Miguel Gomes(I)

Considered Manoel de Oliveira and João César Monteiro the best Portuguese directors ever.

[as a Portuguese film-maker] We film with lower budgets than almost any other European country. So, for instance, now [2012] because of the crisis in Portugal, everything is cut.. The only advantage of being poor is you can afford yourself a bit more freedom because you're not obliged to do a big box-office hit. But if you have the chance of doing a good, interesting film and you can afford the freedom not to deal with the pressure, you can take advantage of this.