Miguel Gomes was born in Lisbon in 1972. He studied at the Lisbon Film and Theatre School and worked as a film critic for the Portuguese press between 1996 and 2000.
He directed several short films awarded in festivals such as Oberhausen, Belfort and Vila do Conde, and screened at Locarno, Rotterdam, Buenos Aires and Vienna. THE FACE YOU DESERVE (2004) was his first feature film. In 2008, he presented his film, OUR BELOVED MONTH OF AUGUST in the Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Festival, which was subsequently selected in more than forty international festivals where he won over a dozen prizes.The Viennale (Austria, 2008), Bafici (Argentina, 2009) and the Centro de Artes e Imaxes da Corunha (Spain, 2009) included retrospectives of his films. He is about to release a new feature film called TABU
OUR BELOVED MONTH OF AUGUST
Synopsis
In the heart of Portugal, amid the mountains, the month of August is abuzz with people and activity.
Emigrants return home, set off fireworks, fight fires, sing karaoke, kurl themselves from bridges, hunt wild boar, drink beer, make babies.
Director's Bio-filmography
TABU [2012] • OUR BELOVED MONTH OF AUGUST [2008] • CANTICLE OF ALL CREATURES [2006] • THE FACE YOU DESERVE [2004] • PRE-EVOLUTION SOCCER’S ONE MINUTE AFTER A GOLDEN GOAL IN THE MASTER LEAGUE [2003] • KALKITOS [2002] • THIRTY-ONE MEANS TROUBLE [2002] • A CHRISTMAS INVENTORY [2000] • MEANWHILE [1999]
Theatrical Release
PORTUGUESE RELEASE ON AUGUST THE 21ST 2008
FRENCH RELEASE ON JUNE THE 17TH 2009
BRAZILIAN RELEASE ON AUGUST THE 14TH 2009
BELGIAN RELEASE SEPTEMBER THE 21ST 2009
MEXICAN RELEASE NOVEMBER THE 21ST 2009
ARGENTINIAN RELEASE MARCH THE 4TH 2010
GERMANY RELEASE JUNE THE 3RD 2010
Festivals & Awards
40th Director’s Fortnight [Cannes – France, 2008]
15th Valdivia International Film Festival [Chile, 2008]: Best International Film and Critics Award
Viennale – Vienna International Film Festival, Special Miguel Gomes [Austria, 2008]: FIPRESCI Award
Director's Note
Life isn’t always easy, my friends! In July 2006, there was a minor catastrophe. Shooting of the film, scheduled for the following month, had to be postponed indefinitely. Production funds were short for a demanding screenplay, due to be shot in Portugal’s interior during the August fiestas, and the directors casting choices.
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Reviews
“Attention, non-identified object, with high poetic and popular contents. This delicate monster, that leaves the viewer happy, arrives from Portugal”
Le Monde, Jacques Mendelbaum
“Miguel Gomes has a missing quality in almost all today’s world cinema: imagination. Overflowing, crazy, precise, maniacal.”
Libération, Philippe Azoury
“A unique film that makes us think of many other films and situations from life, but differing from all of them.”
Miguel Gomes Retrospective – BAFICI
Images
Sounds
- "Meu Querido Mês de Agosto"
- "Morrer de Amor"
Cast
Sónia Bandeira • Fábio Oliveira • Joaquim Carvalho • Andreia Santos • Armando Nunes • Manuel Soares • Emmanuelle Fèvre • Diogo Encarnação • Bruno Lourenço • Maria Albarran • Nuno Mata • Paulo “Moleiro” • Acácio Garcia • Luís Marante
Crew
directed by Miguel Gomes • written by Miguel Gomes, Mariana Ricardo, Telmo Churro • music arrangment Mariana Ricardo • cinematography Rui Poças • camera assistant Lisa Persson • sound director Vasco Pimentel • 1st assistant director Bruno Lourenço • 2nd assistant director Catarina Ramalho • script Telmo Churro • set decoration & wardrobe Bruno Duarte • assistant set decoration & wardrobe Susana Moura • editing Telmo Churro, Miguel Gomes • sound editor Miguel Martins, António Lopes • mix Miguel Martins • production manager Luís Urbano • line producer Patrícia Almeida • production coordinator Cristina Almeida • production assistant Joana Vaz da Silva • producers Luís Urbano, Sandro Aguilar • co-producer Thomas Ordonneau
35MM | 1:1.66 | DOLBY SRD | 150’
© O SOM E A FÚRIA – SHELLAC SUD 2008
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with the support of the MC/ICA
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