Portuguese films of the 1980s
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A list of films produced in the Cinema of Portugal
ordered by year of release in the 1980s. For an alphabetical list of Portuguese films see :Category:Portuguese films
Cinema of Portugal
Portuguese cinema has a long tradition, reaching back to the birth of the medium in the late 19th century. In the 1950s, Cinema Novo, sprang up as a movement concerned with showing realism in film, in the vein of Italian Neorealism and the French New Wave...
ordered by year of release in the 1980s. For an alphabetical list of Portuguese films see :Category:Portuguese films
1980s
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| 1980 1980 in film - Events :* May 21 - Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back is released and is the biggest grosser of the year .... |
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| Manhã Submersa Manhã Submersa Misty Morning is a 1980 Portuguese film directed by Lauro António.-External links:*... (Morning Mist / Submersed Morning) |
Lauro António Lauro António Lauro António is a Portuguese film director.-Filmography as director :*José Viana, 50 anos de carreira *O Vestido Cor de Fogo *A Bela e a Rosa *Casino Oceano... |
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| Passagem ou A Meio Caminho | Jorge Silva Melo | |||
| 1981 1981 in film -Events:*January 19 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleaguered concurrent United Artists. UA was humiliated by the astronomical losses on the $40,000,000 movie Heaven's Gate, a major factor in the decision of owner Transamerica to sell it.... |
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| Cerromaior | Luís Filipe Rocha Luís Filipe Rocha Luís Filipe Rocha is a Portuguese film director, screenwriter and actor. He has directed ten films since 1976. His film Cerromaior was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival.-Filmography:... |
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| Francisca Francisca The francisca is a throwing axe used as a weapon during the Early Middle Ages by the Franks, among whom it was a characteristic national weapon at the time of the Merovingians from about 500 to 750 AD and is known to have been used during the reign of Charlemagne .Although generally associated... |
Manoel de Oliveira Manoel de Oliveira Manoel Cândido Pinto de Oliveira, GCSE is a Portuguese film director born in Cedofeita, Porto. He began working on films in the late 1920s, but did not receive international recognition until the early 1970s. Since the late 1980s he has been one of the most prolific working film directors and... |
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| Oxalá (Leave It to God) | António-Pedro Vasconcelos António-Pedro Vasconcelos António-Pedro Saraiva de Barros e Vasconcelos, GCIH is a Portuguese film director born in Leiria on 10 March 1939.He is the middle of three sons of Guilherme de Barros e Vasconcelos , a Lawyer and a Nobleman of the Royal Household, and wife António-Pedro Saraiva de Barros e Vasconcelos, GCIH is a... |
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| Rita | José Ribeiro Mendes | |||
| Kilas, o Mau da Fita | José Fonseca e Costa José Fonseca e Costa José Fonseca e Costa, GCIH is a Portuguese film director. He is one of the founders of the Portuguese Cinema Novo.Born in Angola, Costa worked as an assistant to Michelangelo Antonioni before becoming one of the leaders of Portugal's 'Young Cinema' in the 1960s.-Filmography:*Os Mistérios de Lisboa... |
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| The Territory The Territory -Cast:* Isabelle Weingarten - Françoise* Rebecca Pauly - Barbara* Geoffrey Carey - Peter* Jeffrey Kime* Paul Getty Jr. - Guide* Shila Turna - Linda* Artur Semedo - Indefinite man* Camila Mora - Young girl* Ethan Stone - Young boy* José Nascimento - Prawler... |
Raúl Ruiz | |||
| 1982 1982 in film -Events:* March 26 = I Ought to Be in Pictures, starring Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret and Dinah Manoff is released. Manoff would not appear in another movie until 1987's Backfire.* June = PG-rated film E.T... |
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| A Ilha dos Amores A Ilha dos Amores A Ilha dos Amores is a 1982 Portuguese-Japanese drama film directed by Paulo Rocha. It was entered into the 1982 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Luís Miguel Cintra - Wenceslau de Moraes* Clara Joana - Isabel / Venus* Zita Duarte - Francesca... |
Paulo Rocha Paulo Rocha Paulo Rocha is 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 and O Rio do Ouro was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Festival.-Bibliographic references: O Cais do... |
Co-production with Japan Cinema of Japan The has a history that spans more than 100 years. Japan has one of the oldest and largest film industries in the world – as of 2009 the fourth largest by number of feature films produced. Movies have been produced in Japan since 1897, when the first foreign cameramen arrived... |
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| Conversa Acabada | João Botelho João Botelho João Botelho is a Portuguese film director.He has directed and written the screenplays of numerous films. His films have won several awards... |
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| Silvestre Silvestre Silvestre is a Spanish and Portuguese given name or surname, or a French surname.It may refer to:-Surname:*Franck Silvestre*Israel Silvestre*Louis de Silvestre*Manuel Silvestre*Matías Silvestre Argentine football player... |
