João César Monteiro
February 2, 1939 · 87 years old
João César Monteiro was a Portuguese film director, actor, writer and film critic . He was born in Figueira da Foz on February 2, 1939 and died of cancer in Lisbon on February 3, 2003. Description above from the Wikipedia article João César Monteiro, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributo…
Known For
5 titles
God's Comedy
João de Deus is the manager of an ice-cream shop owned by an ex-prostitute, Paraíso dos Gelados (Ice-Cream Paradise). Through a unmoved desire of perfection, he seeks, through cleansing and purity to attain heaven. The surrounding...
The Last Dive
Eloi stops Samuel from jumping into the sea and takes him to meet Esperança, the most beautiful sex worker in Lisbon - who happens to be Eloi's daughter.
Silvestre
The daughters of a nobleman give shelter to a stranger. After that visit ends with a severed hand, the pilgrim takes on different identities to seek revenge. The nobleman goes missing and his youngest has to pose as a knight to sa...
Quem Espera por Sapatos de Defunto Morre Descalço
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 shoes.