
Beatriz Maia
Actor · Lisbon, Portugal
Portuguese actress. TRAINING: Maia trained at the Cascais Professional Theatre School and earned a degree in Acting from the Lisbon Theatre and Film School. THEATRE: Catarina and the Beauty of Killing Fascists (National Theatre and international tours from Festival d’Avignon); Ricardo Neves-Neves and Maria João Luís' Alice no País das Maravilhas; Tiago Guedes' A Matança Ritual de Gorge Mastromas at the Teatro Nacional D. Maria II, Portugal; and Tiago Rodrigues’ Sopro and Mickael Oliveira's A Nossa Vida on tours. TV: Emília and Lusitânia (an audiovisual project produced by TakeItEasy). FILM: Diálogos depois do Fim (directed by Tiago Guedes) and a short film Sagrada Família (directed by Diogo Figueira). AWARDS: The Giuseppe Bertolucci Prize for the Best International Actress Under 35.
Movies8
Movie6.0HorrorMysteryWhen Edward’s search for his biological family leads him and his girlfriend Ryley to a magnificent villa high in the mountains of Northern Portugal, he is full of excitement at meeting his long-lost mother and twin brother. Finally, he will discover who he is and where he comes from. But nothing is as it seems, and Edward will soon learn that he is linked to them by a monstrous secret.
Movie4.0DramaPavese considered Dialogues with Leucò his best work. Eloquent and at the same time sententious and fragile, but implausible among humanized gods, demigods, heroes, and other pagan figures of Greek mythology, who question, through the imaginary of myths, the society of contemporary man. Out of a time and a certain space, and thus, and like all myths, always current.
MovieDocumentaryLuis Miguel Cintra, renowned actor, stage director and director of the Portuguese theatre company Teatro da Cornucópia, staged the play Illusion in early 2014. This play was based upon texts by Federico García Lorca. However, the 119th company's show was no ordinary show, for in the cast there were 59 non-actors, amateurs and theatre students.
Movie4.8DramaIdling afternoons, drugs, heartbreaks, psychedelic moods immersed in music. An adrenaline rush. Lisbon as the backdrop for a drifting youth.
Movie5.2ComedyA romance comedy about a nonconformist couple of young parents who, looking for a solution to their fragile financial situation, is involved in an innocent and crazy scheme.
Quero-te Tanto!
2019 · 2 votes
Movie6.5ComedyCrimeA respectable family falls into crisis when their extensive apple orchard is ruined. Delgado, a wealthy industrialist from the North, has just arrived in the village, apparently with good intentions. Desperate to keep up appearances, the Major and D. Lúcia introduce him to their innocent and eccentric daughter, Cilinha, who is only interested in her singing lessons. They entice him with the prospect of a rich dowry, but they are unaware that Delgado is not quite who he appears to be...
Jogos de Enganos
2023 · 1 votes
MovieHorrorDramaIn a terrifying Portuguese village, there is a legend - the legend of the wolf child. Desired and born on a full moon night, it all started when a young peasant girl, desperate for a child, asked a creature of the forest for a wish. The desire? A child she could call hers. But the forest creature curses the woman. When fully grown, the child will bring teeth and blood to the village. Years pass, the child becomes a man, tormented and persecuted by the villagers, torn between his animalistic nature and a friendship with a young witch. The boy has to discover who, or what, he is. Together, the wolf child and the witch will try to break the curse and find their place in the world. 16 years after "Coisa Ruim", Frederico Serra returns to the legends and traditions of deep Portugal.
MovieDramaA rift with the Catholic Church forces a nun to return to an idea of family where the chasm between dogma and faith will lead to an irreversible decision.
Sagrada Família
2023
Series2
TV5.0DramaMysteryA collection of six distinct stories drawn from a rich and extensive body of folklore that narrates Iberian mythology. This epic series weaves a tapestry of myths and tales while tackling fantasy, horror, humor, and drama.
Lusitânia
2023 · 1 votes
TV8.0ComedyDramaEmilia is a 17 year old who just finished high school and now works at the local gas station. She has the dream of becoming a professional ballerina, but has never had the courage to leave everything and try. One day she finally gets the chance to audition for the last ballet company still standing in Portugal. She will have to decide whether she should try and risk failing miserably or carry on with her comfortable life, without purpose.
Emília
2023 · 1 votes