João Botelho Movies

  • 1988
    Hard Times

    Hard Times

    Hard Times

    6.81988HD

    A film adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel "Hard Times" set in a Portuguese industrial town of the 1980s.

    Hard Times
  • 2014
    Four

    Four

    Four

    02014HD

    A look at the art of two pairs of brothers, plastic artists: João Queiroz, Jorge Queiroz; Pedro Tropa and Francisco Tropa.

    Four
  • 1992
    No Dia dos Meus Anos

    No Dia dos Meus Anos

    No Dia dos Meus Anos

    5.51992HD

    This Portuguese movie directed by João Botelho, is part of The Four Elements series. This is the second episode, The Air.

    No Dia dos Meus Anos
  • 2014
    The Maias: Story of a Portuguese Family

    The Maias: Story of a Portuguese Family

    The Maias: Story of a Portuguese Family

    5.92014HD

    The tragedy and comedy in Carlos' life begins, grows and ends like the tragedy and comedy of Portugal. In the company of his close friend,...

    The Maias: Story of a Portuguese Family
  • 2009
    Para Que Este Mundo Não Acabe!

    Para Que Este Mundo Não Acabe!

    Para Que Este Mundo Não Acabe!

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    "Come and see this world end!" - wrote the the priest António Fontes, father of folk medicine and "burning witches" in Vilar de Perdizes, a...

    Para Que Este Mundo Não Acabe!
  • 2005
    The Fatalist

    The Fatalist

    The Fatalist

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    The complex relationship between master and servant is explored in director João Botelho's adaptation of Denis Diderot's popular novel Jacques...

    The Fatalist
  • 1978
    Alexandre e Rosa

    Alexandre e Rosa

    Alexandre e Rosa

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    A short film.

    Alexandre e Rosa
  • 2023
    Blackpot

    Blackpot

    Blackpot

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    A reorganization within a crime syndicate.

    Blackpot
  • 2007
    Corruption

    Corruption

    Corruption

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    A crime drama based on the life of a woman who lived for years with a man that was the head of a corruption network in the Portuguese football world.

    Corruption
  • 2017
    Pilgrimage

    Pilgrimage

    Pilgrimage

    5.52017HD

    Adventurer, pilgrim, penitent but above all outstanding writer, Fernão Mendes Pinto left us an unparalleled romance, the living and human...

    Pilgrimage
  • 1982
    The Conversation Is Over

    The Conversation Is Over

    The Conversation Is Over

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    The film was to be a documentary, but evolved during production to a fictional film. It nevertheless adheres strictly to the poems and letters...

    The Conversation Is Over
  • 2010
    Disquiet

    Disquiet

    Disquiet

    5.52010HD

    Lisbon, today. In a room of a house at Douradores Street, a man invents dreams and theorizes about them. The essence of the dreams itself becomes...

    Disquiet
  • 1986
    The Satin Slipper

    The Satin Slipper

    The Satin Slipper

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    During the century of the Spanish Gold, Doña Prouhèze, wife of a nobleman, deeply loves Don Rodrigo, who is forced to leave Spain and...

    The Satin Slipper
  • 2025
    As Meninas Exemplares

    As Meninas Exemplares

    As Meninas Exemplares

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    The misfortunes of Sofia, the exemplary Madalena and Camila, the troubled vacations of girls and boys, a few years later leading to the resolution of...

    As Meninas Exemplares
  • 1990
    Cinéma Portugais – Un Mode d'Emploi

    Cinéma Portugais – Un Mode d'Emploi

    Cinéma Portugais – Un Mode d'Emploi

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    Cinéma Portugais – Un Mode d'Emploi
  • 2008
    True and Tender is the North

    True and Tender is the North

    True and Tender is the North

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    Adaptation of a 1987 novel by Agustina Bessa Luis, a multi-generation exploration of a wealthy family with a mysterious past and a house on the...

    True and Tender is the North
  • 2003
    A Mulher que Acreditava Ser Presidente dos EUA

    A Mulher que Acreditava Ser Presidente dos EUA

    A Mulher que Acreditava Ser Presidente dos EUA

    4.62003HD

    Alexandra Lencastre plays a woman who believes she is President of the U.S.A.

    A Mulher que Acreditava Ser Presidente dos EUA
  • 2001
    Who Are You?

    Who Are You?

    Who Are You?

    5.12001HD

    A historical classic drama in three acts, retold after an original prologue about dreams and nightmares of the thirteen-year-old noble heroine, Maria...

    Who Are You?
  • 1984
    Manoel’s Destinies

    Manoel’s Destinies

    Manoel’s Destinies

    6.91984HD

    When the child Manuel wanders into a garden that is off-limits to him, he meets an unidentified fisherman, and another boy -- the boy is actually...

    Manoel’s Destinies
  • 1998
    Traffic

    Traffic

    Traffic

    5.41998HD

    Young Jesus is taken on a vacation by his parents (Rita Blanco, Adriano Luz) to a deserted beach resort. They accidentally fall into overnight wealth...

    Traffic