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Maria de Medeiros

Maria de Medeiros

Portuguese actress, film director and singer
August 19, 1965 (58 years old)

Sea

V.O.: Mar
Runtime: 103 min.
Can. 2015. Essay film by Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson with Roy Dupuis, Clara Furey, Udo Kier. The crew of a submarine in distress receives a surprise visit from a wood runner (coureur des bois), whose fate is linked to that of a young amnesiac, prisoner of a pack of lycanthropes.
Runtime: 130 min.

The Masters of Suspense

V.O.: Les Maîtres du suspense
Can. 2014. Comedy by Stéphane Lapointe with Michel Côté, Robin Aubert, Antoine Bertrand. Paralyzed by writer
Runtime: 101 min.
It. 2014. Drama by Abel Ferrara with Willem Dafoe, Adriana Asti, Ninetto Davoli. Marked with great creative fervor, the last days of the poet, novelist and filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini, who was assassinated on November 2, 1975 on the beach of Ostia, a suburb of Rome.
Runtime: 86 min.
Can. 2013. Drama by Rudy Barichello with Vincent Hoss-Desmarais, Stephen McHattie, Maria de Medeiros. Stimulated by his encounter with a young actress, a poet in need of inspiration, literary executor of the playwright Samuel Beckett, recalls his encounters in Paris with the latter.
Runtime: 85 min.

Journey to Portugal

V.O.: Viagem a Portugal
Port. 2013. Drama by Sergio Tréfaut with Maria de Medeiros, Isabel Ruth, Makena Diop. In 1997, at Faro airport in Portugal, a Ukrainian woman who had come to join her husband of Senegalese origin is detained by customs authorities.
Runtime: 75 min.
Fr. 2012. Drama by Mehdi Ben Attia with Mehdi Dehbi, Maria de Medeiros.
Runtime: 99 min.
Runtime: 80 min.

Chicken With Plums

V.O.: Poulet aux prunes
Fr. 2011. Dramatic comedy by Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud with Mathieu Amalric, Maria de Medeiros, Édouard Baer. In 1958, an Iranian violinist, whose instrument has been destroyed, lets himself die in his bed, where he recalls his life marked by an unhappy marriage and an impossible love.
Runtime: 91 min.

My Unlucky Stars

V.O.: Mes stars et moi
Fr. 2008. Comedy by Laetitia Colombani with Kad Merad, Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuelle Béart. An intrusive admirer draws the wrath of three actresses.
Runtime: 88 min.
Fr. 2007. Dramatic comedy by Bertrand Arthuys with Didier Bezace, Maria de Medeiros, Lionel Abelanski. A cynical child psychiatrist who has retired to southeastern France is visited by a strange young woman who claims to be replying to an ad that he denies having placed.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 2006. Psychological drama by Jean-Pierre Améris with Alba Gaia Bellugi, Stéphane Freiss, Yolande Moreau. A ten-year-old girl hides an escaped patient from her father's psychiatric hospital in their garden shed.
Runtime: 90 min.

For the Love of Movies

V.O.: Je t'aime... moi non plus
Fr. 2004. Documentary by Maria de Medeiros. During the 2002 Cannes Film Festival, actress Maria de Medeiros explores the sometimes tumultuous relationship between directors and critics.
Fr. 2003. Comedy by Richard Berry with Jules Sitruk, Mabô Kouyaté, Joséphine Berry. Accompanied by a classmate he is in love with, a Parisian schoolboy helps his best friend find his father in London.
Runtime: 91 min.
Can. 2003. Dramatic comedy by Guy Maddin with Isabella Rossellini, Mark McKinney, Maria de Medeiros. In 1933, in Winnipeg, a beer baroness launches a contest to find the saddest music in the world.
Runtime: 100 min.
Runtime: 90 min.
Port. 2001. Documentary by Manoel de Oliveira with Ricardo Trepa, Jorge Trepa, Maria de Medeiros. The Portuguese filmmaker illustrates the passage of time on the city of Porto through stories from his own childhood memories.

April Captains

V.O.: Capitães de Abril
Port. 2000. History by Maria de Medeiros with Maria de Medeiros, Stefano Accorsi, Joaquim de Almeida. On the night of April 24-25, 1974, Portuguese officers launched their troops on Lisbon in order to overthrow the dictatorship in place.
Runtime: 123 min.
Runtime: 81 min.
Fr. 1998. Fantasy comedy by Gérard Pullicino with Mitchell David Rothpan, Maria de Medeiros, Tcheky Karyo. A boy and his teacher help three little furry creatures find a stone that has evil powers.
Runtime: 95 min.
Runtime: 97 min.

Adam and Eve

V.O.: Adao e Eva
Runtime: 104 min.
Runtime: 100 min.
Runtime: 104 min.

Golden Balls

V.O.: Huevos de Oro
Esp. 1993. Mores comedy by Bigas Luna with Javier Bardem, Maribel Verdu, Maria de Medeiros. Furious about his mistress's infidelity, a worker decides to get rich by using women and to build the highest skyscraper in the city.
Runtime: 92 min.

The Man of My Life

V.O.: L'Homme de ma vie
Fr. 1992. Sentimental comedy by Jean-Charles Tacchella with Maria de Medeiros, Thierry Fortineau, Jean-Pierre Bacri. Unable to find a job, a young woman decides to find a rich husband.
Runtime: 103 min.
U.S. 1990. Biography by Philip Kaufman with Maria de Medeiros, Fred Ward, Uma Thurman. Documentary about the ideological and carnal relationship of Ana
Runtime: 136 min.
Fr. 1989. Crime drama by Christian de Chalonge with Jean Poiret, Bruno Cremer, Bulle Ogier. An eccentric police officer thinks that a rich industrialist in a seaside resort was involved in a double murder.
Runtime: 90 min.

The Reader

V.O.: La Lectrice
Fr. 1988. Mores comedy by Michel Deville with Miou-Miou, Patrick Chesnais, Maria Casarès. A young woman who offers her services as an at-home reader meets clients with diverse tastes.
Runtime: 98 min.

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