
A feature film with four stories celebrating the city of Guimarães in the North of Portugal. Read More »
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Black God White Devil (1964) Glauber Rocha, Geraldo Del Rey, Yoná Magalhães, Othon Bastos, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Western

Fictionalized account of the adventures of hired gunman Antonio das Mortes, set against the real life last days of rural banditism. Read More »
Anxiety (1998) Manoel de Oliveira, Luís Miguel Cintra, José Pinto, Isabel Ruth, Drama

An anthology film drama featuring a poetic mirror structure based on existential identity. Read More »
Eccentricities of a Blonde-haired Girl (2009) Manoel de Oliveira, Ricardo Trêpa, Catarina Wallenstein, Diogo Dória, Drama, Romance

On a train to the Algarve, Macário tells his story to a sympathetic woman he’s just met. Read More »
The Fifth Empire (2004) Manoel de Oliveira, Ricardo Trêpa, Luís Miguel Cintra, Glória de Matos, Drama, History

Ignoring the alarmed advice of his noblemen and counselors, young King Sebastian fuels his religious obsession to go to war with the Muslims. Read More »
Porto of My Childhood (2001) Manoel de Oliveira, Jorge Trêpa, Ricardo Trêpa, Maria de Medeiros, Drama, Documentary

Manoel de Oliveira’s autobiographical documentary about returning to his hometown. Read More »
The Convent (1995) Manoel de Oliveira, Catherine Deneuve, John Malkovich, Luís Miguel Cintra, Drama, Mystery

The story centers on the unconventional American professor, Michael Padovic, and his stunningly beautiful wife, Helene Read More »
The Day of Despair (1992) Manoel de Oliveira, Teresa Madruga, Mário Barroso, Luís Miguel Cintra, Biography, Drama

Portrait of the last years of the XIX century’s Portuguese writer Camilo Castelo Branco, who had been suffering from an eye disease and one day wakes up blind. Read More »
Sleepwalking Land (2007) Teresa Prata, Nick Lauro Teresa, Aladino Jasse, Ernesto Lemos Macuacua, Drama

In the midst of Mozambique’s devastating civil war, Muidinga, an orphaned refugee, wanders the countryside in search of his mother. Read More »
Time of Leopards (1985) Zdravko Velimirovic, Armando Loya, Ana Mazue, Santos Mulungo, Action, Drama, War

As children, a Mozambique native and a Portuguese colonialist were friends. Years have passed and Mozambique is fighting for its independence. Two childhood friends meet on opposing sides. Read More »