Paulo Rocha

This visually striking drama is taken from the classic Japanese novel Tales Of Genji by Marasaki Shikibu. Set in modern Portugal, Joao (Luis Miguel...

01 de set. de 1987

Nineteen-year-old Julio heads to Lisbon from the provinces and gets a job as a shoemaker for his uncle Raul. But when he meets Ilda, a confident yo...

29 de nov. de 1963

Set in the Lisbon during the festivities of Saint Anthony, the patron saint of lovers and the old town. The story is about Cato, a nationalist pol...

18 de out. de 2000

This film depicts the life of the 19th-century Portuguese writer Wenceslau De Moraes by means of nine ancient ballads from China. The writer marrie...

08 de jun. de 1982

01 de jan. de 1991

20 de abr. de 1967

Paulo Rocha catches up with his “beloved subject” in Porto, where he made Douro, Faina Fluvial in 1929, and where today Oliveira reminisces about t...

06 de out. de 1993

A world of strong colours between documentary and fiction, centered on the life and work of modernist painter Amadeo de Souza Cardoso.

06 de jun. de 1988

Vanitas is the new feature film by veteran Portuguese director Paulo Rocha. With a script by Regina Guimarães, the film brings together actresses I...

01 de jan. de 2004

1920s. Vitalino, a small farmer from São Vicente sees his father die of the epidemic which decimated the country. Some years later, of all the brot...

10 de set. de 2013

Duas crianças testemunham um assassinato durante um acampamento com os amigos de seus pais. Os irmãos que cometeram o crime pretendem silenciá-las.

20 de jan. de 1964

Carolina, an aging local grande dame who works at a crossing point on the titular river, marries another late-in-life character, the dredging-boat ...

18 de mai. de 1998

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

10 de abr. de 1963

Theatrical dramatization of Island of Loves.

01 de jan. de 1993

03 de nov. de 1959

Documentary about Japanese film director Shohei Imamura.

12 de abr. de 1995

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

This film, made as a "twin" of A ilha dos amores, was planned as a poetic documentary on the enigmatic life of Wenceslau de Moraes (1855-1929), the...

10 de set. de 1984

A representation of fiction and documentary about the museum of Óbidos, Portugal.

25 de fev. de 1972

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

01 de jan. de 1999

Short film on the creation of an agricultural cooperative in the village of Sever do Vouga.

25 de jan. de 1971

The way in which we cross, one time only, the space of a public swimming pool reminds us of life, from birth until the end.

01 de set. de 2004

The night of the summer solstice. Fireworks resound between the two banks of the river like a bombardment. On the water, boats appear and disappear...

23 de fev. de 2001