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Mauro Soares

Actor

Mauro Soares

Born October 1, 1988 in Viseu, Portugal12 films

Mauro Soares is an awarded Portuguese actor. Having started his career in theater during his Integrated Masters in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, he starred in films such as António One Two Three (IFFR 2017), Sol Alegria (IFFR 2018), Bela Mandil (Viennale 2018) and Half a Light-Year (IDFA 2021), having produced the latter. Mauro co-wrote and starred in Rain Hums a Lullaby to Pain (IFFR 2020), Life Lasts Two Days (FIDMarseille 2022) which he also produced, is a Berlinale Talents Acting Studio alumnus of 2019, part of the cast of The Portuguese Woman (Berlinale 2019) and 1st Assistant Director in The Kegelstatt Trio (Berlinale 2022).

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Latin Blood – The Ballad of Ney Matogrosso posterFirst watchLatin Blood – The Ballad of Ney Matogrosso20258.0as João RicardoFrom a repressive childhood to artistic revolution, Ney Matogrosso transforms Brazil's stages — and himself — through music, creativity and inner fire.View film

Filmography

12 films as actor
  1. 2025Latin Blood – The Ballad of Ney MatogrossoJoão Ricardo
  2. 2024GreiceAfonso / Funcionário do Consulado
  3. 2023Human Flowers of FleshMauro
  4. 2022Life Lasts Two Days
  5. 2020Foreign DesertGustavo
  6. 2020Rain Hums a Lullaby to Pain
  7. 2019The Useless
  8. 2019Bela Mandil
  9. 2019Antonio One Two ThreeAntónio
  10. 2019The Portuguese WomanCavaleiro Jovem
  11. 2018Hello My First Love, Over and Out
  12. 2018Sol AlegriaSon