João Botelho

Most Popular João Botelho Trailers

Total trailers found: 43

Acts of Cinema Trailer (2018)

01 October 2018

Cinema and affections from life in images and what goes on outside the frame. 'Snapshots' of shootings and the present-day memory of directors, actors and technicians.

Cinéma Portugais – Un Mode d'Emploi Trailer (1990)

01 January 1990

Corruption Trailer (2007)

01 November 2007

A crime drama based on the life of a woman who lived for years with a man that was the head of a corruption network in the Portuguese football world.

A Baleia Branca - Uma Ideia de Deus Trailer (2007)

27 March 2007

Follows the creation of a stage play adaptation of "Moby Dick".

The Maias: Story of a Portuguese Family Trailer (2014)

11 September 2014

The tragedy and comedy in Carlos' life begins, grows and ends like the tragedy and comedy of Portugal.

Alexandre e Rosa Trailer (1978)

06 January 1978

A short film.

Um Filme em Forma de Assim Trailer (2022)

28 April 2022

Organized like a dream, structured like a musical and with texts, both spoken and sung, that lead us to unexpected, chaotic and exciting situations, which try to grasp part of what the unattainable Alexandre O'Neill left us.

Lisboa no Cinema, Um Ponto de Vista Trailer (1994)

31 December 1994

The city during the beginning of cinema. The typical city at the time of the dictatorship. The New Lisbon of the New Cinema.

A Luz na Ria Formosa Trailer (2005)

16 October 2005

The journey begins in the Roman ruins of Milreu in Portugal, where a mother reads to her son Seneca's advice on the importance of reading.

Traffic Trailer (1998)

31 December 1998

Young Jesus is taken on a vacation by his parents (Rita Blanco, Adriano Luz) to a deserted beach resort.

The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis Trailer (2020)

01 October 2020

Fernando Pessoa, one of the greatest writers in Portuguese, created an immense parallel world and several heteronyms so as to endure the loneliness of genius.

Hard Times Trailer (1988)

29 August 1988

A film adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel "Hard Times" set in a Portuguese industrial town of the 1980s.

Young Mr. Cunhal Trailer (2022)

01 May 2022

The revolutionary Álvaro Cunhal, symbol of Portuguese communism and political giant of the 20th century.

A Terra Antes do Céu Trailer (2007)

14 December 2007

As Meninas Exemplares Trailer (2025)

07 November 2025

The misfortunes of Sofia, the exemplary Madalena and Camila, the troubled vacations of girls and boys, a few years later leading to the resolution of some mysteries, form the perfect trilogy by the Countess of Ségur on education, social, religious, and political power.

Caos do Sodré Trailer (2022)

27 July 2022

La Valse Trailer (2012)

24 May 2012

A choreographic poem by Maurice Ravel.

Nos Campos em Volta Trailer (2015)

24 April 2015

Anquanto La Lhéngua Fur Cantada Trailer (2012)

05 March 2012

A documentary about the singings of a Portuguese Village that has their own dialect

Se a Memória Existe Trailer (2000)

13 April 2000

A dozen of the revolutionary Army officers that played eminent parts in the change of political regime in Portugal, from a military dictatorship to a social-democracy, read a book to a young girl, describing in a poetic, yet realistic way, what happened in the streets, and minds, of her People in April 25, 1974.

Para Que Este Mundo Não Acabe! Trailer (2009)

01 August 2009

"Come and see this world end!" - wrote the the priest António Fontes, father of folk medicine and "burning witches" in Vilar de Perdizes, a desperate plea in his precious monograph of the Barroso region.

Oh Lisboa, Meu Lar Trailer (2010)

24 April 2010

A journey inside the tram crossing the city of Lisbon while listening to fragments of Fernando Pessoa's poetry.

Alexandre O’Neill - Tomai lá do O’Neill Trailer (2004)

01 January 2004

A personal tribute to the poet Alexandre O'Neill by his dear friend Fernando Lopes.

