Acting

João Reis

Born

1965-01-08 (61)

Place of birth

Lisboa, Portugal

Known for

Acting

Credits

53 titles

Known for

Film credits

2010s · 10 titles

Triple A poster
NR

A mockumentary with an actual documentary inside, tells the unusual story of Artist António André's (Triple A). With Arcos de Valdevez, a portuguese northern village, as background, it questions the relevance of art in our time.

Triple A

2015

O Segredo das Pedras Vivas poster
NR

In an isolated village of the Alentejo region, a conflict arises. José Vitorino, one of the landowners of the region, rich in prehistoric monuments, wants to build a luxurious solarium in lands filled with ancient rocks, places of devotion and sacred rituals. Indifferent to the people’s protest, who believe in the magical powers of the stones and that the region’s drought is due to the rocks’ destruction, José Vitorino hires an architect to plan his new house. On christmas eve, in the middle of the winter solstice, a strange ceremony around a dolmen, once an altar for bloody sacrifices in more remote times, releases a harmful spell. A race against time to reverse the faulty charm begins.

O Segredo das Pedras Vivas

2016

A Woman's Revenge poster
6.3

Roberto is one of those men to whom simulation has become the greatest art. He is an unmoved, inscrutable, mysterious man. But the truth is that Robert feels an intimate, deep tedium. The boredom of those who have already exhausted all the pleasures of life. The only thing still surprising him is the fact that nothing surprises him anymore. One evening he has an overwhelming encounter with a woman. For his own bewilderment, he discovers the sublime horrors in which the woman has sank.

A Woman's Revenge

2012

Under My Skin poster
6.4

On a day like any other, a woman leaves work and heads to a party in the outskirts of Lisbon. On her way there she sees a man ready to jump off a bridge. She stops the car and approaches the man, trying to save him.

Under My Skin

2011

No artwork available
NR

Short Portuguese film about history.

Filtros

2015

Noite de Paz poster
NR

Luís hates Christmas. In the hospital where she is a doctor, she always offers herself to work for 24 hours in the emergency room on the 24th and 25th of December. When everything gets ready to be another bitter and solitary Christmas, a homeless is taken to the emergency room apparently with a pneumonia, despite refusing treatment. When Luís intervenes, she ends up recognising his father in the homeless man, with whom she cut relations circa 10 years ago.

Noite de Paz

2011

Marias da Sé poster
6.0

A typical day in Porto's Cathedral, between tourists and the local community. A peculiar group of women grabs our attention...

Marias da Sé

2018

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Olhos Pretos, Cabelo Azul

2012

Snu poster
6.7

The story about the romance of Snu Abecassis and the former Portuguese prime minister Sá Carneiro.

Snu

2019

Em Câmara Lenta poster
3.4

Salvador knew Contança and Santiago. He did not know, but admired, Laurence. Among them, Laurence knew Santiago. Constance did not know Laurence. Only Santiago knew Laurence, Constança and Salvador.

Em Câmara Lenta

2012

2000s · 8 titles

April Captains poster
6.6

Story of the 1974 coup that overthrew the right-wing Portuguese dictatorship--which continued the fascist policies of long-time dictator Antonio Salazar--and of two young army captains who were involved in it.

April Captains

2000

In the Darkness of the Night poster
6.0

A disturbing film about the Portuguese underworld of prostitution.

In the Darkness of the Night

2004

8 8 poster
7.0

A 14-year-old kid, addicted to videogames, goes with his parents to a shopping mall and separates from them to go to a game store called UTOPYA. He doesn't come back. His parents get in despair, and his father tries everything he can to bring him back.

8 8

2001

Portugal S.A. poster
6.0

The story of the CEO of a recently privatized company.

Portugal S.A.

2004

The Fifth Empire poster
6.5

Manoel de Oliveira directs José Régio's historical epic of religious and political power struggles. King Sebastião plans to make Portugal the world's Fifth Empire.

The Fifth Empire

2004

The Conquest of Faro poster
7.0

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.

The Conquest of Faro

2005

Oito por Oito poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Oito por Oito

2001

Camarate poster
7.7

In 1980, a small plane carrying the Prime Minister, the Defense Minister and six others crashed during takeoff in Camarate, Portugal, killing all on board. The police investigation decided it was an accident caused by pilot error. But controversy raged for twenty years, and the Parliament investigated it no less than six times. Finally, in 2000, in response to a suit by the families of the survivors, the High Court had to decide whether to open a criminal investigation, or close the case forever.

Camarate

2001

Series credits

Alta Definição poster
7.2

In Alta Definição, Daniel Oliveira interviews one guest every week with an intimate approach.

Alta Definição

2009

Wild Land poster
8.0

To avenge his dead parents, Diogo will have to destroy his lover's mom and face his younger brother. Diogo, a decorated military officer, finds out that Eduarda is responsible for the destruction of his family. He returns to his homeland to take revenge, but falls in love with her daughter, Beatriz, who is married to Tiago, his biological brother.

Wild Land

2019

Anjo Meu poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Anjo Meu

2011

Heart of Gold poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Heart of Gold

2015

Winter Sun poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Winter Sun

2013

Lady of Tides poster
6.7

On her birthday, Joana's joy turns to despair when her abusive husband discovers her pregnancy and attempts to harm her. Fleeing the city, she finds refuge on a boat with criminals, but realizing the danger, she sees land beyond so leaps into the water and swims to Terceira Island, leaving her life behind. Exhausted on the shore, she encounters Chico, a lost child, during a religious ceremony. Joana arrives with the child, inadvertently becoming mistaken for a saint 'Our Lady of the Sea', revered by the island's faithful.

