Direction: Luís Noronha da Costa

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Luís Noronha da Costa. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Casa sobre Casa (S)

1972 · Documentary · 3 min. · Portugal

Direction Luís Noronha da Costa

Plot It was the first film by Luís Noronha da Costa, the record of an experience that consisted in the projection of the filmed image of the facade of a building...

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A Menina Maria (S)

1972 · Documentary · 17 min. · Portugal

Direction Luís Noronha da Costa

Plot An essential work in the affirmation of Noronha da Costa as a filmmaker, being, at the same time, an experimental film and a "fun".

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Sem Título II

1973 · Movie · 43 min. · Portugal

Direction Luís Noronha da Costa

Cast André Gomes · Helena Vasconcelos

Plot The characters touch and separate, dance and stay still, fall asleep and wake up, animated by a game of reflexes prolonged more than ever. Among them, several pictures of Luis...

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Sem Título I (S)

1972 · Documentary · 23 min. · Portugal

Direction Luís Noronha da Costa

Plot Located in the house of Luis Noronha da Costa in Campo Pequeno, it has as a recurrent image the bust of Diana's head, which also appeared in A Menina Maria....

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D. Jaime ou a Noite Portuguesa

1974 · Movie · 62 min. · Portugal

Direction Luís Noronha da Costa

Cast André Gomes · Antonio Caldeira Pires · António Filipe · Luís Vilaça

Plot One of Noronha da Costa's most narrative films, Don Jaime ou a noite portuguesa have influences, like other works of him, of the the tradition of gothic films (Terence Fisher...

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As Três Graças (S)

1972 · Documentary · 3 min. · Portugal

Direction Luís Noronha da Costa

Plot As Três Graças, a more or less contemporary film, is an experience that, as we will see, is simply an introduction to an experience. A new binomial film-painting; the image...

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Murnau (S)

1972 · Documentary · 3 min. · Portugal

Direction Luís Noronha da Costa

Plot Evocation of the filmmaker, defined by João Bérnard da Costa as "a film about the ghost of Murnau in the cloth, prolonging to the paroxysm the game of doubles and...

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Padres

1975 · Movie · 41 min. · Portugal

Direction Luís Noronha da Costa

Cast André Gomes · Luís Vilaça · Rita Azevedo Gomes

Plot Padres begin with a fabulous shot. Instead of two parents, we see two cats, one black and one white. Without exaggeration, you could say that these cats are the first...

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“Coisas” (S)

1973 · Movie · 23 min. · Portugal

Direction Luís Noronha da Costa

Cast André Gomes

Plot "Coisas" is a movie with a lot like Untitled II. In both works - the first of Noronha da Costa with actors - this favors free improvisation, something that gives...

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O Construtor de Anjos

1978 · Movie · 45 min. · Portugal

Direction Luís Noronha da Costa

Cast Agostinho Alves · Mafalda de Mello e Castro · Trigo de Sousa · Rita Azevedo Gomes

Plot Gothic film in a monastery, where sensual monks murder the children they receive, with images of fantastic, painted from the author own painting and also from the Hammer films and...

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Manuela (S)

1972 · Movie · 5 min. · Portugal

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