A Comédia de Deus (1995)

João de Deus is the manager of an ice-cream shop owned by an ex-prostitute, Paraíso dos Gelados (Ice-Cream Paradise). Through a unmoved desire of perfection, he seeks, through cleansing and... See full summary »

Director:

João César Monteiro

Writers:

João César Monteiro, Luís Vaz de Camões (poem)

Stars:

Cláudia Teixeira, João César Monteiro, Manuela de Freitas

2 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Cláudia Teixeira	...	Joaninha (as Cláudia Teixeira Oliveira)
João César Monteiro	...	João de Deus (as Max Monteiro)
Manuela de Freitas	...	Judite
Raquel Ascensão	...	Rosarinho
Gracinda Nave	...	Felícia
Patrícia Abreu	...	Alexandra
Saraiva Serrano	...	Sr. Tomé
Maria João Ribeiro	...	Carmen
Bruno Sousa	...	Bruno
Ana Reis	...	Menina da Janela
Maria Ester Caldeira	...	Peixeira
Rui Luís	...	Sr. Evaristo
Dinis Gomes	...	Linguiça (as Dinis Neto Jorge)
Glicínia Quartin	...	D. Antónia
Sandra Figueiredo	...	Beatriz

Storyline

João de Deus is the manager of an ice-cream shop owned by an ex-prostitute, Paraíso dos Gelados (Ice-Cream Paradise). Through a unmoved desire of perfection, he seeks, through cleansing and purity to attain heaven. The surrounding world, however, does not comply with his decaying vision of lust and decay as a way of achieving his purpose.

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Plot Keywords:

sequel

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Details

Country:

Portugal France Italy Denmark

Language:

Portuguese

Release Date:

19 January 1996 (Portugal)

Also Known As:

Eine göttliche Komödie

Filming Locations:

Lisbon, Portugal

Company Credits

Production Co:

G.E.R. (Grupo de Estudos e Realizações), Pierre Grise Productions, Zentropa Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

170 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

References Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)

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Soundtracks

"Etracto da 'Misa Santa Caecilia' (Agnus Dei)"
Music by Joseph Haydn
Performed by The Academy of Ancient Music (as Academy of Ancient Music) et The Choir of Christ Church Cathedral Oxford (as o Choir of Christ Cathedral de Oxford)
Conducted by Simon Preston
(p) 1980 L'OISEAU-LYRE - The DECCA Record Company, London
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User Reviews

here it is a great Portuguese Film

This one is definitively a good film, a Portuguese one. João César Monteiro is provocative, hilarious and he is touching in some hounds of Portuguese society. This is not pop corn movie, it's not one and half hour of pure action. it's a film, it's Art, so therefore it's better to prepare yourself with some culture to understand it. This film has a lot of references to literature,movies and paintings.We can see on Joao de Deus a little bit of Nosferatu on the way he seduces the young girls, and his fetishes are in the books from Sade.There's bunch of great character beyond João de Deus. Judite a ex whore who runs a ice cream factory, the Butcher Father OF joaninha, Rosalinho and Joaninha of sweet eyes who seduces and gets seduced by João de DEUS. It's a disturbing movie which will make you laugh, annoy, irritate, think and in the end wish for more.

This is the man who irritated a whole country by making a film all in black. (Snow White)