Adelaide João

Acting

Adelaide João

Born July 27, 1921 · Lisboa, Portugal

Died February 3, 2021 · aged 99

No biography available.

Known For

Just PedroJust Pedro · 1972
Just Pedro
4.51972
MovieDrama
Pedro is a young agricultural worker who gets caught in the middle of a fight between two families, kills a man and escapes to the capital. He can't find work,resorts to begging, but keeps his mountaineer pride. He starts a new life with a prostitute who is nice to him, but nothing works. He returns home, and alone, and now he finds life there is sad as well.
Mãe GenovevaMãe Genoveva · 1983
Mãe Genoveva
8.01983
MovieDrama
Um Funeral à ChuvaUm Funeral à Chuva · 2009
Um Funeral à Chuva
5.82009
MovieComedyDrama
A group of former university college students reunites in the city where they graduated at, to attend the funeral of one from their group. In fulfilling his last dying wish, the group goes on a journey of self discovery about the true essence of friendship and life. However they haven't been together in 10 years...
The FaultThe Fault · 1980
The Fault
10.01980
MovieDrama
Guinea-Bissau: Portuguese Colony, year: 1973. An Ex-military returns to his hometown. Bringing back with him a vague sense of guilt due to the killing of two men (a soldier and a native) by his sounding of the alarm during one given night.
The State of ThingsThe State of Things · 1982
The State of Things
6.41982
MovieDrama
On location in Portugal, a film crew runs out of film while making their own version of Roger Corman's The Day the World Ended (1956). The producer is nowhere to be found and director Munro attempts to find him in hopes of being able to finish the film.
The CircleThe Circle · 1970
The Circle
7.71970
MovieDrama
A look at the urban society of the seventies. The story of Marta a young and pretty girl, who leaves her husband to search for her true identity. She doesn't quite know what she wants, but at least she knows what she's escaping from. Soon she encounters financial difficulties and finds herself involved with shady characters, a situation that leads to a mysterious murder. The net closes around her.
Young ToscaniniYoung Toscanini · 1988
Young Toscanini
6.71988
MovieDramaHistory
A fanciful biopic of legendary conductor Arturo Toscanini as a very young man.
O ViscondeO Visconde · 1980
O Visconde
5.01980
Movie
O Visconde is based on the same Álvaro do Carvalhal short story as Manoel de Oliveira's The Cannibals.

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The Holy AllianceThe Holy Alliance · 1980
The Holy Alliance
7.01980
Movie
In 1974, not long after the death of Portuguese dictator Salazar, who had ruled Portugal from the early '30s to the late '60s, a group of disgruntled Army officers held a coup. They were even more disgruntled when they realized how the coup was being manipulated by leftist officers to instigate genuine elections and establish a constitution for the first time in Portuguese history. Though their intent was to form a radical socialist state, circumstances prevented this, and a genuine parliamentary democracy emerged. This film explores the circumstances of a right-wing businessman during those times. The man is an old-fashioned authoritarian, whose attentiveness to the needs of his mistress, wife and son is crude where it exists at all.

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