João Paulo Costa

João Paulo Costa

Born: January 13, 1955
in Lamego, Portugal

Movies for João Paulo Costa...

A Luz de Judá
Title: A Luz de Judá
Released: November 1, 2020
Type: Movie
“1618” is a film about the inquisitorial visit to Porto that encountered resistance from priests, ordinary citizens and the city authorities themselves, all accustomed for centuries to living alongside the Jews.
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Title: Mulheres de Abril
Character: António
Released: April 20, 2014
Type: TV
The Portuguese Carnation Revolution of April 25th seen by a women perspective.
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O Cônsul de Bordéus
Title: O Cônsul de Bordéus
Character: Homem no Terraço 1
Released: May 3, 2012
Type: Movie
This is the story of Aristides de Sousa Mendes, a man of conviction who saved 30,000 lives during WWII, in June 1940. Among them were10,000 Jews. As the Portuguese General Consul stationed in Bordeaux, France, he issued 30,000 visas for safe passage to Portugal. He defied the direct orders of his government and exhibited courage, moral rectitude, unselfishness, and self-sacrifice by issuing visas to all refugees regardless of nationality, race, religion or political opinions.This narrative film expresses his heroic actions towards humanity, which will perpetuate his legacy of justice for a new generation. In 1966, Yad Vashem named him Righteous Among the Nations. He is considered to have achieved the largest single rescue operation of World War II.
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Title: Liberdade 21
Released: October 18, 2008
Type: TV
In each episode, an apparently lost cause goes to court. However, the various stages of the case show us that not everything is as it seems and that no case is solved until the sentence is read.
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Title: Conta-me Como Foi
Released: April 22, 2007
Type: TV
Conta-me como foi (transl. Tell me how it was) is a Portuguese television drama series which has been broadcast on RTP1 of Rádio e Televisão de Portugal from 2007 to 2011 and since 2019. It recounts the experiences of a middle-class family, the Lopes (Portuguese: Os Lopes), during the last years of the Estado Novo. In February 2019, RTP announced that the series, after eight years shelved, would be renewed, with the storyline moving firmly into the 1980s. The first episode of the sixth season was broadcast on 7 December 2019 with the Lopes entering 1984.
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A Imitação
Title: A Imitação
Released: January 1, 2003
Type: Movie
An act of passion, filmed in a church turned into a bar, on Easter 2003, and starring as many actors as the days of the year… Taking the sacred painting as a reference, the film questions the human condition: letting oneself die like Christ or betray scientifically like Peter?
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Title: Os Andrades
Released: August 1, 1994
Type: TV
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Title: Clube Paraíso
Character: Eugénio
Released: July 4, 1993
Type: TV
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A Menina Feia
Title: A Menina Feia
Character: Tomás
Released: November 4, 1988
Type: Movie