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José Fonseca e Costa
Writer 1933 - 2015

José Fonseca e Costa

Caála, Angola

José Fonseca e Costa was a Portuguese film director. He was one of the founders of the Portuguese Cinema Novo. Born in Angola, Costa worked as an assistant to Michelangelo Antonioni before becoming one of the leaders of Portugal's 'Young Cinema' in the 1960s.

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2 titles
Cinco Dias, Cinco Noites

Cinco Dias, Cinco Noites

José Fonseca e Costa 1996 1h 40m

Portugal, late 1940's. André must leave the country after running away from prison. In Oporto some friends get him a guide, Lambaça, a smuggler who knows very well the Trás-os-Montes border from Portugal to Spain.

Sem Sombra de Pecado

Sem Sombra de Pecado

José Fonseca e Costa 1983 1h 44m

A young man from a high-bourgeois family, Henrique receives mysterious phone calls from a woman at the barracks where he is serving in the military, which attracts him to meetings without consequences.

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