Gustavo Sumpta
Acting
Biography
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Place of Birth: Luanda, Angola
Known For
Unlimited Love
Zeca was jailed for a crime he didn't participate, now he's free and while trying to make a new life he encounters a kid, surprisingly the boy is Ema's son, his long time lover.
Colossal Youth
After the Portuguese government demolishes his slum and relocates him to a housing project on the outskirts of Lisbon, 75-year-old Cape Verde immigrant Ventura wanders between his new and old homes, reconnecting with people from his past.
Horse Money
While the young captains lead the revolution in the streets, the people of Fontainhas search for Ventura, lost in the woods.
Natural Law
After the murder of a local student, a small town judge faces an unexpected dilemma: now her actions can put her family at risk.
Tarde Demais
A touching and tragic real life story about a group of Portuguese fishermen who get caught in the middle of a storm in the Tejo river (Lisbon) and struggle to survive.
Ponto Final
Through an acting game, the director's parents become movie stars to talk about the cancer they both overcame and the fear of loss.
The Hunchback
A delirious sci-fi riff on the Arabian Nights' 'Tale of the Hunchback', that submerges us in a technological dystopia reigned by Dalaya.com, a mega-corporation that forces its employees to 'relax' at company-run medieval reenactments.
The Sibyl
In the mid-20th century, a troubled relationship between Germana, a young writer, and Quina, her aunt who lives in the northern Portuguese countryside. Feelings of jealousy, admiration and the complex magnetism between these two strong women arise.
When It Thunders
The relationship between António and Ruth ends unexpectedly when Ruth decides to live with Pedro, António's best friend. António doesn't fight back and lets himself drown. From the woods come Violeta and Gaspar, two strange beings, a mixture of fairies, demons and guardian angels, who help António overcome his depression. With the thunders the two characters return to their domains. And life goes on.
The End of a Love Affair
A man is standing at the window, holding a chair. There are wafts of street noise, and occasionally the curtain flutters. A dog is barking. Then, elegiac music sets in, a lavish string arrangement of Billie Holiday's The End of a Love Affair. With this one-shot film, Pedro Costa portrays the state of feeling of the afterwards of a love affair which led nowhere.
Filmography
as O Velho Pistoleiro
as Manuel (adulto)
as Zeferino
as Francisco Teixeira
as Porfírio
as Conjurado
as Coronel
as Camarero Mayor
as Soldado
as Leo
as Coroner
as Incendiário
as António
as Hunter
as Rui
as Jorge
as Soldato spagnolo
as Miranda
as Boat Master
as Man in Disco
as Kadaffi