Luís Miguel Cintra

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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.

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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1949-04-29
  • event Death Date Unknown
  • school Known for: Acting
  • star Popularity: 2.7
  • info Birth Place Madrid, Spain
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5.1

Word and Utopia

2000-11-17

6.7

My Case

1986-09-25

8.1

Recollections of the Yellow House

1989-10-12

6.1

No, or the Vain Glory of Command

1990-10-12

6.9

The Divine Comedy

1991-10-11

6.9

Gebo and the Shadow

2012-09-10

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Romance de Vila do Conde

2008-08-28

7.3

The Satin Slipper

1986-01-08

5.3

Here on Earth

1993-09-09

10

Second Hand

2013-06-19

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Demain?

2011-10-16

6.7

The Days When I Don’t Exist

2003-10-08

5.7

Tall Stories

1988-03-11

6.7

Blind Man's Bluff

1994-11-18

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Peixe-Lua

2000-09-29

6

Rending

2001-11-30

10

Truth or Dare?

2023-09-12

4.5

If I Were a Thief... I'd Steal

2013-09-10

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The New Testament of Jesus Christ According to John

2013-11-13

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A Pousada das Chagas

1972-02-25

6.8

Blood

1989-12-07

6.2

Day of Despair

1992-10-30

5.1

Poor George

1993-02-26

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Love Lights

2022-08-03

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Around Rocha’s Table

2021-08-08

4.5

The Old Man of Belem

2014-12-11

5.3

Where the Sun Beats

1989-09-10

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The Fifth Empire

2004-09-09

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Transatlantique

1997-09-03

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Alcibíades

1992-01-01

5.4

The Convent

1995-09-06

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O Filme Feliz :)

2023-07-15

6.4

Magic Mirror

2006-03-09

6.1

The Dancer Upstairs

2002-09-20

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Arrabalde

2024-09-26

3.6

The Sword and the Rose

2010-09-09

7.5

As Bodas de Deus

1999-10-15

6.6

Correspondences

2016-08-04

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Carlos de Oliveira: Upon the Left Side

2007-01-01

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Lisboa Cultural

1984-09-28

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Días color naranja

2016-11-10

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One of Us Cannot Be Wrong

2007-02-28

7.5

Abraham's Valley

1993-09-01

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The world that was (and that is)

2011-01-01

6.9

Casa de Lava

1995-02-10

5.3

Christopher Columbus, The Enigma

2007-09-06

6.2

Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl

2009-04-30

7.1

A Talking Picture

2003-08-31

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The Letter

1999-09-22

4.9

The Uncertainty Principle

2002-05-17

6.5

April Captains

2000-04-21

6.1

Silvestre

1982-05-06

6.6

The Strange Case of Angelica

2010-12-29

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The Heart's Root

2000-10-18

6.4

Island of Loves

1982-06-08

6.4

Anxiety

1998-05-19

6.8

The Cannibals

1988-11-10

5.2

Two Brothers, My Sister

1994-11-04

6.8

Rage

2018-10-31

5.3

The Mountains of the Moon

1987-09-01

4.7

He Who Waits for Dead Man Shoes Dies Barefoot

1970-01-01

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From Now On

2008-01-01

6.5

Vertiges

1985-04-09

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A Propósito da Bandeira Nacional

1988-12-09

6.7

The Last Dive

1992-09-18

6

Fragments of an Alms-Film

1972-01-01

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Villa Mauresque

1993-07-07

8

Gestures and Fragments

1983-02-22

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Erros Meus

2000-07-06

5

Ninguém Duas Vezes

1985-04-24

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Nem Pássaro Nem Peixe

1978-09-01

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Entremês Famoso Sobre a Pesca no Rio Minho

1974-01-01

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Manuel Casimiro - Pintar a Ideia

2018-12-20

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Anteroom

2018-10-24

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Zéfiro

1993-08-01

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Illusion

2014-10-01

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E Não se Pode Exterminá-lo?

1979-01-01

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O Outro Teatro ou As Coisas Pertencem a Quem as Torna Melhores

1977-10-01

6.5

The Jester

1987-10-31

4.8

Snow White

2000-10-11

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War

2020-10-22

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O Poeta Doido, o Vitral e a Santa Morta

2008-09-21

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Signals of Life

1984-04-13

4

A Present Light

2021-03-01

7

Pathos Ethos Logos

2021-08-09

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Pathos

2021-12-01

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Biette

2013-06-26

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