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Alberto Magassela
Alberto Mateus Manja Magassela (born 1966, Lourenço Marques (now Maputo)) is a Mozambican actor based out of Portugal. Magassela began his career as an actor in the Mutumbela Gogo acting company in Maputo. He has been based out of Portugal since 1996. He regularly collaborates with the São João National Theatre in Porto, where he premiered with the Gil Vicente play ''A Tragicomédia de Dom Duardos'', staged by fellow actor . He currently has more than 30 theater credits, along with having worked on various Portuguese films and television shows, including films such as ''Light Drops'' and ''O Crime do Padre Amaro''. Filmography Film * 1997 - ''Alta Saciadade'' * 1997 - ''O Prego'' - Belmiro * 2002 - ''Light Drops'' - Guinda * 2003 - ''Tim Watcher'' - Police officer * 2005 - ''Mouth to Mouth'' - Membro da Spark * 2005 - ''Um Rio Chamado Tempo, uma Casa Chamada Terra'' * 2005 - '' O Crime do Padre Amaro'' - Alberto * 2007 - ''Instantes'' - Police officer * 2009 - ''Bom Dia, ...
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Lourenço Marques
Maputo () is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Mozambique. Located near the southern end of the country, it is within of the borders with Eswatini and South Africa. The city has a population of 1,088,449 (as of 2017) distributed over a land area of . The Metropolitan Maputo, Maputo metropolitan area includes the neighbouring city of Matola, and has a total population of 2,717,437. Maputo is a port city, with an economy centered on commerce. It is noted for its vibrant cultural scene and distinctive, eclectic architecture. Maputo was formerly named Lourenço Marques (; until 1976). Maputo is situated on Maputo Bay, a large natural bay on the Indian Ocean, near where the rivers Tembe, Mbuluzi, Matola and Infulene converge. The city consists of seven administrative divisions, which are each subdivided into Quarter (urban subdivision), quarters or ''bairros''. The city is surrounded by Maputo Province, but is administered as a self-contained, separate Provinces of Mozam ...
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Mozambique
Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique, is a country located in Southeast Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west, and Eswatini and South Africa to the south and southwest. The sovereign state is separated from the Comoros, Mayotte, and Madagascar by the Mozambique Channel to the east. The capital and largest city is Maputo. Between the 7th and 11th centuries, a series of Swahili port towns developed on that area, which contributed to the development of a distinct Swahili culture and dialect. In the late medieval period, these towns were frequented by traders from Somalia, Ethiopia, Egypt, Arabia, Persia, and India. The voyage of Vasco da Gama in 1498 marked the arrival of the Portuguese Empire, Portuguese, who began a gradual process of colonisation and settlement in 1505. After over four centuries of Portuguese Mozambique, Portuguese rule, Mozambique Mozambican War of Indepen ...
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Portuguese Ministry Of Culture
Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Portuguese man o' war, a dangerous marine animal ** Portuguese people, an ethnic group See also * * ''Sonnets from the Portuguese'' * "A Portuguesa", the national anthem of Portugal * Lusofonia * Lusitania Lusitania (; ) was an ancient Iberian Roman province encompassing most of modern-day Portugal (south of the Douro River) and a large portion of western Spain (the present Extremadura and Province of Salamanca). Romans named the region after th ... * {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ...
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São João National Theatre
The São João Theatre (), commonly referred to as the ''São João National Theatre'' is a Portugal, Portuguese theatre and concert venue in Freguesia (Portugal), civil parish of Cedofeita, Santo Ildefonso, Sé, Miragaia, São Nicolau e Vitória, in the Concelho, municipality of Porto, in Norte Region, Portugal, northern Portugal. History The primitive theatre was constructed at the end of the 18th century (1796) by Italian Vicente Mazzoneschi, and inaugurated on 13 May 1798, as the ''Teatro do Príncipe'' (''Prince's Theatre''). It was named in honour of the prince-regent John VI of Portugal, John VI, who later became King. The construction firm of Francisco de Almada Mendonça was charged with the project, and produced a four-story building with its principal facade decorated with the royal coat-of-arms under an inscription. But, on 11 April 1908, there was a fire, destroying the theatre interior, and a new structure was built on its former site. Before its destruction, the ...
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Porto
Porto (), also known in English language, English as Oporto, is the List of cities in Portugal, second largest city in Portugal, after Lisbon. It is the capital of the Porto District and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire concelho, municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropolitan area, with an estimated population of just 248,769 people in a municipality with only . Porto's urban area has around 1,319,151 people (2025) in an area of ,Demographia: World Urban Areas
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making it the second-largest urban area in Portugal. It is recognized as a global city with a Gamma + rating from the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. Located along the Douro River estuary in northern Portugal, Porto is one of the oldest European centers and ...
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Gil Vicente
Gil Vicente (; c. 1465c. 1536), called the Trobadour, was a Portuguese playwright and poet who acted in and directed his own plays. Considered the chief dramatist of Portugal he is sometimes called the "Portuguese Plautus," often referred to as the "Father of Portuguese drama" and as one of Western literature's greatest playwrights. Also noted as a lyric poet, Vicente worked in Spanish as much as he worked in Portuguese and is thus, with Juan del Encina, considered joint-father of Spanish drama. Vicente was attached to the courts of the Portuguese kings Manuel I and John III. He rose to prominence as a playwright largely on account of the influence of Queen Dowager Leonor, who noticed him as he participated in court dramas and subsequently commissioned him to write his first theatrical work. He may also have been identical to an accomplished goldsmith of the same name at the court of Évora; the goldsmith is mentioned in royal documents from 1509 to 1517 and work ...
