Leonor Baldaque

Nascimento : 1977-01-27, Porto

História

Leonor Bessa-Luís Alves Baldaque is a Portuguese actress who was born in 1977 in Porto and currently lives in Paris. She regularly starred on films directed by veteran Manoel de Oliveira. She is granddaughter of Award-winning writer Agustina Bessa-Luís. Leonor was one of the European Shooting Stars nominated by the European Film Promotion. In January 2012, Gallimard published her first novel "Vita (La Vie Légère)".

Filmes

A Religiosa Portuguesa
Julie de Hauranne
Julie de Hauranne, uma jovem actriz francesa que fala a língua da sua mãe, o português, mas que nunca esteve em Lisboa, chega pela primeira vez a esta cidade, onde vai rodar um filme baseado nas Lettres portugaises de Guilleragues. Rapidamente, deixa-se fascinar por uma freira que vai rezar, todas as noites, para a capela da Nossa Senhora do Monte, na colina da Graça. No decurso da sua estadia, a jovem trava uma série de conhecimentos, que, à imagem da sua existência anterior, parecem efémeros e inconsequentes. Mas, após uma noite em que, finalmente, fala com a freira, ela consegue entrever o sentido da vida e do seu destino.
Cristóvão Colombo - O Enigma
Sílvia (1957-60)
A true story of a doctor and his wife who went on a journey in order to prove that discoverer Christopher Columbus was in fact Portuguese. Inspired by the book "Cristóvão Colon Era Português".
Sempre Bela
Young Prostitute
Trinta e oito anos após os acontecimentos do clássico A Bela da Tarde de Luis Buñuel, Henri Husson pensa ter visto Séverine certa noite em um concerto. Ele a segue e a faz enfrentar seu passado, vingando-se lentamente dela.
Espelho Mágico
Vicenta / Abril
Luciano, fresh out of jail, was taken by his brother, Flórido, to serve in the home of wealthy Alfreda. He was surprised when she told him that her greatest desire was to see the Virgin Mary. Now comes this rich land owner with her sublime pretensions. Isn't it enough for her to have an Aston Martin and a Jaguar in the garage and ten different dresses per season? It was all professor Heschel's fault. Or someone else's. Anyway, to go beyond the promise is heresy. Alfreda said that she wouldn't rest until she saw the Virgin and made her some questions. Filipe Quinta, the Forger, says he has a solution. Meanwhile, Bahia, her husband, listens do music.
A Conquista de Faro
Claudina / Donna Brites
Ao chegar a um hotel em Faro, um casal descobre que já não há mesas disponíveis. Quando outro casal aceita dividir a mesa com eles, começam uma conversa sobre a história da cidade — a qual se desenvolve sobre as traições de D. Afonso III, que trai a mulher, e da Moura, que trai o próprio pai.
O Quinto Império - Ontem Como Hoje
Woman's Choir (voice)
Manoel de Oliveira directs José Régio's historical epic of religious and political power struggles. King Sebastião plans to make Portugal the world's Fifth Empire.
O Princípio da Incerteza
Camila
Having lost her place among the social elite, a widow remarries and starts a family.
Porto da Minha Infância
Ela
Manoel de Oliveira's autobiographical documentary about returning to his hometown.
Vou Para Casa
Sylvia
The comfortable daily routines of aging Parisian actor Gilbert Valence, 76, are suddenly shaken when he learns that his wife, daughter, and son-in-law have been killed in a car crash. Having to take care of his now-orphaned grandson, he struggles to go on with his lifelong acting career like he's used to. But the roles he is offered -- a flashy TV show and a hectic last-minute replacement in an English-language film of Joyce's Ulysses -- finally convince him that it's time to retire.
Inquietude
Fisalina
An anthology film drama featuring a poetic mirror structure based on existential identity. In "The Immortals," adapted from a Helder Prista Monteiro play, two famous doctors, an 80-year-old father, and his 60-year-old son, contemplate senility and death. "Suzy," from an Antonio Patricio story, is set in the '30s when a young courtesan dies on the operating table. "Mother of the River" is from an Agustina Bessa-Luis fable about eternal life.