Tag Archives: Manoel de Oliveira

This odd film is a major representative of an even odder film genre: direct-to-celluloid opera.

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.

A feature film with four stories celebrating the city of Guimarães in the North of Portugal.

Four versions of the same story, first in the perspective of a theatre play, second in the perspective of a silent film

An anthology film drama featuring a poetic mirror structure based on existential identity.

On a train to the Algarve, Macário tells his story to a sympathetic woman he’s just met.

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

From the 1940’s to today, Manuel Luciano has tried to discover the true identity of Christopher Columbus.

Ignoring the alarmed advice of his noblemen and counselors, young King Sebastian fuels his religious obsession to go to war with the Muslims.

Manoel de Oliveira’s autobiographical documentary about returning to his hometown.