Luís Santos

Luís Santos

Born: August 3, 1908
Died: July 25, 2003
in Lisbon, Portugal

Movies for Luís Santos...

Paraíso Perdido
Title: Paraíso Perdido
Character: Velho Retornado
Released: January 1, 1995
Type: Movie
Cristina is twenty years old. Her father was declared missing in action during the war in Angola many years before. One day in church the girl meets a man about fifty years old who tries various times, unsuccessfully, to make the sign of the cross. The man is called Cristovão. A few days later the two meet again. The man offers to help her look for her father. A relationship based on memories and confessions is formed between them. But soon they each return to their own solitude.
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A Força do Atrito
Title: A Força do Atrito
Character: Grandfather
Released: July 23, 1993
Type: Movie
Portugal 1997. A nuclear accident left the the country without energy and divided between zones, some of them interdicted because of the contamination. The economic crisis is dramatic and unemployment is almost total.
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Blood
Title: Blood
Character: 2nd creditor
Released: December 7, 1989
Type: Movie
Nino, tough but sickly, and his older brother Vicente live in the country with their father. After their father disappears ― we’re never sure why ― murder is suggested. Vicente brings his girlfriend to the house, and a different kind of family is established as the three youngsters grow fiercely protective of each other. But their uncle grows suspicious about the fate of the missing father and forcibly kidnaps Nino, taking him away to the city and leaving Vicente to locate him there.
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President's Target
Title: President's Target
Character: Manuel
Released: June 23, 1989
Type: Movie
The lone survivor of a deadly ambush against him and his team, a narcotics agent swears to avenge the deaths of his friends and fellow officers.
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Title: The secret files of Inspector Lavardin
Character: Baron
Released: September 15, 1988
Type: TV
The Dossiers of Inspector Lavardin is a French television series in four 90-minute episodes, created by Dominique Roulet and Claude Chabrol and broadcast between September 15, 1988 and February 1, 1990 on TF1. It follows the two films Chicken in Vinegar and Inspector Lavardin directed by Claude Chabrol and already featuring Jean Poiret in the role of Lavardin. This short series depicts the investigations of Inspector Lavardin, a tongue-in-cheek policeman known for his bad manners.
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Balada da Praia dos Cães
Title: Balada da Praia dos Cães
Character: Butler
Released: March 12, 1987
Type: Movie
In Portugal, in the 60s, the corpse of a man appears on Dog's Beach. The corpse is identified as the major Dantas, a man wanted by authorities after his escape from a military prison where he was awaiting trial for insurrection.
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Velhos são os Trapos
Title: Velhos são os Trapos
Released: March 13, 1981
Type: Movie
Old people tend to be kept apart, even humiliated by the new generations. The stories and different destinies of three old persons are linked together, and the realism of it imposes itself on us.
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Title: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo
Character: Dantès' father
Released: December 8, 1979
Type: TV
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O Paquete
Title: O Paquete
Released: January 1, 1978
Type: Movie
A broke Count awaits for a bot that never comes.
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Brandos Costumes
Title: Brandos Costumes
Character: Father
Released: September 18, 1975
Type: Movie
A portrait of the everyday life of a typical middle-class family in parallel with the fall of the "Estado Novo", the 48-year dictatorship led by Salazar. The daughters' conflicts and frustrations with their parents, their grandmother and their maid find an obvious echo in the country's collective events. The Carnation Revolution is about to explode.
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The Vows
Title: The Vows
Character: Salvador
Released: June 16, 1973
Type: Movie
The gritty lives of Portuguese villagers are shown in this action drama which shows the interaction between a married couple who have taken an unusual vow of celibacy and a gang of gypsies who are terrorizing their village. The film highlights many ancient religious traditions still current in these regions, as the villagers, devout Catholics, support the gypsy con-men by buying religious relics from them.
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Via Macau
Title: Via Macau
Released: July 27, 1966
Type: Movie
An arms smuggler organization uses a pirate television station to spread dissention among representatives in an international conference in Portugal. A French diplomat travels to Macao, hoping to locate a sexy spy who had stayed in Lisbon.