The Face You Deserve La gueule que tu mérites

by Miguel Gomes

Portugal
2005
108 min
Portuguese / with French subtitles
Feature film
Color

Hors compétition 2024

Official synopsis

Francisco, behave! I Know it's your birthday, you are thirty now, it's carnival, you've dressed as a cowboy for the school party and you are surrounded by kids you hate. But that's no reason to be so annoying... Francisco, repeat after me: "Up to your 30s you have the face God has given you. After that, you get the face you deserve".

 

Biography and Filmography

MIGUEL GOMES (Lisbon, 1972) is a Portuguese film director. Grand Tour is his 6th feature, with world première in Cannes Film Festival’s 2024 Competition. Gomes directed several short films presented and awarded in international film festivals. The Face You Deserve (2004) was his first feature. His next features Our Beloved Month of August (Cannes' Director's Fortnight 2008), Tabu (Berlinale Official Competition 2012: Alfred Bauer and FIPRESCI awards), Arabian Nights (a film in three feature parts, Cannes' Directors' Fortnight, 2015) and The Tsugua Diaries, co-directed with Maureen Fazendeiro (Cannes' Directors' Fortnight, 2019), confirmed his international success and projection. Gomes is presently working on Selvajaria, based on a book by brazilian author Euclides da Cunha and Cantiga, based on a graphic novel by french ilustrator Blexbolex. Retrospectives of Gomes' work took place in Austria, Italy, Spain, Germany, Greece, USA. He received a Career Award at Laceno d’Oro Film Festival (Italy, 2016). Miguel graduated in Film from the Lisbon Film and Theatre School and worked as a film critic. He lives in Lisbon.

 

2024 : Grand Tour - Miguel Gomes - Director

2021 : The Tsugua Diaries - Miguel Gomes & Maureen Fazendeiro - Co-Director

2015 : Arabian Nights, volume 3 : The Enchanted One - Miguel Gomes - Director

2015 : Arabian Nights, volume 2 : The Desolate One - Miguel Gomes - Director

2015 : Arabian Nights, volume 1 : The Restless One - Miguel Gomes - Director

2013 : Redemption - Miguel Gomes - Director

2012 : Tabu - Miguel Gomes - Director

2008 : Our Beloved Month of August - Miguel Gomes - Director

2005 : The Face You Deserve - Miguel Gomes - Director

by Miguel Gomes

MIGUEL GOMES (Lisbon, 1972) is a Portuguese film director. Grand Tour is his 6th feature, with world première in Cannes Film Festival’s 2024 Competition. Gomes directed several short films presented and awarded in international film festivals. The Face You Deserve (2004) was his first feature. His next features Our Beloved Month of August (Cannes' Director's Fortnight 2008), Tabu (Berlinale Official Competition 2012: Alfred Bauer and FIPRESCI awards), Arabian Nights (a film in three feature parts, Cannes' Directors' Fortnight, 2015) and The Tsugua Diaries, co-directed with Maureen Fazendeiro (Cannes' Directors' Fortnight, 2019), confirmed his international success and projection. Gomes is presently working on Selvajaria, based on a book by brazilian author Euclides da Cunha and Cantiga, based on a graphic novel by french ilustrator Blexbolex. Retrospectives of Gomes' work took place in Austria, Italy, Spain, Germany, Greece, USA. He received a Career Award at Laceno d’Oro Film Festival (Italy, 2016). Miguel graduated in Film from the Lisbon Film and Theatre School and worked as a film critic. He lives in Lisbon.

 

2024 : Grand Tour - Miguel Gomes - Director

2021 : The Tsugua Diaries - Miguel Gomes & Maureen Fazendeiro - Co-Director

2015 : Arabian Nights, volume 3 : The Enchanted One - Miguel Gomes - Director

2015 : Arabian Nights, volume 2 : The Desolate One - Miguel Gomes - Director

2015 : Arabian Nights, volume 1 : The Restless One - Miguel Gomes - Director

2013 : Redemption - Miguel Gomes - Director

2012 : Tabu - Miguel Gomes - Director

2008 : Our Beloved Month of August - Miguel Gomes - Director

2005 : The Face You Deserve - Miguel Gomes - Director