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Leonor Silveira
Leonor da Silveira Moreno e Lemos Gomes (born 28 October 1970) is a Portuguese film actress who made her film debut in '' The Cannibals'' for director Manoel de Oliveira in 1988. She appeared in most of Oliveira's subsequent films. She is the daughter of João José de Azevedo e Lemos Gomes and his wife Maria Ana da Silveira Moreno, and is the older sister of Lourenço da Silveira Moreno de Lemos Gomes. Selected filmography * 1988 '' The Cannibals'' * 1990 ''No, or the Vain Glory of Command'' * 1991 ''The Divine Comedy'' * 1991 ''No Dia dos Meus Anos'' (''On My Birthday'') * 1993 ''Abraham's Valley'' * 1995 '' The Convent'' * 1996 ''Party'' * 1997 ''Voyage to the Beginning of the World'' * 1998 ''Anxiety'' * 1999 '' The Letter'' * 2000 ''Word and Utopia'' * 2001 '' I'm Going Home'' * 2001 '' Porto of My Childhood'' * 2002 '' The Uncertainty Principle'' * 2003 '' A Talking Picture'' * 2005 '' Magic Mirror'' * 2006 '' Belle Toujours'' * 2007 '' Christopher Columbus - Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisbon
Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administrative limits with a population of around 2.7 million people, being the List of urban areas of the European Union, 11th-most populous urban area in the European Union.Demographia: World Urban Areas - demographia.com, 06.2021 About 3 million people live in the Lisbon metropolitan area, making it the third largest metropolitan area in the Iberian Peninsula, after Madrid and Barcelona. It represents approximately 27% of the country's population. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portuguese Film Actresses
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1970 Births
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74th Locarno Film Festival
The 74th annual Locarno Festival was held from 4 August to 14 August 2021 in Locarno, Switzerland. The opening film of the festival was '' Beckett'' by Ferdinando Cito Filomarino, which had its world premiere on 4 August. The 74th edition of Locarno Film Festival hosted 14 films including 7 world premieres in Piazza Grande among which half were European productions. More than 75,000 spectators attended the festival. 50% less than the attendance rate in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic. Events ;Rotonda by la Mobiliare -Come together! This event will be held from 30 July to 14 August. It is Locarno Film Festival’s communal space, which embraces existing audience and greets new people. It will have following platforms: * Art * Virtual Reality * Forum * Talks * Music * Food and beverage * Kids town * Come together ;Locarno Talks la Mobiliare During the course of the film festival, it will be a stage for exchanging and debating ideas and perspectives. It will have encounters with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living Bad
''Living Bad'' ( pt, Viver Mal) is a 2023 Portuguese-French drama film directed by João Canijo. For his screenplay about the hotel guests, he was inspired by motifs from three plays by August Strindberg. Starring Nuno Lopes and Leonor Silveira, the film portrays the story of a family-run hotel by the northern shore of Portugal, which welcomes its guests over the weekend. It is selected in Encounter at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival, where it had its world premiere on 23 February 2023. The film also featured in the list of Teddy Award. At the same time, the director has made another film, '' Bad Living'', in which the focus is on family running the hotel. ''Bad Living'' has also been selected at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival in Competition. Synopsis A family run hotel by the northern shore of Portugal gets three families as its guests over the weekend. First is a man, who is torn between his wife and his mother. Second is a mother, who is enamoured wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bad Living
''Bad Living'' ( pt, Mal viver) is a 2023 Portuguese-French drama film directed by João Canijo. Starring Anabela Moreira and Rita Blanco, the film portrays story of a family of several women from different generations, whose relationships with each other have grown poisoned by bitterness. It was selected to compete for the Golden Bear at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival, where it had its world premiere on 22 February 2023. It won Silver Bear Jury Prize at the festival. At the same time, the director has made another film, ''Living Bad'', in which the main focus is on guests coming to hotel. In his statement the director said that for the screenplay about the hotel guests, he was inspired by motifs from plays by August Strindberg. ''Living Bad'' was selected at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival in Encounter. Synopsis A group of women from different generations of the same family is running a hotel by the Portuguese northern shore. Their relationships with ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gebo Et L'Ombre
''Gebo and the Shadow'' (Portuguese: ''O Gebo e a Sombra'', French: ''Gebo et l'Ombre'') is a 2012 Portuguese-French drama film directed by Manoel de Oliveira. It is based on a play by Raul Brandão. It was shown at the 69th Venice International Film Festival. The film received a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It was the final feature film directed by de Oliveira, who was 104 years of age when the film was released, and one of the last film appearances of Jeanne Moreau before her death on 31 July 2017. Cast * Claudia Cardinale as Doroteia * Jeanne Moreau as Candidinha * Michael Lonsdale as Gebo * Leonor Silveira as Sofia * Ricardo Trêpa as João * Luís Miguel Cintra Luís Miguel Valle Cintra (born 29 April 1949) is a Portuguese actor. He has appeared in more than 60 films since 1970. In 1973 Cintra founded the Teatro da Cornucópia with Jorge Silva Melo. Selected filmography * ''A Ilha dos Amores'' (1982) ... as Chamiço References External links * 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Strange Case Of Angelica
''The Strange Case of Angelica'' ( pt, O Estranho Caso de Angélica) is a 2010 Portuguese drama film directed by Manoel de Oliveira. It was entered into the Un Certain Regard section of the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. De Oliveira conceived the idea for the film in 1946 and initially wrote the script in 1952, updating it with modern elements. Plot In Portugal, in the years 2000, Isaac, a young Sefardic photographer rents an apartment in a modest pension of Senhora Justina, in Peso da Régua. On a rainy night, he is suddenly woken up to help a wealthy family in an extraordinary task: to take the last portrait of their daughter, Angélica, a young woman who has died soon after her own wedding. Upon his arrival to Quinta das Portas, Isaac encounters a family in mourning for the young woman. In one of the chambers, the photographer discovers Angélica and is dazzled by her beauty. In the moment when the view through the lens becomes focused, Angélica seems bringing back to life specia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Columbus - The Enigma
Christopher is the English version of a Europe-wide name derived from the Greek name Χριστόφορος (''Christophoros'' or '' Christoforos''). The constituent parts are Χριστός (''Christós''), "Christ" or "Anointed", and φέρειν (''phérein''), "to bear"; hence the "Christ-bearer". As a given name, 'Christopher' has been in use since the 10th century. In English, Christopher may be abbreviated as "Chris", "Topher", and sometimes " Kit". It was frequently the most popular male first name in the United Kingdom, having been in the top twenty in England and Wales from the 1940s until 1995, although it has since dropped out of the top 100. The name is most common in England and not so common in Wales, Scotland, or Ireland. People with the given name Antiquity and Middle Ages * Saint Christopher (died 251), saint venerated by Catholics and Orthodox Christians * Christopher (Domestic of the Schools) (fl. 870s), Byzantine general * Christopher Lekapenos (died 931), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
