João D'Ávila

AKA:
0.2511

1934-07-25

Lisbon, Portugal

Biography

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {39}

Castro

2004-01-16 5

Portugal S.A.

The story of the CEO of a recently privatized company. ...
Genre :Drama, Thriller

Arcebispo de Lisboa

1997-10-10 7

Fátima

1917, a beautiful apparition of Our Lady forever alters the lives of three children: Lucinda, Jacita and Francisco who lived in Villa Fatima in Portugal. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Surgeon

1989-06-23 4

President's Target

The lone survivor of a deadly ambush against him and his team, a narcotics agent swears to avenge the deaths of his friends and fellow officers. ...
Genre :Action

Dr. Firmino

1979-04-03 5.5

Maria's Hours

Maria, a blind girl apparently raped by her stepfather, is held in an isolated and dilapidated hospice, desperately awaiting a miracle by Our Lady of Fátima. Turned over by Angela, her aunt, into the ...
Genre :Drama

2015-05-28 0

Crime em Nova Iorque

On January 8, 2011, journalist and social columnist Carlos Castro, 65, was found dead in a hotel room in New York City (USA). The killer, Renato Seabra, was a young model who had a love affair with hi ...
Genre :Drama

1995-01-02 0

Tordesilhas - O Sonho do Rei

Genre :History

1996-03-02 0

A Fachada

Short film. ...
Genre :

Himself

2010-11-13 2

1st Time 16mm

Miguel, a debutant director, and his young team live a series of tribulations during the shootings of their first film, which unrolls between Lisbon, Venice, Paris and Madrid. ...
Genre :Drama

Padre

2003-11-07 7.154

The Immortals

Every year, four ex-soldiers who call themselves "Os Imortais" ("The Immortals"), get together with four women to celebrate their war deeds and remember the old days, back in the war. On the summer of ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Bouddhist Monk

1976-11-01 0

O Princípio da Sabedoria

In the gardens of a large village house belonging to a reclusive architect, a hand is found. In a sign placed at the gates of the property, the architect annouces he will return it to whoever proves t ...
Genre :Drama

Emílio Guerreiro

2012-11-22 6.8

Operation Autumn

A film about General Humberto Delgado's brutal assassination by the Portuguese fascist police in 1965. ...
Genre :Thriller, History

Cliente Homem

2000-09-22 5

Nights

The pain, the weakness, the silence, the despair. These are some of the feelings faced by a couple lost in drugs. Nights can be seen as the story of people who made mistakes in life, but who still con ...
Genre :Drama

Hipólito, Victorina's father

1993-01-15 0

Amor e Dedinhos de Pé

Macau 1897. Life is easy for Portuguese settlers. Young reveler Francisco Frontaria is deemed as irresponsible for all his partying and boozing. Shunned and exiled for crossing a line by insulting the ...
Genre :Drama

Deschamps

1995-11-10 0

Kiss and Cry

Neglected by his parents, a portly teenager finds refuge with a gang of young thugs in Lisbon. ...
Genre :Drama

Mortuary Assistant

1993-12-26 7.5

One Foot in the Algarve

The Meldrews go on holiday to Portugal with Mrs Warboys, who is hoping for romance with her penpal Alfonso. Photographer Martin Trout follows them there, believing they have a roll of film that belong ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, TV Movie

Doctor

1995-03-29 4.875

Fado, Major and Minor

Pierre, a middle-aged tourist guide, is the victim of a sudden failure : he does not recognize anything about him any longer. He goes back home and in his apartment he finds a mysterious young man who ...
Genre :Drama

2015-01-01 0

The Last Nazi Hunter 2

After a hard life of chasing nazis, Jacob Cohn is on his death bed. Recently, he found that one of the most bloodiest nazis, who almost killed him in a concentration camp, is hiding in Portugal. Fried ...
Genre :Adventure, Drama

Father

1999-04-25 0

Fuga

Set during the Estado Novo dictatorship, in the night of April 24, Pedro hears that the political police, PIDE, assaulted his house. Fearing of what his fate may be, Pedro runs, looking for a place to ...
Genre :TV Movie, Drama

Dom Bernard

2003-12-25 7.115

The Masked Avenger: Lagardere

France, 17th century, during the reign of Louis XIII. When a dear friend, the Duke of Nevers, is treacherously assassinated by a powerful relative, a skilled swordsman, the noble Henri de Lagardère, s ...
Genre :Action, Drama, Adventure

2000-05-29 6.8

Lourdes

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 the girl seriously, even when she digs up a wellsprin ...
Genre :Drama

Le moine

2005-01-10 3.714

Julie, chevalier de Maupin

Agnès Dormes, a famous opera singer, saves Julie, a baby girl who was about to be sacrificed during a black mass. Twenty years later, the baby has turned into a beautiful energetic twenty-year-old you ...
Genre :Romance, Adventure, TV Movie

Ti Inácio

1992-06-22 2

Cold Land

In the forties, in a little settlement lost amidst the mountains of Trás-os-Montes, Leonardo tries to survive by buying and selling marten and fox furs, dreaming of the day he’ll close a big deal. ...
Genre :Drama

1988-01-01 0

Fernando Lanhas - Os 7 Rostos

Documentary dedicated to the plastic artist Fernando Lanhas ...
Genre :Documentary

2020-08-13 7.2

Fatima

In 1917, outside the parish of Fátima, Portugal, a 10-year-old girl and her two younger cousins witness multiple visitations of the Virgin Mary, who tells them that only prayer and suffering will brin ...
Genre :Drama

Customer

1992-09-23 4

Off Season

The formerly great Swiss hotel which Valentin’s family owned when he was a boy has been emptied and is about to be torn down. He revisits the magical site’s empty halls and ballrooms. ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

2019-04-20 0

Behind Doors

In the small town of Reguengo Grande, Portugal lives Bênção, known as the living saint. People come from all over the world to be emotionally touched by this saint. The only problem is that Bênção isn ...
Genre :

Aleister Crowley

1989-03-09 0

O mistério da boca do inferno

The secret history of a curse upon an astrologer and esoteric initiate, who was a Portuguese poet and essayist: Fernando Pessoa. ...
Genre :Fantasy, Mystery

Antonino

0

Lisbon Los Angeles - Without Destination

A photographer travels around Portugal, Madrid and LA and finds a bunch of exquisite characters. ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

2025-10-04 0

Filipe La Féria: O Teatro como um Ato de Fé

Recognizing the undeniable role of Filipe La Féria in the history of Portuguese theater, this documentary seeks to explore the thinking that drives creation and unveil the philosophy hidden behind the ...
Genre :Documentary

0

Chico

Genre :Drama

António Pinto

1995-09-23 0

Aquela Cativa que me tem Cativo

Genre :Drama

Zagalo

2000-10-03 1

Conde de Abranhos

Genre :Drama, Comedy

Sebastião José de Carvalho

2002-10-01 9

O Processo dos Távoras

Genre :Crime, Drama

Tio de Rita

1996-10-03 0

Polícias

Genre :Drama, Crime

Conde Vlad

1998-01-01 0

Major Alvega

Genre :Action & Adventure, Comedy

Merlim

1999-09-13 0

Esquadra de Polícia

Genre :Drama

Ricardo Gonçalves

1993-04-12 0

A Banqueira do Povo

Genre :Drama, Soap

Cândido de Oliveira

1993-10-01 0

Ideias com História

Genre :Drama, Talk

Senhor Reitor

2005-01-14 2

João Semana

Genre :Comedy, Family