João Bénard da Costa Movies

Joáo Bénard da Costa, director of the Portuguese National Film Archives [deceased in 2009], interviews the dean of contemporaneous film...

A surreal odyssey in which a melancholic maidservant crosses paths with a homicidal little boy, travels to a tiny island of pirates and encounters a...

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...

This visually striking drama is taken from the classic Japanese novel Tales Of Genji by Marasaki Shikibu. Set in modern Portugal, Joao (Luis Miguel...

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

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...

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

The city during the beginning of cinema. The typical city at the time of the dictatorship. The New Lisbon of the New Cinema. Lisbon after the...

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

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

Paulo Rocha catches up with his “beloved subject” in Porto, where he made Douro, Faina Fluvial in 1929, and where today Oliveira...

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

The way in which we cross, one time only, the space of a public swimming pool reminds us of life, from birth until the end.

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

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

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