Rita Azevedo Gomes
Biography: Rita Azevedo Gomes (born c. 1952) is an award-winning Portuguese film director. Her career dates from the early 70s and spans cinema, theatre and opera. In 2001 she presented her work in various film festivals including Venice, Montreal, and Turin. Altar (2002) won the prize for best director at the Angra do Heroísmo international film festival and premiered in Portugal in September 2002. This was followed in 2004 by A 15ª Pedra: Manoel de Oliveira e João Bénard da Costa em Conversa Filmada, which was shown at the Marseille, Procida and Doclisboa film festivals in 2005, as well in The Ancient Art Museum and Serralves Foundation. Also in 2005, she was commissioned by Faro Capital da Cultura to direct The Conquest of Faro, which was presented at the 2005 Turin Film Festival and had its national premiere in Faro in December 2005. A Colecção Invisível (The Invisible Collection, 2009) will have its premier in Lisbon at the Cinemateca Portuguesa. Her most recent film, A Portuguesa (The Portuguese), inspired in Robert Musil’s novel Die Portugiesin, is in post-production.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 01, 1952
Deathday: N/A
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Life Lasts Two Days
2022-07-08
Life Lasts Two Days
Overview: Rómulo's quiet routine in Rio de Janeiro changes overnight when an accident starts a wave of absurd events. Far from there, Orlando, his twin brother and rare works dealer tries to buy the book of a Brazilian student with financial problems. The twins' lives will be on a collision course with the arrival of a mysterious manuscript.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2022-07-08
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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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No Tempo do Cinema
2006-05-21
No Tempo do Cinema
Overview: A 58 minute documentary about the life of João Bénard da Costa.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-05-21
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O Construtor de Anjos
1978-01-01
O Construtor de Anjos
Overview: Gothic film in a monastery, where sensual monks murder the children they receive, with images of fantastic, painted from the author own painting and also from the Hammer films and the Saxon plastic tradition of romanticism.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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Karl Martin
1974-01-01
Karl Martin
Overview: An “artist film” that crosses Karl Martin, Martin Heidegger and the Communist Party’s Manifesto.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1974-01-01
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Principiantes
2018-06-20
Principiantes
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Genres: Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2018-06-20
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Danses Macabres, Skeletons, and Other Fantasies
2019-07-12
Danses Macabres, Skeletons, and Other Fantasies
Overview: Two film directors and a writer are in Portugal for an expedition through various images, moments from the history of Western allegorical representation. The writer is Jean-Louis Schefer, and this tale encapsulates his life’s mission.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2019-07-12
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What Now? Remind Me
2014-08-08
What Now? Remind Me
Overview: Joaquim Pinto has been living with HIV and VHC for almost twenty years. “What now? Remind Me” is the notebook of a year of clinical studies with toxic, mind altering drugs as yet unapproved. An open and eclectic reflection on time and memory, on epidemics and globalization, on survival beyond all expectations, on dissent and absolute love. In a to-and-fro between present and past memories, the film is also a tribute to friends departed and those who remain.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2014-08-08
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