José Fonseca e Costa

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Jun 27, 1933 (91 years old)
Death date
Nov 01, 2015

José Fonseca e Costa

Known For

In the Interstices of Reality or The Cinema of António de Macedo
1h 40m
Movie 2016

In the Interstices of Reality or The Cinema of António de Macedo

He was the most prolific within the New Portuguese Cinema generation. He would try western spaghetti, esoteric allegory, supernatural, and science-fiction. Without state subsidies, he would quit filmmaking in the 1990s. Who remembers António de Macedo?

Alto Bairro
1h 56m
Movie 2014

Alto Bairro

In Lisbon 1950, John, 13, decides to invade the neighborhood of prostitutes, nobility and sailors, starting a new stage in his life. Today this neighborhood is reflected in a scattered public debate centered on its night life.

Lisboa no Cinema, Um Ponto de Vista
0h 50m
Movie 1994

Lisboa no Cinema, Um Ponto de Vista

The city during the beginning of cinema. The typical city at the time of the dictatorship. The New Lisbon of the New Cinema. Lisbon after the Revolution. The white city of foreigners. A geographical and moviegoer screenplay of Lisbon through the images of films and testimonies of several filmmakers who filmed in Lisbon.

Os Cornos de Cronos
1h 49m
Movie 1991

Os Cornos de Cronos

A passion between a 42 years old man and a young girl.

Biography

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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