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Swan (2011 Film)
''Swan'' ( Portuguese: ''Cisne'') is a 2011 Portuguese film directed by Teresa Villaverde. Plot summary Cast * Beatriz Batarda as Vera * Miguel Nunes as Pablo * Israel Pimenta as Sam * Sérgio Fernandes as Alce * Rita Loureiro as Bela * Marcello Urgeghe Marcello is a common masculine Italian given name. It is a variant of Marcellus. The Spanish and Portuguese version of the name is Marcelo, differing in having only one "l", while the Greek form is Markellos. Etymology The name originally means ... as Santis * Tânia Paiva as Amy * Carlos Guímaro as Taxista Reception The film was shown at the ''Orizzonti'' section of the 68th Venice International Film Festival. References External links * * * 2011 films Portuguese drama films Films directed by Teresa Villaverde {{portugal-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teresa Villaverde
Teresa Villaverde (born 18 May 1966) is a Portuguese film director. Her film ''Os Mutantes'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. Filmography *''A Idade Maior'' (1991) *''Três Irmãos'' (1994) *''Os Mutantes'' (1998) *''Água e Sal'' (2001) *''A Favor da Claridade'' (2004) *''Visions of Europe'' (2004) *''Transe'' (2006) *''Swan'' (2011) *''Bridges of Sarajevo'' (2014) *''Paris 15/16'' *'' Colo'' (2017) *''O Termometro de Galileu'' (2018) *''Six Portraits of Pain'' (2019) *''Où en êtes-vou, Teresa Villaverde?'' (2019) Awards *Nominated for the Golden Globe, Portugal in 1999 for Best Director in ''Os Mutantes''. *Nominated for the Golden Globe, Portugal in 1999 for Best Film in ''Os Mutantes''. *Nominated for the Golden Globe, Portugal in 2007 for Best Film in ''Transe ''Transe'' is a 2006 Portuguese film directed by Teresa Villaverde. It won a Special Jury Award at the 2007 Lecce Festival of European Cinema. Plot Sonia is a young ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beatriz Batarda
Beatriz da Silveira Moreno Batarda (born 1 April 1974) is a British-born Portuguese actress named as one of European films 'Shooting Stars' by European Film Promotion in 1998. She studied design at IADE Institute in Lisbon and trained in acting at Guidhall School of Music and Drama in London. Biography and career She was born in London and grew up in Lisbon. She has worked with Lisbon's Cornucópia Company as well as with the Teatro Nacional D.Maria, where she played Berenice, Fedra, Miss Hilda Wangel, Iphygenia and Miss Julie. In 2000, Batarda graduated from London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama with an honours degree in acting. She was awarded a gold medal for Best Actress of the Year and appeared on stage in London in ''Beyond a Joke'' by Christopher Morahan and Love Labour's Lost directed by Stephen Unwin. Her first film appearance was in the documentary ''E Agora Maria?'' Her credits in film include roles in José Álvaro Morais ''Peixe Lua'' and Michael Dowse' ''It's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Nunes
Miguel Nunes (born 11 August 1976) is a Portuguese sailor. Together with Álvaro Marinho he competed in the 470 at four Olympics from 2000 to 2012. His best result was at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ... where he finished fifth. References * External links * 1976 births Living people Portuguese male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Portugal Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – 470 Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – 470 Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – 470 Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – 470 21st-century Portuguese people {{Portugal-yachtracing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acácio De Almeida
Acácio de Almeida (born 29 June 1938) is a Portuguese cinematographer best known for his work with João César Monteiro, Raúl Ruiz, Alain Tanner, Valeria Sarmiento and Rita Azevedo Gomes. Filmography * '' Past and Present'' (1972) * '' Brandos Costumes'' (1974) * '' Trás-os-Montes'' (1976) * '' Veredas'' (1978) * ''Silvestre'' (1981) * ''A Ilha dos Amores'' (1982) * '' Ana'' (1982) * '' City of Pirates'' (1983) * ''In the White City'' (1983) * '' Manoel's Destinies'' (1984) * ''Régime sans pain'' (1985) * ''Treasure Island'' (1985) * '' Mammame'' (1986) * '' A Portuguese Goodbye'' (1986) * ''A Flame in My Heart'' (1987) * '' The Mask'' (1988) * ''O Sangue'' (1989) * '' Etoile'' (1989) * ''Un Asunto Privado'' (1996) * ''The Mutants'' (1998) * ''Love Torn in a Dream'' (2000) * ''Rasganço'' (2001) * ''Aparelho Voador a Baixa Altitude'' (2002) * '' That Day'' (2003) * ''Second Life'' (2009) * ''Paixão Paixão may refer to: * ''Paixão'' (TV series), a 2017–2018 Portugue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portuguese Language
Portuguese ( or, in full, ) is a western Romance language of the Indo-European language family, originating in the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. It is an official language of Portugal, Brazil, Cape Verde, Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau and São Tomé and Príncipe, while having co-official language status in East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, and Macau. A Portuguese-speaking person or nation is referred to as " Lusophone" (). As the result of expansion during colonial times, a cultural presence of Portuguese speakers is also found around the world. Portuguese is part of the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia and the County of Portugal, and has kept some Celtic phonology in its lexicon. With approximately 250 million native speakers and 24 million L2 (second language) speakers, Portuguese has approximately 274 million total speakers. It is usually listed as the sixth-most spoken language, the third-most sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israel Pimenta
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea, and shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, and Egypt to the southwest. Israel also is bordered by the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to the east and west, respectively. Tel Aviv is the economic and technological center of the country, while its seat of government is in its proclaimed capital of Jerusalem, although Israeli sovereignty over East Jerusalem is unrecognized internationally. The land held by present-day Israel witnessed some of the earliest human occupations outside Africa and was among the earliest known sites of agriculture. It was inhabited by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
