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

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.
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 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.
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.
O Segredo das Pedras VivasO Segredo das Pedras Vivas · 2016
O Segredo das Pedras Vivas
2016
MovieFantasy
In an isolated village of the Alentejo region, a conflict arises. José Vitorino, one of the landowners of the region, rich in prehistoric monuments, wants to build a luxurious solarium in lands filled with ancient rocks, places of devotion and sacred rituals. Indifferent to the people’s protest, who believe in the magical powers of the stones and that the region’s drought is due to the rocks’ destruction, José Vitorino hires an architect to plan his new house. On christmas eve, in the middle of the winter solstice, a strange ceremony around a dolmen, once an altar for bloody sacrifices in more remote times, releases a harmful spell. A race against time to reverse the faulty charm begins.
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
The Guns and the PeopleThe Guns and the People · 1977
The Guns and the People
★ 7.41977
MovieDocumentary
Film directors with hand-held cameras went to the streets of Lisbon from April 25 to May 1, 1974, registering interviews and political events of the Portuguese "Carnation Revolution", as that period would be later known.
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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