João Bénard da Costa Movies

The journey of Michael Padovic, an American professor who arrives with his wife, Helene, at a Portuguese convent where he expects to find the document...

A 58 minute documentary about the life of João Bénard da Costa.

The life of a young man, son of an English officer who lets himself become a prisoner of love resulting in fatalism and disgrace.

Through a conversation with João Bénard da Costa and his ideas about the Portuguese cinema, an interaction between the construction of the documentary...

A look at the life and career of Vasco Santana, one of the most beloved actors of the Portuguese cinema.

A story about doomed love between two people from different worlds and the impact in their lives.

A blind beggar is robbed of his chest of money. The theft leads to a dramatic situation in the street where he begs every day.

At the end of the nineteenth century, an army force led by Major Mouzinho de Albuquerque, a cavalry officer, imprisoned in Mozambique the tribal chief...

Episodes from entire military history of Portugal are told through flashbacks as a professorish soldier recounts them while marching through a Portugu...

The Midnight Sun Film Festival is held every June in the Finnish village of Sodankylä beyond the arctic circle — where the sun never sets. Founded by...