Rui Simões

Rui Simões

81 (1944-03-20)
Lisbon, Portugal

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Good Portuguese People 1981 (6.6)

Using film and television footage taken during the revolutionary movement of April 25, 1974 in Portugal, and mixing it with music and live interviews with common people, the director conveys a vivid account of the period in which a military coup evolved to a socialist revolution, then was tempered into a formal European style democracy.
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Deus Pátria Autoridade 1976 (6)

The history of Portugal since the Republican revolution of 1910 to the revolutionary period following the military coup of April 24, 1974, recounted with a marxist perspective, using historic sound and film documents. The title refers to a trilogy of values proclaimed by Salazar, prime minister of Portugal in 1936.
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Primeira Obra 2023 (1)

Fiction is never very far from reality. A young man, of Portuguese heritage, decides to do a PhD based on the documentary The Good People of Portugal, a work from 1980, also directed by Rui Simões. This opens the door to a parallel between the reality of the film we see and that of PREC, the moment of the studied documentary and the contemporary world, with the young Michel in between.
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N/A N/A (8)

Emilia is a 17 year old who just finished high school and now works at the local gas station. She has the dream of becoming a professional ballerina, but has never had the courage to leave everything and try. One day she finally gets the chance to audition for the last ballet company still standing in Portugal. She will have to decide whether she should try and risk failing miserably or carry on with her comfortable life, without purpose.
Rui Simoes

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So That You Can Live 1981 (5)

Documentary examining what it means to live in South Wales, made in collaboration with and focusing on the lives of the Butts family. Explores the effects of complex historical forces on industry, family, work, education and learning.