Portugal Archive (Portuguese Cinema)
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1. Os Vivos Também Choram (2012)
Not Rated | 30 min | Short, Drama
Ze - a 50 year old alcoholic - works in the port of Lisbon where he loads and unloads containers. Ze never left his neighborhood and is hiding his savings so that one day he'll be able to ... See full summary »
Director: Basil da Cunha | Stars: José Pedro Gomes, Dorin Dragos, Carlos Marques, António Silva Moura
Votes: 38
2. A 15ª Pedra (2007)
121 min | Documentary
'Duarte de Almeida', director of the Portuguese National Film Archives [deceased in 2009], interviews the dean of contemporaneous film directors [96-years-old then]. Two humanists of ... See full summary »
Director: Rita Azevedo Gomes | Stars: Manoel de Oliveira, João Bénard da Costa
Votes: 18
3. After the Night (2013)
99 min | Action
Straight out of jail, Sombra returns to his life as a drug dealer in the creole slum of Lisbon. In between the money he has lent and can't get back, the money he owes, a fanciful iguana, an... See full summary »
Director: Basil da Cunha | Stars: Ana Clara Baptista de Melo Soares Barros, Susana Maria Mendes da Costa, José Zeferino da Cruz, Pedro Armando Delgado Piedade
Votes: 130
4. Fragile as the World (2001)
90 min | Drama, Romance
An impossible love. Two young people in love. Vera and John can't find a space nor time, nor identity in this life that can solve this love. Apparently everything is beneficial to them, ... See full summary »
Director: Rita Azevedo Gomes | Stars: Maria Gonçalves, Bruno Terra, Sophie Balabanian, Carlos Ferreira
Votes: 354
5. A Woman's Revenge (2012)
Not Rated | 100 min | Biography, Drama
Roberto is a dandy!An unmoved, inscrutable and thus enigmatic man. He enjoys the aristocratic amusement of astonishment.Women, whom he knows full well in all sorts of styles and races, can ... See full summary »
Director: Rita Azevedo Gomes | Stars: Rita Durão, Fernando Rodrigues, Hugo Tourita, Duarte Martins
Votes: 348
6. O Som da Terra a Tremer (1990)
90 min | Drama
An author writes a story entitled "O som da terra a tremer", and the story constantly entwines itself with his private life.
Director: Rita Azevedo Gomes | Stars: José Mário Branco, Manuela de Freitas, Miguel Gonçalves, Sara Marques
Votes: 70
7. Centro Histórico (2012)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama
A feature film with four stories celebrating the city of Guimarães in the North of Portugal.
Directors: Pedro Costa, Manoel de Oliveira, Víctor Erice, Aki Kaurismäki | Stars: Judite Araujo, Maria Fatima Braga Lima, Marco Carreira, Arlindo Fernandes
Votes: 342
8. Gebo and the Shadow (2012)
95 min | Drama
Set in the late 19th century, about a honored but poor patriarch who sacrifices himself to protect his fugitive son.
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Stars: Michael Lonsdale, Claudia Cardinale, Jeanne Moreau, Leonor Silveira
Votes: 698
9. The Strange Case of Angelica (2010)
Unrated | 97 min | Drama, Fantasy
A photographer is asked by hotel owners to take portraits of their recently deceased daughter.
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Stars: Afonso Bonito, Carmen Santos, Paulo Matos, Ricardo Trêpa
Votes: 2,136 | Gross: $0.05M
10. Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl (2009)
Not Rated | 64 min | Drama, Romance
A young man falls helplessly in love with a mysterious blonde woman who turns his life upside down.
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Stars: Ricardo Trêpa, Catarina Wallenstein, Diogo Dória, Júlia Buisel
Votes: 1,818
11. Christopher Columbus, the Enigma (2007)
75 min | Drama, History
A true story of a doctor and his wife who went on a journey in order to prove that discoverer Christopher Columbus was in fact Portuguese.
