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Alfredo Tropa

Born March 29, 1939 · Porto, Portugal

Died July 5, 2020 · aged 81

Alfredo Ricardo Rezende Tropa (Porto, March 29, 1939 - Lisbon, July 5, 2020) was a Portuguese film director. He was director of RTP's Archives and Documentation. In 1958, he left for Coimbra to attend the Faculty of Sciences and became interested in cinema through the film club movement. In 1960, in the same city, he began making short films. He went to Paris the following year, where, on a sch…

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Just Pedro

Just Pedro · 1972

Pedro is a young agricultural worker who gets caught in the middle of a fight between two families, kills a man and escapes to the capital. He can't find work,resorts to begging, but keeps his mountaineer pride. He starts a new life with a prostitute who is nice to him, but nothing works. He returns home, and alone, and now he finds life there is sad as well.

Catembe

Catembe · 1965

MovieDocumentary

This documentary shows a typical Sunday in Mozambique's capital, tourist main attractions, an inquest in Lisbon about the perception of the people in the street about what life was like in that African colony (or, as the Government had it then, "province"), and then interviews and scenes of Lourenço Marques fishermen and a bar waitresses. African folk music and dance were used as documents and background for the text narration.

Change of Life

Change of Life · 1967

After completing his military service in the Angolan War of Independence, Adelino goes back to the Portuguese fishing village he calls home, only to find that the woman he loves has married his brother. Overcome by bitterness, he sets off to find work in the countryside where he meets Albertina, a free-spirited young woman who challenges him to change his life.

Luísa e os Outros

Luísa e os Outros · 1989

Luísa e os Outros

The tumultuous lives of a woman and her three daughters who used to live in Paris, and are now living in Bairro Alto.

A vez e a voz

A vez e a voz · 1983

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Just Pedro

Just Pedro · 1972

Pedro is a young agricultural worker who gets caught in the middle of a fight between two families, kills a man and escapes to the capital. He can't find work,resorts to begging, but keeps his mountaineer pride. He starts a new life with a prostitute who is nice to him, but nothing works. He returns home, and alone, and now he finds life there is sad as well.

Director

Catembe

Catembe · 1965

MovieDocumentary

This documentary shows a typical Sunday in Mozambique's capital, tourist main attractions, an inquest in Lisbon about the perception of the people in the street about what life was like in that African colony (or, as the Government had it then, "province"), and then interviews and scenes of Lourenço Marques fishermen and a bar waitresses. African folk music and dance were used as documents and background for the text narration.

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Change of Life

Change of Life · 1967

After completing his military service in the Angolan War of Independence, Adelino goes back to the Portuguese fishing village he calls home, only to find that the woman he loves has married his brother. Overcome by bitterness, he sets off to find work in the countryside where he meets Albertina, a free-spirited young woman who challenges him to change his life.

Sound

Luísa e os Outros

Luísa e os Outros · 1989

Luísa e os Outros

The tumultuous lives of a woman and her three daughters who used to live in Paris, and are now living in Bairro Alto.

Director

A vez e a voz

A vez e a voz · 1983

Director