Luís Mascarenhas
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Luís Mascarenhas.
Born: August 4, 1947
Place of Birth: Portugal
Known For
Pôr do Sol
Love, passion, mystery, betrayal makes the days of the Pôr do Sol estate. The Bourbon de Linhaça family owns the Pôr do Sol estate, but not everything is rosy...
Sombras Brancas
At the age of 71, a highly regarded writer, José Cardoso Pires, suffers a major stroke and loses his memory and the ability to relate to the rest of the world. Everybody seems to defy the famous author to write another novel that recounts this adventure telling his "last story", the most conclusive of his career, the one of his accidental journey to the clear shadows territory.
Camarate
In 1980, a small plane carrying the Prime Minister, the Defense Minister and six others crashed during takeoff in Camarate, Portugal, killing all on board. The police investigation decided it was an accident caused by pilot error. But controversy raged for twenty years, and the Parliament investigated it no less than six times. Finally, in 2000, in response to a suit by the families of the survivors, the High Court had to decide whether to open a criminal investigation, or close the case forever.
Destinos Cruzados
Welcome to Beirais
Diogo Almada is a successful account manager at a telecommunications company who is struggling with serious stress and anxiety issues due to the constant state of pressure he lives in. His situation becomes worse when he suffers a stroke which puts him in hospital. There, doctors tell him that if he doesn't slow down things could become much worse for him in the future. He also meets the owner of a vegetables and herbs greenery in Beirais, a small village in the midlands, who is looking to sell it. Diogo then decides to buy him out and risk it as a farmer himself. He wants his girlfriend Teresa to come along with him, but she refuses to leave Lisbon due to her career and also because she doesn't want to give up her city comforts. But Diogo decides to move to Beirais anyway, where he is faced with an entirely different reality from what he’s used to.
A Raia dos Medos
Amo-te Teresa
Amo-te Teresa tells the forbidden love story of Teresa and Miguel, aged 35 and 15, respectively. Teresa is a doctor and, after a frustrated love life, she decides to abandon Lisbon and returns to her native land. Immediately, a strong attraction forms between Teresa and Miguel, a friend of her oldest son.
Widow and Rich No Longer a Bitch
Ana Catarina returns from Brazil with her father and her nanny to marry a man she doesn't know and doesn't like. A terrible coincidence happens when, on the same day, the young woman becomes a widow and an orphan, a fact that leaves her heir to an incalculable fortune and coveted by all the aristocrats in the region.
Chiquititas
April Captains
Story of the 1974 coup that overthrew the right-wing Portuguese dictatorship--which continued the fascist policies of long-time dictator Antonio Salazar--and of two young army captains who were involved in it.
Filmography
as Manuel
as Cliente Padaria
as Martinho
as Serafim
as Motorista da Avó
as Saraiva
as Dr. Ribeiro
as Júlio Gusmão
as Constantino
as Inspector Machado
as Inspector Polícia
as Taxista
as Martins
as Maurício Fonseca
as Matos
as Vítor Santana
as Dr. Santana
as Federico
as Américo Oliveira
as Coelho
as Helder Saias
as Inácio Costa
as Vieira
as Artur Gavião
as Coronel Lopes
as Gualdino
as João Simões
as Inspector
as Américo
as Manuel (uncredited)
as Álvaro Silveira
as Vários Papéis
as Perdigão
as Márinho Ruizinho
as Próprio
as Rocas Antão
as Médico de Matilde
as Viriato
as King Afonso V of Portugal
as Rei
as Fernando Jorge
as Melro
as Cliente Bar