João César Monteiro João César Monteiro João César Monteiro was a Portuguese film director, actor, writer and film critic . He was born in Figueira da Foz on February 2, 1939 and died of cancer in Lisbon on February 3, 2003.- Life and career :... |
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| 1983 1983 in film -Events:*February 11 - The Rolling Stones concert film Let's Spend the Night Together opens in New York*May 25 - Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, the final film in the original Star Wars trilogy, is released. Like the previous films, it goes on to become the top grossing picture of... |
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| Dans la ville blanche (In the White City) | Alain Tanner | Co-production with Switzerland Cinema of Switzerland -Directors:*Jean-Paul Cardinaux*Richard Dembo*Charles-Georges Duvanel*Kurt Früh*Jean-Luc Godard*Claude Goretta*Elena Hazanov*Thomas Koerfer*Xavier Koller*Markus Imhoof*Leopold Lindtberg*Franz Schnyder*Casimir Sivan*Alain Tanner-Actors:*Ursula Andress... and the United Kingdom Cinema of the United Kingdom The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry... |
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| Dina e Django | Solveig Nordlund Solveig Nordlund -Biography:Nordlund took a in History of Arts in the University of Stockholm. In 1962, she meets Alberto Seixas Santos and her interest in cinema grows... |
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| Sem Sombra de Pecado (No Trace of Sin) | José Fonseca e Costa José Fonseca e Costa José Fonseca e Costa, GCIH is a Portuguese film director. He is one of the founders of the Portuguese Cinema Novo.Born in Angola, Costa worked as an assistant to Michelangelo Antonioni before becoming one of the leaders of Portugal's 'Young Cinema' in the 1960s.-Filmography:*Os Mistérios de Lisboa... |
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| Um S Marginal | José de Sá Caetano | |||
| 1984 1984 in film -Events:* The Walt Disney Company founds Touchstone Pictures to release movies with subject matter deemed inappropriate for the Disney name.* Tri-Star Pictures, a joint venture of Columbia Pictures, HBO, and CBS, releases its first film.... |
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| Crónica dos Bons Malandros | Fernando Lopes Fernando Lopes (filmmaker) Fernando Lopes, GCIH is a Portuguese film director.-Filmography:*98 Octanas *Lá Fora *Delfim, O aka Dauphin, Le *Cinema *Gérard, Fotógrafo *Fio do Horizonte, O... |
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| O Lugar do Morto | António-Pedro Vasconcelos António-Pedro Vasconcelos António-Pedro Saraiva de Barros e Vasconcelos, GCIH is a Portuguese film director born in Leiria on 10 March 1939.He is the middle of three sons of Guilherme de Barros e Vasconcelos , a Lawyer and a Nobleman of the Royal Household, and wife António-Pedro Saraiva de Barros e Vasconcelos, GCIH is a... |
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| Os Abismos da Meia-Noite | António de Macedo Antonio de Macedo Antonio de Macedo was first a filmmaker and later a writer, university professor and lecturer.He gave up from filmmaking in the nineties as he felt systematically excluded from the state support programs of the Portuguese Ministry of Culture, the only financial source for film production in... |
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| Sinais de Vida | Luís Filipe Rocha Luís Filipe Rocha Luís Filipe Rocha is a Portuguese film director, screenwriter and actor. He has directed ten films since 1976. His film Cerromaior was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival.-Filmography:... |
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| 1985 1985 in film -Events:* 3 December - Roger Moore steps down from the role of James Bond after twelve years and seven films. He is replaced by Timothy Dalton.* The Academy Award for Best Picture was won by Out Of Africa, while the highest grossing film was Back to the Future.* Bliss wins AFI Award for best Movie... |
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| Le soulier de satin (The Satin Slipper) | Manoel de Oliveira Manoel de Oliveira Manoel Cândido Pinto de Oliveira, GCSE is a Portuguese film director born in Cedofeita, Porto. He began working on films in the late 1920s, but did not receive international recognition until the early 1970s. Since the late 1980s he has been one of the most prolific working film directors and... |
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| 1986 1986 in film -Events:*April 12 - Actor Morgan Mason marries The Go-Go's Belinda Carlisle.*April 26 - Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger marries television journalist Maria Shriver.*May - Actress Heather Locklear marries Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee.... |
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| Azul, Azul | José de Sá Caetano | |||
| Á Flor do Mal | João César Monteiro João César Monteiro João César Monteiro was a Portuguese film director, actor, writer and film critic . He was born in Figueira da Foz on February 2, 1939 and died of cancer in Lisbon on February 3, 2003.- Life and career :... |
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| Um Adeus Português | João Botelho João Botelho João Botelho is a Portuguese film director.He has directed and written the screenplays of numerous films. His films have won several awards... |
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| Uma Rapariga no Verão | Vítor Gonçalves Vitor Gonçalves -Biography:Vitor Gonçalves, born in 1963 in Almada has a degree in history from the Universidade Autónoma – Luís de Camões, Lisbon, 1987.In 1981 he joined an acting course in the actors' school Grupo de Campolide .-Work experience:... |
