Amílcar Lyra

Filmes

Chá Forte com Limão
Production Director
In the summer of 1870, Raquel, who owns a farm, and lives secluded in her mansion with an old butler and a handful of servants, feels proud when an odd acquaintance comes by. Adriana and her daughter-in-law, Ermesinda, a very young girl, just happen to be visiting - the second time in 15 years for Adriana, and the first time for the teenager Ermesinda. The meeting seems to be pleasant, and yet, for reasons untold, there is coldness and reserve between Adriana and Raquel. Their ambiguous relationship will be revealed, when by accident old wounds are reopened.
Adeus Princesa
Producer
Numa vila alentejana uma rapariga do liceu, Mitó, é a principal suspeita da morte do seu namorado, um alemão da Base Aérea de Beja. Um jornalista e um fotógrafo de um jornal de Lisboa tentam, localmente, colher informações, testemunhos e elementos sobre um caso que está longe de ser simples. Na verdade, cada um tem uma versão muito pessoal dos factos e os diversos pontos de vista revelam-se contraditórios. Os dois jornalistas acabam por ir, inesperadamente, ao encontro de uma história de amor e morte no coração do Alentejo.
Fernando Lanhas - Os 7 Rostos
Line Producer
Documentário dedicado ao artista plástico Fernando Lanhas. Fernando Lanhas nasceu no Porto em 1923. É uma das figuras mais interessantes e também mais desconcertantes da arte contemporânea portuguesa. Poeta,arquitecto, arqueólogo, desenhador, astrónomo, pintor, Lanhas é um pouco de tudo isso. E é também um sonhador cujos sonhos são cuidadosamente anotados: os mais conhecidos são os de levitação. Na pintura, de certo modo, foi ele quem inventou o abstraccionismo, numa época em que as experiências nesse domínio eram totalmente desconhecidas, mais a mais sendo Portugal um país periférico e estando o mundo envolvido na guerra.
Jogo de Mão
Escocês
In a unique approach to what amounts to four pseudo-morality plays, director Monique Rutler has a street entertainer with hand puppets summarize the characters and idea of each story. The first sketch is about a young man who shines shoes for a living, and tries to keep up a relationship with two women while convincing each she is his only true love. The next story is about a man who beats up his wife when he is drunk, and sells furs for a living. One day, as she is riding in the back of his truck with the furs, he hits a bad patch and she and some furs fall out. The question is, will the woman be enterprising and leave the jerk - or not? The third tale concerns a woman looking into how much control a prostitute has over her clients, and to really find out, she becomes a prostitute herself for awhile - leading to some quite unexpected situations. The last segment handles the uglier side of the life styles of the rich and famous.
O Encontro
Production Manager
An engineer falls in love with a girl from a village. A battle between progress and tradition.
As Horas de Maria
Assistant Director
Maria, a blind girl apparently raped by her stepfather, is held in an isolated and dilapidated hospice, desperately awaiting a miracle by Our Lady of Fátima. Turned over by Angela, her aunt, into the care of Dr. Firmino, an imposing doctor, she will suffer moments of despair, grace, and fear, among beliefs, phantoms, and revelations.
A Bicha de 7 Cabeças
Editor
Realizado para a RTP, fazendo parte da série "Contos Tradicionais Portugueses". Junto à Ribeira de Silvalde, nas proximidades de uma ponte que foi romana e que já não o é por obras e vontade da gente de outros tempos, existia um campo e dele tirava sustento uma mulher, com a força do seu suor e trabalho. E assim ela estava, como era hábito dos dias, quando viu em sua direcção aproximar-se bicho nunca visto, que só de cabeças tinha muitas, e de cujas intenções a mulher fez tal juízo que logo deitou a correr no meio de grande gritaria.
As Ruínas no Interior
Assistant Director
During World War II, during a misty morning, near a fishermen's village, four children come across two RAF pilots ejected from a plane that crashed in the sea.
Areia, Lodo e Mar
Director
A documentary about a small touristic village in Algarve, Southern Portugal.
A Promessa
Assistant Director
The gritty lives of Portuguese villagers are shown in this action drama which shows the interaction between a married couple who have taken an unusual vow of celibacy and a gang of gypsies who are terrorizing their village. The film highlights many ancient religious traditions still current in these regions, as the villagers, devout Catholics, support the gypsy con-men by buying religious relics from them.
Almada Negreiros Vivo, Hoje
Production Assistant
The director and two writers and intellectuals interview the Artist in his atelier, and near some of his works, discussing its relations with his former poetic and philosophical works.
A Cruz de Ferro
Continuity
Two neighboring villages fight over control of a stream to water their lands.
A Cruz de Ferro
Pastor
Two neighboring villages fight over control of a stream to water their lands.