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João Bénard da Costa

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João Bénard da Costa

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Born: February 7, 1935
Died: May 21, 2009
From: Lisbon, Portugal

Also known as

Duarte de Almeida

Biography

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Known for

To Each His Own Cinema

City of Pirates

João Bénard da Costa: Others Will Love the Things I Have Loved

The Convent

Fragile as the World

The 15th Stone

No, or the Vain Glory of Command

Filmography

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2025

The Life of Mirrors

2015

João Bénard da Costa: Others Will Love the Things I Have Loved

Acting (Self)

2009

The Invisible Collection

Acting (Tavares, o Coleccionador)

2007

To Each His Own Cinema

Acting (Pope Jean XXIII (segment "Rencontre unique"))

The 15th Stone

Acting (Himself)

Rencontre Unique

Acting (Le Pape Jean XXIII)

2006

No Tempo do Cinema

Acting (Himself)

Magic Mirror

Acting (Bahia) Acting

2005

Agustina Bessa-Luís: Nasci Adulta e Morrerei Criança

Acting (Himself)

O Escritor Prodigioso

Acting (Self)

2004

The Swimming Pool

Production (Producer)

2002

The Uncertainty Principle

Acting (Ferreira)

2001

Porto of My Childhood

Acting (A Man)

Fragile as the World

Acting (Grandfather)

História do Cinema Português

Acting 2 EP

2000

Love Torn in a Dream

Acting (Le représentant du gouvernement)

Word and Utopia

Acting (Pope Clemente X)

Acting (Doctor)

1998

Vasco Santana: O Bom Português

Acting (Self)

1997

Cinema Português? - Diálogos com João Bénard da Costa

Acting (Himself)

1995

The Convent

Acting (Baltazar)

1994

Lisboa no Cinema, Um Ponto de Vista

Blind Man's Bluff

Acting (Blind Man)

1993

Oliveira, l'architecte

1992

Aqui D'El Rei!

Acting (Medico (as Duarte de Almeida))

1990

The Sound of the Shaking Earth

Acting (Professor)

No, or the Vain Glory of Command

Acting (Baron of Alvito)

Cinéma Portugais – Un Mode d'Emploi

1988

Steel Mask Versus Blue Abyss

Production (Production Director)

Tall Stories

Acting (truck driver)

1987

The Mountains of the Moon

Acting (Salvador)

1986

Hovering Over the Water

Production (Production Assistant)