Luís Filipe Costa

Frequent Traveller (2008)

Have you ever had a crush on the man frisking you at the airport? What would you do to get strip searched in that back room without being sent to jail? Frequent Traveler brilliantly and silently explores the answer to this question. ...

A Noite do Golpe de Estado (2001)

The operational commander of the "Captains Movement", describes and recreates a quarter of century later the crucial 24 hours of April 25, 1974, that would topple the Portuguese government and start a democratic regime in Portugal - since another military ...

In the Shadow of the Vultures (1998)

Two simple, unassuming, apolitical men have their lives changed forever when they find themselves hunted by agents of the ruling dictatorship. ...

A Girl in Summer (1986)

It is the end of summer and Isabel is a relationship with Diogo. She don't quite know what she wants from her life going forward as her father gets sick. ...

António Duarte (1969)

Documentary about the sculptor António Duarte ...

O Ritmo na Vida (1968)

Fuga (1999)

Set during the Estado Novo dictatorship, in the night of April 24, Pedro hears that the political police, PIDE, assaulted his house. Fearing of what his fate may be, Pedro runs, looking for a place to hide. ...

Jaz Morto e Arrefece (1989)

Are the Portuguese afraid of the changes after the Estado Novo dictatorship? ...

Era Uma Vez Um Alferes (1987)

Colonial war in Africa. During a patrol, in the woods, a Portuguese soldier steps on a mine, that will explode when he raises his foot... ...

A Borboleta na Gaiola (1987)

"The Butterfly in the Cage" is a novel by Luís Filipe Costa adapted to film by the author, it follows the daily lives of several people connected to newspapers, television, film and theater in Lisbon, in the days leading up to the revolution of 25 April 1 ...

Morte D'Homem (1985)

Entangled in crime since childhood, Zeca Mouro experienced probation, reform school, and jail through expediency and marginality. His life is thus defined by crime and atonement. ...