O Som da Prata Trailer (2015)

01 March 2015

A Arte da Luz Tem 20.000 Anos Trailer (2014)

15 September 2014

Documentary about Vale do Côa.

The Satin Slipper Trailer (1986)

08 January 1986

During the century of the Spanish Gold, Doña Prouhèze, wife of a nobleman, deeply loves Don Rodrigo, who is forced to leave Spain and go to America.

Disquiet Trailer (2010)

28 September 2010

Lisbon, today. In a room of a house at Douradores Street, a man invents dreams and theorizes about them.

A Portuguese Farewell Trailer (1986)

16 April 1986

In Africa, during the colonial war, a patrol is lost in the bush and a soldier dies in operation. Twelve years later, in Portugal, the soldier family meets in peace.

The Fatalist Trailer (2005)

26 June 2005

The complex relationship between master and servant is explored in director João Botelho's adaptation of Denis Diderot's popular novel Jacques le Fataliste et Son Maître.

Here on Earth Trailer (1993)

09 September 1993

Miguel (Luis Miguel Cintra) is lucky that his income will only level off if he neglects his business as a financier, and his wife and family will be well supported.

Four Trailer (2014)

04 July 2014

A look at the art of two pairs of brothers, plastic artists: João Queiroz, Jorge Queiroz; Pedro Tropa and Francisco Tropa.

Who Are You? Trailer (2001)

26 June 2001

Maria de Noronha, at 13 years old, suffers from high fevers and violent hemoptysis caused by a ruthless tuberculosis.

The Conversation Is Over Trailer (1982)

13 May 1982

The film was to be a documentary, but evolved during production to a fictional film. It nevertheless adheres strictly to the poems and letters exchanged by two of the most outstanding names of the Modernist Movement, Fernando Pessoa (in Lisbon) and Mário de Sá-Carneiro (in Paris).

Manoel’s Destinies Trailer (1984)

02 August 1984

When the child Manuel wanders into a garden that is off-limits to him, he meets an unidentified fisherman, and another boy -- the boy is actually himself several years down the road.

Pilgrimage Trailer (2017)

02 November 2017

Adventurer, pilgrim, penitent but above all outstanding writer, Fernão Mendes Pinto left us an unparalleled romance, the living and human palpitation of one of the greatest historical adventures of man.

Cinema, Manoel de Oliveira and Me Trailer (2016)

11 August 2016

“An old photograph taken 36 years ago. His hand rests on my shoulder. A blessing, a gift. Then a history of over four decades of friendship, admiration and apprenticeship.

A Mulher que Acreditava Ser Presidente dos EUA Trailer (2003)

21 March 2003

Alexandra Lencastre plays a woman who believes she is President of the U.S.A.

Fantasmas do Império Trailer (2020)

28 August 2020

Ariel de Bigault's work has been connected to the routes of the Lusophone World. In Fantasmas do Império we are guided by the saotomean actor Angelo Torres through some works of the Portuguese cinema that explored its colonial past.

No Dia dos Meus Anos Trailer (1992)

21 August 1992

This Portuguese movie directed by João Botelho, is part of The Four Elements series. This is the second episode, The Air.

Blackpot Trailer (2023)

14 July 2023

A reorganization within a crime syndicate.

True and Tender is the North Trailer (2008)

30 September 2008

Adaptation of a 1987 novel by Agustina Bessa Luis, a multi-generation exploration of a wealthy family with a mysterious past and a house on the island of Madeira.

Three Palm Trees Trailer (1994)

16 September 1994

Lisbon, on a winter day in 1994, between six and fourteen o'clock. A forty-year-old woman despairs in the last eight hours preceding the birth of her first child.

The Old Salazar Trailer (2026)

30 April 2026

On the 50th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution, I made a documentary about Álvaro Cunhal. Now, on the centenary of the 1926 military coup, it seemed only fitting to make one about Salazar.