Orlando Costa
Know for: Acting
Born: 1948-12-24
Place of birth: Braga, Portugal
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Blood Curse (2006)
An urban family inherits an old country house located in a small village. Upon their arrival they try to adapt to the new lifestyle, but they soon...
A Shot in the Dark (2005)
A baby is kidnapped in a Brazilian airport. Years later, the mother lives in Lisbon and works in a strip-tease bar so she can survive. When she is...
Black Shoes (1998)
In today's Alentejo, a story of love and death based in a real criminal case.
Sofia e a Educação Sexual (1974)
After her mother's death, Sofia returns from a Swiss college to her family's luxurious villa, in Cascais. Through the relashionship between her...
In the Shadow of the Vultures (1998)
Two simple, unassuming, apolitical men have their lives changed forever when they find themselves hunted by agents of the ruling dictatorship.
A Confederação: O Povo É Que Faz A História (1978)
In an imaginary future, Portugal consists of an association of states - North and South - with zones of specific influence. City under vigilance,...
A Falha (2002)
Twenty-five years after leaving school, a group of former students decide to organise a reunion. But, contrary to expectations, these "old boys"...
The Trip (2011)
Antonio decides to break free of his mundane existence and rents a silver convertible to take his wife on a dream vacation. Everything seems perfect....
Two Brothers, My Sister (1994)
This dark and intense drama follows the slow and painful destruction of a young, passive woman as she watches her family fall apart. Maria is the shy...
Portugal Não Está à Venda (2019)
The hypochondriac Sebastião and his not so normal family must save the country from the prime minister's plan of selling the country to China,...
The Holy Alliance (1980)
In 1974, not long after the death of Portuguese dictator Salazar, who had ruled Portugal from the early '30s to the late '60s, a group of disgruntled...
Uma Vida Normal (1994)
Miguel has his life falling apart, but in one last push of hope, he tries to change that and start living a normal life.
Amor e Dedinhos de Pé (1993)
Macau 1897. Life is easy for Portuguese settlers. Young reveler Francisco Frontaria is deemed as irresponsible for all his partying and boozing....
Jogo de Mão (1983)
In a unique approach to what amounts to four pseudo-morality plays, director Monique Rutler has a street entertainer with hand puppets summarize the...
Bárbara (1980)
Joe Valente, a luso-american, returns home with the dream of turning molice picking into a real industry. But this will cause misery for those who...
Meu Passado Me Condena 2: O Filme (2015)
The life of Fabio and Miá falls into the rut when differences, which are not few, need to be faced. After Fábio forget the third...
The Pact of Silence (2003)
Everyone has a secret. Twins Sarah and Gaëlle near 25; for ten years, Sarah has been a fundamentalist Carmelite in a Brazilian convent, and...
A Filha (2003)
Ricardo Monteiro is a successful television producer specialising in reality shows. He is 45 years old and he has just received an award for the most...
Luísa e os Outros (1989)
The tumultuous lives of a woman and her three daughters who used to live in Paris, and are now living in Bairro Alto.
Fronteira (2020)
1970. To Fronteira's village arrives a new chief to the Fiscal Guard. With unshakable convictions about the application of the Law, he quickly comes...
Passagem ou a Meio Caminho (1986)
Ambulatory history, freely inspired by Georg Büchner's biography (1813-37) and the reasons that led him first to political intervention and then...