How to watch the The Fontainhas films in order
There are 5 The Fontainhas films, about 8 hours in total. The first was released in 1997, the latest in 2019. Watching in release order is the safest way to meet the story as audiences did.
Films by Pedro Costa set in the neighborhood of Fontainhas with recurring characters Vanda, Ventura and Vitalina.
- 1
Ossos (1997)
14 Nov 1997 · 97 min
After a suicidal teenage girl gives birth, she misguidedly entrusts her baby’s safety to the troubled, deadbeat father, whose violent actions take the viewer on a tour of the foreboding, crumbling shantytown in which they live.
- 2
In Vanda's Room (2001)
2 Mar 2001
An unflinching, fragmentary look at a handful of self-destructive, marginalized people, but taking as main focus the heroin-addicted Vanda Duarte.
- 3
Colossal Youth (2006)
23 Nov 2006 · 156 min
After the Portuguese government demolishes his slum and relocates him to a housing project on the outskirts of Lisbon, 75-year-old Cape Verde immigrant Ventura wanders between his new and old homes, reconnecting with people from his past.
- 4
Horse Money (2014)
4 Dec 2014 · 104 min
While the young captains lead the revolution in the streets, the people of Fontainhas search for Ventura, lost in the woods.
- 5
Vitalina Varela (2019)
7 Oct 2019 · 124 min
A Cape Verdean woman navigates her way through Lisbon, following the scanty physical traces her deceased husband left behind and discovering his secret, illicit life.
Order and dates from TMDB collection data. Unreleased entries are added once they get a release date.