Directing
José Álvaro Morais
Born September 2, 1943 · Coimbra, Portugal
Died January 30, 2004 · aged 60
No biography available.
Known For
Adeus, Até ao Meu Regresso · 1974Adeus, 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
Zéfiro · 1993Zéfiro
★ 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
Ma Femme Chamada Bicho · 1978Ma 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.
Moonfish · 2000Moonfish
★ 5.82000
MovieDrama
A summer film. About summers. Two seasons splitting it apart by half a dozen years, the youth years – time it takes its characters to realise they’re getting lonely. Hellish summer ends and we’re on a little fishing village, river-side, in Lisbon’s south bank: people make life-changing decisions.
The Jester · 1987The 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.
Repórter X · 1987Repórter X
★ 9.01987
MovieCrimeDrama
A story about character created by Reinaldo Ferreira (1897-1935), action reporter, mystery novelist and emotion journalist.
Lent · 2003Lent
★ 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.
True and Tender is the North · 2008True 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.
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