Joaquim Pinto

Joaquim Pinto

68 (1957-06-20)
Porto, Portugal

Joaquim Pinto (born June 20, 1957) is a Portuguese film director from Porto. His movie What Now? Remind Me was the Portuguese submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2014.

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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.
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The Cannibals 1988 (6.8)

This odd film is a major representative of an even odder film genre: direct-to-celluloid opera. It was commissioned by the Portuguese master of style, director Manoel de Oliveira from composer João Paes. Musically, it ranges from 19th-century romanticism to popular, modernist and even "post-modernist" styles. In the initially tame story, a host-narrator tells the story of a wedding between the two lovebirds: Viscount d'Aveleda and the beautiful Marguerite. However, what happens in the bridal chamber is incredibly bizarre. The events after that are even stranger, and the wedding guests and family indulge in cannibalism, among other perversions.
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As Bodas de Deus 1999 (7.5)

After receiving a visit from a messenger of God, João de Deus wins his buddy's girlfriend through a roll of the dice.