João Bénard da Costa Movies

Laura Rossellini, a widow from Rome, vacations on the Algarve coast one hot summer. One day while sunbathing, she finds a wounded man named Robert...

At the end of the nineteenth century, an army force led by Major Mouzinho de Albuquerque, a cavalry officer, imprisoned in Mozambique the tribal...

Joaquim is a romantic supermarket employee. He has only one friend Gaspar, who speaks almost only for cinematic quotes. At leisure, go around town...

A world of strong colours between documentary and fiction, centered on the life and work of modernist painter Amadeo de Souza Cardoso.

A 58 minute documentary about the life of João Bénard da Costa.

This is an intriguing avant-garde look at what motivates the leisurely classes in Portugal, for better or worse, by director Manoel de Oliveira. Set...

Manoel de Oliveira's autobiographical documentary about returning to his hometown.

Director Manuel Mozos draws an intimate portrait of João Bénard da Costa, programmer, critic, actor and, for 18 years, director of the...

Having lost her place among the social elite, a widow remarries and starts a family.

A story about doomed love between two people from different worlds and the impact in their lives.

Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of the world's pre-eminent...

An impossible love. Two young people who love each other. Vera and João can’t find in this life the space, time, or identity to resolve...

The Midnight Sun Film Festival is held every June in the Finnish village of Sodankylä beyond the arctic circle — where the sun never sets....

Through a conversation with João Bénard da Costa and his ideas about the Portuguese cinema, an interaction between the construction of...

A story about art and educated men, and how their art and culture reveal themselves useless in the face of the harsh realities of the 20th century...

A look at the life and career of Vasco Santana, one of the most beloved actors of the Portuguese cinema.