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Stars: Ricardo Trêpa, Leonor Baldaque, Manoel de Oliveira, Maria Isabel de Oliveira
Votes: 425
12. Rencontre unique (2007)
3 min | Short, Comedy
A special surreal encounter between Nikita Khrouchtchev and the Pope John XXIII.
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Stars: Michel Piccoli, João Bénard da Costa, Antoine Chappey
Votes: 88
13. O Improvável Não é Impossível (2006)
19 min | Short, Drama, Music
Film about Calouste Gulbenkian, produced for the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
Director: Manoel de Oliveira
Votes: 35
14. Belle toujours (2006)
Not Rated | 68 min | Drama, Music
38 years after their last encounter, Henri Husson thinks he sees Séverine in a concert. He follows her and sadistically takes out a slow and painful revenge.
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Bulle Ogier, Ricardo Trêpa, Leonor Baldaque
Votes: 1,110 | Gross: $0.01M
15. Magic Mirror (2005)
137 min | Drama, Music
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 greatest desire was to see the Virgin ... See full summary »
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Stars: Leonor Silveira, Ricardo Trêpa, Luís Miguel Cintra, Leonor Baldaque
Votes: 363
16. The Fifth Empire (2004)
127 min | Drama, History
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Stars: Ricardo Trêpa, Luís Miguel Cintra, Glória de Matos, Miguel Guilherme
Votes: 269
17. Um Filme Falado (2003)
Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, History
Lisbon, Marseilles, Naples, Athens, Istanbul, Cairo, Aden and Bombay. Along with a university teacher and her little daughter, we embark on a long journey, experiencing different cultures and civilizations.
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Stars: Leonor Silveira, Filipa de Almeida, John Malkovich, Catherine Deneuve
Votes: 2,091 | Gross: $0.01M
18. Porto da Minha Infância (2001)
61 min | Biography, Drama
The city of Porto viewed by the intimate eye of Manoel de Oliveira.
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Stars: Jorge Trêpa, Ricardo Trêpa, Maria de Medeiros, Manoel de Oliveira
Votes: 539
19. I'm Going Home (2001)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
The comfortable daily routines of aging Parisian actor Gilbert Valence, 76, are suddenly shaken when he learns that his wife, daughter, and son-in-law have been killed in a car crash.
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Catherine Deneuve, John Malkovich, Antoine Chappey
Votes: 1,848
20. Palavra e Utopia (2000)
130 min | Biography, Drama, History
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 abolish slavery.
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Stars: Lima Duarte, Luís Miguel Cintra, Ricardo Trêpa, Miguel Guilherme
Votes: 415
21. The Letter (1999)
107 min | Drama
A well-bred, lovely, spiritual, sad young woman marries an attentive physician who loves her. She feels affection but no love. Soon after, without design, she falls in love with Pedro ... See full summary »
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Stars: Chiara Mastroianni, Pedro Abrunhosa, Antoine Chappey, Leonor Silveira
Votes: 735
22. Party (1996)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
The battle of the sexes? The forces of despair and seduction? On S. Miguel in the Azores, Rogério, a young man with old money, and his enigmatic wife Leonor host a garden party at their ... See full summary »
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Irene Papas, Leonor Silveira, Rogério Samora
Votes: 323
23. The Convent (1995)
PG | 90 min | Drama, Mystery
The journey of Michael Padovic, an American professor who arrives with his wife, Helene, at a Portuguese convent where he expects to find the documents needed to prove his theory: Shakespeare was born in Spain; not in England.
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, John Malkovich, Luís Miguel Cintra, Leonor Silveira
Votes: 1,078 | Gross: $0.05M
24. A Caixa (1994)
93 min | Comedy, Drama
Stories of various individuals living in a poor district of Lisbon are intertwined with the sad life of a blind street vendor whose only means of support is his elm box.
