Person

João Bénard da Costa

Acting · 1935–2009 · Lisbon, Portugal

Known for

Filmography

2025The Life of Mirrors
2015João Bénard da Costa: Others Will Love the Things I Have LovedSelf
2013Hovering Over the WaterProduction Assistant
2009The Invisible CollectionTavares, o Coleccionador
2007To Each His Own CinemaPope Jean XXIII (segment "Rencontre unique")
2007The 15th StoneHimself
2007Rencontre UniqueLe Pape Jean XXIII
2006No Tempo do CinemaHimself
2006Magic MirrorBahia
2004The Swimming PoolProducer
2002The Uncertainty PrincipleFerreira
2001Porto of My ChildhoodA Man
2001Fragile as the WorldAvô
2001História do Cinema Português
2000Love Torn in a DreamLe représentant du gouvernement
2000Word and UtopiaPope Clemente X
2000CinemaamorDoctor
1998Vasco Santana: O Bom PortuguêsSelf
1997Cinema Português? - Diálogos com João Bénard da CostaHimself
1995The ConventBaltazar
1994Lisboa no Cinema, Um Ponto de Vista
1994Blind Man's BluffBlind Man
1993Oliveira, l'architecte
1992Aqui D'El Rei!Medico (as Duarte de Almeida)
1990The Sound of the Shaking EarthProfessor
1990No, or the Vain Glory of CommandBaron of Alvito
1990Cinéma Portugais – Un Mode d'Emploi
1988Steel Mask Versus Blue AbyssProduction Director
1988Tall Storiestruck driver
1987The Mountains of the MoonSalvador
1986The Satin SlipperCourtisan
1984City of PiratesThe Father
1982Island of LovesProduction Assistant
1981FranciscaDuarte de Almeida
1981The TerritoryWanderer #2
1981OxaláArtur (as João Pedro Bénard da Costa)
1979Doomed LoveComandante do Navio
1978Doomed LoveCapitão do Barco
1972Past and PresentHonório
—Agustina Bessa-Luís: Nasci Adulta e Morrerei CriançaHimself

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