Manuela Serra

Manuela Serra

Birth : 1948-05-31,

History

Manuela Serra (born in 1948) studied cinema at Institut des Arts et Diffusion (IAD), in Brussels, from 1971 to 1974. She worked as an assistant editor on the film Deus, Pátria, Autoridade. She also worked as a producer and assistant director on various film, such as Bom Povo Português, directed by Rui Simões. Between 1979/85, she wrote, produced and directed her first film, O Movimento das Coisas. In 1990, she begun writting the script for her second film, Ondulações, which she never finished.

Profile

Manuela Serra

Movies

35 Anos Depois, O Movimento das Coisas
35 Anos Depois, O Movimento das Coisas
Herself
"35 years after, the movement of things" follows filmmaker Manuela Serra's return to Lanheses, 35 years after having directed "The Movement of Things" there.
Necrofilia
Necrofilia
About love and death, between a man and a woman.
The Movement of Things
The Movement of Things
Editor
A picture of daily life punctuated by silence. In a village in the north, the daily routine of three families. Glimpses of Isabel, her eyes turned towards the future; for the others, living is the only meaning of life. The camera freezes moments of life through the movement of things in time, values and silence. - Cinéma du Réel
The Movement of Things
The Movement of Things
Producer
A picture of daily life punctuated by silence. In a village in the north, the daily routine of three families. Glimpses of Isabel, her eyes turned towards the future; for the others, living is the only meaning of life. The camera freezes moments of life through the movement of things in time, values and silence. - Cinéma du Réel
The Movement of Things
The Movement of Things
Writer
A picture of daily life punctuated by silence. In a village in the north, the daily routine of three families. Glimpses of Isabel, her eyes turned towards the future; for the others, living is the only meaning of life. The camera freezes moments of life through the movement of things in time, values and silence. - Cinéma du Réel
The Movement of Things
The Movement of Things
Director
A picture of daily life punctuated by silence. In a village in the north, the daily routine of three families. Glimpses of Isabel, her eyes turned towards the future; for the others, living is the only meaning of life. The camera freezes moments of life through the movement of things in time, values and silence. - Cinéma du Réel
Deus Pátria Autoridade
Deus Pátria Autoridade
Assistant Director
The history of Portugal since the Republican revolution of 1910 to the revolutionary period following the military coup of April 24, 1974, recounted with a marxist perspective, using historic sound and film documents. The title refers to a trilogy of values proclaimed by Salazar, prime minister of Portugal in 1936.
Deus Pátria Autoridade
Deus Pátria Autoridade
Assistant Editor
The history of Portugal since the Republican revolution of 1910 to the revolutionary period following the military coup of April 24, 1974, recounted with a marxist perspective, using historic sound and film documents. The title refers to a trilogy of values proclaimed by Salazar, prime minister of Portugal in 1936.