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| 1987 1987 in film -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.... |
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| Agosto Agosto (film) Agosto is a 1987 French drama film directed by Jorge Silva Melo.-Cast:*Agostinho Alves*Alice Aurélio*Norberto Barroca ... Dário *Rita Blanco*José Mário Branco*Ana Bustorff*António Capelo*Marie Carré*Sérgio Costa Andrade... (August) |
Jorge Silva Melo | |||
| Balada da Praia dos Cães | José Fonseca e Costa José Fonseca e Costa José Fonseca e Costa, GCIH is a Portuguese film director. He is one of the founders of the Portuguese Cinema Novo.Born in Angola, Costa worked as an assistant to Michelangelo Antonioni before becoming one of the leaders of Portugal's 'Young Cinema' in the 1960s.-Filmography:*Os Mistérios de Lisboa... |
Co-production with Spain Cinema of Spain The art of motion-picture making within the nation of Spain or by Spanish filmmakers abroad is collectively known as Spanish Cinema.In recent years, Spanish cinema has achieved high marks of recognition as a result of its creative and technical excellence... |
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| O Querido Lilás | Artur Semedo | |||
| 1988 1988 in film -Top grossing films :- Awards :Academy Awards:* Act of Piracy* Action Jackson, starring Carl Weathers, Craig T. Nelson, Vanity, Sharon Stone* The Adventures of Baron Munchausen* Akira* Alice... |
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| A Mulher do Próximo | José Fonseca e Costa José Fonseca e Costa José Fonseca e Costa, GCIH is a Portuguese film director. He is one of the founders of the Portuguese Cinema Novo.Born in Angola, Costa worked as an assistant to Michelangelo Antonioni before becoming one of the leaders of Portugal's 'Young Cinema' in the 1960s.-Filmography:*Os Mistérios de Lisboa... |
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| Matar Saudades | Fernando Lopes Fernando Lopes (filmmaker) Fernando Lopes, GCIH is a Portuguese film director.-Filmography:*98 Octanas *Lá Fora *Delfim, O aka Dauphin, Le *Cinema *Gérard, Fotógrafo *Fio do Horizonte, O... |
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| Os Canibais The Cannibals (1988 film) The Cannibals is a 1988 Portuguese drama film directed by Manoel de Oliveira. It was entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Luís Miguel Cintra - Viscount d'Aveleda* Leonor Silveira - Margarida* Diogo Dória - Don João* Oliveira Lopes... (The Cannibals) |
Manoel de Oliveira Manoel de Oliveira Manoel Cândido Pinto de Oliveira, GCSE is a Portuguese film director born in Cedofeita, Porto. He began working on films in the late 1920s, but did not receive international recognition until the early 1970s. Since the late 1980s he has been one of the most prolific working film directors and... |
Entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival 1988 Cannes Film Festival - Jury :*Ettore Scola*Claude Berri*David Robinson*Yelena Safonova*George Miller*Hector Olivera*Nastassja Kinski*Philippe Sarde*Robby Muller*William Goldman-Feature film competition:* A World Apart by Chris Menges... |
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| Os Emissários de Khalom | António de Macedo Antonio de Macedo Antonio de Macedo was first a filmmaker and later a writer, university professor and lecturer.He gave up from filmmaking in the nineties as he felt systematically excluded from the state support programs of the Portuguese Ministry of Culture, the only financial source for film production in... |
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| Tempos Difíceis (Hard Times) | João Botelho João Botelho João Botelho is a Portuguese film director.He has directed and written the screenplays of numerous films. His films have won several awards... |
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| Três Menos Eu (Three Less Me) | João Canijo João Canijo João Canijo is a Portuguese film director. His film Get a Life was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.-Filmography:* Três Menos Eu * Lovely Child/ Filha da Mãe João Canijo (born 1957) is a Portuguese film director. His film Get a Life was screened in the Un... |
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| Uma Pedra no Bolso | Joaquim Pinto | |||
| 1989 1989 in film -Events:* Batman is released on June 23, and goes on to gross over $410 million worldwide.* Actress Kim Basinger and her brother Mick purchase Braselton, Georgia, for $20 million... |
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| Recordações da Casa Amarela (Recolletions of the Yellow House) | João César Monteiro João César Monteiro João César Monteiro was a Portuguese film director, actor, writer and film critic . He was born in Figueira da Foz on February 2, 1939 and died of cancer in Lisbon on February 3, 2003.- Life and career :... |
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| O Sangue O Sangue O Sangue is the Portuguese filmmaker Pedro Costa's first feature film. Released in 1989, in black and white, the film depicts the impoverished life of two brothers, Vicente and Nino, after their father passes away... (The Blood) |
Pedro Costa Pedro Costa Pedro Costa is a Portuguese film director.He is acclaimed for using his ascetic style to depict the marginalised people in desperate living situations... |
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| Onde Bate o Sol (Where the Sun Beats) | Joaquim Pinto | |||
| Relação Fiel e Verdadeira | Margarida Gil |
External links
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