Manuel Mozos
Manuel Mozos (born June 1959, in Lisbon) is a Portuguese film director. Mozos studied history and philosophy before enrolling at the School of Theatre and Cinema, where he specialized as an editor. He was responsible for the editing of several films, and in 1989, he directed Um Passo, Outro Passo e Depois... In 1992, he directed his first featur... more
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João Bénard da Costa: Others Will Love the Things I Have Loved
(2015)
Documentary
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.
Runtime:
75 min
Director:
Manuel Mozos
Cast:
João Bénard da Costa, João Pedro Bénard, Manuel Mozos
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4 Hearts
(2009)
Romance
Diana is a young woman about to enter adulthood. She lives with her father, Gabriel, a game machine dealer, and Magdalene, the stepmother, alongside those working in a hair salon in a shopping center. One day, Diana discovers that Magdalene not only keeps a secret relationship with Michael, the security center and instructor in the gym...
Runtime:
106 min
Director:
Manuel Mozos
Cast:
Cristina Alfaiate, Nuno Beijoca, Nuno Bernardo
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Ruins
(2010)
Documentary
Fragments of spaces, buildings and structures, memories and remains of past eras, places of work or leisure now inhabited by our memories alone, or really forgotten. Dead things or living proof of time, natural elements, and human predators themselves.
Runtime:
60 min
Director:
Manuel Mozos
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When It Thunders
(2000)
The relationship between António and Ruth ends unexpectedly when Ruth decides to live with Pedro, António's best friend. António doesn't fight back and lets himself drown. From the woods come Violeta and Gaspar, two strange beings, a mixture of fairies, demons and guardian angels, who help António overcome his depression. With the thun...
Runtime:
92 min
Director:
Manuel Mozos
Cast:
Miguel Guilherme, José Wallenstein, Raquel Dias
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Xavier
(1991)
Drama
Xavier returns to Lisbon after a military stint, determined to lead a meaningful life, only to find his world closing in on him.
Runtime:
90 min
Director:
Manuel Mozos
Cast:
Pedro Hestnes, Cristina Carvalhal, José Meireles, Sandra Faleiro, Canto e Castro
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The Glory of Filmmaking in Portugal
(2015)
Documentary
On 18 September 1929, José Régio sent a letter to Alberto Serpa expressing his desire to create a production company and start making films. For almost 90 years, nothing more was known: no reply was ever found and Régio never mentioned the subject again. The discovery of some old reels in a collector’s hoard seems to provide the ending...
Runtime:
17 min
Director:
Manuel Mozos
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Step by Step
(1990)
Drama
Nogueira, a man in his fifties, is a relic of times long past. While the youngsters at the school where he works as a caretaker still think the world is their oyster, Nogueira knows that, for him, most doors have long closed.
Runtime:
58 min
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Lisboa no Cinema, Um Ponto de Vista
(1994)
Documentary
The city during the beginning of cinema. The typical city at the time of the dictatorship. The New Lisbon of the New Cinema. Lisbon after the Revolution. The white city of foreigners. A geographical and moviegoer screenplay of Lisbon through the images of films and testimonies of several filmmakers who filmed in Lisbon.
Runtime:
50 min
Director:
Manuel Mozos
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Ashes and Embers
(2015)
Drama
Certainly an outstanding case of beauty and mystery, this short film by Mozos creates a strange alloy of literature and cinema, and not in the way one discipline is a vampire for the other, but rather as if they were the different faces of the same coin, drawn to coexist and repel each other. As if every film belonged to a lonely speci...
Runtime:
21 min
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A Glória de Fazer Cinema em Portugal
(2015)
On 18 September 1929, José Régio sent a letter to Alberto Serpa expressing his desire to create a production company and start making films. For almost 90 years, nothing more was known: no reply was ever found and Régio never mentioned the subject again. The discovery of some old reels in a collector’s hoard seems to provide the ending...
Runtime:
16 min