João César Monteiro Filmes

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...

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....

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...

The film follows soldiers escape and wander, talk, and drift aimlessly.

By cross-editing footage of Portuguese workers protesting against NATO forces and various movies, Monteiro shows how one 'sword' can confront the...

The Mother is one of Monteiro’s first essays on the universe of Portuguese oral culture, folktales and obscure colloquialisms. The plot...

A sentimental comedy about... toothpicks. The hero manufactures and exchanges toothpicks for countless goods because he ignores the value of money....

The young girl, Antónia Margarida Castelo Branco, is handed over by her mother to Brás Telles de Meneses because of the obscure...

“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...

Maria works in a German umbrella factory as the foreman of the production sector. João Lucas has given up on living a normal life and...

João de Deus receives a treat from a friend, unclogs his bathtub, and contemplates Lisbon from his window.

Never-before-seen footage of Monteiro’s first film tests for an unfinished project with Maria Cabral, a legendary actress from the Portuguese...