Maria João Abreu

Acting

Maria João Abreu

Born 1964-04-14 · Lisbon, Portugal

Maria João Abreu, was a Portuguese film, television and stage actress. Her most notable works include Portuguese TV series Médico de Família, Aqui Não Há Quem Viva, Golpe de Sorte, and her strong presence in the typical Portuguese genre of "teatro de revista". She was famous for her uplifting roles, mostly associated with humour.

Acting credits

Outside poster
6.0

Laura works as a newscaster and José Maria as a stockbroker, and while they live in the same housing complex, their lives never cross directly. Nevertheless, he watches her from a distance, seeing all her movements without her knowledge. But their lives finally meet when he is invited onto her news program. From there, a romance begins which coincides with the desire of two beings who finally find a reason to seek love once again.

Outside

2004

Call Girl poster
5.8

A powerful entrepreneur wants to build an exclusive resort hotel in Villanova, but he discovers the location he has in mind is protected by local land-use regulations. He hires Maria, a beautiful and elegant prostitute, to seduce the mayor, leaving him open to blackmail if he won't give the entrepreneur what he wants. Maria has no trouble twisting Meireles around her finger, but police detectives Madeira and Neves get wind of the plan and set out to expose the plot...

Call Girl

2007

Amo-te Teresa poster
6.9

Amo-te Teresa tells the forbidden love story of Teresa and Miguel, aged 35 and 15, respectively. Teresa is a doctor and, after a frustrated love life, she decides to abandon Lisbon and returns to her native land. Immediately, a strong attraction forms between Teresa and Miguel, a friend of her oldest son.

Amo-te Teresa

2000

A prova dos novos poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

A prova dos novos

1990

Letters from War poster
6.9

In 1971, António Lobo Antunes' life is brutally interrupted when he is drafted into the Portuguese Army to serve as a doctor in one of the worst zones of the Colonial War – the East of Angola. Away from everything dear he writes letters to his wife while he is immersed in an increasingly violent setting. While he moves between several military posts he falls in love for Africa and matures politically. At his side, an entire generation struggles and despairs for the return home. In the uncertainty of war events, only the letters can make him survive.

Letters from War

2016

Antonio, a Boy in Lisbon poster
7.0

A boy in Lisbon, in this Lisbon in permanent renovation.

Antonio, a Boy in Lisbon

2002

Vestida Para Casar poster
1.0

No synopsis available yet.

Vestida Para Casar

2012

Florbela poster
4.8

Shaken by a divorce in the 1920s, Portuguese poetess Florbela Espanca uses her writing to deal with her tumultuous relationship with men, eroticism and love.

Florbela

2012

A Falha poster
7.3

Twenty-five years after leaving school, a group of former students decide to organise a reunion. But, contrary to expectations, these "old boys" realise that time has accentuated their differences. The atmosphere is tense, the conversation taut and the old grudges resurface in no time.

A Falha

2002

Bunker or Tales I Heard When the World Fell poster
NR

In a world polluted by atomic radiation, five survivors find shelter in an underground bunker. The sudden discovery of a rare and miraculous medicine will become a source of quarrel within the group.

Bunker or Tales I Heard When the World Fell

2020

Submission poster
6.2

Lúcia is raped by her husband and presses charges against him. She fights the Portuguese legal system along with the Prosecutor's Assistant, Maria João Correia, to force her husband, the son of the State's Vice Attorney, into Court. The case takes place in closed session where Lúcia tries to find justice in a predominantly male world.

Submission

2020

Mother Knows Best poster
7.9

The family of Ana Luisa meets at home to celebrate her father's birthday. As the guests sit around the table they will share memories of the past, in which all have a common denominator: the late Josefa, Ana Luisa's mother. Hearing the stories, Ana Luisa realizes the impact that his late mother had on their life choices and imagines what would have happened if she had followed other paths, taken other options and said what was unsaid. At the same time, an event of unknown origin causes a change in space and time, enabling people all over the world the access to parallel universes. Ana Luisa will thus have the opportunity to change the past...

Mother Knows Best

2016

A Revista é Liiiinda! poster
10.0

A multidisciplinary display of culture, with an abundant dose of comedy as well as sharp social and political critique.

A Revista é Liiiinda!

2006

Golpe de Sorte - Um Conto de Natal poster
NR

At Maria do Céu's mansion, the Garcias prepare for their first Christmas with the whole family together, but not everything will go as planned... Will the magic of Christmas really happen in Alvorinha?

Golpe de Sorte - Um Conto de Natal

2019

Portugal à Gargalhada poster
NR

With the sophistication expected from the most refined Broadway musicals, this show revisits the ways and tradition of the most beloved genre of Portuguese theatre.

Portugal à Gargalhada

2016

Vasco Santana: O Bom Português poster
9.0

A look at the life and career of Vasco Santana, one of the most beloved actors of the Portuguese cinema.

Vasco Santana: O Bom Português

1998