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Actor João Bénard da Costa

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Born: 1935-02-07

Dead: 74

From: Lisbon, Portugal

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From: Lisbon, Portugal

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To Each His Own Cinema 2007 ( 6.5)

Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of the world's pre-eminent filmmakers to produce short pieces exploring the multifarious facets of cinema and their perspective on the state of their chosen artform in the early 21st century.

City of Pirates 1984 ( 7.2)

A surreal odyssey in which a melancholic maidservant crosses paths with a homicidal little boy, travels to a tiny island of pirates and encounters a man with multiple personalities.

João Bénard da Costa: Others Will Love the Things I Have Loved 2015 ( 7.5)

Director Manuel Mozos draws an intimate portrait of João Bénard da Costa, programmer, critic, actor and, for 18 years, director of the Portuguese Film Museum, who passed away in 2009.