"Excuse" - A Short Film by Diogo Morgado

"Excuse," the latest short film written and directed by Diogo Morgado, has premiered online!  The film, which stars Daniela Ruah ("NCIS: LA") and Alberto Frezza ("Born to Race: Fast Track") is the first English film directed and written by Diogo.  But, we definitely hope it is the first of MANY!

You can watch "Excuse" below (with Portuguese subtitles if needed:

(video courtesy of SLX)

It is PHENOMENAL, right?  I don't want to spoil anything for those who may not have watched it yet, but the film is powerful.  Daniela and Alberto are amazing, and Diogo proves he is a masterful storyteller behind the camera, in ANY language.  Seriously, he is truly a director of extraordinary talent and I literally cannot wait to see where he goes next in his directing career.

If YOU loved "Excuse" as much as I did, please share your thoughts in the comments below, or on the SLX YouTube page.  Let's show our support for this incredible film! 

CONGRATULATIONS Diogo, and please keep these amazing films coming! 

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Trailer for "Break" -- A Film by Diogo Morgado

So today's "Clip of the Day" was actually inspired by yesterday's awesome guest "Throwback Thursday" posts by blog contributors @Celena229 and @Jodiedebb, who both featured projects where Diogo's co-star's was Lúcia Moniz.  Many of you commented here, via e-mail and with tweets about being fans of Lúcia, so I wanted to share with you another project she and Diogo collaborated on more recently.... a short film called "Break."

I say collaborated, because Diogo is not her co-star in "Break."  He is actually her director.  In fact, Diogo not only directed "Break," he also wrote it.  According to a tweet he posted in 2011, that's when Diogo began working on "Break," and it was his first time stepping behind the camera.  

Along with Lúcia Moniz, "Break" stars Diogo's good friend Rui Unas (who also co-starred with Diogo in the 2010 Spanish film, Miami Blue.)

Though "Break" has not debuted in its entirety yet, here's a trailer/teaser for this short film written and directed by Diogo:

(video courtesy of Rui Unas' YouTube Channel)

In case you are wondering, Lúcia's line in the trailer is "what are you doing here?"  (Thank you, @MsLiliana.)

I have to say, as a lover of film, to me, Diogo is an impressive filmmaker.  He's really good at using imagery (and music/sounds) to create and tell a story.  I know, you all want to see him in front of the camera, but there's no reason he can't be a hyphenate, aka writer/director/actor and do both.  :) 

Not sure what the status is of "Break" in terms of completion or when/where it will air in full, but I will let you know if that changes.

Oh and if want to see just how good of friends Diogo and Rui Unas clearly must be, check out this hilarious (even without translation) clip of Rui being interviewed as Diogo as Jesus that aired recently on a comedy show on Portuguese TV:

(clip courtesy of RTP/YouTube)

Hope everyone has a great weekend.

--Sara