Camera
Manuel Costa e Silva
Born 1938-03-19 · Lisbon, Portugal
Acting credits
6.6The 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. Brás is a ruined man, a bohemian with a reputation for violence and erratic behaviour. Antonia’s fortune is the first sacrifice made by the young wife. Fascinated by the man who humiliates and ill-treats her, she follows him in a pilgrimage to increasingly barren lands, to increasingly less hospitable houses.
A True and Faithful Account
1989
7.0One of the first films that looks at the Portuguese region of Trás-os-Montes. From the mask called “careto” and the popular festival to the everyday reality.
Festa, Trabalho e Pão em Grijó de Parada
1974
Behind the camera
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Pintura Coletiva
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10.0A young man returns to his native Alentejo countryside and encounters the legendary seductive “enchanted moura,” sparking a poetic journey that intertwines ancient Arabic folktales with contemporary rural life. Drawing on medieval prose and verse, the film explores cultural memory and pagan traditions through visual folklore rooted in Portuguese-Arab heritage.
A Moura Encantada
1985
A man finds a mansion with a strange inhabitant.
O Aprendiz de Mago
1980
7.4Film 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 Portuguese "Carnation Revolution", as that period would be later known.
The Guns and the People
1977
7.0One of the first films that looks at the Portuguese region of Trás-os-Montes. From the mask called “careto” and the popular festival to the everyday reality.
Festa, Trabalho e Pão em Grijó de Parada
1974
