João Botelho
Know for: Directing
Born: 1949-05-11
Place of birth: Lamego, Portugal
Also know as:
Blackpot (2023)
A reorganization within a crime syndicate.
Cinema, Manoel de Oliveira and Me (2016)
“An old photograph taken 36 years ago. His hand rests on my shoulder. A blessing, a gift. Then a history of over four decades of friendship,...
Lisboa no Cinema, Um Ponto de Vista (1994)
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...
Acts of Cinema (2018)
Cinema and affections from life in images and what goes on outside the frame. 'Snapshots' of shootings and the present-day memory of directors,...
The Satin Slipper (1986)
During the century of the Spanish Gold, Doña Prouhèze, wife of a nobleman, deeply loves Don Rodrigo, who is forced to leave Spain and...
Alexandre O’Neill - Tomai lá do O’Neill (2004)
A personal tribute to the poet Alexandre O'Neill by his dear friend Fernando Lopes.
Fantasmas do Império (2020)
Ariel de Bigault's work has been connected to the routes of the Lusophone World. In Fantasmas do Império we are guided by the saotomean actor...
A Mulher que Acreditava Ser Presidente dos EUA (2003)
Alexandra Lencastre plays a woman who believes she is President of the U.S.A.
A Mulher que Acreditava Ser Presidente dos EUA (2003)
Alexandra Lencastre plays a woman who believes she is President of the U.S.A.
Corruption (2007)
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.
Hard Times (1988)
A film adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel "Hard Times" set in a Portuguese industrial town of the 1980s.
Hard Times (1988)
A film adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel "Hard Times" set in a Portuguese industrial town of the 1980s.
Traffic (1998)
Young Jesus is taken on a vacation by his parents (Rita Blanco, Adriano Luz) to a deserted beach resort. They accidentally fall into overnight wealth...
Traffic (1998)
Young Jesus is taken on a vacation by his parents (Rita Blanco, Adriano Luz) to a deserted beach resort. They accidentally fall into overnight wealth...
True and Tender is the North (2008)
Adaptation of a 1987 novel by Agustina Bessa Luis, a multi-generation exploration of a wealthy family with a mysterious past and a house on the...
Young Mr. Cunhal (2022)
The revolutionary Álvaro Cunhal, symbol of Portuguese communism and political giant of the 20th century. He is nothing less than a...
Young Mr. Cunhal (2022)
The revolutionary Álvaro Cunhal, symbol of Portuguese communism and political giant of the 20th century. He is nothing less than a...
Um Filme em Forma de Assim (2022)
Organized like a dream, structured like a musical and with texts, both spoken and sung, that lead us to unexpected, chaotic and exciting situations,...
Um Filme em Forma de Assim (2022)
Organized like a dream, structured like a musical and with texts, both spoken and sung, that lead us to unexpected, chaotic and exciting situations,...
Disquiet (2010)
Lisbon, today. In a room of a house at Douradores Street, a man invents dreams and theorizes about them. The essence of the dreams itself becomes...
Disquiet (2010)
Lisbon, today. In a room of a house at Douradores Street, a man invents dreams and theorizes about them. The essence of the dreams itself becomes...
A Portuguese Farewell (1986)
In Africa, during the colonial war, a patrol is lost in the bush and a soldier dies in operation. Twelve years later, in Portugal, the soldier family...
A Portuguese Farewell (1986)
In Africa, during the colonial war, a patrol is lost in the bush and a soldier dies in operation. Twelve years later, in Portugal, the soldier family...
Here on Earth (1993)
Miguel (Luis Miguel Cintra) is lucky that his income will only level off if he neglects his business as a financier, and his wife and family will be...
The Fatalist (2005)
The complex relationship between master and servant is explored in director João Botelho's adaptation of Denis Diderot's popular novel Jacques...
Here on Earth (1993)
Miguel (Luis Miguel Cintra) is lucky that his income will only level off if he neglects his business as a financier, and his wife and family will be...
Who Are You? (2001)
A historical classic drama in three acts, retold after an original prologue about dreams and nightmares of the thirteen-year-old noble heroine, Maria...
Who Are You? (2001)
A historical classic drama in three acts, retold after an original prologue about dreams and nightmares of the thirteen-year-old noble heroine, Maria...
The Conversation Is Over (1982)
The film was to be a documentary, but evolved during production to a fictional film. It nevertheless adheres strictly to the poems and letters...
The Maias: Story of a Portuguese Family (2014)
The tragedy and comedy in Carlos' life begins, grows and ends like the tragedy and comedy of Portugal. In the company of his close friend,...
The Maias: Story of a Portuguese Family (2014)
The tragedy and comedy in Carlos' life begins, grows and ends like the tragedy and comedy of Portugal. In the company of his close friend,...
Para Que Este Mundo Não Acabe! (2009)
"Come and see this world end!" - wrote the the priest António Fontes, father of folk medicine and "burning witches" in Vilar de Perdizes, a...
Anquanto La Lhéngua Fur Cantada (2012)
A documentary about the singings of a Portuguese Village that has their own dialect
Three Palm Trees (1994)
Lisbon, on a winter day in 1994, between six and fourteen o'clock. A forty-year-old woman despairs in the last eight hours preceding the birth of her...
