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
CANTICLE OF ALL CREATURES
Synopsis
Assis 2005: a troubadour walks the streets of St. Francis of Assisi hometown, singing and playing the Song of Brother Sun or Song of the Creatures, written by St. Francis back in the winter of 1224. Woods of Umbria, 1212: during one preaching to the birds, St. Francis suddenly faints. Reanimated by St. Clare, the saint looks strange and absent and he doesn’t remember anything. When the night falls, the animals in the forest sing and praise Francis. But this love sung by the animals leads to a feeling of possession, a desire of exclusivity usually known as jealousy.
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]
Festivals & Awards
Viennale – International Film Festival [Vienna, Austria, 2006]
Festival Internacional Curtas Metragens de Vila do Conde [Portugal, 2006]: Best Portuguese Film
Festival de Cinema da Covilhã [Portugal, 2007]: Honorary Mention
Caminhos do Cinema Português XIV [Coimbra, Portugal, 2007]: Best Short Film
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Cast
João Nicolau • Mariana Ricardo • Paolo Manera
Crew
director and script Miguel Gomes • script Miguel Gomes • cinematography Rui Poças • editing João Nicolau, Miguel Gomes • music Mariana Ricardo • sound Miguel Martins • producers Luis Urbano, Sandro Aguilar
35MM | 1:1.85 | 24’
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