Alfredo Tropa

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Alfredo Ricardo Rezende Tropa (born March 29, 1939 in Porto ; † July 5, 2020 ) was a Portuguese film director .

Live and act

Tropa studied at the University of Coimbra from 1958 and then moved to Paris , where he obtained his diploma at the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC) in 1963. As an assistant director he worked on films such as Uma Abelha na Chuva ("A Bee in the Rain") by Fernando Lopes ; from 1968 he worked for the state television broadcaster RTP . His work with Michel Giacometti on the documentary television series O Povo que canta ("Singing People") stood out.

After a whole series of short films (16 films between 1960 and 1970 alone) he made his first full-length film in 1970/71, Pedro Só (Eng: "Nur Peter"); the black and white film was released in 1972. The film received the attention and overwhelming benevolence of critics.

With his second full-length film Bárbara (published in 1980), again with music by Manuel Freire, he then fell through with critics and audiences alike; it was his last feature film. Since then he has mainly produced documentaries for television again.

Tropa was a co-founder of the first Portuguese film collective, the Centro Português de Cinema , a decisive impetus for the new Portuguese film (see: Novo Cinema ). He was married to the director Teresa Olga.

Filmography

  • 1957: Portuguese Men of the Sea
  • 1960: La biopsy
  • 1960: Inundações
  • 1961: Uma Nova Universidade
  • 1962: Os Transportes
  • 1963: Deligny en may
  • 1964: O Inverno
  • 1964: Noël 1721
  • 1965: Ou Inverno ou ...
  • 1966: Num Mar de Moliço
  • 1968: Minuto Zero
  • 1969: Águas Vivas
  • 1970: Dois Pisos
  • 1970: A Mulher ea Roda
  • 1972: Pedro Só
  • 1973: No Tempo Em Que Você Nasceu (TV series)
  • 1975: O Povo eo Futuro
  • 1975: O Povo eo Barro
  • 1975: O Povo ea Arte
  • 1976: Uma Maré de Moliço
  • 1980: Made In - II
  • 1980: Ao Pensar em Electrónica
  • 1980: Barbara
  • 1984: A Vez ea Voz (TV series)
  • 1985: O Maioral
  • 1989: Luísa e os Outros (TV)

Literature evidence

  • Jorge Leitão Ramos : "Dicionário do cinema portugués 1962 - 1988" 1st edition, Editorial Caminho, Lisbon 1989 (page 389/390) ISBN 972-21-0446-2
  • Supplement to the DVD (Costa do Castelo Filmes, Lisbon 2003)

Web links

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary for Alfredo Tropa. Retrieved July 7, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Tropa, Alfredo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tropa, Alfredo Ricardo Rezende (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese film director
DATE OF BIRTH March 29, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH postage
DATE OF DEATH 5th July 2020