Luis Miguel Cintra needs no introduction. A leading figure in Portuguese theater, he has directed and performed in hundreds of plays, both classic and contemporary, which are among the most important works of world drama. He is also one of the most striking faces of the national cinema scene since the New Portuguese Cinema, being one of the most frequent appearances in the work of Manoel de Oliveira, having also collaborated with directors such as Paulo Rocha, João César Monteiro, José Álvaro Morais, Joaquim Pinto, João Botelho, Pedro Costa, and Jorge Silva Melo, among others.

In parallel with the exhibition, Casa do Cinema challenged Luis Miguel Cintra to select a set of films that have been significant in his career as an actor and director, in a program that reveals elective affinities, but also bridges between theater and cinema, in what is also one of the best opportunities to get to know Luis Miguel Cintra the cinephile.