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JOÃO NICOLAU – The Sword and the Rose

Cinema de Lagos
Wed 21 OCT, 21h30
Sat 24 OCT, 21h30

Manuel bids farewell to his routine and boards a 15th century vessel under pirate law. Treason onboard triggers a series of terrible events that our protagonist overcomes while keeping his moral principles intact.

Directed by: João Nicolau
Written by: João Nicolau e Mariana Ricardo
Cinematography: Mário Castanheira
Sound: Vasco Pimentel
1st Assistant Director: Telmo Churro
Continuity: Leonor Noivo
Art direction: Silvia Grabowski
Hair and Make-up: Araceli Fuente
Editor: Francisco Moreira, João Nicolau
Sound editors: Vasco Pimentel, Hugo Leitão, João Nicolau, António Lopes
Mix: Miguel Martins
Production manager: Joaquim Carvalho
Executive producer: Luís Urbano
Co-producer: Thomas Ordonneau
Producers: Sandro Aguilar, Luís Urbano, © O SOM E A FÚRIA – SHELLAC SUD 2010
Support: MC / ICA; Desenvolvido com o Apoio do Programa Media da Comunidade Europeia; Produzido com o investimento FICA e o apoio de CONSEIL GÉNÉRAL DES BOUCHES-DU-RHÔNE, com a participação RTP e MULTIMED.


João Nicolau (Lisbon, 1975) works as a film director, film editor, actor and musician.
His first feature film The Sword and the Rose, comes after two shorts which have achieved an amazing success: Song of Love and Health (2009) after it’s premiere in Cannes’ Director’s Forthnight, has been awarded a total of 9 times in festivals such as Belfort, Brive, Recife and Rio de Janeiro and has been screened in more than 20 film festivals around the world. Bird of Prey (2006), also released in Cannes, has been selected for more than 60 international film festivals and been awarded at, among others, Milano, Belfort, Réus and Vila do Conde.

Filmography
John From (2015)
Wild Haggis (2013)
The Gift of Tears [Guimarães 2012] (2012)
The Sword and the Rose (2010)
Song of Love and Health (2009)
Bird of Prey (2006)
You Can’t Live With Your Mouth Shut (1999)

Festivals & Awards
67º Festival Internacional de Cinema de Veneza – Biennale di Venezia 2010 / Orizzonti Competição (Itália 2010)
Festival Luso-Brasileiro de Santa Maria da Feira (Portugal 2010): Prémio dos Cineclubes, Prémio Revelação
Nouveau Cinéma Montréal (Canada 2010); Mostra de São Paulo (Brasil 2010)
Festival International du Film de La Roche dur Yon (França 2010)
Viennale – Vienna International Film Festival (Austria 2010)
Estoril Film Festival (Portugal 2010)