José Álvaro Morais

Directing

José Álvaro Morais

Born September 2, 1943 · Coimbra, Portugal

Died January 30, 2004 · aged 60

No biography available.

Known For

LentLent · 2003
Lent
★ 6.72003
MovieDrama
David has a wife and young daughter. In a few days he will be moving abroad with his family. The death of his grandfather obliges him to return to the village of his birth and a family he hasn’t seen in years. There he meets his cousin's wife Ana, who intrigues him, and this trip, which should have ended with the funeral, turns into a long stay.
Repórter XRepórter X · 1987
Repórter X
★ 9.01987
MovieCrimeDrama
A story about character created by Reinaldo Ferreira (1897-1935), action reporter, mystery novelist and emotion journalist.
The JesterThe Jester · 1987
The Jester
★ 6.81987
MovieDrama
Set four years after the Portuguese revolution and the simultaneous loss of the Portuguese empire in Africa, the story concerns a director who sells guns to finance his play.
True and Tender is the NorthTrue and Tender is the North · 2008
True and Tender is the North
★ 5.02008
MovieRomanceDrama
Adaptation of a 1987 novel by Agustina Bessa Luis, a multi-generation exploration of a wealthy family with a mysterious past and a house on the island of Madeira.
Adeus, Até ao Meu RegressoAdeus, Até ao Meu Regresso · 1974
Adeus, Até ao Meu Regresso
★ 7.51974
MovieDocumentary
The Revolution also put an end to the colonial wars in Guinea Bissau, Mozambique and Angola. Vasconcelos recounts the absurdity of this bitter conflict. - Cinema du réel
Ma Femme Chamada BichoMa Femme Chamada Bicho · 1978
Ma Femme Chamada Bicho
★ 9.01978
MovieDocumentary
The film documents the places where the Portuguese painter Maria Helena Vieira da Silva (1908-1992), and Hungarian Arpad Szenes were born, met, and lived together, painting, and living to each other.
ZéfiroZéfiro · 1993
Zéfiro
★ 8.01993
MovieHistory
Zephyrus is a film-voyage, a fresco about Southern Portugal. A movie dealing metaphorically with the South of Portugal, singling it out as a place where various cultures came together and mix, giving birth to a singular identity, as unique as this movie itself, a mixture of fiction and documentary
Senhora AparecidaSenhora Aparecida · 1994
Senhora Aparecida
★ 6.41994
MovieDocumentary
In Aparecida, an industrial area in Northern Rio de Janeiro state, the annual festival that takes place on August 15th is being prepared. The floats are being decorated, and the coffins in which the penitents will be laid, according to a centuries-old tradition, are already prepared. The new priest, however, wants to end the tradition of making promises to Our Lady of Aparecida to perform "burials." Conflict is inevitable. This is a film that tells the story of those who fulfill promises to Our Lady of Aparecida, their desires and personal stories, reflecting on traditional and official religiosity, tradition and modernity.

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