Lady of Tides

2024

Mulheres poster
6.2

The stories of seven women, whose destinies intersect. Seven Lisbon couples live different moments in their relationships. Everyone has problems to solve. The challenges that each couple face are different - some more serious, others more common and predictable... and some purely selfish.

Mulheres

2014

And the World May End poster
NR

What side is love on? Vera and Rodrigo are absolutely passionate about each other and get married, having João as the product of their love. But, like any other marriage, their relationship has its ups and downs between intense passion and their differing life views. Vera is a up and coming lawyer and Rodrigo an agronomy engineer. She's an urban woman who doesn’t do well in a rural environment while he loves the country and bulls, not too keen on city life. To make things worse, along comes Eduardo, Vera's boss and a brilliant but vicious lawyer. He hopes to prevent any possibility of reconciliation between Vera and Rodrigo and ensure that Vera keeps full custody of their son João. He wants this because, when he was deployed in Angola as a military, Eduardo swore to Rodrigo’s father João Maria, that he’d have his revenge.

And the World May End

2008

For You poster
5.0

In the parish of Rio Meandro, two villages are at war over the construction of a dam that will submerge one of them: either Aldeia Velha or Aldeia Nova.

For You

2022

Welcome to Beirais poster
7.0

Diogo Almada is a successful account manager at a telecommunications company who is struggling with serious stress and anxiety issues due to the constant state of pressure he lives in. His situation becomes worse when he suffers a stroke which puts him in hospital. There, doctors tell him that if he doesn't slow down things could become much worse for him in the future. He also meets the owner of a vegetables and herbs greenery in Beirais, a small village in the midlands, who is looking to sell it. Diogo then decides to buy him out and risk it as a farmer himself. He wants his girlfriend Teresa to come along with him, but she refuses to leave Lisbon due to her career and also because she doesn't want to give up her city comforts. But Diogo decides to move to Beirais anyway, where he is faced with an entirely different reality from what he’s used to.

Welcome to Beirais

2013

Amanhecer poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Amanhecer

2002

Tell Me How It Happened poster
8.7

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.

Tell Me How It Happened

2007

Páginas da Vida poster
NR

Nanda dies after giving birth to twins, Francisco and Clara. Marta, the maternal grandmother, agrees to keep the boy, but gives the girl, who has Down syndrome, up for adoption. Helena, the doctor who delivers the baby, becomes attached to the child and secretly adopts her. Years later, Leo returns to Portugal and discovers he is a father. In an attempt to regain custody of the children, he relies on Marta's opportunistic support. But Helena is determined to fight him for Clara's guardianship. Remake of the Brazilian telenovela of the same name.

Páginas da Vida

2026

A Senhora das Águas poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

A Senhora das Águas

2001

The Good Girls Club poster
5.1

The Good Girls Club is a drama series that follows the capital's night, where sensuality and sex mix with politics, security, business and glamour, and which will accompany the story of 3 characters: the security guard, the owner and the new girl.

The Good Girls Club

2020

Riscos poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Riscos

1997

Sozinhos em Casa poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Sozinhos em Casa

1993

Maternidade poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Maternidade

2011

Diário de Maria poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Diário de Maria

1998

Terra Nova poster
7.4

No synopsis available yet.

Terra Nova

2020

3 Caminos poster
6.3

2000, 2006 and 2021. Three trips, three stages of five lives. Jana, Luca, Roberto, Yoon Soo and Raquel are in their mid-20s / early 30s on their first two "Caminos", and past 40 on their third. So much will happen until then: Jana's anti-establishment rage will have calmed somewhat, revealing unexpected compassion in the German woman. Luca, the Italian, will hit rock bottom and resurrect himself with a little help from his friends. Roberto, the Mexican, will learn to forgive himself by accepting that another's death was not his fault. And while their passion for music makes Korean Yoon Soo and Spaniard Raquel the perfect couple, they must learn the hard way that they have mistaken friendship for love before they can once again find peace of mind. All of them experience friendship and loss, jealousy and love, courage and despair, forgiveness, bliss and finding their own personal purpose in life.

3 Caminos

2021

Mulheres Assim poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Mulheres Assim

2016

Senhores Doutores poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Senhores Doutores

1997

Terra Instável poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Terra Instável

1991

A Ferreirinha poster
6.7

The life of Antonia Ferreira (popularly known as "Ferreirinha") from her widowhood to her death, including her role in the production and marketing of the Port wine.At the same time it's told the love story between Camilo Castelo Branco and Ana Plácido.

A Ferreirinha

2004

New Beginning poster
8.0

Álvaro and Maria do Carmo lived happily in Angola. He was a successful businessman and she was a mild mannered housewife. They have two children together, Ana and João, who were studying and living their teenage years in Luanda... Until the day the civil war broke out and everything fell apart. Amidst declarations of independence, a wave of violence breaks out and the established peace and order fades away. In July, 1975, the Mendonça family, along with over five hundred thousand people, leave their belongings behind and embark on an air convoy that would become the biggest exodus in the history of the Portuguese people to a homeland that most only knew from photos and dubbed it Metropolis. In Lisbon, Joaquim and Natália, Álvaro’s brother-in-law and sister, take the Mendonça family in their small apartment, where they will try to get their lives back in order. However, over that hot summer of 1975, the integration seemed to be far from easy.

New Beginning

2013

O Rosto da Europa poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

O Rosto da Europa

1994

37 poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

37

2010

A Grande Mentira poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

A Grande Mentira

1991

Planeta A poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Planeta A

2022