José Leitão de Barros
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José Leitão de Barros was a Portuguese
film director
and playwright
.
Among his most famous films are Maria do Mar (1930), the second docufiction
after
Moana (1926) by Robert Flaherty, the first Portuguese sound film, A Severa (1931), Ala-Arriba!
(1945), and a biopic about Portugal's national poet, Camões (1946).
He was born, and died, in Lisbon
.
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
and playwright
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
.
Among his most famous films are Maria do Mar (1930), the second docufiction
Docufiction
Docufiction is a neologism which refers to the cinematographic combination of documentary and fiction. More precisely, it is a documentary contaminated with fictional elements, in real time, filmed when the events take place, and in which someone - the character - plays his own role in real life...
after
Moana (1926) by Robert Flaherty, the first Portuguese sound film, A Severa (1931), Ala-Arriba!
Ala-Arriba! (film)
Ala-Arriba! is a 1942 Portuguese romantic docufiction set in Póvoa de Varzim, a traditional Portuguese fishing town.Dealing with ethnographic matters, it may be considered as an ethnofiction. The film was directed by Leitão de Barros, and stars real fishermen as themselves in order to give a...
(1945), and a biopic about Portugal's national poet, Camões (1946).
He was born, and died, in Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
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Filmography
- Mal de Espanha (1918)
- O Homem dos Olhos Tortos (1918) (unfinished)
- Malmequer (1918)
- Sidónio Pais - Proclamação do Presidente da República (1918) (lost)
- Nazaré, Praia de Pescadores (1929) (the second part is lost)
- Festas da Curia (1927)
- Lisboa (1930)
- Maria do Mar (1930)
- A Severa (1931)
- As Pupilas do Senhor ReitorAs Pupilas do Senhor ReitorAs Pupilas do Senhor Reitor is a Portuguese romance novel by Júlio Dinis, written in 1863 and published in 1867. It was a success, and followed with a number of similar themed novels such as A Morgadinha dos Canaviais...
(1935) - Bocage (1936)
- Las Tres Gracias (1936)
- Maria PapoilaMaria Papoila-References:...
(1937) - Legião Portuguesa (1937)
- Mocidade Portuguesa (1937)
- Varanda dos Rouxinóis (1939)
- A Pesca do Atum (1939)
- Ala-Arriba!Ala-Arriba! (film)Ala-Arriba! is a 1942 Portuguese romantic docufiction set in Póvoa de Varzim, a traditional Portuguese fishing town.Dealing with ethnographic matters, it may be considered as an ethnofiction. The film was directed by Leitão de Barros, and stars real fishermen as themselves in order to give a...
(1942) - A Póvoa de Varzim (1942)
- Inês de Castro (1944)
- CamõesCamões (film)Camões is a 1946 Portuguese drama film directed by José Leitão de Barros. It was entered into the 1946 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* António Vilar as Luís de Camões* José Amaro as D...
(1946) - Vendaval Maravilhoso (1949)
- Comemorações Henriquinas (1960)
- A Ponte da Arrábida Sobre o Rio Douro (1961)
- Escolas de Portugal (1962)
- A Ponte Salazar Sobre o Rio Tejo (1966)
See also
- DocufictionDocufictionDocufiction is a neologism which refers to the cinematographic combination of documentary and fiction. More precisely, it is a documentary contaminated with fictional elements, in real time, filmed when the events take place, and in which someone - the character - plays his own role in real life...
- EthnofictionEthnofictionEthnofiction is a neologism which refers to an ethnographic docufiction sub-genre, a blend of documentary and fiction film in the area of visual anthropology. It is a film style in which the portrayed characters play their own roles as members of an ethnic or social group.Jean Rouch is considered...
- Cinema of PortugalCinema of PortugalPortuguese cinema has a long tradition, reaching back to the birth of the medium in the late 19th century. In the 1950s, Cinema Novo, sprang up as a movement concerned with showing realism in film, in the vein of Italian Neorealism and the French New Wave...
- José de Matos-CruzJosé de Matos-CruzJosé de Matos-Cruz is a Portuguese writer, journalist, editor, high-school teacher, investigator, encyclopedist. From 1980 to 2010, he works at the Cinemateca Portuguesa , in Lisbon...
- Portuguese film historian