ANTÓNIO DA CUNHA TELLES (born 1935)
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PANDORA DA CUNHA TELLES(born 1978)
This extraordinary father and daughter pairing have a great deal to do with contemporary Portuguese cinema. In the sixties António was responsible for the radical renewal of cinema in Portugal, inventing the New Portuguese Cinema in the style of the French Nouvelle Vague or the Brazilian New Cinema. Among other works, he has produced fundamental films such as Os Verdes Anos, Belarmino and O Cerco, which he also directed. Throughout his lifetime he has produced hundreds of films, among which are O Bobo,1987 Locarno's Golden Leopard and La Belle Epoque, 1994 Oscar for Best Foreign Film. Over recent years his daughter Pandora has joined the renewal of the XXI century Portuguese Cinema. She was responsible, before A Corte do Norte, for films such as Kiss Me, O Mistério da Estrada de Sintra, Terra Sonâmbula and How to Draw a Perfect Circle. Executive producer Alexandre Oliveira, who produce some of my documentaries, far surpassed himself in this film.
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