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António Reis

Born August 27, 1927 · Valadares, Portugal

Died September 10, 1991 · aged 64

António Ferreira Gonçalves dos Reis, known as António Reis (1927–1991), was a Portuguese film director, screenwriter and producer, poet, sculptor and ethnographer. He was married to Margarida Cordeiro, co-director of most of his films. He is considered as one of the most important directors of his country, due to the originality of his style. Description above from the Wikipedia article António R…

Known For

Ana

Centered on an elderly matriarch and her family in the Trás-os-Montes region of Portugal. An exploration of the cycle of life and death, using the main character, Ana, as an emblem of a life lived in harmony with nature and tradition.

Festa, Trabalho e Pão em Grijó de Parada

Festa, Trabalho e Pão em Grijó de Parada · 1974

Festa, Trabalho e Pão em Grijó de Parada

MovieDocumentary

One of the first films that looks at the Portuguese region of Trás-os-Montes. From the mask called “careto” and the popular festival to the everyday reality.

Trás-os-Montes

Trás-os-Montes · 1976

Trás-os-Montes

The first feature in António Reis and Margarida Cordeiro’s trilogy is a journey through this almost mythical region of north-east Portugal, a tapestry of micronarratives where past, present and future become intertwined.

Cold Land

Cold Land · 1992

In the forties, in a little settlement lost amidst the mountains of Trás-os-Montes, Leonardo tries to survive by buying and selling marten and fox furs, dreaming of the day he’ll close a big deal.

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.

Acto da Primavera

Acto da Primavera · 1963

Acto da Primavera

Local people of Curalha, a small village, keep a tradition of representing the Passion of Jesus, according to a 16th century text.

Panels of Porto

Panels of Porto · 1963

Panels of Porto

MovieDocumentary

Made by commission of the Porto City Council, 'Painéis do Porto' is a visual essay on the city, gathering sequences filmed between the river and downtown, commented with the reading of poems by authors like Vasco de Lima Couto, Egito Gonçalves, Rosália de Castro, Pedro Homem de Mello, Fernando Pessoa, and António Reis himself, with music by Francisco Rebelo.

Jaime

MovieDocumentary

Jaime, a poem of suffering and loneliness, describes the existence and pictorial work of a man isolated in a psychiatric hospital.

Filmography

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Ana

Centered on an elderly matriarch and her family in the Trás-os-Montes region of Portugal. An exploration of the cycle of life and death, using the main character, Ana, as an emblem of a life lived in harmony with nature and tradition.

Director

Festa, Trabalho e Pão em Grijó de Parada

Festa, Trabalho e Pão em Grijó de Parada · 1974

Festa, Trabalho e Pão em Grijó de Parada

MovieDocumentary

One of the first films that looks at the Portuguese region of Trás-os-Montes. From the mask called “careto” and the popular festival to the everyday reality.

Poem

Trás-os-Montes

Trás-os-Montes · 1976

Trás-os-Montes

The first feature in António Reis and Margarida Cordeiro’s trilogy is a journey through this almost mythical region of north-east Portugal, a tapestry of micronarratives where past, present and future become intertwined.

Producer

Cold Land

Cold Land · 1992

In the forties, in a little settlement lost amidst the mountains of Trás-os-Montes, Leonardo tries to survive by buying and selling marten and fox furs, dreaming of the day he’ll close a big deal.

Artur Lopes

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.

Screenplay

Acto da Primavera

Acto da Primavera · 1963

Acto da Primavera

Local people of Curalha, a small village, keep a tradition of representing the Passion of Jesus, according to a 16th century text.

Assistant Director

Panels of Porto

Panels of Porto · 1963

Panels of Porto

MovieDocumentary

Made by commission of the Porto City Council, 'Painéis do Porto' is a visual essay on the city, gathering sequences filmed between the river and downtown, commented with the reading of poems by authors like Vasco de Lima Couto, Egito Gonçalves, Rosália de Castro, Pedro Homem de Mello, Fernando Pessoa, and António Reis himself, with music by Francisco Rebelo.

Director

Jaime

MovieDocumentary

Jaime, a poem of suffering and loneliness, describes the existence and pictorial work of a man isolated in a psychiatric hospital.

Editor

Desert Rose

Desert Rose · 1989

Drawing on a wide mosaic of texts from figures like Montaigne and Kafka, literary and philosophical fragments are used to illustrate and reflect on the human condition. It is a tribute to the landscape and the people who inhabit the Trás-os-Montes region of Portugal, portraying the region not just as a physical space, but as a place where imagination and reality intertwine.

Screenplay

From Heaven to the River

From Heaven to the River · 1964

From Heaven to the River

MovieDocumentary

This short film, probably commissioned by the Hidro-Eléctrica do Cávado, shows several aspects of the dams’ network construction in that hydrographic basin, with a commentary read by Fernando Pessa. “Do céu ao rio” was premiered at the Odéon cinema in Lisbon, on January 29, in 1964, but it is in a more fragile heritage situation since its original image negative is not located.

Director

O Auto da Floripes

O Auto da Floripes · 1963

O Auto da Floripes

Popular theatre re-enactment that goes back to the XVII-XVI centuries, integrating in the pilgrimage of Senhora das Neves, held every year, in the first days of August. The performers are local people, and the show takes place outdoors, in the church square, involving Christians and Moors.

Producer