António Ferreira

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António Ferreira

Born December 8, 1970 · Coimbra, Portugal (age 55)

António Ferreira made his debut in Cannes with "Breathing Under Water" (2000), selected for the Cinéfondation official competition. He has directed five feature films, awarded at dozens of international festivals. His work blends intimate narratives with social and family themes, reaching wide international audiences.

Known For

Bela AmericaBela America · 2023
Bela America
★ 6.82023
MovieComedyDrama
Lucas, the cook, seduces America, the television star and presidential candidate. He will clandestinely enter her house to seduce her with extraordinary meals, causing the unlikely intersection of the fate of Lucas, the cook, with that of America, the President.
RockumentaryRockumentary · 2006
Rockumentary
★ 1.02006
MovieDocumentary
Following the lives of Bunnyranch members, Kaló, Filipe, Calhau and André, we get to know the inside outs of a small but strong rock'n'roll wave that thrives in Coimbra.
JongoJongo · 2013
Jongo
★ 8.02013
Movie
Armindo and Helena celebrate their wedding anniversary.
EmbargoedEmbargoed · 2010
Embargoed
★ 10.02010
MovieComedy
The making of of a making of. The Shooting of a feature. An unpaid intern. One theft. One making-of. The first movie... maybe the last.
RetornosRetornos · 2010
Retornos
★ 6.02010
MovieDramaThriller
Álvaro, before escaping from himself during ten years, return to his town, a small village in Galicia, to attend to his father's funeral. There he will try to make it up with his brother and to recoup his daugther Mar. Everything gets complicated when he finds a dead woman in the road, the woman is Lidia, a Mar's friend who works as a prostitute.
Fatal GelFatal Gel · 1996
Fatal Gel
★ 9.01996
MovieDrama
The first short film directed by António Ferreira, featuring Adolfo Luxúria Canibal (lead singer of Mão Morta).
That WeekendThat Weekend · 2021
That Weekend
★ 6.02021
MovieDrama
Julia returns to her hometown and the neighbourhood she left years ago after being swindled. She’s here to sign a permit to authorize her daughter to move in with her father, but more than anything, she’s come back to recover money that she left there, and which would solve a lot of her problems. Returning to her past is nothing like she expected it to be.
WCWC · 1997
WC
★ 7.71997
MovieComedy

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Forget Everything I Told YouForget Everything I Told You · 2002
Forget Everything I Told You
★ 6.82002
MovieComedyDrama
Felizbela loves her husband with obsessive intensity, surrounding him with an explosive mix of passion and jealousy that will inevitably turn into hatred. To keep his attention, she stops at nothing, enduring suffering and humiliation in an attempt to win back his love. But Messias can barely conceal his growing disillusionment with life and his unspoken contempt for his wife. One day, Bárbara — Felizbela’s fragile and rebellious niece — bursts into their lives and upsets the balance: her cousin, her aunt, and above all Messias, who finally allows himself to be carried away by his emotions. Felizbela, however, refuses to give in — and will do whatever it takes to save her family.

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