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Stars: Luís Miguel Cintra, Glicínia Quartin, Ruy de Carvalho, Beatriz Batarda
Votes: 425
25. Abraham's Valley (1993)
187 min | Drama
Ema is a very attractive but innocent girl, so pretty that cars crash in her presence. Young marries Dr. Carlo Paiva, who she is not attracted to, but is her father's friend. They move to ... See full summary »
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Stars: Leonor Silveira, Cécile Sanz de Alba, Luís Miguel Cintra, Ruy de Carvalho
Votes: 1,541
26. O Dia do Desespero (1992)
75 min | Biography, Drama
Portrait of the last days of the life of Portuguese writer Camilo Castelo Branco.
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Stars: Teresa Madruga, Mário Barroso, Luís Miguel Cintra, Diogo Dória
Votes: 215
27. A Divina Comédia (1991)
140 min | Drama
Patients in a mental institution see themselves as Adam and Eve, Sonia and Raskolnikov, a Philosopher and a Prophet, Alyosha and Ivan Karamazov, Jesus, Lazarus, Martha, Mary and St Teresa of Avila.
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Stars: Maria de Medeiros, Miguel Guilherme, Luís Miguel Cintra, Mário Viegas
Votes: 504
28. 'Non', ou A Vã Glória de Mandar (1990)
110 min | Drama, History, War
Episodes from entire military history of Portugal are told through flashbacks as a professorish soldier recounts them while marching through a Portuguese African colony in 1973. He easily ... See full summary »
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Stars: Luís Miguel Cintra, Diogo Dória, Miguel Guilherme, Luís Lucas
Votes: 982
29. The Cannibals (1988)
90 min | Musical, Drama, Fantasy
A drama following stories of characters from the Portuguese High Society.
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Stars: Luís Miguel Cintra, Leonor Silveira, Diogo Dória, Oliveira Lopes
Votes: 538
30. The Satin Slipper (1985)
410 min | Drama
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. Meanwhile Prouhèze is sent to Africa to ... See full summary »
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Stars: Luís Miguel Cintra, Patricia Barzyk, Anne Consigny, Anne Gautier
Votes: 190
31. Francisca (1981)
166 min | Biography, Drama
The life of a young man, son of an English officer who lets himself become a prisoner of love resulting in fatalism and disgrace.
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Stars: Teresa Menezes, Diogo Dória, Mário Barroso, Francisco Brás
Votes: 610
32. Amor de Perdição: Memórias de uma Família (1978)
262 min | Drama, Romance
A story about doomed love between two people from different worlds and the impact in their lives.
Stars: António Sequeira Lopes, Cristina Hauser, Elsa Wallencamp, António Costa
Votes: 317
33. Benilde or the Virgin Mother (1975)
112 min | Drama
Raised in seclusion, a young woman claims her unborn child was conceived through an angel.
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Stars: Maria Amélia Matta, Jorge Rolla, Varela Silva, Glória de Matos
Votes: 338
34. Past and Present (1972)
115 min | Comedy
Vanda is a young widow, with a number of marriages past her, who tends to venerate each deceased husband, as much as she betrays and denigrates the present one.
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Stars: Maria de Saisset, Manuela de Freitas, Bárbara Vieira, Alberto Inácio
Votes: 216
35. As Pinturas do Meu Irmão Júlio (1965)
15 min | Documentary, Short
The camera shows the vivid paintings by late Júlio Régio, with a narrative by his brother, while guitar tunes underline the mood and rhythm of the cinematography.
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Star: José Régio
Votes: 73
36. The Hunt (1964)
21 min | Short, Drama
José and Roberto are friends, and they 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 hidden marshland. ... See full summary »
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Stars: António Rodrigues Sousa, João Rocha Almeida, Albino Freitas, Manuel De Sa
Votes: 398
37. Acto da Primavera (1963)
94 min | Drama
Local people of Curalha, a small village, keep a tradition of representing the Passion of Jesus, since and according to a 16th text.
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Stars: Nicolau Nunes Da Silva, Ermelinda Pires, Maria Madalena, Amélia Chaves
Votes: 289
38. O Pão (1959)
51 min | Documentary
Each day, Man must work around the clock to produce and acquire bread: throwing the seeds into earth, helping the breeding of the corn, the corn's recolt, transport to the mills - ... See full summary »
Director: Manoel de Oliveira
Votes: 75
39. Labor on the Douro River (1931)
20 min | Documentary, Short
A documentary that looks at the people working in the river Douro, around the city of Porto.
