José Régio

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José Maria dos Reis Pereira, better known by the pen name José Regio, was a Portuguese writer who spent most of his life in Portalegre (1929 to 1962). He was the brother of Júlio Maria dos Reis Pereira, a painter and illustrator.

Most Popular José Régio Trailers

Total trailers found: 9

The Fifth Empire Trailer (2004)

09 September 2004

Manoel de Oliveira directs José Régio's historical epic of religious and political power struggles.

O Poeta Doido, o Vitral e a Santa Morta Trailer (2008)

21 September 2008

Documentary by Manoel de Oliveira filmed in 1965 and exhibited in 2008 in the Venice Film Festival.

The Donkey-Eared Prince Trailer (1980)

29 August 1980

In the time of King Leonardo, a war and the plague that accompanied it depopulated Traslândia. Ignoring these tragic events, Queen Isménia, Princess Camila and lady-in-waiting Narcisa, coming from a distant kingdom, arrive in Traslândia, when the war approaches the end.

My Case Trailer (1986)

25 September 1986

Manoel de Oliveira plays his film in three stages: the first part - a play, the second can be roughly defined as a silent film (with the behind the scenes read excerpts from Beckett works), but in the end the director brilliantly performs the same material of the avant-garde exercise.

O Vestido Cor de Fogo Trailer (1985)

07 September 1985

José Pereira, a young medical graduate, meets a young and ardent Maria Eugénia. The time is the eve of the Portuguese Revolution, on 24th April 1974 and only a short time elapses between courtship and marriage.

The Divine Comedy Trailer (1991)

11 October 1991

In a mental institution the patients see themselves as people like Jesus, Lazarus, Martha, Mary, Adam, Eve, Sonia, Raskolnikov, Aliosha e Ivan Karamasov, a Philosopher, a Profet, Santa Teresa d'Avila, reciting the Divine Comedy.

As Pinturas do Meu Irmão Júlio Trailer (1965)

01 January 1965

The camera shows the vivid paintings by late Júlio Régio, with a narrative by his brother, while guitar tunes underline the mood and rhythm of the cinematography.

Benilde or the Virgin Mother Trailer (1975)

21 November 1975

A young girl, Benilde, so protected by her religious family that she seemingly knows nothing about procreation, insists that her mysterious pregnancy is a miracle; however, her distressed bourgeois family decides that Benilde has lost her mind.

Romance de Vila do Conde Trailer (2008)

28 August 2008

Manoel de Oliveira's homage to Vila do Conde, with a poem by José Régio. It was shot in 1965, but only completed in 2008.