Ruben Alves (born 9 January 1980) is a French-Portuguese actor, screenwriter, and director. He is best known for The Gilded Cage which he wrote and directed.
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.Interview mit Regisseur Ruben Alves, 24 December 2013 on the Website The Adelaide Review, retrieved 18 October 2015.
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 dorée. The film was inspired by his parents' biography, 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. In Portugal, it became in 2013 the most watched film of the year, with 755 000 viewings. In Germany he came as Portugal, mon amour in the cinemas. The film had 1.2m spectators in France and sold well internationally.
Alves played in 2014 in Yves Saint Laurent, a biopic about the life of the fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent.
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. A CD "Amália: Vozes do Fado" was released later, a homage to Amália Rodrigues, a Fado singer.
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.
Personal life In 2017, he currently lives in Bairro Alto, Lisbon, where he used to take holidays when living in Paris.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role2001La vie sans secret de Walter Nions (Short) Frère Diane2002À l'abri des regards indiscrets (Short) Pierre-Cyril2004La chepor (Short) Vendeur boutique 1Pédale dureFripounet2005Un truc dans le genre Youssef2006Madame Irma Le serveur gastrologique2008Secrets of State La nouvelle recrue2013 The Gilded CageMiguel2014 Yves Saint Laurent Fernando Sanchez2015 Tales from the Circus (Short) Will2016Two Is a Family Serveur soirée
TV Year Title Role Notes2002Madame le proviseur (unnamed role)TV series, 1 episode 2004Même âge, même adresse (unnamed role)TV series, 1 episode 2005Clara Sheller HervéTV series, 2 episodes2006 Le juge est une femme SébastienTV series, 1 episode C com-ç@FlorianTV series, 1 episode 2008 Les Bougon(unnamed role)TV series, 1 episode 2009 La fille au fond du verre à sakéJoaquimTV series, 1 episode 2010 Maison ClosePolicier #1TV series, 2 episodes Empreintes criminellesRobertTV series, 1 episode
Director Year Title2002À l'abri des regards indiscrets (Short)2013 The Gilded Cage2017 As Vozes do Fado (Documentary)2020Miss2026Santo António - O Casamenteiro de Lisboa
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