Director: Manoel de Oliveira
Votes: 766
40. Já Se Fabricam Automóveis em Portugal (1938)
11 min | Documentary, Short
A documentary about the fabrication of cars in Portugal.
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Star: Fernando Pessa
Votes: 25
41. Hulha Branca (1932)
8 min | Documentary, Short
Follows the creation of an electrical company using water energy as source.
Director: Manoel de Oliveira
Votes: 22
42. Aniki Bóbó (1942)
71 min | Drama, Family
The story takes place in the old streets of Porto and by the banks of the Douro River. A gang of very young kids has just accepted a new member, Carlitos, a shy boy who has "played it tough... See full summary »
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Stars: Nascimento Fernandes, Vital dos Santos, António Palma, Armando Pedro
Votes: 1,887
43. Liberdade para José Diogo (1976)
70 min | Documentary
During a revolution, the people won't wait for lengthy judicial procedures.
Director: Luís Galvão Teles | Stars: José Diogo, Margarida Carpinteiro, Pedro Efe
Votes: 6
44. Dot.com (2007)
103 min | Comedy
Pedro, an engineer posted in a village in the North of Portugal, waits desperately to be transferred back to Lisbon. Ever since his road project was cancelled, he's had nothing to do except work on the village website he created.
Director: Luís Galvão Teles | Stars: João Tempera, María Adánez, Marco Delgado, Isabel Abreu
Votes: 675
45. Em Câmara Lenta (2012)
71 min | Drama
Salvador knew Constança and Santiago. he did not know but admired, Laurence. Among them, Laurence knew Santiago. Constança did not know Laurence. Only Santiago knew Laurence, Constance and ... See full summary »
Director: Fernando Lopes | Stars: Rui Morisson, João Reis, Maria João Pinho, Maria João Luís
Votes: 55
46. Twist of Fate (2009)
98 min | Drama
Director: Fernando Lopes | Stars: Ana Padrão, Rui Morisson, Milton Lopes, Teresa Tavares
Votes: 70
47. O Delfim (2002)
88 min | Drama
Based on José Cardoso Pires' novel, O Delfim shows a rotten country, full of feudal lords who dominate its territory with dictatorship. One of them is Tomás da Palma Bravo, also known as O Delfim.
Director: Fernando Lopes | Stars: Rogério Samora, Alexandra Lencastre, Rui Morisson, Isabel Ruth
Votes: 371
48. O Fio do Horizonte (1993)
91 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Spino, a pathologist, receives an unidentified body which looks familiar to him... himself, 30 years younger.
Director: Fernando Lopes | Stars: Claude Brasseur, Andréa Ferréol, Ana Padrão, Antonio Valero
Votes: 114
49. Nós por cá Todos Bem (1977)
80 min | Drama
A film crew goes to Várzea dos Amarelos visit the mother of the director, fixing some of the moments of the local life and listens to the old lady.
Director: Fernando Lopes | Stars: Zita Duarte, Vanda França, Adelaide João, Fernando Barradas
Votes: 28
50. Uma Abelha na Chuva (1972)
75 min | Drama
A married couple of rich and depressed noblemen destroy the lives of their servants out of spite.
Director: Fernando Lopes | Stars: Laura Soveral, João Guedes, Zita Duarte, Ruy Furtado
Votes: 280
51. Belarmino (1964)
80 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
Interview with a has-been boxing champion «who could have been great», probing, and soul revealing.
