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O Desejado
''O Desejado'' (french: Les montagnes de la lune, also known as ''O Desejado ou As Montanhas da Lua'' and ''Mountains Of The Moon'') is a 1987 Portuguese-French drama film written and directed by Paulo Rocha and starring Luís Miguel Cintra.Aa. Vv. ''Variety Film Reviews'', Volume 20. Garland Pub., 1988. The film was entered into the main competition at the 44th edition of the Venice Film Festival. The production of the film, and the experience of Yves Afonso, a French actor of Portuguese descent who first visited Portugal because of this film, later inspired ''Voyage to the Beginning of the World'' by Manoel de Oliveira. Plot Cast * Luís Miguel Cintra as João * Caroline Chaniolleau as Antonia * Yves Afonso as Laurentino * Jacques Bonnaffé as Tiago * Manuela de Freitas as Isabel * Isabel Ruth as Virginia * Isabel de Castro Isabel Maria Bastos Osório de Castro e Oliveira (August 1, 1931 – November 23, 2005) was a Portuguese film actress. Biography S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paulo Rocha (film Director)
Paulo Soares da Rocha (22 December 1935 – 29 December 2012) was a Portuguese film director. Among his best-known films are ''A Ilha dos Amores'' and '' O Rio do Ouro''. ''A Ilha dos Amores'' was entered into the 1982 Cannes Film Festival, '' O Desejado'' was entered into the main competition at the 44th edition of the Venice Film Festival,Aa. Vv. ''Variety Film Reviews'', Volume 20. Garland Pub., 1988. and ''O Rio do Ouro'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Festival. Filmography as director *''Os Verdes Anos'' (1963) *''Mudar de Vida'' (1966) *''Sever do Vouga... Uma Experiência'' (1971) *''A Pousada das Chagas'' (1972) *''A Ilha dos Amores'' (1982) *'' O Desejado'' (1988) *''"Cinéma, de Notre Temps": Oliveira - L'Architecte'' (1993) *''Portugaru San - O Sr. Portugal em Tokushima'' (1993) *''Camões - Tanta Guerra, Tanto Engano'' (1998) *'' O Rio do Ouro'' (1998) *''A Raiz do Coração'' (2000) *''As Sereias'' (2001) *''Vanitas'' (2004) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline Chaniolleau
Caroline may refer to: People *Caroline (given name), a feminine given name * J. C. Caroline (born 1933), American college and National Football League player * Jordan Caroline (born 1996), American (men's) basketball player Places Antarctica *Caroline Bluff, a headland in the South Shetland Islands Australia * Caroline, South Australia, a locality in the District Council of Grant *Hundred of Caroline, a cadastral sub-unit of the County of Grey in South Australia Canada * Caroline, Alberta, a village Kiribati * Caroline Island, an uninhabited coral atoll in the central Pacific Micronesia * Caroline Islands an archipelago in the western Pacific, northeast of New Guinea *Caroline Plate, a small tectonic plate north of New Guinea United States * Caroline, New York, a town *Caroline, Ohio, an unincorporated community *Caroline, Wisconsin, an unincorporated census-designated place *Caroline County, Maryland * Caroline County, Virginia * Fort Caroline, the first French colony in what is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Drama Films
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Portuguese Drama Films
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Films Directed By Paulo Rocha
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 Films
The following is an overview of events in 1987 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. Paramount Pictures celebrated its 75th anniversary in 1987. Highest-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1987 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 31 - ''The Cure for Insomnia'' premieres at The School of the Art Institute in Chicago, Illinois, to officially become the world's longest film according to Guinness World Records. * May 23 - ''Starlog Salutes Star Wars'' is held in Los Angeles, California, the first officially sponsored Star Wars convention to commemorate the franchise's 10th anniversary. * June 29 - The ''James Bond'' franchise celebrates its 25th anniversary and premieres its 15th film, ''The Living Daylights'' * July 17 - Walt Disney's classic masterpiece ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'' is re-released worldwide for its 50th anniversary. * 1987 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 Drama Films
File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, killing everyone except a little girl; The King's Cross fire kills 31 people after a fire under an escalator Flashover, flashes-over; The MV Doña Paz sinks after colliding with an oil tanker, drowning almost 4,400 passengers and crew; Typhoon Nina (1987), Typhoon Nina strikes the Philippines; LOT Polish Airlines Flight 5055 crashes outside of Warsaw, taking the lives of all aboard; The USS Stark is USS Stark incident, struck by Iraq, Iraqi Exocet missiles in the Persian Gulf; President of the United States, U.S. President Ronald Reagan gives a famous Tear down this wall!, speech, demanding that Soviet Union, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev tears down the Berlin Wall., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Zeebrugge disaster rect 200 0 400 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabel De Castro
