Tag Archives: Manoel de Oliveira

The story of Father Antonio Vieira, a 17th-century Portuguese priest who lived in Brazil Read More »

Luciano, fresh out of jail, was taken by his brother, Flórido, to serve in the home of wealthy Alfreda. Read More »

Episodes from entire military history of Portugal are told through flashbacks as a professorish soldier Read More »

The battle of the sexes? The forces of despair and seduction? On S. Miguel in the Azores, Rogério, a young man with old money Read More »

Belle toujours happened to me suddenly and, as I had the will to pay my tribute to Luis Buñuel and Jean-Claude Carrière, I had been happy to have discovered a means to accomplish this, Read More »

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

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. Read More »

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

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

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