João César Monteiro
João César Monteiro was a Portuguese film director, actor, writer and film critic . He was born in Figueira da Foz on February 2, 1939 and died of cancer in Lisbon on February 3, 2003. Description above from the Wikipedia article João César Monteiro, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Doomed Love
as DegredadoA story about doomed love between two people from different worlds and the impact in their lives.
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Rosa Negra
as GilbertoFernanda, António and Quim are travelling by train to a provincial Portuguese industrial city....
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Recollections of the Yellow House
as João de DeusLisbon, 1989. A middle-aged poor man, tormented by an illness, lives in a cheap room in a family...
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The Hips of J.W.
as Dieu, Max MonteiroTwo actors performing in Strindberg's "Inferno" as God and Lucifer, find themselves competing in...
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Trails
as The Monk / The Boss of the ThievesParallel tales of young couples desperately escaping cruel false fathers, each couple on the run...
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As Bodas de Deus
as João de DeusAfter receiving a visit from a messenger of God, João de Deus wins his buddy's girlfriend...
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Hovering Over the Water
as StavroguineLaura Rossellini, a widow from Rome, vacations on the Algarve coast one hot summer. One day...
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A Estrangeira
as uncreditedThe shady side of an Italian textile trade in northern Germany is the subject of this slow-paced...
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Silvestre
as King of PortugalA bewitching combinatory adaptation of the Bluebeard tale and a 15th century Portuguese fable of...
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Doc's Kingdom
as CesarAn angry young man goes to Europe to find his father, a '60s radical turned doctor in exile.
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End of Conservation
as João RaposãoA satirical and delirious short which sums up the obsessions of João César Monteiro: film-making...
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God's Comedy
as João de DeusAn ice-cream seller lusts after the female employees in his shop.
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Come and Go
as João VuvuJoão Vuvu, lives alone in a house that requires regeneration but due to being alone he is unable...
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He Who Waits for Dead Man Shoes Dies Barefoot
as (voice)The tribulations of two friends who, in despair, start begging from door-to-door, and are given...
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Snow White
as uncreditedMonteiro moved far away from the visual opulence defined by his earlier films with his inspired...
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Fragments of an Alms-Film
as Himself (uncredited)Maria works in a German umbrella factory as the foreman of the production sector. João Lucas has...
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Sounds of Codfish
as (archive footage)Two of the best fishermen in the city, umrui aka Dj Mafia and dj bullins, went to the deepest...
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The Last Dive
as Man Outside BathroomEloi, a paunchy middle-aged man, finds Samuel, a young sad sack, about to kill himself by...
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João de Deus Trilogy
as João de DeusSeries of three films on the misadventures of João de Deus, the iconic alter-ego of João César...
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A True and Faithful Account
as Jogador de PoquerThe young girl, Antónia Margarida Castelo Branco, is handed over by her mother to Brás Telles de...
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A Walk with Johnny Guitar
as João de DeusLord knows where João de Deus has been. He's come home wounded in the head. He's got a bit of...
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One Hundred Times Lost
as UnnamedArtur is in Lisbon for his holidays, wonders aimlessly, and is picked up by Rui, a young man who...
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Lettera Amorosa
as uncreditedJoão de Deus receives a treat from a friend, unclogs his bathtub, and contemplates Lisbon from...
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Doomed Love
as DegradadoA story about doomed love between two people from different worlds and the impact in their...
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