Tabu Tabou
by Miguel Gomes
Invité.e.s et Rétrospectives 2024
Official synopsis
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.
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