Fernando Lopes

Fernando Lopes

出生 : 1936-12-28, Alvaiázere, Portugal

死亡 : 2012-05-02

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Fernando Lopes, GCIH was a Portuguese film director. He was a Film teacher at the Portuguese National Conservatory, nowadays the Lisbon Theatre and Film School (Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema). He died, aged 76, in Lisbon due to throat cancer.

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Fernando Lopes

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Acts of Cinema
Cinema and affections from life in images and what goes on outside the frame. 'Snapshots' of shootings and the present-day memory of directors, actors and technicians.
In the Interstices of Reality or The Cinema of António de Macedo
Self
Feature documentary about ex-maverick filmmaker António de Macedo.
Em Câmara Lenta
Director
Salvador knew Contança and Santiago. He did not know, but admired, Laurence. Among them, Laurence knew Santiago. Constance did not know Laurence. Only Santiago knew Laurence, Constança and Salvador.
Senhor X
K
Cinema is the true life.
Twist of Fate
Director
Carlos is a famous journalist at the age of 55. His wife, Ada, is the opposite of her husband, a woman with a very active social life, and she is happy and seductive. One day, Carlos accidentally opens a text message on Ada’s cellular telephone. A new world reveals itself before his eyes when he discovers that his wife is seeing another man. With the help of his friend with whom he goes to live, Carlos discovers a universe of virtual lovers and electronic adultery.
A Felicidade
Pai
A father and a son. The father will be seventy years old, the son is in his twenties. The son drives the father to the hospital. Classical music in the radio. The father did not know that the son liked classical music, and the son did not know that that would be the last time he would speak to his father. But Mozart asks that souls rejoice, that men rejoice.
Michael Biberstein - My Friend Mike at Work
Himself
Mike, half Swiss, half American, is a friend of Portuguese director Fernando Lopes. He’s a painter and has been living in Portugal for 30 years, making him also Portuguese. His stage name is Michael Biberstein. His internationally acclaimed works belong to some of the most important collections and museums around the world. He and Fernando Lopes decided to embrace this adventure after a conversation they had in a mutual friend’s house. The result is this movie: an inner journey about the creation of a painting where its silence, its mystery and magic were filmed.
Michael Biberstein - My Friend Mike at Work
Director
Mike, half Swiss, half American, is a friend of Portuguese director Fernando Lopes. He’s a painter and has been living in Portugal for 30 years, making him also Portuguese. His stage name is Michael Biberstein. His internationally acclaimed works belong to some of the most important collections and museums around the world. He and Fernando Lopes decided to embrace this adventure after a conversation they had in a mutual friend’s house. The result is this movie: an inner journey about the creation of a painting where its silence, its mystery and magic were filmed.
The Lovebirds
The director
THE LOVEBIRDS intertwines six stories about love, friendship and survival. The film stars an international cast of American and Portuguese actors who create a colorful mix of off-beat characters that lead us through a complex labyrinth of emotions. Set in the old Romanesque city of Lisbon during the course of one night where love is the art of survival. Written by Anonymous
Fernando Lopes, Provavelmente
Himself
Fernando Lopes in the first person: through his words and films, from the village where he was born until Lisbon of present time, we discover the themes and emotions of the work of one of the main authors of portuguese "Cinema Novo".
Carlos de Oliveira: Upon the Left Side
Carlos Oliveira's literary universe is re-enacted in a studio using the writer’s personal objects and manuscripts, and with the help of Luis Miguel Cintra and Fernando Lopes. Shot with the purpose to document his work in the same way Carlos de Oliveira documented his hometown in Gândara, the film uses all the creative liberty that new digital technology allows in order to recreate the visual and sound records that were also present in the writer and poet’s own work.
No Tempo do Cinema
Himself
A 58 minute documentary about the life of João Bénard da Costa.
98 Octanas
Editor
He and she don't know each other. They randomly meet at a gas station, while drifting. "Where are we going? Far away. Where is that? Near."
98 Octanas
Mafioso
He and she don't know each other. They randomly meet at a gas station, while drifting. "Where are we going? Far away. Where is that? Near."
98 Octanas
Writer
He and she don't know each other. They randomly meet at a gas station, while drifting. "Where are we going? Far away. Where is that? Near."
98 Octanas
Director
He and she don't know each other. They randomly meet at a gas station, while drifting. "Where are we going? Far away. Where is that? Near."
Outside
Screenplay
Laura works as a newscaster and José Maria as a stockbroker, and while they live in the same housing complex, their lives never cross directly. Nevertheless, he watches her from a distance, seeing all her movements without her knowledge. But their lives finally meet when he is invited onto her news program. From there, a romance begins which coincides with the desire of two beings who finally find a reason to seek love once again.
