Campo de Viboras
by Cristèle Alves Meira
Official selection 2016
Official synopsis
In a small Portuguese village, an old lady is found dead in her garden, surrounded by snakes, while her 40 year-old daughter, Lurdes, fled without telling anyone. The gossips in town are spreading fast. Starting with a real-life story, the inner life of a woman is gradually disclosed, torn between the responsibilities she inherited like a curse and the weight of her consciousness, who has to free herself, at any cost.
Biography and Filmography
A trained actress, Cristèle Alves Meira started off as a theatre director. Shot in Cape Verde, her first documentary, “Som & Morabeza” (2007) examined the issue of immigration in Portuguese-speaking areas of Africa through the theme of music. She then looked at Angolan youth to try and show their social reality in “Born in Luanda” (2010), before directing two short fiction films: “Sol Branco” (2014) and “Campo de Víboras” (2016). Cristèle Alves Meira shot “Tchau-Tchau” in 2020, her latest short film, selected at the FIFIB in Bordeaux (Best Short Film Award), in Clermont-Ferrand and at Côté Court Pantin. “Alma Viva” (2022) is her first feature film.
2022 : ALMA VIVA - Cristèle Alves Meira - Director and Screenwriter
2020 : TCHAU-TCHAU (SHORT) - Cristèle Alves Meira - Director and Screenwriter
2019 : INVISÍVEL HERÓI (SHORT) - Cristèle Alves Meira - Director and Screenwriter
2016 : CAMPO DE VÍBORAS (SHORT) - Cristèle Alves Meira - Director and Screenwriter
2014 : SOL BRANCO (SHORT) - Cristèle Alves Meira - Director and Screenwriter
2010 : BORN IN LUANDA - Cristèle Alves Meira - Director and Screenwriter
2007 : SOM & MORABEZA - Cristèle Alves Meira - Director and Screenwriter
by Cristèle Alves Meira
A trained actress, Cristèle Alves Meira started off as a theatre director. Shot in Cape Verde, her first documentary, “Som & Morabeza” (2007) examined the issue of immigration in Portuguese-speaking areas of Africa through the theme of music. She then looked at Angolan youth to try and show their social reality in “Born in Luanda” (2010), before directing two short fiction films: “Sol Branco” (2014) and “Campo de Víboras” (2016). Cristèle Alves Meira shot “Tchau-Tchau” in 2020, her latest short film, selected at the FIFIB in Bordeaux (Best Short Film Award), in Clermont-Ferrand and at Côté Court Pantin. “Alma Viva” (2022) is her first feature film.
2022 : ALMA VIVA - Cristèle Alves Meira - Director and Screenwriter
2020 : TCHAU-TCHAU (SHORT) - Cristèle Alves Meira - Director and Screenwriter
2019 : INVISÍVEL HERÓI (SHORT) - Cristèle Alves Meira - Director and Screenwriter
2016 : CAMPO DE VÍBORAS (SHORT) - Cristèle Alves Meira - Director and Screenwriter
2014 : SOL BRANCO (SHORT) - Cristèle Alves Meira - Director and Screenwriter
2010 : BORN IN LUANDA - Cristèle Alves Meira - Director and Screenwriter
2007 : SOM & MORABEZA - Cristèle Alves Meira - Director and Screenwriter