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French-Portuguese director, screenwriter and film editor
Monique Rutler
Born2 February 1941 (1941-02-02) (age 83)
Mulhouse, France
OccupationFilmmaker

Monique Rutler (born 2 February 1941) is a French-Portuguese director, screenwriter and film editor.

Life and career

Rutler was born in Mulhouse, in the Haut-Rhin department. After the death of her father she moved to Portugal with her mother. She studied filmmaking at the Instituto das Novas Profissões and at the Lisbon Theatre and Film School. She started her career as a film editor and later as an assistant of prominent directors including José Nascimento and António de Macedo.

After directing some documentaries, Rutler made her feature film debut in 1981, with Velhos São os Trapos. Her films are characterized by strong female main characters, and often deal with machismo. In 2018 she was entered into the Academia Portuguesa das Artes e Ciências Cinematográficas [pt]. In 2019 she was awarded a Career Prize at the Porto Femme - International Film Festival.

Selected filmography

  • Velhos São os Trapos (1981)
  • Jogo de Mão (1983)
  • O Carro da Estrela (1989)
  • Solo de Violino (1990)

References

  1. ^ Castro, Ilda Teresa de (2001). Cineastas Portuguesas 1874 - 1956. Câmara Municipal de Lisboa. pp. 108–129.
  2. ^ Lusvarghi, Luiza; Vieira, Camila (26 June 2020). "Rutler, Monique". Mulheres atrás das câmeras: As cineastas brasileiras de 1930 a 2018 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Estação Liberdade. ISBN 978-65-86068-07-8.
  3. Pereira, Ana Catarina (August 2014). "O adultério feminino mediado pelo olhar de Monique Rutler ou o charme discreto de uma burguesia republicana e falsa-moralista". RELICI: Revista Livre de Cinema. 1 (2). Universidade Federal do Paraná. ISSN 2357-8807. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  4. Jesus, Virgílio (15 March 2018). "Novos Membros da Academia Portuguesa de Cinema". Magazine HD (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  5. César, Castro (18 June 2019). "Porto Femme com 116 filmes e homenagem a Monique Rutler - JPN". JPN (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 15 February 2022.

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