
30 Sep 2004

One Fine Day, a Hairdresser
How do you ask a wild, impetuous hairdresser on a date if you're a pathologically timid philosophy student with no social skills?
A satirical and delirious short which sums up the obsessions of João César Monteiro: film-making and… young women.
Secretária
30 Sep 2004
How do you ask a wild, impetuous hairdresser on a date if you're a pathologically timid philosophy student with no social skills?
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