Writing
Alexandre O'Neill
Born — Died
1924-12-19 — 1986-08-21
Place of birth
Lisbon, Portugal
Known for
Writing
Credits
8 titles
Alexandre O'Neill was born on December 19, 1924 in Lisbon, Portugal. He was a writer and poet of Irish descent.
Known for
8.5After a fatal crash involving her brother, Elsa tries to escape her corrupt & prejudiced background, making Francisco (the victim’s dad) – a wealthy family’s driver – resign himself with the unavoidable so as not to compromise his employer’s son, thus trying to gain something from the tragedy.
Birds with Clipped Wings
1963
10.0World peace is at stake if a spy-ring obtains the electronic device
Seven Bullets for Selma
1967
7.0Short film on the creation of an agricultural cooperative in the village of Sever do Vouga.
Sever do Vouga... Uma Experiência
1971
7.0Short film by Fernando Lopes, decisive figure of the Portuguese New Wave.
Vermelho, Amarelo e Verde
1966
6.8João Barbela is poor man who lives out of charity - what coins the people of Lisbon's popular districts give him as 'pay' for his puppeteering work. For the kids, he is like a king, Dom Roberto = puppet). When he meets Maria, an equally poor girl, he fancies to change her life, and get her a house, maybe marrying, and being happy together.Life does not exactly have a happy ending, like he managed with his puppets 5-minute plays...
Dom Roberto
1962
6.0Dina (Maria Santiago) is a teenager brought up by her grandmother, employed as a housekeeper for a fairly well-off family. Since Dina only has her grandmother, she spends her time fantasizing about her life and reading comic-book love stories -- activities that do nothing to improve her dim perspective of reality. Due to these handicaps and her own inexperience, she gets involved with Django (Luis Lucas), a shady character who decides to use her as bait to attract men and then rob them. One day when both are in a taxi with robbery in mind, the driver gets suspicious so Django shoots him, and so does Dina. She escapes and runs away -- though it seems like she has learned too little too late. This story unfolds against a time of upheaval in Portugal (mid-1970s) when the military government is formulating a constitution and social changes are happening everywhere.
Dina and Django
1983
Film credits
1970s · 2 titles
7.0Short film on the creation of an agricultural cooperative in the village of Sever do Vouga.
Sever do Vouga... Uma Experiência
1971
7.3The film sought to portray a relatively unknown and isolated rural world and, through a highly politicized discourse, affirmed the genuineness of “folk culture.” Representative of the new documentary film movement that developed in Portugal after the revolution, the movie encouraged the local retrieval of the Caretos tradition. A ritual that seemed to be doomed by the conjoined impact of emigration, the colonial war and the crisis of agriculture was thus brought back to life. - Paulo Raposo
Masks
1976
Behind the camera
8.5After a fatal crash involving her brother, Elsa tries to escape her corrupt & prejudiced background, making Francisco (the victim’s dad) – a wealthy family’s driver – resign himself with the unavoidable so as not to compromise his employer’s son, thus trying to gain something from the tragedy.
Birds with Clipped Wings
1963
10.0World peace is at stake if a spy-ring obtains the electronic device
Seven Bullets for Selma
1967
6.8João Barbela is poor man who lives out of charity - what coins the people of Lisbon's popular districts give him as 'pay' for his puppeteering work. For the kids, he is like a king, Dom Roberto = puppet). When he meets Maria, an equally poor girl, he fancies to change her life, and get her a house, maybe marrying, and being happy together.Life does not exactly have a happy ending, like he managed with his puppets 5-minute plays...
Dom Roberto
1962
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Editor Contra
2022