Mariana Ricardo
Writing
Biography
No biography available for Mariana Ricardo.
Place of Birth: Lisbon, Portugal
Known For
Tabu
Lisbon, Portugal, 2010. Pilar, a pious woman devoted to social causes, maintains a peculiar relationship with her neighbor Aurora, a temperamental old woman obsessed with gambling who lives tormented by a mysterious past.
Christmas Inventory
A family gathers to celebrate Christmas.
The Tsugua Diaries
Crista, Carloto and João are building an airy greenhouse for butterflies in the garden. The three of them share household routines, day after day… And they are not the only ones.
Canticle of All Creatures
An interpretation of the life of Francis of Assisi.
Meanwhile
A love triangle between two boys and a girl who drift through life from a rugby game, to a pool party, to the beach.
Technoboss
The start of Luís Rovisco’s old age isn’t exactly cheerful. Already in his sixties, he’s still roaming the country by himself, carrying out his tasks — increasingly less real — as sales director for the company SegurVale. Sadness, resignation? Not with the songs Luís makes up behind the wheel, and that take over this film from start to finish.
John From
Rita is fifteen and spends the summer between warm afternoons of teenage love and party nights with her friend Sara. From Portugal to the South Pacific, the pleasures of this routine will take a turn when the young girl visits the art show of a new neighbor in the local community.
31 Means Trouble
This is the way you hold the racket to play a forehand. Just move your arm back, the left shoulder facing the ball, step forward with your left foot, hitting the ball.”
The Sword and the Rose
Manuel bids farewell to his routine and boards a 15th century vessel under pirate law. Treason on board triggers a series of terrible events our protagonist overcomes while keeping his moral principles intact.
Filmography
as Enfermeira
as Coro
as Explorer's Wife / Aurora's Friend
as David
as Saint Clare of Assisi
as Rita