João César Monteiro Filmes

After receiving a visit from a messenger of God, João de Deus wins his buddy's girlfriend through a roll of the dice.

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

A satirical and delirious short which sums up the obsessions of João César Monteiro: film-making and… young women.

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

Monteiro moved far away from the visual opulence defined by his earlier films with his inspired adaptation of radical Swiss writer Robert...

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...

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

A story about doomed love between two people from different worlds and the impact in their lives.

Fernanda, António and Quim are travelling by train to a provincial Portuguese industrial city. Fernanda, a teacher, agrees to replace a...

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....