Ruben Alves (born 9 January 1980) is a French-Portuguese actor, screenwriter, and director. He is best known for '' The Gilded Cage'' which he wrote and directed.

Biography

Alves was born the son of Portuguese guest workers in Paris. At 20, he became a full-time actor and initially played minor roles in French television productions and in some short films.Interview mit Regisseur Ruben Alves, 24 December 2013
on the Website ''The Adelaide Review'', retrieved 18 October 2015. His directorial debut, apart from a short film in 2002 'À l'abri des regards indiscrets', was in 2013 with the immigrant comedy ''La cage dorée''. The film was inspired by his parents' biography, and Alves has a small guest role in the film as 'Miguel'. The movie has been a great success in France and Portugal, and has also been followed by a number of other countries, including

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. In Portugal, it became in 2013 the most watched film of the year, with 755 000 viewings. In Germany he came as Portugal, mon amour in the cinemas. The film had 1.2m spectators in France and sold well internationally. Then Alves played in 2014 in '' Yves Saint Laurent'', a biopic about the life of the fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent. In 2017, he directed a documentary ''As Vozes do Fado'' (or "The Voices of Fado") with Christophe Fonseca, screened at the Le Lincoln Cinema, Paris. A CD "Amália: Vozes do Fado" was released later, a homage to

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singer. In 2018, he started working on an upcoming comedy called ''Miss'', by producer-director Hugo Gelin with co-star model Alex Wetter as a young man who sets his heart on winning the Miss France contest.

Personal life

In 2017, he currently lives in

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, where he used to take holidays when living in Paris.

Filmography

Film

TV

Director

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Alves, Ruben 1980 births 21st-century French male actors 21st-century French screenwriters 21st-century Portuguese male actors Film directors from Paris French film directors French male film actors French male screenwriters French male television actors French people of Portuguese descent Living people Male actors from Paris Portuguese film directors Portuguese male film actors Portuguese male television actors Portuguese screenwriters