Invisible World

Invisible World

An anthology film following different stories around the theme of invisibility in the modern world.

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Word and Utopia

Word and Utopia

The story of Father Antonio Vieira, a 17th-century Portuguese priest who lived in Brazil and worked for better treatment of the Indians and to...

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The Artist and the City

The Artist and the City

The painter António Cruz wanders around the city of Porto painting what he sees: old and modern buildings, people arriving and leaving work in the...

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A Century of Energy

A Century of Energy

Manoel de Oliveira's final work revisits one of his earliest films and celebrates a century of industrialization in Portugal.

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Day of Despair

Day of Despair

Portrait of the last days of the life of Portuguese writer Camilo Castelo Branco.

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Magic Mirror

Magic Mirror

Luciano, fresh out of jail, was taken by his brother, Flórido, to serve in the home of wealthy Alfreda. He was surprised when she told him that her...

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Porto of My Childhood

Porto of My Childhood

Manoel de Oliveira's autobiographical documentary about returning to his hometown.

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Working on the Douro River

Working on the Douro River

Short silent documentary from 1931 about those working on the River Douro in Oporto.

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Historic Centre

Historic Centre

Four voices and their visions of Guimarães, cradle city of the Portuguese nation and European Capital of Culture in 2012.

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Lisboa Cultural

Lisboa Cultural

Seventeen experts on history and arts deliver brief lessons on their favorite subjects, considered the most relevant to cover nine hundred years of...

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Voyage to the Beginning of the World

Voyage to the Beginning of the World

Manoel is an aging film director who travels with the film crew through Portugal in search of the origins of Afonso, a famous French actor whose...

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Anxiety

Anxiety

An anthology film drama featuring a poetic mirror structure based on existential identity. In "The Immortals," adapted from a Helder Prista...

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Visit, or Memories and Confessions

Visit, or Memories and Confessions

A long-hidden, personal doc about leaving a beloved house by the late, revered Portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira.

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Benilde or the Virgin Mother

Benilde or the Virgin Mother

A young girl, Benilde, so protected by her religious family that she seemingly knows nothing about procreation, insists that her mysterious...

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The Old Man of Belem

The Old Man of Belem

Don Quixote, Luís de Camões, Camilo Castelo Branco and Teixeira de Pascoaes meet in an eternal garden in the middle of a modern city and talk about...

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O Improvável Não é Impossível

O Improvável Não é Impossível

Film about Calouste Gulbenkian, produced for the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.

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Blind Man's Bluff

Blind Man's Bluff

A blind beggar is robbed of his chest of money. The theft leads to a dramatic situation in the street where he begs every day.

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The Hunt

The Hunt

Two friends decide to go hunting but without guns, so that no accident will happen. As they stroll and talk, one of them falls into a hole in a...

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The Letter

The Letter

A well-bred, lovely, spiritual, sad young woman marries an attentive physician who loves her. She feels affection but no love. Soon after, without...

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The Satin Slipper

The Satin Slipper

During the century of the Spanish Gold, Doña Prouhèze, wife of a nobleman, deeply loves Don Rodrigo, who is forced to leave Spain and go to America...

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