrated to preserve the purity and beauty of his voice. The Duchess dies and her son, the Duke of Arcos, takes charge of the inheritance, which includes Balthasar. With the entrance of Maria Loffredo, former lover of the Duke, a triangle is established that unchains tragic consequences to the allegedly callous life of Balthasar.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1996-04-22
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L'Enfant du secret
1996-12-21
L'Enfant du secret
Overview: Blanche, a social worker living in Southern France is assigned the case of a five year old deaf boy, who is found by a Gypsy lady after having been abandoned and tied to a shed near her trailer. The boy's life is in danger apparently because he is related to the family of a local politician who is seeking election as mayor. Blanche, though suffering from manic depression and thus emotionally vulnerable, decides to take charge of the situation, get her act together and besides being told to drop the case, seeks to discover the secret the boy has inside.
Genres: Thriller Drama Crime TV Movie Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1996-12-21
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When It Thunders
2000-02-04
When It Thunders
Overview: The relationship between António and Ruth ends unexpectedly when Ruth decides to live with Pedro, António's best friend. António doesn't fight back and lets himself drown. From the woods come Violeta and Gaspar, two strange beings, a mixture of fairies, demons and guardian angels, who help António overcome his depression. With the thunders the two characters return to their domains. And life goes on.
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Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2000-02-04
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Da Invicta ao Sonoro
1997-05-01
Da Invicta ao Sonoro
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-05-01
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Poor George
1993-02-26
Poor George
Overview: One night Jorge will meet with a Japanese industrialist, who will allow him to abandon his teaching position and resume his chemical work. However, when he gets home he finds a person there.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1993-02-26
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When It Thunders
2000-02-04
When It Thunders
Overview: The relationship between António and Ruth ends unexpectedly when Ruth decides to live with Pedro, António's best friend. António doesn't fight back and lets himself drown. From the woods come Violeta and Gaspar, two strange beings, a mixture of fairies, demons and guardian angels, who help António overcome his depression. With the thunders the two characters return to their domains. And life goes on.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2000-02-04
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A Portuguese Film
2011-10-28
A Portuguese Film
Overview: A documentary about the world of portuguese cinema, with interviews with some critics and directors.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-10-28
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Belle Époque
1992-12-04
Belle Époque
Overview: In 1931, a young soldier deserts from the army and falls into a country farm, where he is welcomed by the owner due to his political ideas. Manolo has four daughters, Fernando likes all of them and they like him, so he has to decide which one to love.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1992-12-04
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Querença
2004-01-01
Querença
Overview: In mid-September 1992, journalist Guida Fontes have to go to Luanda to cover the elections in Angola. In the meantime, she had committed herself to discovering and interviewing the poet Júlio Vera. In 1988, he wrote a series of poems in which he mysteriously anticipated the fall of the USSR. Guida has only 12 days to complete the mission.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2004-01-01
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In the Interstices of Reality or The Cinema of António de Macedo
2016-10-29
In the Interstices of Reality or The Cinema of António de Macedo
Overview: He was the most prolific within the New Portuguese Cinema generation. He would try western spaghetti, esoteric allegory, supernatural, and science-fiction. Without state subsidies, he would quit filmmaking in the 1990s. Who remembers António de Macedo?
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2016-10-29
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