Américo Coimbra

The Given Word (1962)

Zé is a very poor man whose most prized possession is his donkey. When his donkey falls terminally ill, Zé makes a promise to Saint Bárbara: If his donkey recovers, he will carry a cross - like Jesus - all the way from his city to Saint Bárbara's church, in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anselmo Duarte
CAST:  Leonardo Villar  •  Glória Menezes  •  Dionísio Azevedo  •  Geraldo del Rey

Zé is a very poor man whose most prized possession is his donkey. When his donkey falls terminally ill, Zé makes a promise to Saint Bárbara: If his donkey recovers, he will carry a cross - like Jesus - all the way from his city to Saint Bárbara's church, in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anselmo Duarte
CAST:  Leonardo Villar  •  Glória Menezes  •  Dionísio Azevedo  •  Geraldo del Rey

Succubus (1968)

Janine Reynaud stars as a nightclub stripper who free-floats through a spectral 60's landscape littered with dream-figures, dancing midgets and bizarre S&M games.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jesús Franco
CAST:  Janine Reynaud  •  Jack Taylor  •  Adrian Hoven  •  Howard Vernon

Janine Reynaud stars as a nightclub stripper who free-floats through a spectral 60's landscape littered with dream-figures, dancing midgets and bizarre S&M games.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jesús Franco
CAST:  Janine Reynaud  •  Jack Taylor  •  Adrian Hoven  •  Howard Vernon

Canção da Saudade (1964)

Leonel is a pianist, nostalgic of sweet melodies, while his son is the (real-life) leader of Os Gatos Pretos (black cats), a twist musical group. The conflict is eventu ally solved when Leonel's daughter, Cilinha, starts dating Raúl, a well-off young man, who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henrique Campos
CAST:  Victor Gomes  •  Florbela Queirós  •  Américo Coimbra  •  Ismael Merlo

Leonel is a pianist, nostalgic of sweet melodies, while his son is the (real-life) leader of Os Gatos Pretos (black cats), a twist musical group. The conflict is eventu ally solved when Leonel's daughter, Cilinha, starts dating Raúl, a well-off young man, who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henrique Campos
CAST:  Victor Gomes  •  Florbela Queirós  •  Américo Coimbra  •  Ismael Merlo

Satan's Five Warnings (1970)

Two couples live through attraction, distraction, sympathy, friendship, quarrel, jealousy, fidelity, and the Devil supervises it all by delivering solemn warnings in choice moments.  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Luis Merino
CAST:  Arturo Fernández  •  Cristina Galbó  •  Américo Coimbra  •  Madalena Iglésias

Two couples live through attraction, distraction, sympathy, friendship, quarrel, jealousy, fidelity, and the Devil supervises it all by delivering solemn warnings in choice moments.  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Luis Merino
CAST:  Arturo Fernández  •  Cristina Galbó  •  Américo Coimbra  •  Madalena Iglésias

Fierce Love, or When Children Play at Love (1975)

Vicente and Margarita are a traditional and middle class married couple whose life is surrounded by a sea of confusion and uncertainty when their children begin to make their own decisions. They have discovered love and will not let their parents tell them what to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Luis García Sánchez
CAST:  José «Saza» Sazatornil  •  Mary Carrillo  •  Alicia Sánchez  •  Ángeles González-Sinde

Vicente and Margarita are a traditional and middle class married couple whose life is surrounded by a sea of confusion and uncertainty when their children begin to make their own decisions. They have discovered love and will not let their parents tell them what to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Luis García Sánchez
CAST:  José «Saza» Sazatornil  •  Mary Carrillo  •  Alicia Sánchez  •  Ángeles González-Sinde

Pão, Amor e... Totobola (1964)

Portuguese fictional feature film directed by Henrique Campos.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henrique Campos
CAST:  Perla Cristal  •  Florbela Queirós  •  Américo Coimbra  •  Costa Ferreira

Portuguese fictional feature film directed by Henrique Campos.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henrique Campos
CAST:  Perla Cristal  •  Florbela Queirós  •  Américo Coimbra  •  Costa Ferreira

As Pupilas do Senhor Reitor (1961)

The characteristic loves of Margarida and Clara, the distinct moral of Pedro and Daniel, the goodness of João Semana, and the dissidents, sensibility, tenderness, rituals and landscape involvement of the Minho.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Perdigão Queiroga
CAST:  Anselmo Duarte  •  Marisa Prado  •  Isabel de Castro  •  Américo Coimbra

The characteristic loves of Margarida and Clara, the distinct moral of Pedro and Daniel, the goodness of João Semana, and the dissidents, sensibility, tenderness, rituals and landscape involvement of the Minho.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Perdigão Queiroga
CAST:  Anselmo Duarte  •  Marisa Prado  •  Isabel de Castro  •  Américo Coimbra