Cinema, Manoel de Oliveira and Me

Cinema, Manoel de Oliveira and Me

“An old photograph taken 36 years ago. His hand rests on my shoulder. A blessing, a gift. Then a history of over four decades of friendship...

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Ruth

Ruth

This is the story of a young Mozambican footballer called Eusébio, a gifted athlete destined to great achievements, coveted by rival clubs...

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Second Hand

Second Hand

Jorge is a loner and a writer of popular books. At night, he looks through other people's windows and thinks that they are truly happy.

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Peixe-Lua

Peixe-Lua

The story of a family of bull fighters.

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Clouds

Clouds

Tomás is a young teenager who fights for the leadership of a small marginal group. One night, in the world that he cannot control, his fallout...

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Silêncios do Olhar

Silêncios do Olhar

The story of the making of "O Bobo" by José Álvaro de Morais, that lasted 10 years from start to finish.

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Repórter X

Repórter X

A story about character created by Reinaldo Ferreira (1897-1935), action reporter, mystery novelist and emotion journalist.

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The Lecture

The Lecture

An American writer visits the old Portuguese town of Guimarães for a lecture on the work of Edgar Allan Poe. What would seem like a nice little...

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Drifters of a shadowy dream

Drifters of a shadowy dream

X, a film location scout, spend his time travelling from place to place looking for filming locations, at the same time that he's looking for...

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Paraíso Perdido

Paraíso Perdido

Cristina is twenty years old. Her father was declared missing in action during the war in Angola many years before. One day in church the girl...

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The Room You Take

The Room You Take

We stare at mirrors as if 'image' was a weapon of self-defense. At night, I hide in actors' dressing rooms for a working class experience. By day...

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From Now On

From Now On

Dora divides her time between her work as a beautician, her policeman husband António, and her involvement in left-wing politics. A tale of love...

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Worth Your Weight in Gold

Worth Your Weight in Gold

Oscar, a renowned hypnotherapist, uses the last moments in his hotel room to say goodbye to the vertiginous Mercedes and rid old Norberto of his...

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Hands in the Fire

Hands in the Fire

The young film student Maria do Mar is working on a documentary about the old manor houses along the Douro River. It is the final project in her...

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O Meu Nome É...

O Meu Nome É...

The daily experiences of many antifascists - who suffered, until the political prison, which sealed his esteem and united them in a covenant of...

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Cães Sem Coleira

Cães Sem Coleira

Acts of Cinema

Acts of Cinema

Cinema and affections from life in images and what goes on outside the frame. 'Snapshots' of shootings and the present-day memory of directors...

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Zéfiro

Zéfiro

Zephyrus is a film-voyage, a fresco about Southern Portugal. A movie dealing metaphorically with the South of Portugal, singling it out as a place...

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Mariphasa

Mariphasa

Paulo works as night security in a deactivated industrial complex. He lost his daughter in dramatic circumstances, and no regrets would console him...

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Surface

Surface

No matter how calm the surface of the ocean appears to be, each time we cross the line that divides land and water we enter an unknown and...

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