Directing
Alfredo Tropa
Born — Died
1939-03-29 — 2020-07-05
Place of birth
Porto, Portugal
Known for
Directing
Credits
6 titles
Alfredo Ricardo Rezende Tropa (Porto, March 29, 1939 - Lisbon, July 5, 2020) was a Portuguese film director. He was director of RTP's Archives and Documentation. In 1958, he left for Coimbra to attend the Faculty of Sciences and became interested in cinema through the film club movement. In 1960, in the same city, he began making short films. He went to Paris the following year, where, on a scholarship from the National Cinema Fund, he attended IDHEC and graduated in Directing. After an internship in French television, he returned to Portugal and founded Média Filmes with other filmmakers. He was assistant director on a number of films, such as Mudar de Vida, by Paulo Rocha, and Uma Abel…
Known for
4.5Pedro is a young agricultural worker who gets caught in the middle of a fight between two families, kills a man and escapes to the capital. He can't find work,resorts to begging, but keeps his mountaineer pride. He starts a new life with a prostitute who is nice to him, but nothing works. He returns home, and alone, and now he finds life there is sad as well.
Just Pedro
1972
Joe Valente, a luso-american, returns home with the dream of turning molice picking into a real industry. But this will cause misery for those who use the traditional methods.
Bárbara
1980
No synopsis available yet.
O Marinheiro
1970
NRThe tumultuous lives of a woman and her three daughters who used to live in Paris, and are now living in Bairro Alto.
Luísa e os Outros
1989
Film credits
Behind the camera
4.5Pedro is a young agricultural worker who gets caught in the middle of a fight between two families, kills a man and escapes to the capital. He can't find work,resorts to begging, but keeps his mountaineer pride. He starts a new life with a prostitute who is nice to him, but nothing works. He returns home, and alone, and now he finds life there is sad as well.
Just Pedro
1972
Joe Valente, a luso-american, returns home with the dream of turning molice picking into a real industry. But this will cause misery for those who use the traditional methods.
Bárbara
1980
Joe Valente, a luso-american, returns home with the dream of turning molice picking into a real industry. But this will cause misery for those who use the traditional methods.
Bárbara
1980
No synopsis available yet.
O Marinheiro
1970
NRThe tumultuous lives of a woman and her three daughters who used to live in Paris, and are now living in Bairro Alto.
Luísa e os Outros
1989