José Fonseca e Costa

José Fonseca e Costa, GCIH was a Portuguese film director. He was one of the founders of the Portuguese Cinema Novo.
Born in Angola, Costa worked as an assistant to Michelangelo Antonioni before becoming one of the leaders of Portugal's 'Young Cinema' in the 1960s.

Filmography

Regresso à Terra do Sol - 1967A Cidade - 1967A Metafísica do Chocolate - 1967The Pearl of Atlantic - 1969Voar - 1970The Message - 1971The Guns and the People - 1975The Ghosts of Alcacer-Kibir - 1977Quilas, the Bad of the Picture - 1980Música, Moçambique! - 1980Kilas, o Mau da Fita - 1981No Trace of Sin - 1983Ballad of Dog Beach - 1987The Neighbor's Wife - 1988Os Cornos de Cronos - 1991Five Days, Five Nights - 1996The Fascination - 2003Widow and Rich and No Longer a Bitch - 2006What the Tourist Should See - 2009Axilas - 2016

Bibliographic references

O Cais do Olhar by José de Matos-Cruz, Portuguese Cinematheque, 1999