God's Comedy ( A Comédia de Deus ) ( La Comédie de Dieu )

God's Comedy (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: A Comédia de Deus
Alternate Title: La Comédie de Dieu
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Venice Film Festival

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Subtitles )
Portuguese ( Mono )
Portuguese ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Portugal ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
165 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.66:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Posters
Scene Access
Short Film
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1995 and produced in:
Denmark ( Scandinavia, Iceland )
France ( France, Benelux )
Italy ( Italy, Greece )
Portugal ( Spain, Portugal )

Directed By:
João César Monteiro

Written By:
João César Monteiro

Actors:
Cláudia Teixeira ..... Joaninha (as Cláudia Teixeira Oliveira)
João César Monteiro ..... João de Deus
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

Synopsis:

This bizarre satiric comedy stars writer/director Joao Cesar Monteiro as Joao de Deus, who runs a small ice cream parlor in Portugal. Joao's employees are mostly teenage girls, and he rigorously drills them in proper procedures and encourages a careful regimen of personal hygiene. But the single and rather lonely Joao has an unusual hobby -- he collects women's pubic hair, saving favorite samples in a scrapbook and claiming to have a few stray hairs from Queen Victoria. Eventually, Joao becomes romantically involved with one of the girls working at his shop, but when that relationship goes south, he finds himself attempting to seduce the 14-year-old daughter of the local butcher, which lands him deep in hot water. A Comedia de Deus was successful enough to inspire a 1999 sequel, As Bodas de Deus.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 15 July, 2008.

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