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Pedro Costa (born 30 December 1958) is a Portuguese film director. He is best known for his sequence of films set in Lisbon, which focuses on the lives of the impoverished residents of a slum in the Fontainhas neighbourhood.
Pedro Costa is a filmmaker who makes low-budget documentaries with non-professional actors in Lisbon. He is known for his films Horse Money, Vitalina Varela and Colossal Youth, among others.
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- 1.83 m
- Lisbon, Portugal
- Director, Writer, Cinematographer
Mar 10, 2010 · Portuguese director Pedro Costa shares his favorite films by Jean Renoir, Jacques Tati, Yasujiro Ozu, and more. See his list and learn about his own works available from Criterion.
Pedro Costa enters that intimate world, where bodies gain expression through shadows and repetitive movements, granting it a dimension that only cinema is capable of. This narrative was...
Explore the Fontainhas trilogy, a series of intimate and haunting portraits of the impoverished Lisbon neighborhood by Pedro Costa. The set includes Ossos, In Vanda's Room, and Colossal Youth, with commentaries, interviews, and extras.
Oct 12, 2019 · Pedro Costa discusses Vitalina Varela, a Main Slate selection at the 57th New York Film Festival, presented by Film at Lincoln Center from Friday, September 27 – Sunday, October 13.
- 24 min
- 12.6K
- Film at Lincoln Center
Pedro Costa is a Portuguese director who makes stark and haunting films about the lives of the poor and marginalized in Lisbon. His style is influenced by Bresson, Tarr, and Kurtág, and his subjects include a baby seller, a prostitute, and a homeless woman.
