Manoel de Oliveira Movies

Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of the world's pre-eminent...

Lisbon Story is Wim Wenders' homage to Lisbon and films. A sound engineer obtains a mysterious postcard from a friend who at the moment is filming a...

The journey of Michael Padovic, an American professor who arrives with his wife, Helene, at a Portuguese convent where he expects to find the...

In a mental institution the patients see themselves as people like Jesus, Lázaro, Marta, Maria, Adão, Eve, Sonia, Raskolnikov, Aliosha...

Thirteen filmmakers talk about Henri Langlois and their relationship with him.

An exploration of the movie "The strange case of Angelica" and an understanding Manoel de Oliveira's cinema.

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

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

Ema is a very attractive but innocent girl, so pretty that cars crash in her presence. In her youth she marries Dr. Carlos Paiva, her father's...

Episodes from throughout the entire military history of Portugal are told through flashbacks as a conscripted student of history recounts them to his...

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.

A story about doomed love between two people from different worlds and the impact in their lives.

The life of a young man, son of an English officer who lets himself become a prisoner of love resulting in fatalism and disgrace.

A meditation on civilization. July, 2001: friends wave as a cruise ship departs Lisbon for Mediterranean ports and the Indian Ocean. On board and on...

The comfortable daily routines of aging Parisian actor Gilbert Valence, 76, are suddenly shaken when he learns that his wife, daughter, and...

On 18 September 1929, José Régio sent a letter to Alberto Serpa expressing his desire to create a production company and start making...

Short documentary about the town of Famalicão, in the North of Portugal.

Nineteen-year-old Julio heads to Lisbon from the provinces and gets a job as a shoemaker for his uncle Raul. But when he meets Ilda, a confident...

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

In 1996, Marcello Mastroianni talks about life as an actor. It's an anecdotal and philosophical memoir, moving from topic to topic, fully conscious...