José Fonseca e Costa — Director (4)

Movie

The Ghosts of Alcacer-Kibir (1976) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Os Demónios de Alcácer Quibir
other title: Os Demónios de Alcácer Quibir
Alentejo 1975. The Police associate a group of traveling players with a strike of agricultural workers. The action takes place in the open space and harsh heat of the Alentejo. With the connivance of Lianor, the troupe enters the palace of Don Gonzalo an old aristocrat. The gentleman is obsessed by visions of great past deeds in a universe of ghosts. This was the first example of militant cinema in Portugal after the end of the Estado Novo dictatorship, exploring the world after the Carnation Revolution and its contradictions.

Movie

Ballad of Dog Beach (1987) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Balada da Praia dos Cães
other title: Balada da Praia dos Cães / Ballade vom Hundestrand …
In Portugal, in the 60s, the corpse of a man appears on Dog's Beach. The corpse is identified as the major Dantas, a man wanted by authorities after his escape from a military prison where he was awaiting trial for insurrection.