Actor
Agustina Bessa-Luís
October 15, 1922 · Amarante, Portugal
Agustina Bessa-Luís, was a Portuguese writer. From 1986 and 1987, she was director of the daily O Primeiro de Janeiro (Porto). From 1990 to 1993, she was director of the Teatro Nacional D. Maria II (Lisbon). Her novels have been adapted for the screen by director Manoel de Oliveira: Fanny Owen ("Francisca"), Abraham's Valley, and The Lands of Risk ("The Convent"), in addition to the Party. Her novel As Terras do Risco was the basis for the film O Convento in 1995. She was awarded the Camões Prize in 2004.
Often works with
Leonor Silveira
4 titles together
The Convent, Porto of My Childhood, Party
Manoel de Oliveira
4 titles together
Visit, or Memories and Confessions, Porto of My Childhood, Inquietude
Ricardo Trêpa
3 titles together
Porto of My Childhood, Party, Inquietude
Leonor Baldaque
3 titles together
Porto of My Childhood, Inquietude, The Conquest of Faro
Luís Miguel Cintra
2 titles together
The Convent, Inquietude
João Bénard da Costa
2 titles together
The Convent, Porto of My Childhood
