Acting
Luís Miguel Cintra
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.
Filmography
Auto da Casa
Film · 2026
The Life of Mirrors
Film · 2025
Memoirs of Teatro da Cornucópia
Film · 2025
Arrabalde
Film · 2024
We Are on Air
Film · 2024
Truth or Dare?
Film · 2023
O Filme Feliz :)
Film · 2023
Love Lights
Film · 2022
Around Rocha’s Table
Film · 2021
A Present Light
Film · 2021
Pathos Ethos Logos
Film · 2021
Pathos
Film · 2021
War
Film · 2020
Rage
Film · 2018
Manuel Casimiro - Pintar a Ideia
Film · 2018
Anteroom
Film · 2018
Correspondences
Film · 2016
Días color naranja
Film · 2016
The Old Man of Belem
Film · 2014
Illusion
Film · 2014
Second Hand
Film · 2013
If I Were a Thief... I'd Steal
Film · 2013
The New Testament of Jesus Christ According to John
Film · 2013
Biette
Film · 2013
The Enclosure of Time
Film · 2013
Gebo and the Shadow
Film · 2012
Demain?
Film · 2011
The world that was (and that is)
Film · 2011
The Sword and the Rose
Film · 2010
The Strange Case of Angelica
Film · 2010
Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl
Film · 2009
Romance de Vila do Conde
Film · 2008
From Now On
Film · 2008
O Poeta Doido, o Vitral e a Santa Morta
Film · 2008
Pas Perdus
Film · 2008
Carlos de Oliveira: Upon the Left Side
Film · 2007
One of Us Cannot Be Wrong
Film · 2007
Christopher Columbus, The Enigma
Film · 2007
Magic Mirror
Film · 2006
The Fifth Empire
Film · 2004
The Days When I Don’t Exist
Film · 2003
A Talking Picture
Film · 2003
The Dancer Upstairs
Film · 2002
The Uncertainty Principle
Film · 2002
The Wolf of the West Coast
Film · 2002
Rending
Film · 2001
História do Cinema Português
Series · 2001
Word and Utopia
Film · 2000
Moonfish
Film · 2000
April Captains
Film · 2000
The Heart's Root
Film · 2000
Erros Meus
Film · 2000
Snow White
Film · 2000
Os 25 Anos do Teatro da Cornucópia
Film · 2000
The Spousals of God
Film · 1999
The Letter
Film · 1999
Inquietude
Film · 1998
Transatlantique
Film · 1997
The Convent
Film · 1995
Casa de Lava
Film · 1995
Blind Man's Bluff
Film · 1994
Two Brothers, My Sister
Film · 1994
Here on Earth
Film · 1993
Poor George
Film · 1993
Abraham's Valley
Film · 1993
Villa Mauresque
Film · 1993
Zéfiro
Film · 1993
Day of Despair
Film · 1992
Alcibíades
Film · 1992
The Last Dive
Film · 1992
The Divine Comedy
Film · 1991
No, or the Vain Glory of Command
Film · 1990
Recollections of the Yellow House
Film · 1989
Blood
Film · 1989
Where the Sun Beats
Film · 1989
Tall Stories
Film · 1988
The Cannibals
Film · 1988
A Propósito da Bandeira Nacional
Film · 1988
The Mountains of the Moon
Film · 1987
The Jester
Film · 1987
The Distant Land
Film · 1987
My Case
Film · 1986
The Satin Slipper
Film · 1986
Vertiges
Film · 1985
No One Twice
Film · 1985
Lisboa Cultural
Film · 1984
Signals of Life
Film · 1984
Gestures and Fragments
Film · 1983
Silvestre
Film · 1982
Island of Loves
Film · 1982
E Não se Pode Exterminá-lo?
Film · 1979
Neither Bird Nor Fish
Film · 1978
O Outro Teatro ou As Coisas Pertencem a Quem as Torna Melhores
Film · 1977
Entremês Famoso Sobre a Pesca no Rio Minho
Film · 1974
A Pousada das Chagas
Film · 1972
Fragments of an Alms-Film
Film · 1972
He Goes Long Barefoot That Waits for Dead Men's Shoes
Film · 1970
A Morte do Príncipe
Film