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“I think my film represents above all the proof to those who want to understand and accept it, that poetry can’t be filmed, that it is useless to try” – João César Monteiro

Sophia.de.Mello.Breyner.Andresen.1969.576p.BluRay.DD1.0.x264-KG.mkv

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https://nitro.download/view/B767C79BEEFEC84/Sophia.de.Mello.Breyner.Andresen.1969.576p.BluRay.DD1.0.x264-KG.mkv

Language(s):Portuguese
Subtitles:English, French, Portuguese

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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.

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Born in Figueira da Foz, a cosmopolitan beach resort, moved to Lisbon at the age of 15. In 1963 studies cinema at London School of Technique and starts his first movie at 1965 only concluded five years later. “Silvestre” from Portuguese short stories was presented at Venice Film Festival, where he returns with “Souvenirs from the Yellow House – Recordações da Casa Amarela” and wins the Silver Lion. Again in Venice with “God’s Comedy” and another prize (Il Gran Premio Speciale della Giuria da Mostra). Known as provocative, performs in all his film usually as the main character.

Quem.Espera.por.Sapatos.de.Defunto.Morre.Descalco.1970.576p.BluRay.DD1.0.x264-KG.mkv

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Runtime: 	34 min 52 s
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Language(s):Portuguese
Subtitles:English, French, Portuguese

The post João César Monteiro – Quem Espera por Sapatos de Defunto Morre Descalço AKA Who Waits for the Deceased’s Shoes Dies Barefoot (1970) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

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All seems lost. And then, in an old, lonely and icy park two shadowy figures meet: those of Deus and a Messenger from God. The Messenger gives the crook (the temporary state of poor João de Deus) a suitcase stuffed with money. His mission accomplished, the Messenger leaves. João counts the bank notes. The silent waters of a nearby lake are disturbed when a heavy object plunges in. João goes to see what is happening. A young girl (Joana) is drowning. João throws himself into the water and carries the unconscious Joana off to a convent (Capucines?). How Responsible! João de Deus returns to the park to recover the case and its precious contents: happily, nothing has been touched…

As.Bodas.de.Deus.1999.576p.BluRay.DD5.1.x264-WiLF.mkv

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https://nitro.download/view/0FF1D61ABE7F51E/As.Bodas.de.Deus.1999.576p.BluRay.DD5.1.x264-WiLF.mkv

Language(s):French, Portuguese
Subtitles:Portuguese, English, French, Spanish

The post João César Monteiro – As Bodas de Deus AKA The Spousals of God AKA God’s Wedding (1999) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

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A poetic journey in the heart of Portugal. They were two. A man and a woman that met and traveled down from the Tras-os-Montes to the sea. Legends and steep and rocks, faces and sounds… In the film, the chant of a country’s history eight century long is passed on.

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For his feature debut Monteiro creatively borrowed from traditional Portuguese legends to craft a series of echoing, parallel tales of young couples desperately escaping cruel false fathers, each couple on the run across different regions of the country and during increasingly contemporary time periods. A lyrical and profoundly cinematographic allegory with a glistening sharp political edge, Paths traces a pattern of repressive authority across Portuguese history while also pointing, with cautious optimism, towards the steady presence of youthful resistance. With its stunning choreography of landscape and use of a poetic, associative structure to evoke the longue durée of mythical time, Paths anticipates Monteiro’s mid-career masterpiece Silvestre.

Veredas.1978.576p.BluRay.DD1.0.x264-KG.mkv

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https://nitro.download/view/E8EB867CEE537F6/Veredas.1978.576p.BluRay.DD1.0.x264-KG.mkv

Language(s):Portuguese
Subtitles:English, French, Portuguese

The post João César Monteiro – Veredas AKA Trails (1978) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Johnny Guitar comes home but God knows where he’s been. He has been wounded in the head though there is no visible injury. An extract of the soundtrack to the film Johnny Guitar has lodged in his brain. It is said that Mr Monteiro, alter ego of John of God, occasionally goes out with Nicholas Ray. At least, they have been seen together.

Passeio.Com.Johnny.Guitar.1995.DVDRip.x264-HANDJOB.mkv

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https://nitro.download/view/6240D80EF4BD77D/Passeio.Com.Johnny.Guitar.1995.DVDRip.x264-HANDJOB.mkv

Language(s):Portuguese
Subtitles:English

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The plot of the film is taken from two traditional Portuguese tales: A donzela que vai a guerra («The maiden who went war» 15th Century?), of Judeo-Iberian origin, and a novella, The dead one’s hand, orally transmitted, which forms part of the Bluebeard cycle.

