Ruben Alves

Ruben Alves (born 9 January 1980) is a French-Portuguese actor, screenwriter and film director of Portuguese ancestry. He is best known for The Gilded Cage which he wrote and directed.[1]

Ruben Alves
Ruben Alves in 2020.
Born (1980-01-09) 9 January 1980
Paris, France
OccupationActor, screen writer and film director
Years active2000-present

Biography

Alves was born the son of Portuguese guest workers in Paris. At 20, he became a full-time actor and initially played minor roles in French television productions and in some short films.[2]

His directorial debut, apart from a short film in 2002 'À l'abri des regards indiscrets', was in 2013 with the immigrant comedy La cage dourée. The film was inspired by his parents' biography,[3] and Alves has a small guest role in the film as 'Miguel'. The movie has been a great success in France and Portugal, and has also been followed by a number of other countries, including Australia.[2] In Portugal, it became in 2013 the most watched film of the year, with 755 000 viewings.[4] In Germany he came as Portugal, mon amour in the cinemas. The film had 1.2m spectators in France and sold well internationally.[5]

Then Alves played in 2014 in Yves Saint Laurent, a biopic about the life of the fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent.[6][7]

In 2017, he directed a documentary As Vozes do Fado (or "The Voices of Fado") with Christophe Fonseca, screened at the Le Lincoln Cinema, Paris.[8][9] A cd "Amália: Vozes do Fado" was released later, a homage to Amália Rodrigues, a Fado singer.[10]

In 2018, he started working on an upcoming comedy called Miss, by producer-director Hugo Gelin with co-star model Alex Wetter as a young man who sets his heart on winning the Miss France contest.[5]

Personal life

In 2017, he currently lives in Bairro Alto, Lisbon, where he used to take holidays when living in Paris.[11]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role
2001 La vie sans secret de Walter Nions (Short) Frère Diane
2002 À l'abri des regards indiscrets (Short) Pierre-Cyril
2004 La chepor (Short) Vendeur boutique 1
Pédale dure Fripounet
2005 Un truc dans le genre Youssef
2006 Madame Irma Le serveur gastrologique
2008 Secrets of State La nouvelle recrue
2013 The Gilded Cage Miguel
2014 Yves Saint Laurent Fernando Sanchez
2015 Tales from the Circus (Short) Will
2016 Two Is a Family [12] Serveur soirée

TV
Year Title Role Notes
2002 Madame le proviseur (unnamed role) TV Series, 1 episode
2004 Même âge, même adresse (unnamed role) TV Series, 1 episode
2005 Clara Sheller Hervé TV Series, 2 episodes
2006 Le juge est une femme Sébastien TV Series, 1 episode
C com-ç@ Florian TV Series, 1 episode
2008 Les Bougon (unnamed role) TV Series, 1 episode
2009 La fille au fond du verre à saké Joaquim TV Series, 1 episode
2010 Maison Close Policier #1 TV Series, 2 episodes
Empreintes criminelles Robert TV Series, 1 episode

Director
Year Title
2002 À l'abri des regards indiscrets (Short)
2013 The Gilded Cage
2017 As Vozes do Fado (Documentary)[8]
2020 Miss

References
  1. Hawker, Philippa (10 December 2013). "Double life inspires comedy gold in French film The Gilded Cage". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  2. Interview mit Regisseur Ruben Alves, Artikel vom 24. Dezember 2013 auf der Website The Adelaide Review (engl.), abgerufen am 18. Oktober 2015
  3. "Ruben Alves". www.lagenda.net. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  4. António Quinta (2 January 2014). "Balanço do Box Office 2013 - Portugal e cinema português". CineMAX (in Portuguese). RTP. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  5. Goodfellow, Melanie (8 February 2019). "Other Angle boards Ruben Alves' comedy 'Miss' (exclusive)". Screendaily.com. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  6. "SIC Notícias, Rúben Alves participa no filme biográfico sobre Yves Saint Laurent". SIC Notícias (in Portuguese). 17 June 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  7. Lodge, Guy (10 February 2014). "Berlin Film Review: 'Yves Saint Laurent'". Variety. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  8. ""As Vozes do Fado": Documentário de Rubem Alves e Christophe Fonseca na Semana dos Cinemas Estrangeiros em Paris". PortugalMag (in Portuguese). Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  9. "AS VOZES DO FADO, ESTREIA DO FILME DE RUBEN ALVES E CHRISTOPHE FONSECA". culturadeborla.blogs.sapo.pt. 23 November 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  10. "Amália – As Vozes do Fado - Discos". Antena1 - RTP (in Portuguese). Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  11. Elvidge, Chris (29 March 2017). "Mr Ruben Alves". This Week I’m Wearing, The Journal, Issue 313, 29 March 2017, MR PORTER. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  12. "Hugo Gélin and Ruben Alves talk about "Two is a family"". Retrieved 13 February 2019.
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