Outside
Director
Laura works as a newscaster and José Maria as a stockbroker, and while they live in the same housing complex, their lives never cross directly. Nevertheless, he watches her from a distance, seeing all her movements without her knowledge. But their lives finally meet when he is invited onto her news program. From there, a romance begins which coincides with the desire of two beings who finally find a reason to seek love once again.
Alexandre O’Neill - Tomai lá do O’Neill
Writer
A personal tribute to the poet Alexandre O'Neill by his dear friend Fernando Lopes.
Alexandre O’Neill - Tomai lá do O’Neill
Director
A personal tribute to the poet Alexandre O'Neill by his dear friend Fernando Lopes.
O Delfim
Writer
A wealthy landowner, "The Dauphin," enjoys a decadent life of hunting, drinking, and womanizing. He oversees his estate, the Laguna, with his barren wife, his one-armed manservant, and his treasured guard dog. When a sportsman (the film’s narrator) comes to the estate for his annual duck-hunting excursion, he discovers the body of the landowner’s wife floating in the lagoon and the manservant dead on his master’s bed. The Dauphin and his dog are nowhere to be found except for the mysterious barking sounds heard over the lagoon.
O Delfim
Director
A wealthy landowner, "The Dauphin," enjoys a decadent life of hunting, drinking, and womanizing. He oversees his estate, the Laguna, with his barren wife, his one-armed manservant, and his treasured guard dog. When a sportsman (the film’s narrator) comes to the estate for his annual duck-hunting excursion, he discovers the body of the landowner’s wife floating in the lagoon and the manservant dead on his master’s bed. The Dauphin and his dog are nowhere to be found except for the mysterious barking sounds heard over the lagoon.
Olhar/Ver Gérard, Fotógrafo
Director
Life of photographer Gérard Castello-Lopes, disciple of Cartier-Bresson.
Se Deus Quiser
Editor
"French television came up with the idea of Se Deus Quiser (but they didn't carry it through), which consisted in inviting six European directors to describe their homeland in a film. When my friend Jacques Dercourt contacted me - he had seen Nós Por Cá Todos Bem at Cannes - I told him I like the idea a lot and I proposed a to Várzea and to my mother, that is, a confrontation between images and sound, memory and sentiment" (Fernando Lopes).
Se Deus Quiser
Writer
"French television came up with the idea of Se Deus Quiser (but they didn't carry it through), which consisted in inviting six European directors to describe their homeland in a film. When my friend Jacques Dercourt contacted me - he had seen Nós Por Cá Todos Bem at Cannes - I told him I like the idea a lot and I proposed a to Várzea and to my mother, that is, a confrontation between images and sound, memory and sentiment" (Fernando Lopes).
Se Deus Quiser
Director
"French television came up with the idea of Se Deus Quiser (but they didn't carry it through), which consisted in inviting six European directors to describe their homeland in a film. When my friend Jacques Dercourt contacted me - he had seen Nós Por Cá Todos Bem at Cannes - I told him I like the idea a lot and I proposed a to Várzea and to my mother, that is, a confrontation between images and sound, memory and sentiment" (Fernando Lopes).
Lisboa no Cinema, Um Ponto de Vista
The city during the beginning of cinema. The typical city at the time of the dictatorship. The New Lisbon of the New Cinema. Lisbon after the Revolution. The white city of foreigners. A geographical and moviegoer screenplay of Lisbon through the images of films and testimonies of several filmmakers who filmed in Lisbon.
On the Edge of the Horizon
Director
Spino, a pathologist, receives an unidentified body which looks familiar to him... himself, 30 years younger.
Recollections of the Yellow House
Snooker Player (uncredited)
Lisbon, 1989. A middle-aged poor man, tormented by an illness, lives in a cheap room in a family boarding house, in the old section of the city's waterfront.
Gran sol
Producer
A group of fishermen embark on a new adventure to capture the best pieces on the high seas. They leave from the port of Ondárroa, Vizcaya, to depart towards the Atlantic bottom where they usually fish. After several days of fishing, problems begin to emerge.
Matar Saudades
Writer
Abel, 47 years old, two wars - in the colonies and France, emigration - several scars from many battles lost, returns in a jump to Portugal, to his lost village in the northern interior, near the border, from where one day he'd be gone, also from a jump. A letter, from his brother Peter, warned him that everything changed. Even Teresa. Abel catches sight of his childhood in the village hills, the old tribe. From a distance everything seams to be in the same placesa, the old dog is all that remains of the past. In the village the Act of Passion will be performed and Teresa is one of the participants. Abel takes the old gestures and prepares his plan: eliminate one by one Teresa's suitors, to consummate during the act of the Passion, her death ...
Matar Saudades
Director
