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    Luís Miguel Cintra

    1949-04-29 (75 years old) in Madrid, Spain

    An iconic actor and stage director in Portugal, Luís Miguel Cintra was born in Madrid, in 1949. His connection to theater began in 1968, at the Faculty of Letters Theater Group, when he was studying Romance Philology at the University of Lisbon. From 1970 to 1972, he attended the Acting Technical Course, in the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, thanks to a scholarship from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. When he returned to Portugal, he founded, along with Jorge Silva Melo, the Teatro da Cornucópia Company, in 1973, where he directed plays by some of the great names in theater, including Aeschylus, Sophocles, Shakespeare, Brecht, Beckett, Strindberg, and many others, almost always participating as an actor in the plays he directed. At the same time, until the 80s, he was a theater critic for O Tempo e o Modo magazine and he managed the Seara Nova Theater Collection, from Estampa publishing house, and the Theater Collection, from Ulmeiro publishing house. As a reader, Luís Miguel Cintra recorded complete readings of Viagens na Minha Terra, by Almeida Garrett and Amor de Perdição, by Camilo Castelo Branco, as well as poems by Pessoa, Sophia de Mello Breyner, Camões, Antero de Quental and Ruy Belo. In 1987, Cintra made his debut as an opera stage director, with L'Enfant et les Sortilèges, by Ravel and Dido and Aeneas, by Purcell, at the Teatro Nacional de S. Carlos. In the following years, he directed operas by Mozart, Haydn, Cherubini, among others. He worked with the Teatro Nacional de S. Carlos Choir and the Gulbenkian Choir, as a reader, in recitals by authors such as Schubert, Liszt, Sati and Poulenc. In 1984, he entered the Venice Biennial Theater Festival with his group and in 1988 he directed the show La Mort du Prince et Autres Fragments, by Fernando Pessoa, for the Avignon Festival. Later, he kept on presenting plays in Italy, France, Spain and. Belgium In addition to the theater, Luís Miguel Cintra began his career in cinema early, making his debut in a short film by João César Monteiro. From that point until now, he worked in over 70 films, with directors like the aforementioned João César Monteiro, Paulo Rocha, Manoel de Oliveira, Joaquim Pinto, João Botelho, Teresa Villaverde, Pedro Costa and the American John Malkovich. His many awards include two Bordalo da Casa da Imprensa Awards for Best Acting in Film (1995) and Best Acting in Theater (1997), two Globos de Ouro for Theater Personality of the Year (1999) and Best Theater Actor (2003), the Coimbra University Award and the Pessoa Prize, both in 2005. The LEFFEST will pay tribute to Luís Miguel Cintra’s work as an actor, through a selection of films he starred in; and as a stage director, showing recordings of some of the plays, followed by discussions with the audience and several actors he worked with.