Director: Fernando Lopes | Stars: Belarmino Fragoso, Jean Pierre Gebler, Maria Teresa de Noronha, Bernardo Moreira
Votes: 477
52. Viúva Rica Solteira Não Fica (2006)
135 min | Comedy, Drama
Ana Catarina returns home to marry a man she doesn't know. A terrible coincidence happens when, on the same day, the young woman becomes a widow and an orphan, which leaves her heir to a fortune and coveted by the aristocrats in the region
Director: José Fonseca e Costa | Stars: Bianca Byington, Cucha Carvalheiro, José Raposo, Rogério Samora
Votes: 135
53. The Fascination (2003)
105 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
O FASCÍNIO is an intriguing story about a family and a manor house (where some terrible crimes were committed in the past by a member of that family) adapted from a novel with the same title by Tabajara Ruas.
Director: José Fonseca e Costa | Stars: Vítor Norte, Sylvie Rocha, José Fidalgo, Ana Moreira
Votes: 100
54. Cinco Dias, Cinco Noites (1996)
100 min | Drama
In the 1940s André escapes from prison and is forced to leave the country illegally. In Oporto some friends arrange him a man, Lambaça, who knows the border of Tras-os-Montes (village in ... See full summary »
Director: José Fonseca e Costa | Stars: Paulo Pires, Sinde Filipe, Vítor Norte, Mário Moutinho
Votes: 278
55. Two Women (2009)
100 min | Drama
A psychiatrist married to a financial executive is intrigued by a young call girl prone to panic attacks and they begin circling each other.
Director: João Mário Grilo | Stars: Beatriz Batarda, Virgílio Castelo, Débora Monteiro, Marcello Urgeghe
Votes: 110
56. A Falha (2002)
89 min | Drama
Twenty-five years after leaving school, a group of former students decide to organise a reunion. But, contrary to expectations, these "old boys" realise that time has accentuated their ... See full summary »
Director: João Mário Grilo | Stars: Alexandra Lencastre, Teresa Roby, Rogério Samora, João Lagarto
Votes: 79
57. O Fim do Mundo (1993)
61 min | Drama
In the quietness of rural life, small disputes about the right to use a rivulet may take the proportion of a life-and-death matter...
Director: João Mário Grilo | Stars: José Viana, Adelaide João, Zita Duarte, Santos Manuel
Votes: 58
58. A Estrangeira (1982)
100 min | Drama
Being divorced, André does not accept the idea of having to leave the residence and his furniture, as his woman suggests, when she visits him accompanied by an antiquarian.
Director: João Mário Grilo | Stars: Fernando Rey, Teresa Madruga, Carole Courtoy, Mariana Villar
Votes: 17
59. Maria (1979)
94 min | Drama
Director: João Mário Grilo | Stars: Isabel Alves de Carvalho, Beatriz Batarda
Votes: 7
60. Os Cornos de Cronos (1991)
109 min
Alexandre was trapped in the solitude of his apartment when he discovered that Margarida, a beautiful and cold technocrat, had ran away with a rich American to Switzerland, and took his son Vitor with her.
Director: José Fonseca e Costa | Stars: Carlos Vereza, Inês de Medeiros, Mário Viegas, Paula Guedes
Votes: 18
61. Ballad of dog beach (1987)
100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In Portugal, in the 60s, the corpse of a man appears on Dog's Beach. The corpse is identified as the major Dantas, a man wanted by authorities after his escape from a military prison where he was awaiting trial for insurrection.
Director: José Fonseca e Costa | Stars: Assumpta Serna, Raul Solnado, Patrick Bauchau, Sergi Mateu
Votes: 229
62. O Pintor e a Cidade (1956)
26 min | Documentary, Short
A painter wanders around the city of Oporto painting what he sees: old and modern buildings, people arriving and leaving work in the factories, children playing.
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Star: António Cruz
Votes: 248
63. O Princípio da Incerteza (2002)
133 min | Drama
Having lost her place among the social elite, a widow remarries and starts a family.
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Stars: Leonor Baldaque, Leonor Silveira, Isabel Ruth, Ricardo Trêpa
Votes: 423
64. A Raiz do Coração (2000)
118 min | Drama
In Lisbon, during the feasts of St. Anthony, the cross breeders of politicians in black shirts and transvestites all dressed in pink. An exuberant allegory of freedom against dictatorship.
