
Jorge Paixão da Costa
Directing
Biography
No biography available for Jorge Paixão da Costa.
Born: October 13, 1954
Place of Birth: Lisbon, Portugal
Known For

The Mystery of Sintra
Summer of 1870. Two writers, Eça de Queiroz and Ramalho Ortigão, decide to write a four-handed whodunit for the daily "Diário de Notícias". Could it be that the story they wrote as fiction is based on a real case? This question fuels the conflict between the two writers and drives them to a nearly fatal duel. Lisbon is in commotion. One crime follows another in a story in which love is stronger than tradition. Everything happens at frenzied pace, as in a game.

Women
Five women, all in their forties, try to find out what's important for them in life.

Ladrão que Rouba a Anão Tem Cem Anos de Prisão
TV movie from the series "A la Minuta," an action comedy with a very special "gang."

Lápis Azul
A colonel working for Censorship, widower, learns that his wife read banned books in his absence, "New Portuguese Letters" and "My Lady of Me". The colonel will discover the woman he did not know in life through the poems that she read. As the revolution arrives in April 25, 1974, the Colonel will remain true to their convictions although the poems have already influenced his own life.

The Art of Dying Far Away
Can a turtle, the most pacific animal on earth, start a range of significant events that are going to forever change a couple's life? After dividing all their assets, Arnaldo e Barbara still have one decision to make before they formalize their separation: what to do with the turtle? Amongst hesitation and failed solutions, unintended burglaries, police stations, plastic natures and misunderstandings, a single turtle fate is postponing this couple's separation. Because they know that, when they give the turtle back to its natural habitat, their relationship will be over. Are they ready for that last step?

Luísa e os Outros
The tumultuous lives of a woman and her three daughters who used to live in Paris, and are now living in Bairro Alto.

Não És Homem Não És Nada

Zona+

Polícias

Roseira Brava
Filmography
as Tio Valentim
as Mário Albuquerque
as Priest
as Emanuel Boavida
as Drunk at Bar
as Sinfrónio
as Homem a sair da Estação (uncredited)
as Próprio
as Cozinheiro