Maria Joao Luis Movies
- 2002
Written and directed by Luis Filipe Rocha, Camarate chronicles the events preceding the crash of a twin-engine plane into the Camarate neighborhood of Lisbon, Portugal. The film centers around Judge Luisa Ramos (Maria Joao Luis), who is reviewing the controversial case. Her friends--a judge and a laywer, respectively--initially insist that re-opening the case is a waste of time, but come to believe that the crash was actually a well-concealed assassination attempt. The matter becomes a family affair when Luisa's father, Carlos (Filipe Ferffer), becomes convinced that the government knew what they were doing when the plane went down. ~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Maria Joao Luis, Filipe Ferrer, (more)
- 1998
Joao Botelho wrote and directed this Portuguese-French-Danish comedy with a theme of money and a cobweb of interrelated tales. Young Jesus (Joaquim Oliviera) is taken on a vacation by his parents (Rita Blanco, Adriano Luz) to a deserted beach resort. They accidentally fall into overnight wealth after Jesus digs in the sand, uncovering a large drug stash. Others characters intersecting here include an alcoholic actress, a philandering banker, a general trafficking in arms, priests who close their church and head north as hitchhikers, politicians who watch an all-girl production of Julius Caesar, and beggars who recite a children's story in a huge heap of trash. Shown in competition at the 1998 Venice Film Festival and the 1998 Toronto Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Joaquim Oliveira, Adriano Luz, (more)