Director: Paulo Rocha | Stars: Luís Miguel Cintra, Joana Bárcia, Isabel Ruth, Melvil Poupaud
Votes: 95
65. Steel Mask Versus Blue Abyss (1989 TV Movie)
64 min | Biography
Director: Paulo Rocha | Stars: Fernando Heitor, Inês de Medeiros, Vítor Norte, Miguel Guilherme
Votes: 40
66. Change of Life (1966)
94 min | Drama
After a stint in the army fighting in Angola, a soldier comes home to find his sweetheart has married his brother. He makes advances towards his sister-in-law, but she turns him down. ... See full summary »
Director: Paulo Rocha | Stars: Geraldo Del Rey, Isabel Ruth, Maria Barroso, João Guedes
Votes: 446
67. Os Verdes Anos (1963)
91 min | Drama, Romance
19-year-old Julio has just left the provinces to settle down in the outskirts of Lisbon. He lives in a poor area with his uncle Afonso and starts working as an apprentice shoemaker. At the ... See full summary »
Director: Paulo Rocha | Stars: Rui Gomes, Isabel Ruth, Ruy Furtado, Paulo Renato
Votes: 943
68. Vai~E~Vem (2003)
175 min | Comedy, Drama
João Vuvu, lives alone in a house that requires regeneration but due to being alone he is unable to do the work. On his son's release from prison and João's ensuing deception triggers a series of somber events.
Director: João César Monteiro | Stars: João César Monteiro, Rita Pereira Marques, Joaquina Chicau, Manuela de Freitas
Votes: 731
69. Branca de Neve (2000)
75 min | Drama
Based on Robert Walser's play, Branca de Neve is a recital of Snow White over a black screen with spontaneous flashing images of clouds and some unintelligible dialogue.
Director: João César Monteiro | Stars: Maria Do Carmo Rôlo, Ana Brandão, Reginaldo da Cruz, Luís Miguel Cintra
Votes: 441
70. The Spousals of God (1999)
150 min | Comedy
After receiving a visit from a messenger of God, João de Deus wins his buddy's girlfriend through a roll of the dice.
Director: João César Monteiro | Stars: Rita Durão, João César Monteiro, Joana Azevedo, José Airosa
Votes: 782
71. Le bassin de J.W. (1997)
125 min | Comedy
Two actors performing in Strindberg's "Inferno" as God and Lucifer are also competitors in real life. One of them, Henrique, is spiritually-obsessed with John Wayne and his way of walking. ... See full summary »
Director: João César Monteiro | Stars: Hugues Quester, Pierre Clémenti, Joana Azevedo, Jean Watan
Votes: 244
72. Passeio com Johnny Guitar (1996)
3 min | Short
Director: João César Monteiro | Stars: João César Monteiro, Ana Reis
Votes: 169
73. God's Comedy (1995)
170 min | Comedy, Drama
João de Deus is the manager of an ice-cream shop owned by an ex-prostitute, Paraíso dos Gelados (Ice-Cream Paradise). Through a unmoved desire of perfection, he seeks, through cleansing and... See full summary »
Director: João César Monteiro | Stars: Cláudia Teixeira, João César Monteiro, Manuela de Freitas, Raquel Ascensão
Votes: 1,393
74. The Last Dive (1992)
88 min | Drama
Eloi, a paunchy middle-aged man, finds Samuel, a young sad sack, about to kill himself by plunging into the sea. Eloi takes Samuel under his wing, giving him a hot meal and bringing him to ... See full summary »
Director: João César Monteiro | Stars: Fabienne Babe, Canto e Castro, Francesca Prandi, Rita Blanco
Votes: 338
75. Recollections of the Yellow House (1989)
122 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Lisbon, 1989. A middle-aged poor idiot, tormented by an illness, lives in a cheap room in a family boarding house, in the old section of the city's waterfront.
