Most Popular João Pedro Bénard Trailers
Total trailers found: 46
Nightfall Trailer (1999)
05 September 1999
A largely plotless, fado-scored journey through the gloomy cobblestone streets, zombie bars, and fetid basements of a sordid harbor town populated by German-speaking sots and Portuguese guest workers.
The Sound of the Shaking Earth Trailer (1990)
22 October 1990
Freely based on Gide ('Paludes') and Hawthorne ('Wakefield'), this is a film about a writer who never wrote anything and who blows at nightfall the breath of frost.
Recollections of the Yellow House Trailer (1989)
12 October 1989
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.
Grand Tour Trailer (2024)
27 November 2024
In 1917 Burma (now Myanmar), a British diplomat is set to marry his fiancée, but after a sudden panic, escapes to Singapore, sending her on what evolves into a chase across Asia.
Vanity Trailer (2004)
01 January 2004
Vanitas is the new feature film by veteran Portuguese director Paulo Rocha. With a script by Regina Guimarães, the film brings together actresses Isabel Ruth and Joana Bárcia – no strangers to this director's world – in a story about a depressed fashion designer who falls in love with the daughter of one her tailors.
Sombras Brancas Trailer (2023)
20 April 2023
At the age of 71, a highly regarded writer, José Cardoso Pires, suffers a major stroke and loses his memory and the ability to relate to the rest of the world.
Dead Man's Memories Trailer (2003)
06 July 2003
A policeman lunching with his daughter is present when a dead body washes up on shore. He investigates, leading him down a twisted and muddled path of nefarious connections reflecting, somewhat, his own life.
I Was in Lisbon and Remembered You Trailer (2015)
25 October 2015
"In the beginning of this project, I wanted to do a documentary film based on this book by Luiz Ruffato.
Xavier Trailer (1991)
01 January 1991
Xavier returns to Lisbon after a military stint, determined to lead a meaningful life, only to find his world closing in on him.
The Keeper of Herds Trailer (1999)
01 January 1999
A documentary about a family of goat herders in Portugal and the relationship between man and animals.
Tall Stories Trailer (1988)
11 March 1988
12-year-old Miguel is punished because he has not done his homework properly: he must stay at his aunt's inn for holidays.
Oxalá Trailer (1981)
08 May 1981
A man exiled in Paris makes various trips to Portugal after the Carnation Revolution. Each trip is represented by a woman.
The End of the World Trailer (1993)
10 June 1993
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.
If I Were a Thief... I'd Steal Trailer (2013)
10 September 2013
1920s. Vitalino, a small farmer from São Vicente sees his father die of the epidemic which decimated the country.
Where the Sun Beats Trailer (1989)
10 September 1989
Laura lives in the country with her considerably older husband. When Nuno, her brother who study in Lisbon, pays a visit, he realizes that his sister does not have a happy life.
A Woman's Revenge Trailer (2012)
29 March 2012
Roberto is one of those men to whom simulation has become the greatest art. He is an unmoved, inscrutable, mysterious man.
A True and Faithful Account Trailer (1989)
22 June 1989
The young girl, Antónia Margarida Castelo Branco, is handed over by her mother to Brás Telles de Meneses because of the obscure interests between rural aristocratic families in the North.
Worth Your Weight in Gold Trailer (2022)
14 July 2022
Oscar, a renowned hypnotherapist, uses the last moments in his hotel room to say goodbye to the vertiginous Mercedes and rid old Norberto of his bitterness.
João Bénard da Costa: Others Will Love the Things I Have Loved Trailer (2015)
08 October 2015
Director Manuel Mozos draws an intimate portrait of João Bénard da Costa, programmer, critic, actor and, for 18 years, director of the Portuguese Film Museum, who passed away in 2009.
Mariphasa Trailer (2017)
09 July 2017
Paulo works as night security in a deactivated industrial complex. He lost his daughter in dramatic circumstances, and no regrets would console him.
Malvadez Trailer (1990)
01 June 1990
Coming from Fundão to Lisboa where he did conscription service, Matias found that the reality of ths
Step by Step Trailer (1990)
11 April 1990
Nogueira, a man in his fifties, is a relic of times long past. While the youngsters at the school where he works as a caretaker still think the world is their oyster, Nogueira knows that, for him, most doors have long closed.
Banzo Trailer (2024)
25 December 2024
1907. Afonso, a doctor, arrives at Principe Island to cure servants from a cocoa plantation “infected” with Banzo, nostalgia of the slaves, who are dying from starvation and suicide.
