Invisible World
An anthology film following different stories around the theme of invisibility in the modern world.
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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...
See moreThe 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...
See moreA Century of Energy
Manoel de Oliveira's final work revisits one of his earliest films and celebrates a century of industrialization in Portugal.
See moreDay of Despair
Portrait of the last days of the life of Portuguese writer Camilo Castelo Branco.
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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...
See morePorto of My Childhood
Manoel de Oliveira's autobiographical documentary about returning to his hometown.
See moreWorking on the Douro River
Short silent documentary from 1931 about those working on the River Douro in Oporto.
See moreHistoric 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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Seventeen experts on history and arts deliver brief lessons on their favorite subjects, considered the most relevant to cover nine hundred years of...
See moreVoyage 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...
See moreAnxiety
An anthology film drama featuring a poetic mirror structure based on existential identity. In "The Immortals," adapted from a Helder Prista...
See moreVisit, or Memories and Confessions
A long-hidden, personal doc about leaving a beloved house by the late, revered Portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira.
See moreBenilde 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...
See moreThe 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...
See moreO Improvável Não é Impossível
Film about Calouste Gulbenkian, produced for the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
See moreBlind 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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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...
See moreThe 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...
See moreThe 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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