João Bénard da Costa Movies
- 2007
To Each His Own Cinema
To Each His Own Cinema6.52007HD
Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of the world's pre-eminent...
- 1990
No, or the Vain Glory of Command
No, or the Vain Glory of Command6.21990HD
Episodes from throughout the entire military history of Portugal are told through flashbacks as a conscripted student of history recounts them to his...
- 1995
The Convent
The Convent5.51995HD
The journey of Michael Padovic, an American professor who arrives with his wife, Helene, at a Portuguese convent where he expects to find the...
- 1981
Francisca
Francisca7.2811981HD
The life of a young man, son of an English officer who lets himself become a prisoner of love resulting in fatalism and disgrace.
- 1994
Lisboa no Cinema, Um Ponto de Vista
Lisboa no Cinema, Um Ponto de Vista6.51994HD
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...
- 1988
Tall Stories
Tall Stories6.31988HD
12-year-old Miguel is punished because he has not done his homework properly: he must stay at his aunt's inn for holidays. First bored, then a...
- 1993
Hovering Over the Water
Hovering Over the Water7.21993HD
Laura Rossellini, a widow from Rome, vacations on the Algarve coast one hot summer. One day while sunbathing, she finds a wounded man named Robert...
- 1986
The Satin Slipper
The Satin Slipper7.21986HD
During the century of the Spanish Gold, Doña Prouhèze, wife of a nobleman, deeply loves Don Rodrigo, who is forced to leave Spain and...
- 1984
City of Pirates
City of Pirates7.21984HD
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...
- 2000
Love Torn in a Dream
Love Torn in a Dream7.4552000HD
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 the...
- 1994
Blind Man's Bluff
Blind Man's Bluff6.81994HD
A blind beggar is robbed of his chest of money. The theft leads to a dramatic situation in the street where he begs every day.
- 2010
Sodankylä Forever
Sodankylä Forever02010HD
The Midnight Sun Film Festival is held every June in the Finnish village of Sodankylä beyond the arctic circle — where the sun never sets....
- 1981
Oxalá
Oxalá4.51981HD
A man exiled in Paris makes various trips to Portugal after the Carnation Revolution. Each trip is represented by a woman.
- 1982
Island of Loves
Island of Loves6.41982HD
This film depicts the life of the 19th-century Portuguese writer Wenceslau De Moraes by means of nine ancient ballads from China. The writer married...
- 1979
Doomed Love
Doomed Love7.11979HD
A story about doomed love between two people from different worlds and the impact in their lives.
- 1981
The Territory
The Territory5.81981HD
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, they...
- 2001
Fragile as the World
Fragile as the World7.52001HD
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...
- 1998
Vasco Santana: O Bom Português
Vasco Santana: O Bom Português01998HD
A look at the life and career of Vasco Santana, one of the most beloved actors of the Portuguese cinema.
- 1997
Cinema Português? - Diálogos com João Bénard da Costa
Cinema Português? - Diálogos com João Bénard da Costa01997HD
Through a conversation with João Bénard da Costa and his ideas about the Portuguese cinema, an interaction between the construction of...
- 1987
The Mountains of the Moon
The Mountains of the Moon5.31987HD
This visually striking drama is taken from the classic Japanese novel Tales Of Genji by Marasaki Shikibu. Set in modern Portugal, Joao (Luis Miguel...