Maria Barroso
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Maria Barroso.
Born: May 2, 1925
Place of Birth: Olhão, Faro, Portugal
Known For
Alta Definição
In Alta Definição, Daniel Oliveira interviews one guest every week with an intimate approach.
Benilde or the Virgin Mother
A young girl, Benilde, so protected by her religious family that she seemingly knows nothing about procreation, insists that her mysterious pregnancy is a miracle; however, her distressed bourgeois family decides that Benilde has lost her mind.
Change of Life
After completing his military service in the Angolan War of Independence, Adelino goes back to the Portuguese fishing village he calls home, only to find that the woman he loves has married his brother. Overcome by bitterness, he sets off to find work in the countryside where he meets Albertina, a free-spirited young woman who challenges him to change his life.
Doomed Love
A story about doomed love between two people from different worlds and the impact in their lives.
Doomed Love
A story about doomed love between two people from different worlds and the impact in their lives. Based on the novel of the same name by Portuguese writer Camilo Castelo Branco.
Lisboa Cultural
Seventeen experts on history and arts deliver brief lessons on their favorite subjects, considered the most relevant to cover nine hundred years of Portuguese culture. The camera shows from a distance, or in minute detail, the monuments or art pieces considered, or even the texts discussed by the narrators, reenacted on stage or recited by actors.
Filmography
as Self
as Abadessa de Monchique
as Madre Superiora, tia de Teresa
as Genoveva, the house-keeper
as Júlia