Movies: Contracosta Producoes

  • 2006
    Colossal Youth

    Colossal Youth (2006)

    Colossal Youth

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    After the Portuguese government demolishes his slum and relocates him to a housing project on the outskirts of Lisbon, 75-year-old Cape Verde immigrant Ventura wanders between his new and old homes, reconnecting with people from his past....

    Colossal Youth
  • 2003
    Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie?

    Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie? (2003)

    Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie?

    7.12003HD

    Undaunted by a commission to make a film about his mentors and aesthetic exemplars, the filmmaking team of Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet, Costa records with great sensitivity and insight the exacting process by which the two re-edit their fil...

    Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie?
  • 2007
    Fake Blonde

    Fake Blonde (2007)

    Fake Blonde

    6.22007HD

    Silmara, an industrial worker and a woman of exuberant beauty, supports her arsonist father and gets involved with two different pop stars, from whom she learns traumatic life lessons....

    Fake Blonde
  • 2001
    In Vanda's Room

    In Vanda's Room (2001)

    In Vanda's Room

    6.72001HD

    An unflinching, fragmentary look at a handful of self-destructive, marginalized people, but taking as main focus the heroin-addicted Vanda Duarte....

    In Vanda's Room
  • 2006
    667, Neighbor of the Beast

    667, Neighbor of the Beast (2006)

    667, Neighbor of the Beast

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    A family man becomes obsessed with his front door neighbor. Slowly he gives up work and forgets about anything asides his obsession. Only a murder inside the family will be able to restore normality. A dark comedy with painful truths being played ins...

    667, Neighbor of the Beast
  • 2005
    Change Nothing

    Change Nothing (2005)

    Change Nothing

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    A short film showing a rehearsal and live performance by Jeanne Balibar. Costa would go on to make a feature-length documentary with the same title and subject matter in 2009....

    Change Nothing
  • 2001
    6 Bagatelas

    6 Bagatelas (2001)

    6 Bagatelas

    6.22001HD

    Six unused scenes from Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie? One of the more priceless of the “bagatelles” in this collection features a lounging Jean-Marie Straub who gives a non-stop disquisition on liberty and filmmaking while Danièle Huillet busies h...

    6 Bagatelas
  • 2001
    Cinéma, de notre temps: Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub - cinéastes

    Cinéma, de notre temps: Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub - cinéastes (2001)

    Cinéma, de notre temps: Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub - cinéastes

    62001HD

    The original television version of 'Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie?'...

    Cinéma, de notre temps: Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub - cinéastes
  • 2003
    During the end

    During the end (2003)

    During the end

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    Biography of the Portuguese sculptor Rui Chafes, winner of the Pessoa Award in 2016...

    During the end