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The Death Jaime

Jaime owes money to his boss, the night is cruel and he drinks a drink to forget it.

  • Diogo Monteiro
    Director
    Vou Voltar, Delírio
  • Miguel Leonardo
    Director
    O Rapaz Que Pensava Demais, O Som da Ditadura
  • Diogo Monteiro
    Writer
  • Miguel Leonardo
    Writer
  • Miguel Leonardo
    Producer
  • Diogo Monteiro
    Key Cast
    "Jaime"
  • António Monteiro
    Key Cast
    "Patrão"
  • Miguel Leonardo
    Key Cast
    "Voz de Jaime"
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    A Morte de Jaime
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Thriller, Drama, Comedy
  • Runtime:
    1 minute 40 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    July 12, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    100 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Portugal
  • Country of Filming:
    Portugal
  • Language:
    Portuguese
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Black & White
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • Cinestesya Film Festival
    Porto
    Portugal
    October 23, 2024
    Portuguese Official Premier
    Best Editing
  • FESTIN
    Lisbon
    Portugal
    June 2, 2025
    Portugal Premiere
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Diogo Monteiro, Miguel Leonardo

(Portuguese)

Diogo Monteiro, é guionista, ator, e realizador português. Estudou na Universidade da Beira Interior, no curso de Cinema , tendo ainda não acabado o terceiro ano, está a meios de acabar. No mundo do cinema já realizou diversas curtas metragens como Vou Voltar, e Delírio. Tem 27 anos de idade e quer continuar a escrever, sendo que adora e tem imensos scripts dentro da sua gaveta para trabalhar no futuro.

Miguel Leonardo é escritor, poeta, ensaísta, músico, ator, guionista e realizador, tem 27 anos e é português.
Aos 16 anos começa o seu primeiro movimento poético com Luís Oliveira e Nuno F. Silva, o movimento Ultra Abjecionista. Entre 2020 e 2021, foi personagem principal nas curtas-metragens «Contra Tempo», «Subsolo» e «1 de Janeiro». Aos 25 anos, lançou a sua primeira curta-metragem, «O Rapaz Que Pensava Demais», nomeada em alguns festivais de cinema em Portugal e no estrangeiro. No mundo da literatura escreveu «A Voz de Lisboa com Paris» (Gato Bravo, 2023, janeiro) e «Pena Humana» (Poética Grupo Editorial, 2023, dezembro), com ilustrações de Luís Silveirinha. No decorrer do ano de 2024 realizou o seu documentário O Som da Ditadura vencedor no LANAF, nos EUA.

(English)

Diogo Monteiro is a Portuguese screenwriter, actor, and director. He studied at the University of Beira Interior, on the Cinema course, having not yet finished his third year, he is about to finish it. In the world of cinema, he has already spoken about several short films such as Vou Voltar, and Delírio. He is 27 years old and wants to continue writing, as he loves it and has lots of scripts in his drawer to work on in the future.

Miguel Leonardo was born on December 10, 1996, in Almada.
He is a writer, poet, musician, actor, screenwriter and director.
At 16, he began his first poetic movement with Luís Oliveira and Nuno F. Silva, the Ultra Abjectionist movement. Between 2020 and 2021, he was the main character in the short films «Contra Tempo», and «Subsolo» and a secondary character in «1 de Janeiro». At 25, he released his first short film, «O Rapaz Que Pensava Demais», which was nominated at some film festivals in Portugal and abroad. In the world of literature, he wrote «A Voz de Lisboa com Paris» (Gato Bravo, 2023, January) and «Pena Humana» (Poética Grupo Editorial, 2023, December), with illustrations by Luís Silveirinha. He wrote for some works, as a screenwriter and director, in 2024 he made the documentary about the 50th anniversary of the 25th of April "The Sound of the Dictatorship" and in the same year he directed "A Morte de Jaime" with Diogo Monteiro. He hopes to publish his next book soon. Thinking that in Portugal and around the world in Jornal Setubalense -"People don't read, they don't like films; they like to see themselves in them, to be inside the films”

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