João César Monteiro
Directing
Biography
João César Monteiro was a Portuguese film director, actor, writer and film critic . He was born in Figueira da Foz on February 2, 1939 and died of cancer in Lisbon on February 3, 2003. Description above from the Wikipedia article João César Monteiro, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: February 2, 1939
Place of Birth: Figueira da Foz, Portogallo
Known For
Recollections of the Yellow House
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.
One Hundred Times Lost
Artur is in Lisbon for his holidays, wonders aimlessly, and is picked up by Rui, a young man who is into marketing and advertising. Joana is in Lisbon for holidays, but also trying to escape from a mysterious, dark passion. Artur and Joana come together, find common roots in their rural background.
Hovering Over the Water
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.
Come and Go
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.
The Spousals of God
After receiving a visit from a messenger of God, João de Deus wins his buddy's girlfriend through a roll of the dice.
Trails
Parallel tales of young couples desperately escaping cruel false fathers, each couple on the run across different regions of the country and during increasingly contemporary time periods.
Doomed Love
A story about doomed love between two people from different worlds and the impact in their lives.
A Estrangeira
The shady side of an Italian textile trade in northern Germany is the subject of this slow-paced but atmospheric drama featuring Alberto Sordi as Totonno, a low-level, petty criminal anxious to move up a somewhat crooked ladder. Rising to the rank of the "dons" -- Don Raffaele (Carmine Ippolito) or Don Gennaro (Pasquale Cenammo) -- is not an easy task, as Totonno is about to find out. In the meantime, Paula (Belinda Lee) provides a romantic distraction, and another would-be entrepreneur opts for the straight and narrow. This uneven feature offers some colorful performances but the sum is less convincing than its parts.
God's Comedy
An ice-cream seller lusts after the female employees in his shop.
The Last Dive
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.
Filmography
as (archive footage)
as João Vuvu
as Não
as João de Deus
as Max Monteiro / God / Henrique
as João de Deus
as João de Deus
as João de Deus
as Gilberto
as Stavroguine
as Man Outside Bathroom
as João Raposão
as João de Deus
as Jogador de Póquer
as Cesar
as King of Portugal
as Degredado
as Degradado
as The Monk / The Boss of the Thieves
as Unnamed
as Himself (uncredited)