João Bénard da Costa
To Each His Own Cinema
as Pope Jean XXIII (segment "Rencontre unique")Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema"...
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Francisca
as Duarte de AlmeidaThe life of a young man, son of an English officer who lets himself become a prisoner of love...
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Fragile as the World
as AvôAn impossible love. Two young people who love each other. Vera and João can’t find in this life...
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No, or the Vain Glory of Command
as Baron of AlvitoEpisodes from throughout the entire military history of Portugal are told through flashbacks as...
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City of Pirates
as The FatherA surreal odyssey in which a melancholic maidservant crosses paths with a homicidal little boy,...
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Sodankylä Forever
as SelfThe Midnight Sun Film Festival is held every June in the Finnish village of Sodankylä beyond the...
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The Territory
as Wanderer #2A small group of well-to-do vacationers go on a hiking trip into the woods. Foolishly unprepared...
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The Convent
as BaltazarThe journey of Michael Padovic, an American professor who arrives with his wife, Helene, at a...
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Magic Mirror
as BahiaLuciano, fresh out of jail, was taken by his brother, Flórido, to serve in the home of wealthy...
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Porto of My Childhood
as A ManManoel de Oliveira's autobiographical documentary about returning to his hometown.
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The Uncertainty Principle
as FerreiraHaving lost her place among the social elite, a widow remarries and starts a family.
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Doomed Love
as Comandante do NavioA story about doomed love between two people from different worlds and the impact in their lives.
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Blind Man's Bluff
as Blind ManA blind beggar is robbed of his chest of money. The theft leads to a dramatic situation in the...
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Love Torn in a Dream
as Le représentant du gouvernementA serious young man of free spirit is forced by his surroundings to become rich at all costs. A...
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Oxalá
as Artur (as João Pedro Bénard da Costa)A man exiled in Paris makes various trips to Portugal after the Carnation Revolution. Each trip...
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Past and Present
as HonórioThis is an intriguing avant-garde look at what motivates the leisurely classes in Portugal, for...
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Word and Utopia
as Pope Clemente XThe story of Father Antonio Vieira, a 17th-century Portuguese priest who lived in Brazil and...
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João Bénard da Costa: Others Will Love the Things I Have Loved
as SelfDirector Manuel Mozos draws an intimate portrait of João Bénard da Costa, programmer, critic,...
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The Satin Slipper
as CourtisanDuring the century of the Spanish Gold, Doña Prouhèze, wife of a nobleman, deeply loves Don...
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The Mountains of the Moon
as SalvadorThis visually striking drama is taken from the classic Japanese novel Tales Of Genji by Marasaki...
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Aqui D'El Rei!
as Medico (as Duarte de Almeida)At the end of the nineteenth century, an army force led by Major Mouzinho de Albuquerque, a...
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Tall Stories
as truck driver12-year-old Miguel is punished because he has not done his homework properly: he must stay at...
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The 15th Stone
as HimselfJoáo Bénard da Costa, director of the Portuguese National Film Archives [deceased in 2009],...
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Oliveira, l'architecte
as uncreditedPaulo Rocha catches up with his “beloved subject” in Porto, where he made Douro, Faina Fluvial...
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Lisboa no Cinema, Um Ponto de Vista
as uncreditedThe city during the beginning of cinema. The typical city at the time of the dictatorship. The...
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The Invisible Collection
as Tavares, o ColeccionadorA story about art and educated men, and how their art and culture reveal themselves useless in...
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No Tempo do Cinema
as HimselfA 58 minute documentary about the life of João Bénard da Costa.
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Cinemaamor
as DoctorJoaquim is a romantic supermarket employee. He has only one friend Gaspar, who speaks almost...
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Cinema Português? - Diálogos com João Bénard da Costa
as HimselfThrough a conversation with João Bénard da Costa and his ideas about the Portuguese cinema, an...
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Doomed Love
as Capitão do BarcoA story about doomed love between two people from different worlds and the impact in their...
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