Hotel Royal Trailer (2021)
14 July 2021
'In the course of my cleaning duties, I examined the belongings of each guest of the hotel and observed through the details, lives that will remain unknown', says the temporary Chambermaid in a large seaside hotel, which, unable to communicate, lives through a rigid methodology of analysis of the exterior and a ritualised quotidian.
Beyond the Mountains Trailer (2017)
02 February 2017
In love with Trás-os-Montes and with his Guide of Portugal as a source of inspiration, Miguel looks for stories for his new documentary.
Alfama Trailer (2009)
11 August 2009
A and B get on the train, full of excitement Love and jealousy/Ashes and fire/Pain and sin Just before it leaves, C boards too.
River of Gold Trailer (1998)
18 May 1998
Carolina, an aging local grande dame who works at a crossing point on the titular river, marries another late-in-life character, the dredging-boat operator Antonio.
Journey to Portugal Trailer (2011)
16 June 2011
Maria, a Ukrainian doctor, comes to Portugal to spend a year with Greco, her husband who is also a doctor.
Arabian Nights: Volume 2, The Desolate One Trailer (2015)
29 July 2015
In which Scheherazade tells of how desolation invaded men : “It hath reached me, O auspicious King, that a Judge will cry instead of giving out her sentence.
Ramiro Trailer (2018)
01 March 2018
Ramiro is a bookstore owner in Lisbon and a poet in perpetual creative block. He lives, somewhat frustrated, somewhat conformed, between his shop and the tavern, accompanied by his dog, his faithful drinking companions and his neighbors: a pregnant teenager and her grandmother recovering from a stroke.
End of Conservation Trailer (1990)
27 September 1990
A satirical and delirious short which sums up the obsessions of João César Monteiro: film-making and… young women.
Le voyage étranger Trailer (1992)
28 October 1992
11th century. Descended from the aristocracy, Alexis flees a world dominated by money and strength. The young man, in love with justice and freedom, sets off on the roads to discover the world, abandoning his wife and family.
Querença Trailer (2004)
01 January 2004
In mid-September 1992, journalist Guida Fontes have to go to Luanda to cover the elections in Angola.
Rage Trailer (2018)
31 October 2018
Alentejo, Portugal, 1950. In a desolate region, where the wind seems to speak, where misery and hunger reign over poorest, a desperate man takes his revenge on those who caused his ruin during the darkest night, unable to get honestly the bread needed to feed his family in the daylight.
4 Hearts Trailer (2009)
20 August 2009
Diana is a young woman about to enter adulthood. She lives with her father, Gabriel, a game machine dealer, and Magdalene, the stepmother, alongside those working in a hair salon in a shopping center.
Patrick Trailer (2019)
21 September 2019
Patrick, 20-years-old, lives in Paris with his older boyfriend. He runs a teenage pornography website, which results in a prison sentence following a raid at a party.
Manoel’s Destinies Trailer (1984)
02 August 1984
When the child Manuel wanders into a garden that is off-limits to him, he meets an unidentified fisherman, and another boy -- the boy is actually himself several years down the road.
Alex Trailer (1991)
16 February 1991
The story of a child who faces the emptiness that surrounds the figure of his parents, disappeared in Africa.
The Face You Deserve Trailer (2005)
23 March 2005
Francisco, behave! I Know it's your birthday, you are thirty now, it's carnival, you've dressed as a cowboy for the school party and you are surrounded by kids you hate.
From Now On Trailer (2008)
01 January 2008
Dora divides her time between her work as a beautician, her policeman husband António, and her involvement in left-wing politics.
The Conquest of Faro Trailer (2005)
01 January 2005
Arriving in a hotel in the city of Faro, a couple learns there are no available tables left. When another couple agrees to share a table, they spark a conversation on the city’s history, unfolding the tales of King Afonso III, who betrays his wife, and of a Moorish woman, who betrays her father.
Coup de Grâce Trailer (2017)
10 February 2017
A man, Francisco, works in an open-pit mine. He goes to see his boss about taking the following day off.
Ashes and Embers Trailer (2015)
26 April 2015
Certainly an outstanding case of beauty and mystery, this short film by Mozos creates a strange alloy of literature and cinema, and not in the way one discipline is a vampire for the other, but rather as if they were the different faces of the same coin, drawn to coexist and repel each other.
Far From Amazónia Trailer (2017)
01 July 2017
In 1783, naturalist Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira travelled to Amazonia. Centuries later, all that remains from his Philosophical Journey are the artifacts belonging the tribes he studied and the animals and plants he brought over to Portugal, evoking a distant Amazonia and an expedition that went on for nine years.
