João Bénard da Costa

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

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 ...

A tribute to João Benárd da Costa, one of the greatest portuguese movie reviewers. Release: JOAO BENARD DA COSTA tt4154086 General: avi | 2087 ...

Having lost her place among the social elite, a widow remarries and starts a family. Release: O Principio da Incerteza 2002 General: avi | 1.55 ...

A small group of well-to-do vacationers go on a hiking trip into the woods. Foolishly unprepared to deal with Mother Nature and their situation, ...

João is the spiritual heir (the term he prefers to bastard) of Manuel Brandão, his dying godfather, and at the same time the political leader 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 ...

A serious young man of free spirit is forced by his surroundings to become rich at all costs. A group of blind children tries to open the eyes of ...

Manoel de Oliveira’s autobiographical documentary about returning to his hometown. Release: Porto of My Childhood 2001 General: mkv | 947 ...

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

Miguel is twelve years old and isn’t doing well at school. As a punishment, he is sent for a few days to stay with his aunt, who runs a ...

The journey of Michael Padovic, an American professor who arrives with his wife, Helene, at a Portuguese convent where he expects to find the ...

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