Screenplay: João Botelho
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by João Botelho. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Manuel on the Island of Wonders (TV Miniseries)
1984 · Series · 152 min. · France
Direction Raoul Ruiz
Cast Armanda Bacelar · Aurélie Chazelle · Luis Gaspar da Silva · José de Freitas
Plot Manoel's fantasy travel through Time goes from Long Ago (Episode 1 - O jardim proibido / Le Jardin interdit aka Les destins de Manoel) through Now (Episode 2 - O...
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71 votes
7.8
71 votes
The Film of Disquiet
2010 · Movie · 90 min. · Portugal
Direction João Botelho
Cast Claúdio da Silva · Pedro Lamares · Ricardo Aibéo · Suzie Peterson
6.2
60 votes
6.2
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Os Maias
2014 · Movie · 139 min. · Portugal
Direction João Botelho
Cast Graciano Dias · Maria Flor · Pedro Inês · João Perry
6.0
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6.0
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Conversa Acabada
1981 · Movie · 100 min. · Portugal
Direction João Botelho
Cast Fernando Cabral Martins · André Gomes · Juliet Berto · Jorge Silva Melo
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Quem És Tu?
2001 · Movie · 112 min. · Portugal
Direction João Botelho
Cast Patrícia Guerreiro · Suzana Borges · Rui Morisson · Rogério Samora
Plot A historical classic drama in three acts, retold after an original prologue about dreams and nightmares of the thirteen-year-old noble heroine, Maria de Noronha.
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Pilgrimage
2017 · Movie · min. · Portugal
Direction João Botelho
Cast Jani Zhao · Catarina Wallenstein · Filipe Vargas · Maya Booth
Plot The story of the Portuguese presence in the Far East and the written account of the travels and of the 20 years worth of adventures lived by Fernão Mendes Pinto,...
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No Dia dos Meus Anos
1992 · Movie · 65 min. · Portugal
Direction João Botelho
Cast Jessica Weiss · Joao Lagarto · André Costa · Madalena Rodrigues
Plot Presents, cake, good friends, and a cute birthday song!
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Traffic
1998 · Movie · 112 min. · Portugal
Direction João Botelho
Cast Joaquim Oliveira · Rita Blanco · Adriano Luz · Branca de Camargo
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A Corte do Norte
2008 · Movie · 122 min. · Portugal
Direction João Botelho
Cast Ana Moreira · Ricardo Aibéo · Rogério Samora · Custódia Gallego
Plot Emília de Sousa, the great 19th-century Portuguese actress, abandoned her career to marry a rich aristocrat and became the Baroness Magdalene of the Sea. As beautiful as Empress Sissi, she...
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Tempos Difíceis
1988 · Movie · 90 min. · Portugal
Direction João Botelho
Cast Henrique Viana · Júlia Britton · Eunice Muñoz · Ruy Furtado
Plot Even if adapted from Dickens’ Hard Times, the writer’s world fits perfectly in the Portuguese reality of these times. In a hamlet, that functions as a social microcosms, great wealth...
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Anquanto la Lhéngua fur Cantada
2012 · Documentary · 52 min. · Portugal
Direction João Botelho
Cast Catarina Wallenstein · Gabriel Gomes
Plot This documentary portrays very well the Portuguese cultural heritage – more precisely about Miranda do Douro – with folk music performances, nice shots of landscaping and villages of that region,...
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Cinema, Manoel de Oliveira and Me
2016 · Documentary · 81 min. · Portugal
Direction João Botelho
Cast Mariana Dias · António Durães · Ângela Marques · Maria João Pinho
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The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis
2020 · Movie · 129 min. · Portugal
Direction João Botelho
Cast Chico Díaz · Luis Lima Barreto · Catarina Wallenstein · Victória Guerra
Plot Literary adaptation which imagines the last months, in 1936, of Fernando Pessoa using the name Ricardo Reis: Against the European politics of that year he has romantic encounters at a...
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The Fatalist
2005 · Movie · 99 min. · France
Direction João Botelho
Cast Rogério Samora · André Gomes · Rita Blanco · Suzana Borges
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Aqui na Terra
1993 · Movie · 105 min. · Portugal
Direction João Botelho
Cast Luis Miguel Cintra · Jessica Weiss · Pedro Hestnes · Rita Dias
Plot Miguel is a successful economist until his father's death plunges him into a strange obscure world of fears, strange sounds and psychological isolation. He quits his job, drifts away from...
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A Portuguese Farewell
1986 · Movie · 85 min. · Portugal
Direction João Botelho
Cast Isabel de Castro · Ruy Furtado · Maria Cabral · Fernando Heitor
Plot In a melancholy and well-photographed tale, a Portuguese family is in mourning over the loss of one of their sons, a young man who was killed in Mozambique. During the...
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Corruption
2007 · Movie · 90 min. · Portugal
Direction João Botelho
Cast Margarida Vila-Nova · Nicolau Breyner · Alexandra Lencastre · Joao Lagarto
Plot 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.
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A Luz na Ria Formosa
2005 · Movie · 52 min. · Portugal
Direction João Botelho
Cast Suzana Borges · Rui Horta · Miguel Monteiro
Plot 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. It then takes them through...
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Para Que Este Mundo Não Acabe!
2009 · Documentary · 54 min. · Portugal
Direction João Botelho
Cast Maria Archer · João Poças · Marcello Urgeghe
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Three Palm Trees
1994 · Movie · 68 min. · Portugal
Direction João Botelho
Cast Teresa Roby · Pedro Hestnes · Rita Lopes Alves · Alexandra Lencastre
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