António de Macedo

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António de Macedo

Born July 5, 1932 · Lisbon, Portugal

Died October 5, 2017 · aged 85

António de Macedo (5 July 1931 − 5 October 2017) was Portuguese filmmaker, writer, university professor and lecturer. He gave up filmmaking in the 1990s as he felt systematically excluded from the state support programs of the Portuguese Ministry of Culture, the only financial source for film production in Portugal in that time. As a consequence, he dedicated himself entirely to writing, investig…

Known For

Sunday AfternoonSunday Afternoon · 1966
Sunday Afternoon
7.71966
MovieDrama
Reflections on life and death unfold through the eyes of Jorge, the head doctor of the Haematology Department, whose world is plunged into despair when he falls in love with Clarisse, a woman suffering from advanced leukemia.
O Princípio da SabedoriaO Princípio da Sabedoria · 1976
O Princípio da Sabedoria
7.01976
MovieDrama
In the gardens of a large village house belonging to a reclusive architect, a hand is found. In a sign placed at the gates of the property, the architect annouces he will return it to whoever proves to be the owner.
Goodbye PrincessGoodbye Princess · 1992
Goodbye Princess
8.01992
MovieDramaMystery
Mitó lives in a small village and is the son of the local Comunist Party leader, she is 18 years-old and is about to graduate from the high-school she must attend at Beja - the nearest town. News that she killed her German boyfriend, at 4 a.m. on a desert road, do not excite much the editor of a Lisbon newspaper. He sends in a tyro reporter, Joaquim Peixoto, just in case. The young man, already considered hopless in his profession, will uncover more than a sex scandal to be used for political purposes. Written by Artemis-9
Alta VelocidadeAlta Velocidade · 1967
Alta Velocidade
1967
Movie
An overview of the assemblage and production of motor vehicles in Portugal, including the local representatives of Mercedes, Morris, and Massey-Ferguson, and subsidiary industries for car parts.
AlbufeiraAlbufeira · 1968
Albufeira
1968
MovieDocumentary
A short film from the 1960s, a production by Francisco de Castro, Albufeira is a film promoting tourism in the Algarve city (such as Lisbon, Jardim da Europa), showing, however, the authorial and experimental brand of António Macedo, a of the founders of the Portuguese Cinema Novo, always inclined to escape the canons of production.
The Curse of MarialvaThe Curse of Marialva · 1991
The Curse of Marialva
4.71991
MovieHorrorDrama
A Visigoth count conquers a small village town from the Moors in the Lusitanian mountains, only to loose his possessions through the mysterious workings of a woman from parts unknown.
The Emissaries of KhalomThe Emissaries of Khalom · 1988
The Emissaries of Khalom
7.01988
MovieScience FictionDrama
End of the 20th century. A group of scientists executes a project aiming to prevent a nuclear war with the planet Khalom. From their experimental project, involving manipulating events in the past, two mysterious human creatures travel between the present and the 19th century, and back - getting in love with four different persons.
NicotianaNicotiana · 1964
Nicotiana
7.01964
MovieDocumentary
The tobacco industry in Portugal through time and the full process, from plantation of seeds to its vanishing in smoke.

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