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Light Drops
''Light Drops'' ({{langx, pt, O Gotejar da Luz) is a Portuguese/Mozambican film by Fernando Vendrell. Vendrell's film is set in the colonial Mozambique of the 1950s and tells the story of teenage protagonist Rui Pedro's growing awareness of the injustices of colonial Mozambique. The story is set in the settlement of Bué Maria on the Pungwe River, in the central Mozambican province of Sofala. Distribution history The film premiered on 8 February in the Xénon cinema in Maputo and on 15 February in the São Jorge and Quarteto cinemas of Lisbon. Vendrell's film is based on the short story “O Lento Gotejar da Luz” b Leite de Vasconcelos a journalist and writer who grew up in Mozambique but left the country for political reasons Synopsis Rui Pedro is a fifty something man who returns to the ruins of the cotton plantation where he grew up in colonial Mozambique. In the almost silent opening to the film, Rui Pedro drives from one of the big cities of Mozambique, perhaps Beira ...
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O Crime Do Padre Amaro (film)
''O Crime do Padre Amaro'' is a 2005 Portuguese drama film directed by Carlos Coelho da Silva and based on the 19th century novel of the same name by Eça de Queirós. It stars Soraia Chaves, Jorge Corrula and Nicolau Breyner. Cast * Jorge Corrula - Father Amaro * Soraia Chaves - Amélia * Nicolau Breyner - Father Dias * - Joaneira * Ana Bustorff - Gertrudes * Alberto Magassela Alberto Mateus Manja Magassela (born 1966, Lourenço Marques (now Maputo)) is a Mozambican actor based out of Portugal. Magassela began his career as an actor in the Mutumbela Gogo acting company in Maputo. He has been based out of Portugal sin ... - Alberto * - Carolina * Nuno Melo - José Eduardo Reception It's the Portuguese film with the highest number of admissions at the Portuguese box office since 2004, with a total of 380,671 and also the second highest-grossing Portuguese film at the Portuguese box office in the same period with a total box office gross of €1,643,842.88. In Púb ...
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The Last Flight Of The Flamingo
''The Last Flight of the Flamingo '' is a 2010 film, based on the 2000 novel of the same name, by Mozambican writer Mia Couto. Synopsis In the village of Tizangara, UN Blue Helmets work as peacekeepers after years of civil war. Five explosions kill five soldiers; only their helmets and their phalluses are left. Massimo Risi, an Italian Lieutenant posted in Maputo, Mozambique Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique, is a country located in Southeast Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west, and Eswatini and South Afr ...’s capital, arrives in the village in order to investigate the events. Assisted by Joaquim, a local translator, Massimo starts the enquiry and soon discovers that not everything is what it appears to be. External links * * 2010 films 2010 thriller films Brazilian thriller films French thriller films Italian thriller films Mozambican drama films ...
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The Great Kilapy
''The Great Kilapy'' () is a 2012 comedy-drama film directed by Zézé Gamboa. The film was an international co-production between companies in Angola, Brazil and Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it share .... Plot Joao Fraga is a young Angolan, the descendant of a rich family from the colonial period. This mestizo boy just wants to live his life, having fun with friends and spending his money. Although he is the Senior Executive of the National Bank of Angola, he diverts the institution's own funds, distributing money to colleagues and activists for the liberation of Angola. Joao goes to jail, but when he got out of prison, is upheld by society as a local hero. References External links * 2012 films Angolan drama films Brazilian comedy-drama films Portug ...
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O Beijo Do Escorpião
''O Beijo do Escorpião'' (English language, English: ''The Kiss of the Scorpion'') is a Portuguese telenovela broadcast and produced by Televisão Independente, TVI. It was written by António Barreira, author of some of the biggest hits of the channel, and by João Matos (author), João Matos. The telenovela premiered on 2 February 2014 and its last episode aired on 4 October 2014, totaling a number of 194 episodes. It was broadcast in the primetime slot at 9pm (UTC). The telenovela was recorded in Lisbon, Portugal. Cast Main * Sara Matos – ''Alice Vidal'' * Dalila Carmo – ''Rita Macieira'' * Pedro Lima (actor), Pedro Lima – ''Fernando Macieira'' * Pedro Teixeira (actor), Pedro Teixeira – ''Rafael Pires'' – «Rafa» Secondary * Natália Luiza – ''Adelaide Maria Correia Vidal'' * Nuno Homem de Sá – ''António Furtado'' * Ana Brito e Cunha – ''Alexandra Furtado'' – «Xana» * Marco Delgado (actor), Marco Delgado – ''Romão Valente de Albuquerque'' * Sandra ...
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A Única Mulher
''A Única Mulher'' (English: ''Mara - The Only One'' , Spanish: ''La Única Mujer'') is a Portuguese telenovela broadcast and produced by TVI. It is written by Maria João Mira, author of some of the biggest hits of the channel, and her son André Ramalho. The telenovela premiered on March 15, 2015 and aired at 9 pm (UTC) primetime slot. It was recorded between Lisbon (Portugal) and Luanda (Angola). The telenovela was the second most watched program in its timeslot. After July, 2015, its ratings started increasing and had the best performance in October, regularly winning its timeslot. Its rising popularity led TVI to announce a second season one month before the ending. This is the first time that a Portuguese telenovela is split into seasons. The second season premiere hit the series' second highest score ever, becoming the most watched tv show in Portugal throughout the season and surpassing its competition. In 2016, the telenovela was renewed once again for a third s ...
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