Isabel Maria Bastos Osório de Castro e Oliveira (August 1, 1931 – November 23, 2005) was a Portuguese film actress. Biography She was born in the capital Lisbon in 1931 to José Osório de Castro e Oliveira (Setúbal, 27 January 1900 - Lisbon, 3 December 1964) and writer Raquel Bastos, granddaughter of the writer Ana de Castro Osório, brother of the writer João Osório de Castro."Os Luso-Descendentes da Índia Portuguesa", Jorge Eduardo de Abreu Pamplona Forjaz ans José Francisco Leite de Noronha, Fundação Oriente, 1st ed., Lisbon, 2003, Vol. III, p. 202 Castro's career began with the movie '' Ladrão, Precisa-se!'' in 1946. Later, she appeared in some Spanish films including ''Under the Skies of the Asturias'' where she played as Angelina Quirós, ''The Pelegrín System'', ''Lawless Mountain'' as Maria and in ''El cerco''. She played in more Portuguese films including ''Francisca'' (1981), '' O Desejado'' (1987) and '' Hard Times'' (1988). In the mid-1990s, she went to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabel Ruth
Isabel Ruth (born 6 April 1940) is a Portuguese actress. She has appeared in more than 50 films since 1963. She starred in '' River of Gold'', which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. Selected filmography * ''Os Verdes Anos'' (1963) * '' Domingo À Tarde'' (1966) * '' Mudar de Vida'' (1966) * '' Agosto'' (1987) * '' Hard Times'' (1988) * ''Ossos'' (1997) * ''Voyage to the Beginning of the World'' (1997) * '' River of Gold'' (1998) * ''The Mutants'' (1998) * ''Anxiety'' (1998) * '' I'm Going Home'' (2001) * '' The Uncertainty Principle'' (2002) * ''Daqui P'rá Frente'' (2007) * ''The Strange Case of Angelica'' (2010) * ''Journey to Portugal ''Journey to Portugal'' (''Viagem a Portugal'' in Portuguese) is a non-fiction book on Portugal by Nobel Prize-winning author José Saramago. It was first published in 1981 by Círculo de Leitores e Editorial Caminho. Critical assessment An En ...'' (2011) * ''Versailles'' (2013) References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuela De Freitas
Manuela may refer to: People * Manuela (given name), a Spanish and Portuguese feminine given name * Manuela (singer) (1943–2001), German singer of Schlager songs Film and television * ''Manuela'' (1957 film), a British film directed by Guy Hamilton * ''Manuela'' (1967 film), a Cuban short film directed by Humberto Solás * ''Manuela'' (1976 film), a Spanish film directed by Gonzalo García Pelayo * ''Manuela'' (2006 film), a film directed by Marco Castro * ''Manuela'' (TV series), a 1991 telenovela starring Grecia Colmenares Grecia Dolores Colmenares Mieussens (born December 7, 1962 in Valencia, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan actress. Biography Grecia Dolores Colmenares Mieussens was born on December 7, 1962, in Valencia, Venezuela. She is the daughter of a Venezue ... Music * "Manuela" (Demis Roussos song), 1974 * "Manuela", a song by Julio Iglesias from '' A flor de piel'', 1974 {{disambiguation ja:マヌエラ pl:Manuela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Bonnaffé
Jacques Bonnaffé (born 22 June 1958) is a French actor and stage director. He has appeared in more than ninety films since 1980. Debut Jacques Bonnaffé was formed at the Lille Conservatory after his high school years in Douai (North) where he practiced amateur theater. At 20, he started in the film ''Anthracite'' directed by Édouard Niermans. In 1995, he is the French voice of actor Kevin Spacey in the film The Usual Suspects. He is also dedicated to poetry and readings of Arthur Rimbaud, Jules Mousseron or other authors such as Ludovic Janvier, Valérie Rouzeau, or . He directs plays with contemporary authors like Joseph Danan, Jean-Christophe Bailly in ''Nature loves to hide''. Since September 2015 he is everyday on France Culture for his column "Jacques Bonnaffé read Poetry". Theater Filmography Awards and nominations César Award Molière Award Audio books He also recorded several audio books: *''Discourse on the Method'' by René Descartes (2003) *''Garga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manoel De Oliveira
Manoel Cândido Pinto de Oliveira (; 11 December 1908 – 2 April 2015) was a Portuguese film director and screenwriter born in Cedofeita, Porto. He first began making films in 1927, when he and some friends attempted to make a film about World War I. In 1931 he completed his first film '' Douro, Faina Fluvial'', a documentary about his home city Porto made in the city symphony genre. He made his feature film debut in 1942 with ''Aniki-Bóbó'' and continued to make shorts and documentaries for the next 30 years, gaining a minimal amount of recognition without being considered a major world film director. In 1971, Oliveira directed his second feature narrative film, '' Past and Present'', a social satire that both set the standard for his film career afterwards and gained him recognition in the global film community. He continued making films of growing ambition throughout the 1970s and 1980s, gaining critical acclaim and numerous awards. Beginning in the late 1980s he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
