Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen

Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (6 November 1919 – 2 July 2004) was a Portuguese poet. She was the first Portuguese woman to receive the Camões Prize, in 1999.

Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (1972)

“I think my film represents above all the proof to those who want to understand and accept it, that poetry can’t be filmed, that it is useless to try” - João César Monteiro  (more)

DIRECTION:  João César Monteiro
CAST:  Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen

“I think my film represents above all the proof to those who want to understand and accept it, that poetry can’t be filmed, that it is useless to try” - João César Monteiro  (more)

DIRECTION:  João César Monteiro
CAST:  Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen

Sophia, In Her Own Words (2019)

Using the author's personal estate, current images of places where she lived or were dear to her, and archival images of television and film; using parts of her prose and poetry always with first-person testimonies; from Porto to Lisbon, from Granja to Lagos, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Manuel Mozos  •  Maria Andresen de Sousa Tavares
CAST:  Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen  •  Miguel Sousa Tavares

Using the author's personal estate, current images of places where she lived or were dear to her, and archival images of television and film; using parts of her prose and poetry always with first-person testimonies; from Porto to Lisbon, from Granja to Lagos, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Manuel Mozos  •  Maria Andresen de Sousa Tavares
CAST:  Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen  •  Miguel Sousa Tavares

Ma Femme Chamada Bicho (1978)

The film documents the places where the Portuguese painter Maria Helena Vieira da Silva (1908-1992), and Hungarian Arpad Szenes were born, met, and lived together, painting, and living to each other.  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Álvaro Morais
CAST:  Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen

The film documents the places where the Portuguese painter Maria Helena Vieira da Silva (1908-1992), and Hungarian Arpad Szenes were born, met, and lived together, painting, and living to each other.  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Álvaro Morais
CAST:  Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen