Maria João Luís
Know for: Acting
Born: 1964-12-30
Place of birth: Lisbon, Portugal
Also know as:
A Mulher que Acreditava Ser Presidente dos EUA (2003)
Alexandra Lencastre plays a woman who believes she is President of the U.S.A.
The State I Am In (2001)
Clara and Hans are left-wing terrorists who have been sought by police for almost fifteen years. Their increasingly rebellious daughter Jeanne begins...
The Beauty and the Paparazzo (2010)
Telenovela star Mariana is on the verge of a nervous breakdown: shooting is not going smoothly, her popularity is waning, and she is forever being...
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...
Camarate (2001)
In 1980, a small plane carrying the Prime Minister, the Defense Minister and six others crashed during takeoff in Camarate, Portugal, killing all on...
Em Câmara Lenta (2012)
Salvador knew Contança and Santiago. He did not know, but admired, Laurence. Among them, Laurence knew Santiago. Constance did not know...
Bobô (2013)
Sofia lives a strangely isolated life in the old apartment where she grew up in Lisbon. Mariama arrives from Guinea-Bissau, having been hired by...
Poor George (1993)
One night Jorge will meet with a Japanese industrialist, who will allow him to abandon his teaching position and resume his chemical work. However,...
Casanova Variations (2014)
Alone in a secluded mansion, Giacomo Casanova cries out then collapses. When the mysterious and beautiful writer, Elisa von der Recke, comes to...
Game of Checkers (2016)
Following Marta's wake, her five best friends decide to spend the night at a rural tourist getaway that Marta never got around to opening. The night...
Ainda Não Acabámos: Como Se Fosse Uma Carta (2016)
A walk for half a century, yes, a letter perhaps. Travels in my life, I could call it, which I like Garrett so much. A traveling as he would like, a...
The End of the World (1993)
In the quietness of rural life, small disputes about the right to use a rivulet may take the proportion of a life-and-death matter..
Alex (1991)
The story of a child who faces the emptiness that surrounds the figure of his parents, disappeared in Africa.
Bad (2000)
Concerns an Irish woman, Cathy (Pauline Cadell), who dearly loves her Portuguese lawyer husband, Pedro (Rui Morisson); however, unbeknownst to her,...
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.
Side Effects (2011)
Side Effects is the story of a woman who's not afraid to believe that happiness is not only possible but the only truth to be achieved. A woman who...
Cinerama (2010)
Humberto hanged himself. Catarina, Paulo and Victor want the company where Humberto used to work for to take responsibility in his death, leading...
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,...
Directo (2010)
A couple watches a bank robbery live on TV.
O Capacete Dourado (2007)
The darkness of night, a barely lit place, motorbikes flirting with danger: a group of teenagers at a crossroads playing chicken with unaware passing...
Lourdes (2000)
The young, sickly girl Bernadette comes from a poverty-stricken family. When the Virgin Mary appears to her in a cavern near Lourdes, no one takes...
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...
Crónica Feminina (2002)
Sonia and Branca are two close friends at their thirties's sexual peak, on the verge of their cosmopolitan loneliness. Despite the long relationship...
Light Traps (1993)
Mário was involved in a terrorist attack in Africa. Everyone thinks it was an accident but Mário knows it wasn’t. Now, hiden in...