João Bénard da Costa

João Bénard da Costa

  • Title: João Bénard da Costa
  • Popularity: 1.134
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1935-02-07
  • Place of Birth: Lisbon, Portugal
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  • Also Known As: Duarte de Almeida
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João Bénard da Costa Movies

  • 1988
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    Tall Stories

    Tall Stories

    5.7 1988 HD

    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...

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  • 1981
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    Oxalá

    Oxalá

    2 1981 HD

    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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  • 2015
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    João Bénard da Costa: Others Will Love the Things I Have Loved

    João Bénard da Costa: Others Will Love the Things I Have Loved

    7.5 2015 HD

    Director Manuel Mozos draws an intimate portrait of João Bénard da Costa, programmer, critic, actor and, for 18 years, director of the...

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  • 2007
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    The 15th Stone

    The 15th Stone

    5.3 2007 HD

    Joáo Bénard da Costa, director of the Portuguese National Film Archives [deceased in 2009], interviews the dean of contemporaneous film...

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  • 1993
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    Oliveira, l'architecte

    Oliveira, l'architecte

    1 1993 HD

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

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  • 1984
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    City of Pirates

    City of Pirates

    7.232 1984 HD

    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...

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  • 2000
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    Love Torn in a Dream

    Love Torn in a Dream

    7.5 2000 HD

    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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  • 1981
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    The Territory

    The Territory

    5.6 1981 HD

    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...

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  • 1986
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    The Satin Slipper

    The Satin Slipper

    7.3 1986 HD

    During the century of the Spanish Gold, Doña Prouhèze, wife of a nobleman, deeply loves Don Rodrigo, who is forced to leave Spain and...

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  • 2006
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    Magic Mirror

    Magic Mirror

    6.4 2006 HD

    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...

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  • 2002
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    The Uncertainty Principle

    The Uncertainty Principle

    4.9 2002 HD

    Having lost her place among the social elite, a widow remarries and starts a family.

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  • 2009
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    The Invisible Collection

    The Invisible Collection

    5.7 2009 HD

    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...

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  • 2001
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    Porto of My Childhood

    Porto of My Childhood

    6.7 2001 HD

    Manoel de Oliveira's autobiographical documentary about returning to his hometown.

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  • 1994
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    Lisboa no Cinema, Um Ponto de Vista

    Lisboa no Cinema, Um Ponto de Vista

    6.5 1994 HD

    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...

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  • 2000
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    Cinemaamor

    Cinemaamor

    7 2000 HD

    Joaquim is a romantic supermarket employee. He has only one friend Gaspar, who speaks almost only for cinematic quotes. At leisure, go around town...

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  • 1987
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    The Mountains of the Moon

    The Mountains of the Moon

    5.3 1987 HD

    This visually striking drama is taken from the classic Japanese novel Tales Of Genji by Marasaki Shikibu. Set in modern Portugal, Joao (Luis Miguel...

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  • 2000
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    Word and Utopia

    Word and Utopia

    5.1 2000 HD

    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...

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  • 2007
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    To Each His Own Cinema

    To Each His Own Cinema

    6.469 2007 HD

    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...

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  • 1972
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    Past and Present

    Past and Present

    7 1972 HD

    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...

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  • 2001
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    Fragile as the World

    Fragile as the World

    7.6 2001 HD

    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...

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  • 1995
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    The Convent

    The Convent

    5.4 1995 HD

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

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  • 2006
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    No Tempo do Cinema

    No Tempo do Cinema

    1 2006 HD

    A 58 minute documentary about the life of João Bénard da Costa.

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  • 1981
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    Francisca

    Francisca

    7.5 1981 HD

    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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  • 1997
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    Cinema Português? - Diálogos com João Bénard da Costa

    Cinema Português? - Diálogos com João Bénard da Costa

    1 1997 HD

    Through a conversation with João Bénard da Costa and his ideas about the Portuguese cinema, an interaction between the construction of...

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  • 1998
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    Vasco Santana: O Bom Português

    Vasco Santana: O Bom Português

    1 1998 HD

    A look at the life and career of Vasco Santana, one of the most beloved actors of the Portuguese cinema.

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  • 1979
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    Doomed Love

    Doomed Love

    6.875 1979 HD

    A story about doomed love between two people from different worlds and the impact in their lives.

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  • 1994
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    Blind Man's Bluff

    Blind Man's Bluff

    6.7 1994 HD

    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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  • 1992
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    Aqui D'El Rei!

    Aqui D'El Rei!

    5.8 1992 HD

    At the end of the nineteenth century, an army force led by Major Mouzinho de Albuquerque, a cavalry officer, imprisoned in Mozambique the tribal...

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  • 1990
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    No, or the Vain Glory of Command

    No, or the Vain Glory of Command

    6.1 1990 HD

    Episodes from entire military history of Portugal are told through flashbacks as a professorish soldier recounts them while marching through a...

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  • 2010
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    Sodankylä Forever

    Sodankylä Forever

    1 2010 HD

    The Midnight Sun Film Festival is held every June in the Finnish village of Sodankylä beyond the arctic circle — where the sun never sets....

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  • 1993
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    Hovering Over the Water

    Hovering Over the Water

    7.1 1993 HD

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  • 1982
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    Island of Loves

    Island of Loves

    6.4 1982 HD

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  • 1988
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    Steel Mask Versus Blue Abyss

    Steel Mask Versus Blue Abyss

    5.5 1988 HD

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  • 2004
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    The Swimming Pool

    The Swimming Pool

    1 2004 HD

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  • 1978
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    Doomed Love

    Doomed Love

    6.3 1978 HD

    A story about doomed love between two people from different worlds and the impact in their lives. Based on the novel of the same name by Portuguese...

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