Dom Rodrigo has two daughters, one legitimate, the other bastard, Silvia and Susana. Growing old, and without male heir, Dom Rodrigo decides to marry off Silvia to his neighbour, a rich nobleman, Dom Paio, with the aim of securing and expanding his domain. After a brief visit from the fiancé, a great glutton and skirt-chaser, Dom Rodrigo leaves for the court to invite the king to the nuptials. Upon his departure, he instructs the girls not to open the doors of the mansion to any stranger.

One day a pilgrim arrives, requesting hospitality, and Silvia disobeying her father’s orders admits the stranger. By the fireside, the pilgrim offers a gift of an orange to each sister. Susana eats hers, but Silvia only pretends to. The pilgrim later penetrates the room shared by the two sisters, and while Silvia watches in terror, feigning sleep, he rapes Susana, drugged into unconsciousness by the orange.

In the hall, a hand placed upon the table radiates light. At the threshold, against a background of rain, the pilgrim blows a horn. Silvia runs to shut him out. The pilgrim cries out for the return of the hand which is sacred and belongs to his ancestors. Thinking that she is dealing with the devil’s hand, Silvia refuses. He promises that if Silvia gives back the hand she will come to know everything. The girl tells him to reach in through a portal to receive the glowing hand. The man does so, and Silvia outs off his hand with a sword.

When their father returns, the girls keep what has happened hidden from him. The marriage with Dom Paio takes place, but during the banquet a knight arrives demanding Silvia’s hand in marriage. The dumbfounded father finally agrees, on condition that the knight slays a fierce dragon no human could vanquish. The dragon slain, Silvia, accompanied by her sister, is led to the knight’s castle, whereupon the knight reveals his true identity, his amputated stump, and his intention to kill her. Silvia informs her sister. Susana takes her place and succeeds in helping Silvia to escape from the castle. When he discovers the trick, the knight follows in pursuit, but Silvia manages to regain er father’s house. Once there, Marias, the estate steward, tells her that her father has been kidnapped by bandits during a hunt, but that first an expedition must be mounted to rescue Susana. In the meantime, as preparations are made, Susana appears. Silvia decides to take up arms on her father’s, behalf. Susana attempts to dissuade her. Silvia in soldier’s clothing disguises her sex and takes the name Silvestre.

Silvestre is enlisted under the command of a young lieutenant pursuing her father’s kidnappers, and despite her youth behaves bravely on the battlefield where she falls wounded. The lieutenant discovers her true sex and falls in love with the girl who is presented at court.

A nobleman appears who affirms to know the whereabouts of Dom Rodrigo and promises to bring him back safe and sound of Silvia consents to be his wife. The girl accepts.

During the nuptial banquet, Susana discovers that the bridegroom is name other than the pilgrim and knight in new disguise, and unmasks him by exhibiting the glowing hand preserved in a box of salt. The villain tries to kill her but ends slain by the lieutenant. Silvia’s unexpected sorrow infuriates her father who reconciles himself with his bastard daughter. The guests then fling the villain’s remains to be devoured in the pigsty and Silvia leaves with the lieutenant to begin a journey through the stars.

Silvestre.1981.576p.BluRay.DD1.0.x264-KG.mkv

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https://nitro.download/view/EA8D272E1DCD437/Silvestre.1981.576p.BluRay.DD1.0.x264-KG.mkv

Language(s):Portuguese
Subtitles:English, French, Italian, Portuguese

The post João César Monteiro – Silvestre (1981) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

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What young Samuel (Dinis Neto Jorge) was doing at that time of night on the deserted quay, nobody will ever know for sure. In fact, when Mr. Eloi (Henrique Canto e Castro), an old retired sailor, approached him, he was staring at the waters of the Tagus. Tired as he was of his days, Mr. Eloi could not have thought any other way: Samuel was there to put an end to his life. And when Samuel, symbolically or not, invites him to share his last dive, Eloi, as a last resort, stops him from throwing himself in the river and, saying that Heaven can wait, takes him on a tour of the city. So the two characters go off for two long nights of roving during the Saint Anthony festivities.

In a night club they meet Esperança (Fabienne Babe), a dumb prostitute who
is Eloi’s daughter and two other ladies of the night – Rosa Bianca (Francesca Prandi) and Ivone (Rita Blanco). The friendship that grows between them is sealed in a boarding house of ill-repute. Young Samuel discovers love. The Tagus no longer inspires him. From now on he prefers Esperança’s charms. Finally, Eloi throws himself to the Tagus; Rosa Bianca joins a Russian ship; Ivone follows her lot, Esperança and Samuel find themselves in an idyllic world “là-bas je ne sais où”.

O.Ultimo.Mergulho.1992.576p.BluRay.DD1.0.x264-KG.mkv

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Language(s):Portuguese
Subtitles:English, French, Portuguese

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