João Paulo Cuenca
Known For & Full Filmography4 Titles
Movie - 2018, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Based on the historical fact of the arrival of the Portuguese royal family to Rio de Janeiro in 1808, Cidade Invisível proposes an upside-down archeology when questioning the myth of the Marvelous City and the irreverence of the Carioca.
Movie - 2008, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Drama Series - 2013, 16 episodes • as Self
Portuguese director Miguel Gonçalves Mendes and Brazilian writers Tatiana Salem Levy and João Paulo Cuenca travel to the Far East to exchange experiences with artists and thinkers from Macau, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand.
Movie - 2016, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
In 2008, a corpse identified by the police with the birth certificate of the writer João Paulo Cuenca was found in an occupied building in Lapa. Inspired by this fact, the movie investigates the theft of the author´s identity in a ghostly Rio de Janeiro and in deep transformation. If in fiction and in crime sections of newspapers it’s common to read about people who steal the identity of someone dead to start a new life, what we have here is the opposite case: someone who steals the identity of a living man to die in his place.