Four (2014)
A look at the art of two pairs of brothers, plastic artists: João Queiroz, Jorge Queiroz; Pedro Tropa and Francisco Tropa.
No Dia dos Meus Anos (1992)
This Portuguese movie directed by João Botelho, is part of The Four Elements series. This is the second episode, The Air.
A Baleia Branca - Uma Ideia de Deus (2007)
Follows the creation of a stage play adaptation of "Moby Dick".
La Valse (2012)
A choreographic poem by Maurice Ravel.
Cinema, Manoel de Oliveira and Me (2016)
“An old photograph taken 36 years ago. His hand rests on my shoulder. A blessing, a gift. Then a history of over four decades of friendship,...
True and Tender is the North (2008)
Adaptation of a 1987 novel by Agustina Bessa Luis, a multi-generation exploration of a wealthy family with a mysterious past and a house on the...
Manoel’s Destinies (1984)
When the child Manuel wanders into a garden that is off-limits to him, he meets an unidentified fisherman, and another boy -- the boy is actually...
The Conversation Is Over (1982)
The film was to be a documentary, but evolved during production to a fictional film. It nevertheless adheres strictly to the poems and letters...
The Conversation Is Over (1982)
The film was to be a documentary, but evolved during production to a fictional film. It nevertheless adheres strictly to the poems and letters...
The Fatalist (2005)
The complex relationship between master and servant is explored in director João Botelho's adaptation of Denis Diderot's popular novel Jacques...
Traffic (1998)
Young Jesus is taken on a vacation by his parents (Rita Blanco, Adriano Luz) to a deserted beach resort. They accidentally fall into overnight wealth...
Pilgrimage (2017)
Adventurer, pilgrim, penitent but above all outstanding writer, Fernão Mendes Pinto left us an unparalleled romance, the living and human...
Pilgrimage (2017)
Adventurer, pilgrim, penitent but above all outstanding writer, Fernão Mendes Pinto left us an unparalleled romance, the living and human...
Cinema, Manoel de Oliveira and Me (2016)
“An old photograph taken 36 years ago. His hand rests on my shoulder. A blessing, a gift. Then a history of over four decades of friendship,...
Cinema, Manoel de Oliveira and Me (2016)
“An old photograph taken 36 years ago. His hand rests on my shoulder. A blessing, a gift. Then a history of over four decades of friendship,...
Oh Lisboa, Meu Lar (2010)
A journey inside the tram crossing the city of Lisbon while listening to fragments of Fernando Pessoa's poetry.
A Arte da Luz Tem 20.000 Anos (2014)
Documentary about Vale do Côa.
Who Are You? (2001)
A historical classic drama in three acts, retold after an original prologue about dreams and nightmares of the thirteen-year-old noble heroine, Maria...
Corruption (2007)
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.
Who Are You? (2001)
A historical classic drama in three acts, retold after an original prologue about dreams and nightmares of the thirteen-year-old noble heroine, Maria...
Hard Times (1988)
A film adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel "Hard Times" set in a Portuguese industrial town of the 1980s.
Hard Times (1988)
A film adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel "Hard Times" set in a Portuguese industrial town of the 1980s.
Three Palm Trees (1994)
Lisbon, on a winter day in 1994, between six and fourteen o'clock. A forty-year-old woman despairs in the last eight hours preceding the birth of her...
A Mulher que Acreditava Ser Presidente dos EUA (2003)
Alexandra Lencastre plays a woman who believes she is President of the U.S.A.
No Dia dos Meus Anos (1992)
This Portuguese movie directed by João Botelho, is part of The Four Elements series. This is the second episode, The Air.
The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis (2020)
Fernando Pessoa, one of the greatest writers in Portuguese, created an immense parallel world and several heteronyms so as to endure the loneliness...
The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis (2020)
Fernando Pessoa, one of the greatest writers in Portuguese, created an immense parallel world and several heteronyms so as to endure the loneliness...
A Baleia Branca - Uma Ideia de Deus (2007)
Follows the creation of a stage play adaptation of "Moby Dick".
Para Que Este Mundo Não Acabe! (2009)
"Come and see this world end!" - wrote the the priest António Fontes, father of folk medicine and "burning witches" in Vilar de Perdizes, a...
Se a Memória Existe (2000)
A dozen of the revolutionary Army officers that played eminent parts in the change of political regime in Portugal, from a military dictatorship to a...
Se a Memória Existe (2000)
A dozen of the revolutionary Army officers that played eminent parts in the change of political regime in Portugal, from a military dictatorship to a...
A Portuguese Farewell (1986)
In Africa, during the colonial war, a patrol is lost in the bush and a soldier dies in operation. Twelve years later, in Portugal, the soldier family...
A Portuguese Farewell (1986)
In Africa, during the colonial war, a patrol is lost in the bush and a soldier dies in operation. Twelve years later, in Portugal, the soldier family...
A Luz na Ria Formosa (2005)
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...
A Luz na Ria Formosa (2005)
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...
A Luz na Ria Formosa (2005)
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...
A Luz na Ria Formosa (2005)
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...