António-Pedro Vasconcelos
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Biography: António-Pedro Saraiva de Barros e Vasconcelos (born 10 March 1939 in Leiria) was a Portuguese film director. He was a member of the Cinema Novo movement, which was heavily inspired by the Nouvelle Vague and Italian neorealism. Later his style derived to a more mainstream sensibility. Vasconcelos was famously a Benfica supporter.
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: Leiria, Portugal
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Birthday: March 10, 1939
Age: 86 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: March 05, 2024
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The Beauty and the Paparazzo
Overview: Telenovela star Mariana is on the verge of a nervous breakdown: shooting is not going smoothly, her popularity is waning, and she is forever being hounded by paparazzi. Frustrated, Mariana can't find out who is responsible for these invasions of her privacy. It is the feared 'Paparazzo' Gabriela Santos, who's real name is Juan. One day, Juan and Mariana meet by chance and fall in love. Now Juan must do everything he can to prevent Mariana from discovering his true identity.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2010-01-28
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40 Years of Fantasporto
Overview: A journey through 40 years of life of the most important Film Festival in Portugal, through the voice of its President and Director, Mário Dorminsky and Beatriz Pacheco Pereira. Born at a coffee shop table in the "Invicta" - Porto City, with a subsidy of 15 "contos" (75EUR), since 1981 it hasn't stopped bringing us cinema, and given its weight and peculiarity, The project developed and soon became a reality, with the screening of several sessions a day, the realization of retrospectives and, also, in parallel, the promotion of concerts and art exhibitions. It is considered the biggest film festival in Portugal, and internationally recognized as one of the most important worldwide, and is now entering its 40th edition.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2021-04-29
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Cats Don't Have Vertigo
Overview: Jô is kicked out of home by his father on his birthday. Having no place to go, he takes refuge in the terrace of Rose, who just lost her husband.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2014-09-25
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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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The Immortals
Overview: Every year, four ex-soldiers who call themselves "Os Imortais" ("The Immortals"), get together with four women to celebrate their war deeds and remember the old days, back in the war. On the summer of 1985, tired of their monotonous lives, they decide to rob a bank. Joaquim Malarranha, a chief inspector from the local police force who is about to retire, crosses their path and chooses to spend his last days of duty trying to solve the robbery. But as he carries on with his investigation, he discovers more than he could have ever imagined...
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2003-11-07
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Impossible Love
Overview: Cristina disappears. Tiago, her boyfriend, says that she was kidnapped, two police officers (Marco and Madalena) investigate the case and try to find the truth.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2015-12-24
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Artur
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2011-05-10
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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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An Indian in War - Life and Work of António-Pedro Vasconcelos
Overview: A retrospective on the life and work of Portuguese director António-Pedro Vasconcelos.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2019-04-05
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Oxalá
Overview: A man exiled in Paris makes various trips to Portugal after the Carnation Revolution. Each trip is represented by a woman.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1981-05-08
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Parque Mayer
Overview: Parque Mayer was the park off all the emotions and amusements in the 1930' s. Under the dictatorship of Oliveira Salazar and his police, many people came to have fun in its theaters attending the portuguese kind of play called 'revista'. A writer called Mario Pintor (paintor) is writing a play in which a new actress (Deolinda) will star as the main role, while an already famous actor named Eduardo tries to seduce this recent arrival.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2018-12-06
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Call Girl
Overview: A powerful entrepreneur wants to build an exclusive resort hotel in Villanova, but he discovers the location he has in mind is protected by local land-use regulations. He hires Maria, a beautiful and elegant prostitute, to seduce the mayor, leaving him open to blackmail if he won't give the entrepreneur what he wants. Maria has no trouble twisting Meireles around her finger, but police detectives Madeira and Neves get wind of the plan and set out to expose the plot...
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2007-12-27
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O Fascínio das Histórias
Overview: A digressive quest, through conversations with various people, about the need humanity has always had to tell stories about itself, about the power and enchantment of fiction.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2019-10-26
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Jaime
Overview: A woman takes her young son, leaves her husband and moves in with her lover. The boy, desperate to get his parents back together, becomes convinced that if only he can get his father's stolen motorcycle back everything will be fine again, so he sets out to get enough money to buy his father a new one.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1999-03-14
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Adeus, Até ao Meu Regresso
Overview: The Revolution also put an end to the colonial wars in Guinea Bissau, Mozambique and Angola. Vasconcelos recounts the absurdity of this bitter conflict. - Cinema du réel
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1974-01-01
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