Abel, 47 years old, two wars - in the colonies and France, emigration - several scars from many battles lost, returns in a jump to Portugal, to his lost village in the northern interior, near the border, from where one day he'd be gone, also from a jump. A letter, from his brother Peter, warned him that everything changed. Even Teresa. Abel catches sight of his childhood in the village hills, the old tribe. From a distance everything seams to be in the same placesa, the old dog is all that remains of the past. In the village the Act of Passion will be performed and Teresa is one of the participants. Abel takes the old gestures and prepares his plan: eliminate one by one Teresa's suitors, to consummate during the act of the Passion, her death ...
Chronicle of Good Hoodlums
Producer
This exaggerated mockery of crime cinema tells the story of a gang lead by "Renato, o pacíficio" (Renato, the peaceful) and their attempt to steal precious jewels from the Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon. The weapon of choice? Bees!
Chronicle of Good Hoodlums
Writer
This exaggerated mockery of crime cinema tells the story of a gang lead by "Renato, o pacíficio" (Renato, the peaceful) and their attempt to steal precious jewels from the Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon. The weapon of choice? Bees!
Chronicle of Good Hoodlums
Director
This exaggerated mockery of crime cinema tells the story of a gang lead by "Renato, o pacíficio" (Renato, the peaceful) and their attempt to steal precious jewels from the Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon. The weapon of choice? Bees!
Cantigamente
Director
A film by Fernando Lopes.
Nós Por Cá Todos Bem
Screenplay
With a strong documentary element, "Nós Por Cá Todos Bem" mixes professional actors with the inhabitants of a small village, telling the story of a small film crew in a village living day to day.
Nós Por Cá Todos Bem
Editor
With a strong documentary element, "Nós Por Cá Todos Bem" mixes professional actors with the inhabitants of a small village, telling the story of a small film crew in a village living day to day.
Nós Por Cá Todos Bem
Director
With a strong documentary element, "Nós Por Cá Todos Bem" mixes professional actors with the inhabitants of a small village, telling the story of a small film crew in a village living day to day.
Sons e Cores de Portugal
Director
Short film by Fernando Lopes, decisive figure of the Portuguese New Wave.
Habitat
Director
Short film by Fernando Lopes, decisive figure of the Portuguese New Wave.
As Armas e o Povo
Director
Film directors with hand-held cameras went to the streets of Lisbon from April 25 to May 1, 1974, registering interviews and political events of the Portuguese "Carnations Revolution", as that period would be later known.
O Encoberto
Director
Short film by Fernando Lopes, decisive figure of the Portuguese New Wave.
Festa, Trabalho e Pão em Grijó de Parada
Editor
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.
A Aventura Calculada
Director
Short film by Fernando Lopes, decisive figure of the Portuguese New Wave.
A Bee in the Rain
Screenplay
This Portuguese drama examines the daily life minutiae and intrigues of two scions of society in the rural village where they live. One is a wealthy landowner, the other a widowed aristocrat who lives in a world of her own.
A Bee in the Rain
Director
This Portuguese drama examines the daily life minutiae and intrigues of two scions of society in the rural village where they live. One is a wealthy landowner, the other a widowed aristocrat who lives in a world of her own.
Nacionalidade: Português
Director
A short film by Fernando Lopes.
Era uma vez...Amanhã
Director
Short film by Fernando Lopes, decisive figure of the Portuguese New Wave.
Hoje, Estreia
Director
Short film by Fernando Lopes, decisive figure of the Portuguese New Wave.
Tejo - Rota do Progresso
Director
Short film by Fernando Lopes, decisive figure of the Portuguese New Wave.
Cruzeiro do Sul
Director
Short film by Fernando Lopes, decisive figure of the Portuguese New Wave.
Vermelho, Amarelo e Verde
Director
Short film by Fernando Lopes, decisive figure of the Portuguese New Wave.
Belarmino
Production Design
Former boxing champion Belarmino answers a psychological facing the camera in close-up. Then the camera follows him in his daily routine, at home with his family, oggling the women and working as doorman to a night-club, as well as the of training and boxing sessions.
Belarmino
Writer
Former boxing champion Belarmino answers a psychological facing the camera in close-up. Then the camera follows him in his daily routine, at home with his family, oggling the women and working as doorman to a night-club, as well as the of training and boxing sessions.
Belarmino
Director
Former boxing champion Belarmino answers a psychological facing the camera in close-up. Then the camera follows him in his daily routine, at home with his family, oggling the women and working as doorman to a night-club, as well as the of training and boxing sessions.
Marçano precisa-se
Director
Short film by Fernando Lopes, decisive figure of the Portuguese New Wave.
As Palavras e os Fios
Director
The production and the economic and social relevance of electric cables, may be watched as abstract art to the tunes of jazz.
O Voo da Amizade
Director
Short film by Fernando Lopes, decisive figure of the Portuguese New Wave.
As Pedras e o Tempo
Writer
Documentary short film on the city of Évora, Portugal. Usually regarded as the first film of the Portuguese New Wave.
As Pedras e o Tempo
Director
Documentary short film on the city of Évora, Portugal. Usually regarded as the first film of the Portuguese New Wave.
Domingos Sequeira
Director
A TV movie by Fernando Lopes.