Biography
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).
Acted in 15
2020s
- 2026
Fuck the Polis
Movie
- 2025
- 2024
Greice
Afonso / Funcionário do Consulado
- 2023
Human Flowers of Flesh
Mauro
- 2022
Life Lasts Two Days
Movie
- 2021
Half a Light-Year
Movie
- 2020
Foreign Desert
Gustavo
Rain Hums a Lullaby to Pain
Movie
2010s
- 2019
The Useless
Movie
Bela Mandil
Movie
The Portuguese Woman
Cavaleiro Jovem
- 2018
Hello My First Love, Over and Out
Movie
Sol Alegria
Son
- 2011
States of Grace
Baby · 1 episode
Produced 2
2020s
- 2024
Greice
Casting Director
- 2021
Half a Light-Year
Producer
Wrote 2
2020s
- 2022
Life Lasts Two Days
Writer
- 2020
Rain Hums a Lullaby to Pain
Writer
Directed 1
2020s
- 2022
The Kegelstatt Trio
Assistant Director
Appearances2
2020s
- 2022
The Kegelstatt Trio
Self
- 2021
Um Momento de Clareza em Meio ao Caos das Coisas
Self