Maria João Luís
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis: 1964-12-30
Locus Natus: Lisbon, Portugal
Et ut:
A Mulher que Acreditava Ser Presidente dos EUA
Alexandra Lencastre plays a woman who believes she is President of the U.S.A.
release : 2003.03.21popularis : 2.057
The State I Am In
Clara and Hans are left-wing terrorists who have been sought by police for almost fifteen years. Their increasingly rebellious daughter Jeanne begins...
release : 2001.02.01popularis : 7.75
The Beauty and the Paparazzo
Telenovela star Mariana is on the verge of a nervous breakdown: shooting is not going smoothly, her popularity is waning, and she is forever being...
release : 2010.01.28popularis : 2.151
Traffic
Young Jesus is taken on a vacation by his parents (Rita Blanco, Adriano Luz) to a deserted beach resort. They accidentally fall into overnight wealth...
release : 1998.12.31popularis : 2.248
Camarate
In 1980, a small plane carrying the Prime Minister, the Defense Minister and six others crashed during takeoff in Camarate, Portugal, killing all on...
release : 2001.04.30popularis : 2.001
Em Câmara Lenta
Salvador knew Contança and Santiago. He did not know, but admired, Laurence. Among them, Laurence knew Santiago. Constance did not know...
release : 2012.03.08popularis : 1.498
Bobô
Sofia lives a strangely isolated life in the old apartment where she grew up in Lisbon. Mariama arrives from Guinea-Bissau, having been hired by...
release : 2013.04.23popularis : 1.427
Poor George
One night Jorge will meet with a Japanese industrialist, who will allow him to abandon his teaching position and resume his chemical work. However,...
release : 1993.02.26popularis : 1.754
Casanova Variations
Alone in a secluded mansion, Giacomo Casanova cries out then collapses. When the mysterious and beautiful writer, Elisa von der Recke, comes to...
release : 2014.08.21popularis : 1.568
Game of Checkers
Following Marta's wake, her five best friends decide to spend the night at a rural tourist getaway that Marta never got around to opening. The night...
release : 2016.01.28popularis : 1.219
Ainda Não Acabámos: Como Se Fosse Uma Carta
A walk for half a century, yes, a letter perhaps. Travels in my life, I could call it, which I like Garrett so much. A traveling as he would like, a...
release : 2016.02.08popularis : 2.022
The End of the World
In the quietness of rural life, small disputes about the right to use a rivulet may take the proportion of a life-and-death matter..
release : 1993.06.10popularis : 1.554
Alex
The story of a child who faces the emptiness that surrounds the figure of his parents, disappeared in Africa.
release : 1991.02.16popularis : 2.836
Bad
Concerns an Irish woman, Cathy (Pauline Cadell), who dearly loves her Portuguese lawyer husband, Pedro (Rui Morisson); however, unbeknownst to her,...
release : 2000.02.25popularis : 1.749
No Dia dos Meus Anos
This Portuguese movie directed by João Botelho, is part of The Four Elements series. This is the second episode, The Air.
release : 1992.08.21popularis : 2.018
Side Effects
Side Effects is the story of a woman who's not afraid to believe that happiness is not only possible but the only truth to be achieved. A woman who...
release : 2011.12.14popularis : 2.198
Cinerama
Humberto hanged himself. Catarina, Paulo and Victor want the company where Humberto used to work for to take responsibility in his death, leading...
release : 2010.01.25popularis : 1.502
Acts of Cinema
Cinema and affections from life in images and what goes on outside the frame. 'Snapshots' of shootings and the present-day memory of directors,...
release : 2018.10.01popularis : 1.28
Directo
A couple watches a bank robbery live on TV.
release : 2010.01.01popularis : 0.902
O Capacete Dourado
The darkness of night, a barely lit place, motorbikes flirting with danger: a group of teenagers at a crossroads playing chicken with unaware passing...
release : 2007.09.19popularis : 1.651
Lourdes
The young, sickly girl Bernadette comes from a poverty-stricken family. When the Virgin Mary appears to her in a cavern near Lourdes, no one takes...
release : 2000.05.29popularis : 1.659
Here on Earth
Miguel (Luis Miguel Cintra) is lucky that his income will only level off if he neglects his business as a financier, and his wife and family will be...
release : 1993.09.09popularis : 2.54
Crónica Feminina
Sonia and Branca are two close friends at their thirties's sexual peak, on the verge of their cosmopolitan loneliness. Despite the long relationship...
release : 2002.03.28popularis : 0.881
Light Traps
Mário was involved in a terrorist attack in Africa. Everyone thinks it was an accident but Mário knows it wasn’t. Now, hiden in...
release : 1993.06.25popularis : 1.172