The Courtyard of the Ballads

The Courtyard of the Ballads

A portrait of the relations between neighbours in a Lisbon courtyard. A story made of small episodes of humour, friendship, rivalry, love.

See more
Aniki-Bóbó

Aniki-Bóbó

Two schoolboys, Carlitos and Eduardo, fight for the affection of a girl, Teresinha.

See more
The Girl Next Door

The Girl Next Door

The story of how the conflicting relationship of Eduardo and vaudeville actress Isabel is affected by the passion he feels for their neighbor...

See more
Lisbon, Anecdotal Chronicle

Lisbon, Anecdotal Chronicle

Caleidoscope of documentary-like scenes and re-enacted episodes of a day in the life of a large port town – Lisbon, from the old district around...

See more
The Tyrannical Father

The Tyrannical Father

While rehearsing the annual play, a clerk tries to regain the attention of his beloved, in a comedy of equivoques.

See more
Camões

Camões

The adventurous life of Portugal's epic poet, Luis de Camões.

See more
Maria of the Sea

Maria of the Sea

Falacha is the captain of a fishing boat, who loses his men in a shipwreck. Among them was the husband of Aurélia, who holds Falacha responsible...

See more
The Tyrant Father

The Tyrant Father

This remake of the 1940 film with the same name tells the story of a theatre company, its men and women in love, mistakes and misunderstandings...

See more
The Presidential Journey to Brazil

The Presidential Journey to Brazil

The film documents the official visit of the President of the Portuguese Republic, Craveiro Lopes, to Brazil, and his meeting with the President of...

See more
O Cortejo Histórico de Lisboa

O Cortejo Histórico de Lisboa

Commemorative procession celebrating the eighth centenary of the inbreak of Lisbon from the Moors in 1147 by the forces of D. Afonso Henriques with...

See more
Frei Luís de Sousa

Frei Luís de Sousa

The tragedy of a woman who - after seven years of vain searches - gave up hope of finding her husband, a knight lost in battle in Marroc with...

See more
Doomed Love

Doomed Love

The fatalism caught up and the amorous tragedy between Teresa de Albuquerque and Simão Botelho, who survives the intolerant litigation of her noble...

See more
The Spell of the Empire

The Spell of the Empire

Luís immigrated to the USA and intends to become an American. But after his father invites him on a journey to the Portuguese territories in Africa...

See more
O Primo Basílio

O Primo Basílio

Jorge, a successful engineer and employee of a ministry and Luísa, a romantic and dreamy girl, star as the typical bourgeois couple of the Lisbon...

See more
Nazaré, Praia de Pescadores

Nazaré, Praia de Pescadores

The first Portuguese documentary. A remarkable look at the lives of the working people of Nazaré, a fishing town in Western Portugal.

See more
Gado Bravo

Gado Bravo

A love triangle set in Lisbon between German singer Nina, bullfighter Garrido and local girl Branca.

See more
Lisboa de Hoje e de Amanhã

Lisboa de Hoje e de Amanhã

Recent population growth in the capital leads to an ambitious development plan, involving public and private initiative as documented here...

See more
A Revolução de Maio

A Revolução de Maio

The most well-known fascist propaganda film in Portugal. A communist man falls in love with a woman of Salazarian beliefs and changes his way of...

See more
As Rodas de Lisboa

As Rodas de Lisboa

30 years with Salazar

30 years with Salazar

Evocation of Salazar's birth, his passage through Coimbra and salient facts of his political life.

See more