João César Monteiro Movies
- 1975
As Armas e o Povo
As Armas e o Povo7.41975HD
Film directors with hand-held cameras went to the streets of Lisbon from April 25 to May 1, 1974, registering interviews and political events of the...
- 1989
Recollections of the Yellow House
Recollections of the Yellow House8.11989HD
Lisbon, 1989. A middle-aged poor man, tormented by an illness, lives in a cheap room in a family boarding house, in the old section of the city's...
- 1999
As Bodas de Deus
As Bodas de Deus7.51999HD
After receiving a visit from a messenger of God, João de Deus wins his buddy's girlfriend through a roll of the dice.
- 1993
Hovering Over the Water
Hovering Over the Water7.11993HD
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...
- 1996
God's Comedy
God's Comedy6.81996HD
An ice-cream seller lusts after the female employees in his shop.
- 1978
Trails
Trails7.11978HD
Parallel tales of young couples desperately escaping cruel false fathers, each couple on the run across different regions of the country and during...
- 1979
Doomed Love
Doomed Love6.81979HD
A story about doomed love between two people from different worlds and the impact in their lives.
- 1997
The Hips of J.W.
The Hips of J.W.4.41997HD
Two actors performing in Strindberg's "Inferno" as God and Lucifer, find themselves competing in real life as well. One of them, Henrique, has...
- 2003
Come and Go
Come and Go7.22003HD
João Vuvu, lives alone in a house that requires regeneration but due to being alone he is unable to do the work. On his son's release from...
- 1982
A Estrangeira
A Estrangeira01982HD
The shady side of an Italian textile trade in northern Germany is the subject of this slow-paced but atmospheric drama featuring Alberto Sordi as...
- 1972
Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen
Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen61972HD
“I think my film represents above all the proof to those who want to understand and accept it, that poetry can’t be filmed, that it is...
- 1992
The Last Dive
The Last Dive6.71992HD
Eloi, a paunchy middle-aged man, finds Samuel, a young sad sack, about to kill himself by plunging into the sea. Eloi takes Samuel under his wing,...
- 2023
Sounds of Codfish
Sounds of Codfish02023HD
Two of the best fishermen in the city, umrui aka Dj Mafia and dj bullins, went to the deepest waters of the ocean and fished for sounds never heard...
- 1975
What Shall I Do With This Sword?
What Shall I Do With This Sword?61975HD
By cross-editing footage of Portuguese workers protesting against NATO forces and various movies, Monteiro shows how one 'sword' can confront the...
- 1982
Silvestre
Silvestre6.11982HD
A bewitching combinatory adaptation of the Bluebeard tale and a 15th century Portuguese fable of a damsel who disguises herself as a knight errant.
- 1972
Fragments of an Alms-Film
Fragments of an Alms-Film61972HD
Maria works in a German umbrella factory as the foreman of the production sector. João Lucas has given up on living a normal life and...
- 1989
A True and Faithful Account
A True and Faithful Account5.71989HD
The young girl, Antónia Margarida Castelo Branco, is handed over by her mother to Brás Telles de Meneses because of the obscure...
- 1990
End of Conservation
End of Conservation5.21990HD
A satirical and delirious short which sums up the obsessions of João César Monteiro: film-making and… young women.
- 1962
O Milionário
O Milionário01962HD
- 1979
The Mother
The Mother61979HD
The Mother is one of Monteiro’s first essays on the universe of Portuguese oral culture, folktales and obscure colloquialisms. The plot...