Director: João César Monteiro | Stars: João César Monteiro, Manuela de Freitas, Ruy Furtado, Teresa Calado
Votes: 1,418
76. Hovering Over the Water (1986)
143 min | Drama, Romance
Laura Rossellini, a widow from Rome, vacations on the Algarve coast one hot summer. One day while sunbathing, she finds a wounded man named Robert drifting in the surf on a rubber raft. She... See full summary »
Director: João César Monteiro | Stars: Laura Morante, Philip J. Spinelli, Manuela de Freitas, Georges Claisse
Votes: 519
77. Silvestre (1981)
120 min | Drama
The daughters of a nobleman give shelter to a stranger. After that visit ends with a severed hand, the pilgrim takes on different identities to seek revenge. The nobleman goes missing and his youngest has to pose as a knight to save him.
Director: João César Monteiro | Stars: Maria de Medeiros, Teresa Madruga, Luís Miguel Cintra, Jorge Silva Melo
Votes: 351
78. The Love of the Three Pomegranates (1979 TV Movie)
25 min | Romance
A story of love and spells.
Director: João César Monteiro | Stars: Margarida Gil, Helena Domingos, Joana Oliveira, Sílvia Gomes Ferreira
Votes: 58
79. Trails (1978)
120 min | Drama, Fantasy
For his feature debut Monteiro creatively borrowed from traditional Portuguese legends to craft a series of echoing, parallel tales of young couples desperately escaping cruel false fathers... See full summary »
Director: João César Monteiro | Stars: Manuela de Freitas, Luís de Sousa Costa, Francisco Domingues, Carmen Duarte Ferreira
Votes: 237
80. Que Farei Eu com Esta Espada? (1975)
65 min | Documentary, History
By cross-editing footage of Portuguese workers protesting against NATO forces and various movies, Monteiro shows how one 'sword' can confront the army.
Director: João César Monteiro | Stars: Maria Velho da Costa, José Diogo, Carlos Mena, Margarida Gil
Votes: 117
81. Fragments of an Alms-Film (1972)
75 min | Comedy
Maria works in a German umbrella factory as the foreman of the production sector. João Lucas has given up on living a normal life and practically lives in bed, in the midst of green plants.... See full summary »
Director: João César Monteiro | Stars: Manuela de Freitas, João Perry, Dalila Rocha, Catarina Coelho
Votes: 121
82. Quem Espera por Sapatos de Defunto Morre Descalço (1970)
34 min | Short, Drama
The tribulations of two friends who, in despair, start begging from door-to-door, and are given a bundle including, literally, a pair of deadman's shoes.
Director: João César Monteiro | Stars: Antónia Brandão, Carlos Ferreiro, Carlos Porto, Elsa Figueiredo
Votes: 143
83. Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (1969)
19 min | Documentary, Short
Director: João César Monteiro | Star: Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen
Votes: 163
84. O Fantasma do Novais (2012)
90 min | Biography
Director: Margarida Gil | Stars: Cleia Almeida, Miguel Nunes, Maria Raquel Correia, Carolina Amaral
Votes: 11
85. Esquina do Tempo (2012)
20 min | Short
Director: Margarida Gil | Stars: Beatriz dos Santos, Henrique Espírito Santo, Sofia Fernandes, Matilde Fatela
86. O Anjo da Guarda (1998)
100 min
Director: Margarida Gil | Stars: Eugénia Bettencourt, Márcia Breia, Canto e Castro, Dalila Carmo
Votes: 12
87. Relação Fiel e Verdadeira (1987)
85 min | Drama
The young girl, Antónia Margarida Castelo Branco, is handed over by her mother to Brás Telles de Meneses because of the obscure interests between rural aristocratic families in the North.
