João Pedro Bénard

When the child Manuel wanders into a garden that is off-limits to him, he meets an unidentified fisherman, and another boy -- the boy is actually h...

02 de ago. de 1984

Lisbon, 1989. A middle-aged poor man, tormented by an illness, lives in a cheap room in a family boarding house, in the old section of the city's w...

12 de out. de 1989

12-year-old Miguel is punished because he has not done his homework properly: he must stay at his aunt's inn for holidays. First bored, then a frie...

11 de mar. de 1988

Nogueira, a man in his fifties, is a relic of times long past. While the youngsters at the school where he works as a caretaker still think the wor...

11 de abr. de 1990

01 de jan. de 1991

The story of a child who faces the emptiness that surrounds the figure of his parents, disappeared in Africa.

16 de fev. de 1991

A man exiled in Paris makes various trips to Portugal after the Carnation Revolution. Each trip is represented by a woman.

08 de mai. de 1981

Laura lives in the country with her considerably older husband. When Nuno, her brother who study in Lisbon, pays a visit, he realizes that his sist...

10 de set. de 1989

22 de jun. de 1989

10 de jun. de 1993

Coming from Fundão to Lisboa where he did conscription service, Matias found that the reality of the big city is not exactly how he remembers

01 de jun. de 1990

11th century. Descended from the aristocracy, Alexis flees a world dominated by money and strength. The young man, in love with justice and freedom...

28 de out. de 1992

A largely plotless, fado-scored journey through the gloomy cobblestone streets, zombie bars, and fetid basements of a sordid harbor town populated ...

05 de set. de 1999

A policeman lunching with his daughter is present when a dead body washes up on shore. He investigates, leading him down a twisted and muddled path...

06 de jul. de 2003

Certainly an outstanding case of beauty and mystery, this short film by Mozos creates a strange alloy of literature and cinema, and not in the way ...

26 de abr. de 2015

In mid-September 1992, journalist Guida Fontes have to go to Luanda to cover the elections in Angola. In the meantime, she had committed herself to...

01 de jan. de 2004

Arriving in a hotel in the city of Faro, a couple learns there are no available tables left. When another couple agrees to share a table, they spar...

01 de jan. de 2005

A satirical and delirious short which sums up the obsessions of João César Monteiro: film-making and… young women.

27 de set. de 1990

A documentary about a family of goat herders in Portugal and the relationship between man and animals.

01 de jan. de 1999