Luís Galvão Teles

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Luís Galvão Teles

Born December 4, 1945 · Lisbon, Portugal (age 80)

Born on December 4, 1945, Luís Galvão Teles studied Law in Lisbon (1967) and Cinema in Paris (1968/70). Throughout his 50-year career in cinema, Luís Galvão Teles has held various positions as director, screenwriter, producer and distributor. He was an active participant in various film movements in Portugal before and after the revolution of April 25, 1974. That same year, he became one of the …

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ManasManas · 2025
Manas
★ 8.22025
MovieDrama
Thirteen-year-old Marcielle lives on Marajó Island in the heart of the Amazon rainforest. To break a terrible cycle that imprisons the women around her in an isolated region, she must do the impossible to liberate herself and her younger sister from a dark abyss of silence held by her own family.
PainlessPainless · 2012
Painless
★ 6.22012
MovieDramaHorror
While searching for a solution to his serious health condition, David, a renowned neurosurgeon, discovers a sinister secret hidden in the past.
Love for SaleLove for Sale · 2006
Love for Sale
★ 7.32006
MovieDrama
In northern Brazil, Hermila patiently waits for her husband. However, he has abandoned her. Sexy, restless and resolute, she raffles off "a night in paradise" with herself. This beautifully-shot portrait doesn't shy away from the burdens of a young scarred woman, but it also celebrates her courage to live according to her own rules.
Tudo Isto é FadoTudo Isto é Fado · 2004
Tudo Isto é Fado
★ 5.12004
MovieComedyRomance
Shup up in dead-end lives with dreams larger than life, two inseparable friends in their thirties decide to take their fates in hand. Nevertheless, a woman a « fatale » one, gets them away from their path. And the three of them – two others will quickly join them- find themselves involved in a strange case, that of a fake painting robbery. Who said crime is not worth?
WomenWomen · 1997
Women
★ 5.21997
MovieDramaComedy
Five women, all in their forties, try to find out what's important for them in life.
MoçoMoço · 2020
Moço
★ 7.02020
MovieDrama
Confronted with his mother's infidelity and his father's emotional absence, João arrives at a sunset where he refuses to return home.
Just Retired 2Just Retired 2 · 2022
Just Retired 2
★ 5.22022
MovieComedy
Marilou and Philippe decide to show their grandchildren their new holiday home in Portugal. But once there, they discover to their horror that the house is still under construction. This is just the beginning of the problems for the grandparents, because soon they will lose their children. They have only two days left to find them, before their parents join them.
Dot.comDot.com · 2007
Dot.com
★ 5.52007
MovieComedy
A small village in Portugal, Águas-Altas, is being sued by a Spanish multinational corporation because the village hosts a website that uses the same name as an international brand of mineral water. A judicial battle for website begins, that quickly turned in to a media circus. Thus the residents of this small village, who are not even sure what the internet is, are forced defend their website and their villages honour.

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Liberdade para José DiogoLiberdade para José Diogo · 1976
Liberdade para José Diogo
★ 7.51976
MovieDocumentaryTV Movie
The film documents two phases of an incident occurred in Portugal, during the 1974 revolution. In September 30, 1974, José Diogo, a tractor driver, kills his boss, Columbano Líbano Monteiro, after being dismissed from his job, when he claimed his right to work. He is imprisoned in Beja, Alentejo, and he is freed until prossecution. The courts are reluctant to judge him, because of the social unrest and the political aid Diogo is receiving from trade unions and political parties. A crowd will disrupt the court, in Tomar, and conduct a popular judgement in the hall of the tribunal, deciding to free Diogo, and condemning the boss, posthumously, for dismissing his employee and attacking him. The case became a law case study since then.

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