Director: Margarida Gil | Stars: Catarina Alves Costa, António Sequeira Lopes, Jorge Rolla, Laura Soveral
Votes: 17
88. Scenes from the Class Struggle in Portugal (1977)
85 min | Documentary
Combining newsreel footage, still photographs, interviews, and analytical narration, this documentary focuses on the antifascist, anti-imperialist efforts of labor groups, peasants, and ... See full summary »
Directors: Robert Kramer, Philip J. Spinelli | Star: Philip J. Spinelli
Votes: 57
89. Disquiet (2010)
90 min | Drama
A room in Lisbon. A man dreams and establishes a theory to make it come true. This film is based on The Book of Disquiet , the posthumous work of the Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa. It ... See full summary »
Director: João Botelho | Stars: Cláudio da Silva, Pedro Lamares, Ricardo Aibéo, Suzie Peterson
Votes: 478
90. A Corte do Norte (2008)
122 min | Drama, Romance
Emília de Sousa, the great 19th-century Portuguese actress, abandoned her career to marry a rich aristocrat and became the Baroness Magdalene of the Sea. As beautiful as Empress Sissi, she built a mystery that lasted four generations.
Director: João Botelho | Stars: Ana Moreira, Ricardo Aibéo, Rogério Samora, Custódia Gallego
Votes: 118
91. Corrupção (2007)
90 min | Crime, Drama
A crime drama based on the life of a woman who lived for years with a man that was the head of a corruption network in the Portuguese football world.
Director: João Botelho | Stars: Nicolau Breyner, Margarida Vila-Nova, António Pedro Cerdeira, Alexandra Lencastre
Votes: 837
92. A Mulher que Acreditava Ser Presidente Dos EUA (2003)
114 min | Comedy
Director: João Botelho | Stars: Alexandra Lencastre, Rita Blanco, Laura Soveral, Helena Vieira
Votes: 215
93. Who Are You? (2001)
112 min | Drama, History
A historical classic drama in three acts, retold after an original prologue about dreams and nightmares of the thirteen-year-old noble heroine, Maria de Noronha.
Director: João Botelho | Stars: Patrícia Guerreiro, Suzana Borges, Rui Morisson, Rogério Samora
Votes: 242
94. Tráfico (1998)
112 min | Comedy
Unexpected events occur in a single day: a boy makes his parents rich when he finds the hidden and forbidden treasure of the Earth; two priests close their church for lack of parishioners ... See full summary »
Director: João Botelho | Stars: Joaquim Oliveira, Rita Blanco, Adriano Luz, Branca de Camargo
Votes: 210
95. Aqui na Terra (1993)
105 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Miguel is a successful economist until his father's death plunges him into a strange obscure world of fears, strange sounds and psychological isolation. He quits his job, drifts away from ... See full summary »
Director: João Botelho | Stars: Luís Miguel Cintra, Jessica Weiss, Pedro Hestnes, Rita Dias
Votes: 60
96. Hard Times (1988)
90 min | Drama
A film adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel "Hard Times" set in a Portuguese industrial town of the 1980s.
Director: João Botelho | Stars: Henrique Viana, Júlia Britton, Eunice Muñoz, Ruy Furtado
Votes: 105
97. The Other One (1981)
100 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The film was to be a documentary, but evolved during production to a fictional film. It nevertheless adheres strictly to the poems and letters exchanged by two of the most outstanding names... See full summary »
Director: João Botelho | Stars: Fernando Cabral Martins, André Gomes, Juliet Berto, Jorge Silva Melo
Votes: 106
98. É o Amor (2013)
135 min | Drama
Director: João Canijo | Stars: Anabela Moreira, Sónia Nunes, Cassilda Pontes, Paula Saraiva
Votes: 138
99. Blood of My Blood (2011)
Not Rated | 131 min | Drama, Thriller
A regular family living in the outskirts of Lisbon sees the serenity of their lives shaken beyond any remedy within a week.
Director: João Canijo | Stars: Rita Blanco, Anabela Moreira, Cleia Almeida, Rafael Morais
Votes: 2,036
100. Mal Nascida (2007)
117 min | Drama
Lúcia is misbegotten, unloved and the eternal widow of her own father.
A cry of rage in bodily form, she is mad, maltreated and humbled.
She wears mourning in remembrance of her mothers crime... See full synopsis »
Director: João Canijo | Stars: Anabela Moreira, Márcia Breia, Fernando Luís, Gonçalo Waddington
Votes: 132
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