João César Monteiro
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As Armas e o Povo
Glauber Rocha, Fernando Lopes
Glauber Rocha, Adelino Gomes
Film directors with hand-held cameras went to the streets of Lisbon from April 25 to May 1, 1974, registering interviews and political events of the Portuguese "Carnations Revolution", as that period would be later known.
As Armas e o Povo
Recollections of the Yellow House
João César Monteiro
João César Monteiro, Manuela de Freitas
Lisbon, 1989. A middle-aged poor man, tormented by an illness, lives in a cheap room in a family boarding house, in the old section of the city's waterfront.
Recollections of the Yellow House
Hovering Over the Water
João César Monteiro
Laura Morante, Philip J. Spinelli
Laura Rossellini, a widow from Rome, vacations on the Algarve coast one hot summer. One day while sunbathing, she finds a wounded man named Robert drifting in the surf on a rubber raft. She takes him home, and, after he is revived, learns his story. As they talk, their mutual attraction grows, until a group of armed men suddenly arrive looking for Robert.
Hovering Over the Water
O Último Mergulho
João César Monteiro
Fabienne Babe, Canto e Castro
Eloi, a paunchy middle-aged man, finds Samuel, a young sad sack, about to kill himself by plunging into the sea. Eloi takes Samuel under his wing, giving him a hot meal and bringing him to a seedy night club to introduce him to Esperança, who is said to be the most beautiful sex worker in Lisbon—and is also Eloi’s daughter.
The Last Dive
Vai e Vem
João César Monteiro
João César Monteiro, Rita Pereira Marques
João Vuvu, lives alone in a house that requires regeneration but due to being alone he is unable to do the work. On his son's release from prison and João's ensuing deception triggers a series of somber events.
Come and Go
A Mãe: O Rico e o Pobre
João César Monteiro
Hermínio Rebelo, Fernando Lavrador
The Mother is one of Monteiro’s first essays on the universe of Portuguese oral culture, folktales and obscure colloquialisms. The plot revolves around a traditional tale about theft, greed, an ubiquitous mother, and the links between the worlds of the living and the dead.
The Mother
Quem Espera por Sapatos de Defunto Morre Descalço
João César Monteiro
Luís Miguel Cintra, Antónia Brandão
The tribulations of two friends who, in despair, start begging from door-to-door, and are given a bundle including, literally, a pair of deadman's shoes
He Who Waits for Dead Man Shoes Dies Barefoot
Passeio com Johnny Guitar
João César Monteiro
João César Monteiro, Ana Reis
Lord knows where João de Deus has been. He's come home wounded in the head. He's got a bit of the soundtrack to Johnny Guitar in his head. Strangely enough, there is no sign of the hole in his head. Day breaks over the city. Further strolls are in sight. It is said that Mr. Monteiro, the alter ego of João de Deus, occasionally goes out with Nicholas Ray. At least, they've been seen together.
A Walk with Johnny Guitar
Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen
João César Monteiro
Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen
“I think my film represents above all the proof to those who want to understand and accept it, that poetry can’t be filmed, that it is useless to try” - João César Monteiro
Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen
