José Manuel Mendes

Acting

José Manuel Mendes

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Known For

The Strange Case of AngelicaThe Strange Case of Angelica · 2010
The Strange Case of Angelica
★ 6.52010
MovieDramaFantasy
A photographer, Isaac, is asked by hotel owners to take portraits of their recently deceased daughter Angélica. When he looks at her through the lens of his camera, she appears to come back to life just for him. He instantly falls in love with her. From that moment, he will be haunted by Angélica day and night.
Just Retired 2Just Retired 2 · 2022
Just Retired 2
★ 5.22022
MovieComedy
Marilou and Philippe decide to show their grandchildren their new holiday home in Portugal. But once there, they discover to their horror that the house is still under construction. This is just the beginning of the problems for the grandparents, because soon they will lose their children. They have only two days left to find them, before their parents join them.
Arabian Nights: Volume 2, The Desolate OneArabian Nights: Volume 2, The Desolate One · 2015
Arabian Nights: Volume 2, The Desolate One
★ 7.02015
MovieDrama
Scheherazade narrates three more tales, supposedly selected from the 470th, 484th and 497th nights of her ordeal: “It hath reached me, O auspicious King, that a Judge will cry instead of giving out her sentence. A runaway murderer will wander through the land for over forty days and will teletransport himself to escape the Guard while dreaming of prostitutes and partridges. A wounded cow will reminisce about a thousand-year-old olive tree while saying what she must say, which will sound none less than sad!
The Uncertainty PrincipleThe Uncertainty Principle · 2002
The Uncertainty Principle
★ 6.52002
MovieDrama
Having lost her place among the social elite, a widow remarries and starts a family.
Boys On Film 4: Protect Me From What I WantBoys On Film 4: Protect Me From What I Want · 2010
Boys On Film 4: Protect Me From What I Want
★ 3.52010
MovieHorrorDrama
Elliot Tittensor (TV's Shameless) stars as Daz in headlining film PROTECT ME FROM WHAT I WANT, a gripping British film debut that sees him woo a young lad in an underpass, only to be threatened with a break-up the following morning. Passive and submissive roles are tackled and tugged in gay graffiti tale VANDALS and Icelandic grapple-fest WRESTLING, while POSTMORTEM, MY NAME IS LOVE, and Iris Prize-winner STEAM look at promising encounters that turn awry. Rounding out the collection are HEIKO, an alternative ode to foot fetishes, BREATH where 12-year-old Erik swims out to sea to make a daring move on his best friend's father, and the crème de la crème from this collection TREVOR, which won multiple prestigious awards from Sundance, Berlinale, and even The Academy Awards (Oscar) for Best Short Film.
The Last BathThe Last Bath · 2020
The Last Bath
★ 4.32020
MovieDrama
A nun is called upon to adopt her 15-year-old nephew, and as a consequence religious, familial and sensual love become entangled.
The Metamorphosis of BirdsThe Metamorphosis of Birds · 2021
The Metamorphosis of Birds
★ 6.72021
MovieDocumentaryDrama
Filmmaker Catarina Vasconcelos sifts through the memories of her ancestors. Her naval officer grandfather, Henrique, who married her grandmother, Beatriz, on her 21st birthday, spent extended periods at sea, leaving her with six children. This is the beginning of a generational saga.
Mysteries of LisbonMysteries of Lisbon · 2010
Mysteries of Lisbon
★ 7.22010
MovieDramaHistory
The tragic story of the many lives of Father Dinis, his dark origins and his pious works, and the different fates of all those who, trapped in a sinister web of love, hate and crime, cross paths with him through years of adventure.

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Boys On Film 4: Protect Me From What I WantBoys On Film 4: Protect Me From What I Want · 2010
Boys On Film 4: Protect Me From What I Want
★ 3.52010
MovieHorrorDrama
Elliot Tittensor (TV's Shameless) stars as Daz in headlining film PROTECT ME FROM WHAT I WANT, a gripping British film debut that sees him woo a young lad in an underpass, only to be threatened with a break-up the following morning. Passive and submissive roles are tackled and tugged in gay graffiti tale VANDALS and Icelandic grapple-fest WRESTLING, while POSTMORTEM, MY NAME IS LOVE, and Iris Prize-winner STEAM look at promising encounters that turn awry. Rounding out the collection are HEIKO, an alternative ode to foot fetishes, BREATH where 12-year-old Erik swims out to sea to make a daring move on his best friend's father, and the crème de la crème from this collection TREVOR, which won multiple prestigious awards from Sundance, Berlinale, and even The Academy Awards (Oscar) for Best Short Film.

Man (segment "Heiko")

Mrs. HopeMrs. Hope · 2020
Mrs. Hope
★ 8.02020
SeriesDramaFamily
Mrs. Hope is a charismatic octogenarian widow, living alone in a pleasant apartment in Lisbon along with her cat Baltazar, since her husband died, years ago. Mrs. Hope is not like some other older people. She likes ballroom dancing, aqua aerobics sports and from time to time visiting the neighborhood chapel to say goodbye to her old fellows who passed away letting escape some less orthodox comments that make laugh even the most serious. She had two sons, but only one is alive - Artur. He is married with Leonor and together they have a son Rodrigo, a wild teenager and the only Mrs. Hope grandson. Herminia is her best friend, but her truly fellow is Paulina, a bold Angolan woman, mother of the teenager Joyce that Mrs. Hope considers as her goddaughter.

António Magalhães