    Movies

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    Truth or Dare?
    0 %|Sep 12, 2023
    Documentary
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    O Filme Feliz :)
    0 %|Jul 15, 2023
    Drama
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    Love Lights
    0 %|Aug 3, 2022
    Documentary
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    Pathos
    0 %|Dec 1, 2021
    Drama
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    Pathos Ethos Logos
    70 %|Aug 9, 2021
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    Around Rocha’s Table
    0 %|Aug 8, 2021
    Documentary
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    A Present Light
    40 %|Mar 1, 2021
    Drama
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    War
    0 %|Oct 22, 2020
    Drama
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    Manuel Casimiro - Pintar a Ideia
    0 %|Dec 20, 2018
    Documentary
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    Rage
    68 %|Oct 31, 2018
    Drama
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    Anteroom
    0 %|Oct 24, 2018
    Documentary
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    Días color naranja
    0 %|Nov 10, 2016
    Drama
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    Correspondences
    66 %|Aug 4, 2016
    Documentary
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    The Old Man of Belem
    45 %|Dec 11, 2014
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    Illusion
    0 %|Oct 1, 2014
    Documentary
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    If I Were a Thief... I'd Steal
    45 %|Sep 10, 2013
    Drama
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    Second Hand
    100 %|Jun 19, 2013
    Drama, Thriller
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    Gebo and the Shadow
    69 %|Sep 10, 2012
    Drama
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    Demain?
    20 %|Oct 16, 2011
    Drama
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    The Strange Case of Angelica
    66 %|Dec 29, 2010
    Drama
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    The Sword and the Rose
    36 %|Sep 9, 2010
    Music, Fantasy, Drama
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    Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl
    62 %|Apr 30, 2009
    Drama, Romance
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    Romance de Vila do Conde
    0 %|Aug 28, 2008
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    From Now On
    20 %|Jan 1, 2008
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    Christopher Columbus, The Enigma
    53 %|Sep 6, 2007
    Drama, History
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    One of Us Cannot Be Wrong
    0 %|Feb 28, 2007
    Fantasy
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    Carlos de Oliveira: Upon the Left Side
    0 %|Jan 1, 2007
    Documentary
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    Magic Mirror
    64 %|Mar 9, 2006
    Drama
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    The Fifth Empire
    60 %|Sep 9, 2004
    History, Drama
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    The Days When I Don’t Exist
    67 %|Oct 8, 2003
    Drama, Fantasy
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    A Talking Picture
    71 %|Aug 31, 2003
    Drama, History
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    The Dancer Upstairs
    61 %|Sep 20, 2002
    Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
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    The Uncertainty Principle
    49 %|May 17, 2002
    Drama
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    Rending
    60 %|Nov 30, 2001
    Crime, Drama
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    Word and Utopia
    50.56 %|Nov 17, 2000
    History
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    The Heart's Root
    50 %|Oct 18, 2000
    Drama
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    Snow White
    48 %|Oct 11, 2000
    Drama, Fantasy
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    Peixe-Lua
    50 %|Sep 29, 2000
    Drama
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    April Captains
    65 %|Apr 21, 2000
    Drama, History
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    Erros Meus
    0 %|Jan 1, 2000
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    As Bodas de Deus
    74 %|Oct 15, 1999
    Comedy
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    The Letter
    59 %|Sep 22, 1999
    Drama
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    Anxiety
    64 %|May 19, 1998
    Drama
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    Transatlantique
    20 %|Sep 3, 1997
    Drama
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    The Convent
    54 %|Sep 6, 1995
    Mystery, Drama
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    Casa de Lava
    70 %|Feb 10, 1995
    Drama
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    Blind Man's Bluff
    67 %|Nov 18, 1994
    Comedy
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    Two Brothers, My Sister
    52 %|Nov 4, 1994
    Drama
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    Here on Earth
    53 %|Sep 9, 1993
    Drama, Crime, Mystery
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    Abraham's Valley
    75 %|Sep 1, 1993
    Drama
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    Zéfiro
    0 %|Aug 1, 1993
    History
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    Villa Mauresque
    10 %|Jul 7, 1993
    Drama
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    Poor George
    51 %|Feb 26, 1993
    Drama
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    Day of Despair
    62 %|Oct 30, 1992
    Drama
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    The Last Dive
    67 %|Sep 18, 1992
    Drama
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    Alcibíades
    10 %|Jan 1, 1992
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    The Divine Comedy
    69 %|Oct 11, 1991
    Drama
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    No, or the Vain Glory of Command
    60.75 %|Oct 12, 1990
    War, Drama, History
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    Blood
    68 %|Dec 7, 1989
    Drama, Mystery
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    Recollections of the Yellow House
    83 %|Oct 12, 1989
    Comedy, Drama
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    Where the Sun Beats
    53 %|Sep 10, 1989
    Drama
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    The Cannibals
    68 %|Nov 10, 1988
    Drama, Fantasy
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    Tall Stories
    57 %|Mar 11, 1988
    Family, Drama
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    The Jester
    64 %|Oct 31, 1987
    Drama
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    The Mountains of the Moon
    53 %|Sep 1, 1987
    Drama
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    My Case
    67 %|Sep 25, 1986
    Drama, Fantasy
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    The Satin Slipper
    73 %|Sep 24, 1985
    Drama
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    Ninguém Duas Vezes
    50 %|Apr 24, 1985
    actor
    Vertiges
    65 %|Apr 9, 1985
    Drama, Music
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    Signals of Life
    0 %|Apr 13, 1984
    Drama
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    Gestures and Fragments
    80 %|Feb 22, 1983
    Documentary
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    Island of Loves
    64 %|Jun 8, 1982
    Drama
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    Silvestre
    61 %|May 6, 1982
    History, Drama
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    E Não se Pode Exterminá-lo?
    0 %|Jan 1, 1979
    Comedy, TV Movie
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    Nem Pássaro Nem Peixe
    0 %|Sep 1, 1978
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    A Pousada das Chagas
    50 %|Feb 25, 1972
    Documentary
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    Fragments of an Alms-Film
    60 %|Jan 1, 1972
    Comedy

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