Elles
Luís Galvão Teles (1997)
ficção / 111’ / Drama, Comedy
Five women, all near the wrong side of the forties, face life’s ups and downs together with laughter, tears, and sometimes irony. Their only imperative: live, love and live some more.
In co-production with Samsa Film (Luxembourg), Noé Prod., Teleclub AG (France), Artémis Prod., RTBF (Belgium), Fama Film (Chile), SIC (Portugal), Esicma (Spain).-
70th Annual Academy Awards (US)
Pre Nomination Oscar Best Foreign Language Film
Golden Globes (PT)
Best Film
CINEQUEST, São José Film Festival (US)
Best Film
FIFF Namur (US)
“Golden Bayard” Best Film -
Caminhos do Cinema Português Festival (PT)
Audience Award
The Nortel Palm Springs International Film Festival (US)
“Best of Festival” Audience Award
CINEQUEST, São José Film Festival (US)
Audience Award
XVI International Film Festival (UR)
Best Film
Golden Globes (PT)
Best Actor
Hampton International Film Festival (US)
Lifetime Vision Award
7th International Film Festival “Scrittura e Immagine” (IT)
Best Actress (Marthe Keller)
Uruguay International Film Festival (UR)
Best Film International Competition -
50ème Festival International du Film de Cannes (FR)
21ª Mostra Int. de Cinema de São Paulo (BR)
Festival Caminhos do Cinema Português (PT)
12ème Festival Int. du Film Francophone Namur (BE)
Palm Springs International Film Festival (US)
Festival du Cinéma des Mondes Latins - Arcachon (FR)
Mostra del Cinema Europeo - Viarregio (IT)
Flanders International Film Festival (BE)
Cine ‘Eco 97 (PT)
11th Annual AFI Fest’97 (US)
7th European Film Festival (SG)
European Union 97 F Showcase em Washington (US)
18ème Festival du Film Européen (ME)
Acapulco French Film Festival (MX)
7º Festival Cinematografico “Scrittura e Immagine” (IT)
XXIII Festival de Cine Iberoamericano (SP)
4th European Film Festival (JP)
12th European Film Festival (CA)
Festival du Film Européen (MA)
Festival Internacional de Cine (CU)
Festival du Film Européen - Beirute (LI)
European Film Market - Berlim 1998 (DE)
4th Sedona International Film Festival (US)
4th Santa Barbara International Film Festival (US)
13ème Festival International du Film - Paris (FR)
3rd Kerala International Film Festival (IN)
Semana Cultural Portuguesa (IN)
XVI Festival Cinematografico Internacional - Montevideo (UR)
14th Chicago Latino Film Festival (US)
5th Festival of European Cinema in Prague and Brno (CZ)
4th Eur. U. F. Fest.: St. Petersb, Petrozavodsk (RU)
Jornadas de Cinema Português (TU)
Festival de Cinema Europeu (TU)
Festival Internacional de Málaga (ES)
International Film Festival of Festivals in Saint-Petersburg (RU)
Wine Country Film Festival (US)
Festival do Filme Europeu – Moscovo (RU)
Quinzena de Cinema Português (MO)
Alexandria International Film Festival (EG)
Pyong Yang International Film Festival (Coreia do Norte)
Harare International Film Festival 98’ (ZW)
Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (US)
Saint- Louis International Film Festival (US)
Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis 1988 - Saarbrücken (DE)
EuropaCinema & TV - XIV
Ciclo de Cinema Lusófono em Dublin
Kansas FilmFest (US)
Neighbours Haifa’s 14th International Film Festival (IL)
Leeds International Film Festival (GB)
Cork International Film Festival (IE)
MEDFILM Festival Laboratory ‘98 (Roma)
Cinema Português na Cinemateca Coreana (Coreia do Sul)
Ciclo Cinema Português (CN)
1er Festival du Film Francophone de Bratislava (SK)
European Film Festival (HK e CN)
Puerto Rico International Film Festival (PR)
CINEQUEST San José Film Festival (US)
Schermi d’Amore - Sentimental and Mélo Film Festival (IT)
International Istanbul Film Festival (TU)
Semana de Cinema Europeu - Kinshasa (ZR)
Festival de Cinema da União Europeia - Bangkok (TH)
Semana Int. de Cinema Português - Marrakech (MA)
Festival du Grand Cinéma Inaperçu - Rabat (MA)
Golden Rooster&Hundred (CN)
Flowers Film Fest.,Shenyang (CN)
Mostra Cultural Íbero-Americana - Lagos (Nigéria)
Festival de Cinema Europeu - Manila (Filipinas)
Festival de Cinema Europeu (Singapura)
Semana do Cinema Português - Madrid (ES)
Ciclo de Cinema Português - Pequim (China)
Panorama do Cinema Europeu - Moscovo (Rússia)
Festival de Cinema Europeu (Arménia)
Festival de Cinema da União Europeia - Cairo (Egipto)
Mostra de Cinema Português (Cabo Verde)
Mostra de Cinema Português em Budapeste: “The Masters from the End of the World” (Hungria)
Quinzena de Cinema Português em Macau (China)
Festival em Prol da Paz e da Bondade OCH - Moscovo (Rússia)
Abertura da Semana de Cinema Português em Madrid (Espanha)
Festival Internacional de Cineclubes Reggio Calabria (Itália)
Festival de Cinema de Orleães (França)
Semana de Cinema Português - Estocolmo (Suécia)
Cinema Português no Luxemburgo
Retrospectiva de Cinema Português - Jacarta (Indonésia)
Filmes Portugueses em Brasilia e S. Paulo - Brasil
Filmes Portugueses em Macau e Hong Kong
Filmes Portugueses em Moçambique
Mostra de Cinema Português em Brasília - (Brasil)
Mostra de Cinema Português em São Paulo - (Brasil)
Ciclo de Cinema Portugês em Moçambique
Ciclo de Cinema Europeu - Açores (Portugal)
Ciclo de Cinema Português Filmoteca da Extremadura
PRODUCTION CREDITS
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PRODUCTION CREDITS 〰️
DIRECTION
Marc-Philippe Guerig, Fernanda Morais, Véronique Sacrez
Regina Bärtschi, Jacques Witta
Alejandro Massó
WITH
Miou-Miou, Carmen Maura, Marthe Keller, Marisa Berenson
SCRIPT
PHOTOGRAPHY
EDITING
MUSIC
Luís Galvão Teles
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Jani Thiltges, Claude Waringo
PRODUCTION
Alfredo Mayo
Don Bohlinger, Luís Galvão Teles
ASSOCIATE PRODUCTION
Ewin Ryckaert
SOUND EDITING
Clara Agapito, Juan Gordon, Rolf Schmid
Jacqueline Pierreux
EXECUTIVE PRODUCTION
Évelyne Corréard
COSTUME DESIGN
Philippe Baudhuin, Thomas Gauder
SOUND MIXING
Luís Galvão Teles
Luís Galvão Teles has dedicated 50 years of his life to cinema, having played various roles: director, screenwriter, producer and distributor. As a director, he has made more than 15 films.
In the year of the revolution, he was one of the founding partners of CINEQUANON, a cooperative from which emerged his film A Confederação - O Povo É Que Faz a História (1978).
In 1997, he founded FADO FILMES, one of the most prominent producing companies in the last 25 years.
In 2022, Luís Galvão Teles is finishing the television series Tales From The Mountain, based on Miguel Torga's short stories, preparing the fiction film Grape Harvest and a documentary on the filmmaker Ayres d'Aguiar.
