Agustina Bessa-Luís

Agustina Bessa-Luís

Agustina Bessa-Luís, was a Portuguese writer. From 1986 and 1987, she was director of the daily O Primeiro de Janeiro (Porto). From 1990 to 1993, she was director of the Teatro Nacional D. Maria II (Lisbon). Her novels have been adapted for the screen by director Manoel de Oliveira: Fanny Owen ("Francisca"), Abraham's Valley, and The Lands of Risk ("The Convent"), in addition to the Party. Her novel As Terras do Risco was the basis for the film O Convento in 1995. She was awarded the Camões Prize in 2004.

  • Title: Agustina Bessa-Luís
  • Popularity: 0.314
  • Known For: Writing
  • Birthday: 1922-10-15
  • Place of Birth: Amarante, Portugal
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Agustina Bessa-Luís Movies

  • 1978
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    Ma Femme Chamada Bicho

    Ma Femme Chamada Bicho

    1 1978 HD

    The film documents the places where the Portuguese painter Maria Helena Vieira da Silva (1908-1992), and Hungarian Arpad Szenes were born, met, and...

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  • 2001
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    Porto of My Childhood

    Porto of My Childhood

    6.733 2001 HD

    Manoel de Oliveira's autobiographical documentary about returning to his hometown.

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  • 2006
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    No Tempo do Cinema

    No Tempo do Cinema

    1 2006 HD

    A 58 minute documentary about the life of João Bénard da Costa.

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  • 2006
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    Conversazione a Porto

    Conversazione a Porto

    1 2006 HD

    A conversation between the filmmaker Manoel de Olivieira and the writer Agustina Bessa-Luís.

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  • 2002
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    The Uncertainty Principle

    The Uncertainty Principle

    4.9 2002 HD

    Having lost her place among the social elite, a widow remarries and starts a family.

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  • 1981
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    Francisca

    Francisca

    7.519 1981 HD

    The life of a young man, son of an English officer who lets himself become a prisoner of love resulting in fatalism and disgrace.

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  • 2023
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    A Sibila

    A Sibila

    7 2023 HD

    In the mid-20th century, a troubled relationship between Germana, a young writer, and Quina, her aunt who lives in the northern Portuguese...

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  • 2008
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    True and Tender is the North

    True and Tender is the North

    5.1 2008 HD

    Adaptation of a 1987 novel by Agustina Bessa Luis, a multi-generation exploration of a wealthy family with a mysterious past and a house on the...

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  • 1993
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    Abraham's Valley

    Abraham's Valley

    7.471 1993 HD

    Ema is a very attractive but innocent girl, so pretty that cars crash in her presence. In her youth she marries Dr. Carlos Paiva, her father's...

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  • 1998
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    Anxiety

    Anxiety

    6.4 1998 HD

    An anthology film drama featuring a poetic mirror structure based on existential identity. In "The Immortals," adapted from a Helder Prista Monteiro...

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  • 2019
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    The Portuguese Woman

    The Portuguese Woman

    6.4 2019 HD

    North of Italy, the von Kettens dispute the forces of the Episcopate of Trent. Herr Ketten seeks marriage in a distant country, Portugal. After their...

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  • 2005
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    The Conquest of Faro

    The Conquest of Faro

    5 2005 HD

    Arriving in a hotel in the city of Faro, a couple learns there are no available tables left. When another couple agrees to share a table, they spark...

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  • 1996
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    Party

    Party

    6.5 1996 HD

    The battle of the sexes? The forces of despair and seduction? On S. Miguel in the Azores, Rogério, a young man with old money, and his...

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  • 1995
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    The Convent

    The Convent

    5.4 1995 HD

    The journey of Michael Padovic, an American professor who arrives with his wife, Helene, at a Portuguese convent where he expects to find the...

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  • 1993
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    Visit, or Memories and Confessions

    Visit, or Memories and Confessions

    7.5 1993 HD

    A long-hidden, personal doc about leaving a beloved house by the late, revered Portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira.

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  • 2006
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    Magic Mirror

    Magic Mirror

    6.4 2006 HD

    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...

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