Screenplay: Joao Pedro Rodrigues
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Joao Pedro Rodrigues. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
To Die Like a Man
2009 · Movie · 133 min. · Portugal
Direction Joao Pedro Rodrigues
Cast Fernando Santos · Alexander David · Gonçalo Ferreira De Almeida · Fernando Gomes
Plot A transvestite tries to erase any past history of herself as a male. She dies tragically before this is accomplished and her male identity is engraved on her headstone.
6.5
276 votes
6.5
276 votes
The Ornithologist
2016 · Movie · 118 min. · Portugal
Direction Joao Pedro Rodrigues
Cast Paul Hamy · Xelo Cagiao · Joao Pedro Rodrigues · Han Wen
Plot Fernando, a solitary ornithologist, is looking for black storks when he is swept away by the rapids. Rescued by a couple of Chinese pilgrims, he plunges into an eerie and...
6.5
777 votes
6.5
777 votes
As the Flames Rose (S)
2012 · Movie · 25 min. · Portugal
Direction João Rui Guerra da Mata
Cast Joao Pedro Rodrigues
Plot At dawn on August 25th, 1988, Portugal wakes up with the largest fire ever since the Great Earthquake of 1755. In Lisbon, Chiado district burns. Across the city, away from...
6.3
24 votes
6.3
24 votes
Will-o’-the-Wisp
2022 · Movie · 67 min. · Portugal
Direction Joao Pedro Rodrigues
Cast Mauro Costa · André Cabral · Joel Branco · Anabela Moreira
Plot 2069, an erotic year if ever there was one, but a fateful year for a king without a crown.
6.2
453 votes
6.2
453 votes
The Last Time I Saw Macao
2012 · Documentary · 82 min. · Portugal
Direction João Rui Guerra da Mata · Joao Pedro Rodrigues
Cast Lydie Barbara · João Rui Guerra da Mata · Joao Pedro Rodrigues · Cindy Scrash
Plot Two filmmakers leave to Macao in an adventure of discovery of a city-labyrinth, multicultural and mysterious, where the memories of the childhood - featured memories by the lived reality in...
6.2
211 votes
6.2
211 votes
Morning of Saint Anthony’s Day (S)
2012 · Movie · 25 min. · Portugal
Direction Joao Pedro Rodrigues
Cast Joana Areal · Lydie Barbara · Carlos Conceição · Alexander David
Plot Tradition says that on June 13th, Saint Anthony’s Day – Lisbon’s patron -, lovers must offer small vases of basil with paper carnations and flags with popular quatrains as a...
6.1
61 votes
6.1
61 votes
Iec Long
2015 · Documentary · 32 min. · Portugal
Direction João Rui Guerra da Mata · Joao Pedro Rodrigues
Cast Teng Man Cheang
Plot The latest short film from João Pedro Rodrigues and João Rui Guerra da Mata is a dreamy, experimental look at a deactivated fireworks factory in Macao.
6.1
33 votes
6.1
33 votes
The King's Body
2013 · Documentary · 32 min. · Portugal
Direction Joao Pedro Rodrigues
Cast Daniel Redondo Martinéz · Gumersindo Soto Souto · Bruno Rodriguez Hernandez · Carlos Parga Méndez
Plot How would it look like, the body of Dom Afonso Henriques, first king of Portugal, tutelary figure, subject to successive mythifications throughout Portuguese history?
6.0
42 votes
6.0
42 votes
Red Dawn
2011 · Documentary · 29 min. · Portugal
Direction João Rui Guerra da Mata · Joao Pedro Rodrigues
5.9
64 votes
5.9
64 votes
China, China (S)
2007 · Movie · 20 min. · Portugal
Direction Joao Pedro Rodrigues · João Rui Guerra da Mata
Cast Jialiang Chen · Luís Rafael Chen · Chen Jie
Plot China walks towards the Lisbon district of Martim Moniz. In its wake, the children shout: China! China! China will leave at dawn, will fly away. Just wants to be happy....
5.9
40 votes
5.9
40 votes
Two Drifters
2005 · Movie · 101 min. · Portugal
Direction Joao Pedro Rodrigues
Cast Ana Cristina de Oliveira · Nuno Gil · João Carreira · Teresa Madruga
5.8
179 votes
5.8
179 votes
Phantom
2000 · Movie · 91 min. · Portugal
Direction Joao Pedro Rodrigues
Cast Ricardo Meneses · Beatriz Torcato · Andre Barbosa · Eurico Vieira
Plot Young and handsome Sergio works the night shift as a trash collector in Lisbon, Portugal. He can't force himself to connect with his pretty female co-worker Fatima, who displays an...
5.6
382 votes
5.6
382 votes
Parabéns! (S)
1997 · Movie · 14 min. · Portugal
Direction Joao Pedro Rodrigues
Cast João Rui Guerra da Mata · Eduardo Sobral
Plot Chico wakes up on his 30th birthday to the sound of his girlfriend singing "Happy Birthday" to him on his answering machine. When sexy boy Joao wakes up in bed...
5.0
26 votes
5.0
26 votes
Mahjong
2013 · Movie · 35 min. · Portugal
Direction João Rui Guerra da Mata · Joao Pedro Rodrigues
Cast João Rui Guerra da Mata · Anne Pham · Joao Pedro Rodrigues
Plot Varziela, Vila do Conde, the biggest Chinatown in Portugal. A man wearing a hat and a missing woman. A high-heeled shoe, a blond wig and a Chinese dress. The confrontation...
4.5
30 votes
4.5
30 votes
Where Do You Stand Now, João Pedro Rodrigues? (S)
2017 · Documentary · 21 min. · Portugal
Direction Joao Pedro Rodrigues
Cast Joao Pedro Rodrigues · João Rui Guerra da Mata · Ricardo Meneses · Fernando Godinho
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Esta É a Minha Casa
1997 · Documentary · 50 min. · Portugal
Direction Joao Pedro Rodrigues
Cast Léa Felix do Fundo · Johnny Felix do Fundo · Justina Rosa Barreira · Manuel Bernardo Feles
Plot João Pedro Rodrigues films the holiday journey of an emigrant family from Paris to their homeland in Trás-os-Montes. Footage from the couple's daily life in Paris - he is a...
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A Room in Town (S)
2021 · Documentary · 5 min. · Portugal
Direction João Rui Guerra da Mata · Joao Pedro Rodrigues
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O Pastor (S)
1988 · Movie · 17 min. · Portugal
Direction Joao Pedro Rodrigues
Cast Casimiro Oleiro · Joaquim Rato
Plot Formally assured, and consisting mostly of long shots, it tells the story of a shepherd who, at the age of 65, is forced to retire.
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