Pedro Costa
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Pedro Costa is a Portuguese film director renowned for his minimalist, atmospheric portrayals of marginalized communities in Lisbon.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Pedro Costa canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4956158 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pedro Costa Context triple: [Costa, hasNotableBearer, Pedro Costa]
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A.
Walter Salles
Walter Salles is a Brazilian film director best known internationally for works such as "Central Station," "The Motorcycle Diaries," and other character-driven road movies.
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B.
Almodôvar
Almodôvar is a rural municipality in southern Portugal known for its traditional Alentejo landscapes, cork oak forests, and historic village center.
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C.
Alejandro Amenábar
Alejandro Amenábar is a Chilean-Spanish film director, screenwriter, and composer known for acclaimed films such as "The Others" and "The Sea Inside."
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D.
Fernando Trueba
Fernando Trueba is a Spanish film director, screenwriter, and producer known for acclaimed works such as "Belle Époque," which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
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E.
Carlos Saura
Carlos Saura was a renowned Spanish film director and screenwriter known for his politically charged and visually innovative works, often blending reality with fantasy and exploring themes of memory, repression, and Spanish identity.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pedro Costa Target entity description: Pedro Costa is a Portuguese film director renowned for his minimalist, atmospheric portrayals of marginalized communities in Lisbon.
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A.
Walter Salles
Walter Salles is a Brazilian film director best known internationally for works such as "Central Station," "The Motorcycle Diaries," and other character-driven road movies.
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B.
Almodôvar
Almodôvar is a rural municipality in southern Portugal known for its traditional Alentejo landscapes, cork oak forests, and historic village center.
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C.
Alejandro Amenábar
Alejandro Amenábar is a Chilean-Spanish film director, screenwriter, and composer known for acclaimed films such as "The Others" and "The Sea Inside."
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D.
Fernando Trueba
Fernando Trueba is a Spanish film director, screenwriter, and producer known for acclaimed works such as "Belle Époque," which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
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E.
Carlos Saura
Carlos Saura was a renowned Spanish film director and screenwriter known for his politically charged and visually innovative works, often blending reality with fantasy and exploring themes of memory, repression, and Spanish identity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Portuguese person
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film director ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| activeIn | contemporary art cinema ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Golden Leopard ⓘ |
| awardReceivedFor | Vitalina Varela ⓘ |
| awardReceivedFrom | Locarno Film Festival ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1959-12-03 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Lisbon
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Portugal ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Portugal ⓘ |
| education |
Lisbon Theatre and Film School
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linked to:
National Conservatory of Lisbon
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| filmSubject |
Cape Verdean immigrant community in Lisbon
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Fontainhas neighborhood in Lisbon ⓘ |
| genre |
art film
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drama film ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Jacques Tourneur
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Robert Bresson ⓘ Yasujiro Ozu ⓘ
linked to:
Yasujirō Ozu
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| knownFor |
minimalist filmmaking style
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portrayals of marginalized communities in Lisbon ⓘ use of digital video ⓘ use of long takes ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Portuguese ⓘ |
| movement | slow cinema ⓘ |
| name | Pedro Costa ⓘ |
| nationality | Portuguese ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Colossal Youth
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Horse Money ⓘ In Vanda's Room ⓘ Ossos ⓘ Vitalina Varela ⓘ |
| occupation |
film director
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screenwriter ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
high-contrast chiaroscuro imagery
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naturalistic lighting ⓘ non-professional actors ⓘ sparse dialogue ⓘ static camera ⓘ |
| workLocation | Lisbon ⓘ |
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Referenced by (4)
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