João Bénard da Costa
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.1401 |
| Birthday | 1935-02-07 |
| Place of Birth | Lisbon, Portugal |
| Also Known As | Duarte de Almeida, |
1988
Tall Stories
5.778/9
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 friends...
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Tall Stories
1981
Oxalá
4.5/4
A man exiled in Paris makes various trips to Portugal after the Carnation Revolution. Each trip is represented by a woman.
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Oxalá
2015
João Bénard da Costa: Others Will Love the Things I Have Loved
7.5/8
Director Manuel Mozos draws an intimate portrait of João Bénard da Costa, programmer, critic, actor and, for 18 years, director of the Portuguese Film...
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João Bénard da Costa: Others Will Love the Things I Have Loved
2007
The 15th Stone
6.5/4
Joáo Bénard da Costa, director of the Portuguese National Film Archives [deceased in 2009], interviews the dean of contemporaneous film directors [96-...
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The 15th Stone
1993
Oliveira, l'architecte
7/1
Paulo Rocha catches up with his “beloved subject” in Porto, where he made Douro, Faina Fluvial in 1929, and where today Oliveira reminisces about the...
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Oliveira, l'architecte
1984
City of Pirates
7.148/44
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 m...
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City of Pirates
2000
Love Torn in a Dream
7.667/12
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...
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Love Torn in a Dream
1981
The Territory
6/12
A small group of well-to-do vacationers go on a hiking trip into the woods just to find themselves mysteriously lost.
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The Territory
1986
The Satin Slipper
7.333/9
During the century of the Spanish Gold, Doña Prouhèze, wife of a nobleman, deeply loves Don Rodrigo, who is forced to leave Spain and go to America. M...
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The Satin Slipper
2006
Magic Mirror
6.545/11
Luciano, fresh out of jail, was taken by his brother, Flórido, to serve in the home of wealthy Alfreda. He was surprised when she told him that her gr...
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Magic Mirror
2002
The Uncertainty Principle
6.063/8
Having lost her place among the social elite, a widow remarries and starts a family.
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The Uncertainty Principle
2009
The Invisible Collection
5.7/3
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 century lif...
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The Invisible Collection
2001
Porto of My Childhood
6.778/18
Manoel de Oliveira's autobiographical documentary about returning to his hometown.
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Porto of My Childhood
1994
Lisboa no Cinema, Um Ponto de Vista
6.5/2
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 Revoluti...
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Lisboa no Cinema, Um Ponto de Vista
2000
Cinemaamor
7/2
Joaquim is a romantic supermarket employee. He has only one friend Gaspar, who speaks almost only for cinematic quotes. At leisure, go around town loo...
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Cinemaamor
1987
The Mountains of the Moon
6/4
This visually striking drama is taken from the classic Japanese novel Tales Of Genji by Marasaki Shikibu. Set in modern Portugal, Joao (Luis Miguel Ci...
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The Mountains of the Moon
2000
Word and Utopia
5.773/11
The story of Father Antonio Vieira, a 17th-century Portuguese priest who lived in Brazil and worked for better treatment of the Indians and to abolish...
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Word and Utopia
2007
To Each His Own Cinema
6.5/153
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 filmmak...
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To Each His Own Cinema
1972
Past and Present
7.333/9
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 i...
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Past and Present
2001
Fragile as the World
7.8/15
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 their love sto...
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Fragile as the World
1995
The Convent
5.321/28
The journey of Michael Padovic, an American professor who arrives with his wife, Helene, at a Portuguese convent where he expects to find the document...
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The Convent
2006
No Tempo do Cinema
0/0
A 58 minute documentary about the life of João Bénard da Costa.
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No Tempo do Cinema
1981
Francisca
7/35
The life of a young man, son of an English officer who lets himself become a prisoner of love resulting in fatalism and disgrace.
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Francisca
1997
Cinema Português? - Diálogos com João Bénard da Costa
0/0
Through a conversation with João Bénard da Costa and his ideas about the Portuguese cinema, an interaction between the construction of the documentary...
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Cinema Português? - Diálogos com João Bénard da Costa
1998
Vasco Santana: O Bom Português
9/1
A look at the life and career of Vasco Santana, one of the most beloved actors of the Portuguese cinema.
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Vasco Santana: O Bom Português
1979
Doomed Love
7.1/18
A story about doomed love between two people from different worlds and the impact in their lives.
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Doomed Love
1994
Blind Man's Bluff
7/13
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.
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Blind Man's Bluff
1990
No, or the Vain Glory of Command
6.389/27
Episodes from throughout the entire military history of Portugal are told through flashbacks as a conscripted student of history recounts them to his...
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No, or the Vain Glory of Command
1992
Aqui D'El Rei!
6.6/5
At the end of the nineteenth century, an army force led by Major Mouzinho de Albuquerque, a cavalry officer, imprisoned in Mozambique the tribal chief...
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Aqui D'El Rei!
2010
Sodankylä Forever
0/0
The Midnight Sun Film Festival is held every June in the Finnish village of Sodankylä beyond the arctic circle — where the sun never sets. Founded by...
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Sodankylä Forever
1990
Cinéma Portugais – Un Mode d'Emploi
0/0
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Cinéma Portugais – Un Mode d'Emploi
2025
The Life of Mirrors
0/0
The Life of Mirrors is one of the sections of the exhibition Luis Miguel Cintra - Small Theatre of the World. A commission by Serralves Foundation to...
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The Life of Mirrors
Agustina Bessa-Luís: Nasci Adulta e Morrerei Criança
0/0
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Agustina Bessa-Luís: Nasci Adulta e Morrerei Criança
1990
The Sound of the Shaking Earth
6.857/7
Freely based on Gide ('Paludes') and Hawthorne ('Wakefield'), this is a film about a writer who never wrote anything and who blows at nightfall the br...
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