As Bodas de Deus
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As Bodas de Deus is a 1999
Portuguese
comedy film
directed by João César Monteiro
. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard
section at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival
.
1999 in film
The year 1999 in film involved several noteworthy events and has been called "The Year That Changed Movies". Several significant feature films, including Stanley Kubrick's final film Eyes Wide Shut, Pedro Almodóvar's first Oscar-winning film All About My Mother, science fiction The Matrix, Deep...
Portuguese
Cinema of Portugal
Portuguese cinema has a long tradition, reaching back to the birth of the medium in the late 19th century. In the 1950s, Cinema Novo, sprang up as a movement concerned with showing realism in film, in the vein of Italian Neorealism and the French New Wave...
comedy film
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
directed by João César Monteiro
João César Monteiro
João César Monteiro was a Portuguese film director, actor, writer and film critic . He was born in Figueira da Foz on February 2, 1939 and died of cancer in Lisbon on February 3, 2003.- Life and career :...
. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's Official Selection. It is run at the Salle Debussy, parallel to the competition for the Palme d'Or.This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob...
section at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival
1999 Cannes Film Festival
The 52nd Cannes Film Festival was held on May 12-23, 1999. The Palme d'Or went to the French-Belgian film Rosetta by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne.-Jury:* David Cronenberg * André Téchiné * Barbara Hendricks...
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Cast
- Rita Durão - Joana de Deus
- João César MonteiroJoão César MonteiroJoão César Monteiro was a Portuguese film director, actor, writer and film critic . He was born in Figueira da Foz on February 2, 1939 and died of cancer in Lisbon on February 3, 2003.- Life and career :...
- João de Deus - Joana Azevedo - Elena Gombrowicz
- José Airosa - Omar Raschid
- Manuela de Freitas - Sister Bernarda
- Luís Miguel Cintra - God's Messenger
- Ana Galvão - Leonor (as Ana Velazquez)
- José Mora Ramos - Inspector Pantaleão
- Fernando Mora Ramos - Psychiatrist
- Fernando Heitor - Butler Vasconcelos
- João Listz - Sparafucile
- Jean Douchet - Bardamu
- Filipa Araújo - Celestina
- Sofia Marques - Nun
- Teresa Negrão - Inês
- Paulo Miranda - Agostinho
- Maria João Ribeiro - Violetta Valery
- Tiago Cutileiro - Alfredo Germont
- Ana Mandillo - Cook
- David Almeida - President
- Vasco Sequeira - Conspirator